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  1. Personal Practice Discussion Thread Request

    doc benway replied to Henchman21's topic in Forum and Tech Support

    Got it, you should be good. Let me know. Enjoy

  2. Personal Practice Discussion Thread Request

    doc benway replied to Henchman21's topic in Forum and Tech Support

    Done

  3. Personal Practice Discussion Thread Request

    doc benway replied to Henchman21's topic in Forum and Tech Support

    @Earl Grey Never mind, I found your requests... took me a minute. You should be in good shape. Let me know if you have any trouble moving your threads to the new sub-forums.

  4. Personal Practice Discussion Thread Request

    doc benway replied to Henchman21's topic in Forum and Tech Support

    You got it

  5. Personal Practice Discussion Thread Request

    doc benway replied to Henchman21's topic in Forum and Tech Support

    What specifically are you looking for? Thanks

  6. Personal Practice Discussion Thread Request

    doc benway replied to Henchman21's topic in Forum and Tech Support

    You need to be a bit more active here first... Thanks

  7. Personal Practice Discussion Thread Request

    doc benway replied to Henchman21's topic in Forum and Tech Support

    @SongShuhang You've got it

  8. Personal Practice Discussion Thread Request

    doc benway replied to Henchman21's topic in Forum and Tech Support

    I've recently received permissions to play with PPF's and such. I will begin addressing requests as my time allows. I'm just learning the software so please be patient. @Mithras - your request has been granted. @TheGrayJediKnight - yours as well @JustARandomPanda - it's back @Hannes - you got it
  9. I think you would dig Tentacle. I just started reading some short stories by Ted Chiang, very promising.
  10. A few loves: Mary Doria Russell - The Sparrow and Children of God Haruki Murakami - Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas Hugh Howey - Wool trilogy Jeff Long - The Descent Katherine Dunn - Geek Love Jeremy Levin - Satan: His Psychotherapy and Cure by the Unfortunate Dr. Kassler, JSPS Liu Cixin - Remembrance of Earth’s Past (thanks TM) Alan Moore - Voice of the Fire Frank Herbert - Dune Dan Simmons - Hyperion trilogy Neil Gaiman - The Ocean at the End of the Lane Rita Indiana - Tentacle Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange Italo Calvino - If on a winter’s night a traveler
  11. Moderating this forum is a tricky business for me. I've done it before but never feel like I know what I'm doing. It's a lot of trial and error to be honest. We can have all the rules and guidelines in the world but members here are intelligent and wily when so motivated, so we will always need to be flexible and resourceful, not cookie cutter. I have no intention of locking threads to silence positions or skew arguments. I find that when I'm a moderator, I don't get as involved as before in threads and I'm more careful with my comments. My objective is simply to use it as a tool to head off escalation and avoid personal attacks, expressions of hate towards groups of people, publication of copyrighted or offensive material, and that sort of thing. I ask the members to be patient and supportive of us. From my perspective, everyone on the team is doing this in good faith to help the site run as smoothly and openly as possible. There are enough of us, with differing perspectives and backgrounds, that I think we'll do a good job of balancing each others' strengths, weaknesses, and biases. I'm already seeing some of this in our discussions.

  12. Zhan Zuang - Chest Pain?

    doc benway replied to Bogge's topic in General Discussion

    Sounds to me like muscle tension and strain in the pectoral muscles, maybe the intercostals. This can be due to arm position, spine alignment, restricted or forced breathing. If you don't have a teacher, you need to be your own. It's tough to learn the subtleties from books or videos. One important skill is to learn to listen carefully to the body and trust in that relationship. This allows us to make the necessary subtle adjustments in posture, breathing, duration of practice and so forth. When I was taught to stand, I was advised not to practice any posture other than standing post until the arms began to rise naturally and spontaneously. It took about 6 months for that to happen.
  13. While I fully agree with this, I think it can be very difficult to assess these characteristics especially in a short period of time. Skill is probably the easiest to judge but even that is tricky and potentially misleading for a beginner to understand. Virtue can be difficult to know about a teacher until you've been with them for a while. Whether or not they will teach you deeper "secrets" is another thing one cannot predict or guarantee. I don't think the teacher even knows until you've been their student for a while and show that you're worthy of their trust.
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  15. Canna Bums

    doc benway replied to doc benway's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    The other thing about cannabis and Covid is that it is all theoretical. To my knowledge, none has shown any benefit in human being... yet. While I certainly hope it is effective, at this point it's important to balance the potentially negative effects of lung irritation from smoking and vaping (particularly oils and waxes) with theoretical benefits.
  16. MODERATOR NOTICE Please stay on topic and avoid ad hominem arguments. The moderation team does not intend to work very hard to allow political discussions here. If they get heated or personal, they will be shut down. While politics and spirituality may be inextricably linked, the luxury of discussing politics here is dependent on the ability of all participants to remain respectful and civil. Thank you for your understanding and for helping us to make this a safe and supportive platform for everyone.
  17. I’ve trained in Yang and Chen styles, as well as a lesser known style developed in the 20th century by Master Chen Pan Ling based on Yang Ban Hou’s teaching (Yang style prior to Yang Chen Fu), Wu, and Chen styles. I received far more instruction in martial application from my Yang teacher as that was his area of expertise (he also taught kuoshu, xingyi, and bagua). My Chen instruction was excellent but my Chen teacher did not offer the same degree of martial focus. Master Logray’s point about taiji styles/methods converging at higher levels was also my experience. It really comes down to 3 ingredients for me (some say 5) - quality of teacher, commitment of student, and transmission of lineage.

  18. Is turning 40 all downhill?

    doc benway replied to Goldleaf's topic in General Discussion

    You are going to die, You are going to lose jing in your own good time. We have the opportunity to make the best of this moment and every other. The one who is afraid to let go needs compassion and kindness. It makes change easier and opens us up to new possibilities.
  19. Body, Speech, and Mind in the Bön dzogchen teachings are the doorways to the three bodies and are referred to as the Three Doors. In the Bön system the Body maps to the Dharmakaya or Bönku - the Body of Bön. Speech is Sambhogakaya, or Dzogku - Body of Perfection. Mind is Nirmanakaya, or Trulku - Body of Manifestation. The mapping may seem counterintuitive but relates to our practical experience in meditation - body of emptiness (dharmakaya) is experienced through stillness of the body; body of light (sambhogakaya) through silence of the inner and outer voices; and body of great bliss or manifestation (nirmanakaya) is experienced through the openness and spaciousness of mind/heart which gives rise to inner warmth, the four immeasurables.

  20. Dancing

    doc benway replied to moment's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    Viva Flamenca!
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  22. Dancing

    doc benway replied to moment's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    Here is my friend Erin winning the USA tango stage championship in 2009

  23. Expressing gratitude for material things

    doc benway replied to Encephalon's topic in General Discussion

    No judgement of what others choose to post but I spend so much time noticing and voicing the negativity of my environment (be it internally or externally) that I’m going to restrict myself only to sharing gratitude in this thread.

  24. cultivation practice advice for beginnners?

    doc benway replied to witch's topic in Newcomer Corner

    Welcome back! I hope you find what you are looking for.

  25. Martial Arts demonstrations gone wrong

    doc benway replied to moment's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    No video but I’ll share a martial misadventure. I made my first pair of nunchaku around age 14 and taught myself some moves. I got pretty good with the little buggers. One day I was really in the groove in my back yard, missed an over the shoulder flip, whacked myself hard in the jaw and knocked myself flat on my back. It was a great lesson in their effectiveness!