TheWhiteRabbit

Just for FYI that was celadrin right? thats a celadine (variety of oriental poppy derivative) liquid that comes from the plant as far as i can recall. (from the top of my head) I am pretty sure this is different from the fluid that they use wen they score the pod and catch from the pod. Maybe you can clarify that Ian, that that is Celandine we are talking about? Topical for arthritis also: Eucalyptus oil and hempseed (easily purchased, even online) oil. When you combine the two it offers a lot of relief from stiffness. It can be very spendy, does not get rid of all the pain but does great in complememnting western medicine and getting rid of a bit of the pain and stiffness. At this, this was suggested to me by Carlos Guerra (herbalist) thanks Carlos! In the past I used to use ginger liquid concentrate, which was somewhat effective and very stinky. It does in a pinch, and here I mean rubbing it on the sore area. Dont use: I had seen people dangerously use Ephedra (Ma Huang which in Chinese means "ask for trouble")[even the equivalent sudafed which is chemically the same] to get rid of such pain as it strengthens the wei qi field for a time (emotional body). But as the name suggests 'ask for trouble' the wei qi field can be weakened or damaged after misuse/longterm use due to yang collapse resulting in a yin cold condition in the body which can be painful. Damaging the Wei Qi field can weaken the immune system and your bodys ability to fight off external pathogenic factors and should never be considered as an alternative pain relief due to the health problems from misuse of Ephedra in this manner.

Complete ditto here....

I was reading some texts the other day... made me wonder: Does Taoism have any text that focus on compassion?

I just wanted to add that Ya Mu is right about those suppliments and Qigong. My wife and I when we can try to take Fish Oil (omega-3) when we can, usually in combination with glucosamine and msm. So they are suppliments that work too. This is just kind of like another added vote of confidence for it, from another person kind of like me saying yes, Ive used it too.

I think thats really cool. I talked to Wilson Yong in passing a few days ago, and he was talking to me about this exact subject. Technically he is not my teacher, yet. Perhaps in the future I can visit for training (he does not teach online) But he was talking about how most of the very spiritual people take the Bodhisattva vow. I was very inspired by this, especially as he said they do their best so as to not have any negative thought. In fact some of them wont even respond if put into bad situation or show kindness in turn. Very inspirational.

I wish everyone well, without enmity, and that they be happy. Just like my loved ones. I admit, I have recently been practicing it, it came recommended, also I was open to the concept. loving kindness, rabbit

How did it go? Still psyched up.

This used to bother me the whole homosexuality thing. Now I just see man, woman, blur car, red car yellow car. When one opens up and realizes the higher energies deal with compassion it releases the lower energies you generally feel before. Metta

Very very cool. I was immersing myself in some of the buddhist texts, but this is very good. Ill have to print that book out so I have a hard copy. Thank you Mat Black!

This Post was talking about the questions regarding Mak Tin Si's Linage that was later removed due to flaming. Mak Tin Si's altar has a Liu Ren plaque listing the spirits. Liu Ren means that he learned from a sect that uses the liu ren spirits. However he has added "dragon king" and the like. Many questions were raised... ending up in a bunch of angry posts in response.

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True but then again you saw what happened. You understand why, more than most would.

True. But then again, a lot of things have become the new black. This is really a second for me, especially seeing as I would only be bringing everybody down.

Well I tried to do something right and got crapped on. What can you say?

nothing more to say.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEAN!

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Also, kids, especially the very rich have used these methods to excel for decades...

True. A good analogy would be if you were to split yourself, and one of your duplicates dies.. well you get the picture. It is gone. Anything the duplicate had is gone.

Shedding Guilt and Karma http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1wdui6LBg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPglfapqfHY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QrVLMr6AdE Enjoy... Something else I found by accient on YouTube... a good primer leaving it to your thoughts.

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