Apech

Did you see me wave?

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/249233-senate-votes-to-revive-ex-im

This is getting tiresome.

Thank you comrade. But obviously I cannot count myself a winner until the Sate Approvals Committee has formally assessed my request.

Time to start a new thread I reckon. (since any objective observer would agree that I won all the substantive points). What next I wonder.

Lucky you I was born in grey, cold, orange tree free England, which had bankrupted itself fighting the Nazis.

Thanks I was raised on it ... ... thanks to Mr. Churchill.

Jing/qi/shen is a spectrum and while retaining semen will prevent loss of Jing you can't do it in isolation. You have to consider the general state of health and balance of your physical, energetic and consciousness bodies. Unpleasant reactions will occur but you need to distinguish between the results of purification which are ok and the results of imbalance caused by your practice which are not ok. You do not mention any positive results - so I feel that your practice is not right - but it's hard to say in truth over the internet. Usually if purification is taking place then you can feel how positive energy is removing blockages - even though you might feel rough. Remember that your thoughts, your emotional state, your energy state and your physical state are all interrelated. If you carry physical tension then this both causes and is the result of energetic blockages and these in turn result in and result from emotions and mistaken concepts. In other words you need to work with your whole being. Without getting caught up in self-psychoanalysis you need to have a good understanding of your emotional range and reaction to things - such as not wanting to go outside. You need a good understanding of Daoism, a good understanding of the meridians and energy system and how it works, develop qi sensitivity through meditation and/or qi gong and stay physically well balanced with a good diet. Take it slowly and avoid doing violence to yourself by extreme practices until you have made substantial progress.

If true this pushes agriculture way back into the Ice Age and thus the possibility that even this is inherited knowledge from much older times.

Well, if you think that's great analysis there really is no hope.

In these difficult times honest men of good will and integrity must show solidarity ...

Seriously? No.

Its about some stupid journalist calling Sanders a Nazi.

Thanks Steve. I've had lucid dreams - more when I was younger than now. Last year I made an effort keeping a dream diary and setting intent and achieved a lucid dream but for various reasons my attention moved to other things. So I didn't keep it up for more than about a month. Some of my dreams in the past have been accurate prognostications of detailed events - but without any clear meaning or reason. Very interested in other peoples accounts and particularly methods (I've up read a few different styles). So thanks for starting this.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/warren-j-blumenfeld/attacks-against-bernie-sanders-have-reached-new-depths_b_7851582.html ... good example of US right wing calling people Nazis by twisting the facts.

Picture for Brian ...

Something to ponder ... http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/24/how-to-think-about-islamic-state

Huh! the CIA has been actively destabilising Venezuela for years.

@Karl 'amphibolous' ... nice.

Christians are not a race so I don't see genocide as being the issue. Also Christianity is not homogenous - it is quite diverse in expression.

Railings! You live in a dungeon. You need more sunlight perhaps. I think I am more of a contrarian than a libertarian .... though I did read that as librarian at first - which is another possibility.

You are thinking too much. It'll make you restless and distracted.

Give it some more thought you'll work it out. Might take a while of course

It's not 'mine' ... it exists ... and it is unselfish to put others before yourself - by very definition. I have no wish to change your mind about anything - so if you want to cling to your views be my guest.