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Nicely said, seadog! One thing though... It is a highly philosophical matter: What is natural? To be precise, what you describe is being in tune with what the sun does, not the entirety of nature. And when you think negative about coal or nuclear power coming from hundreds or thousands of miles away ... well... you could say that solar power comes from 93 million miles away. Understanding the true beauty of nature means abandoning the phony idea of (the necessity of) scarcity. Because as I mentioned before, there's a very 'natural' energy that is available all the time, without the sun shining or the wind blowing, and it was discovered during the times of Nikola Tesla, if not earlier. It makes you understand that solar or wind power in the current way of availability is just a means of control, and people like Al Gore make a fortune out of it. Theoretically it would be possible to do the same with vacuum energy, but because of its simplicity, it would require a much higher degree of oppression. I think we're still suffering from the great initial resistance of people like J.P. Morgan when he realized that Tesla wanted to make this technology freely available, combined with the behavior of industry to hold new things back as long as they could possibly draw any profit from running the old things. In a utopian world where everything is a closed cycle, the speed of the cycle would be nearly irrelevant. There would be an over-abundance of things for everybody, because life on earth could not possibly 'use up' all of the sun's energy.

I would describe prayer as self-conditioning, giving yourself an attitude of hope. Although you're thus wanting the prayed-to entity to help you out, I think it's possible that the ensuing mood (provided that it's elevated into the positive) makes self-help easier.

@Seth Please don't feed the divide! When you feel that to counteract a one-sided agenda, you have to join an opposing one-sided agenda, you are feeding that system that doesn't care for truth. You are writing about people having to feel guilty or the need to cut back on a pretty high quality of life, but by this you're widening the gap. It's just details. Try to understand: When you disregard truth it doesn't matter what you do, it will harm everybody. A daoist view on this should help - about how we are all connected, all one. Those people might be totally 'right-wing' ... so what? Aren't you appearing to them as totally 'green treehuggers'? How can people possibly believe that you get problems solved for all of humankind by acting in this way? Stand for yourself without letting other people define you! Don't trade one lie for another! Have confidence in truth! When something seems to be factual that supports the 'right-wing' case, you have to acknowledge it. With time, people will be confused because they don't see a bias in your actions and that's a good starting point for telling them about the importance of truth. I could write a lot more about this, but maybe you got the idea. Thomas Jefferson: "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." This topic fits very well in this forum, I'd say, because it's about enlightenment.

Ok, when my Kunlun book arrives I will see whether that changes something in this regard, and if not, your advice will be quite useful. The salt thing sounds so hilariously easy. But of course you could say that about Kunlun, too.

Well, I just don't feel able to deal with that guy. About two months ago I mustered all my good feelings, I really was full of peace, and I tried an approach according to this, talked to the guy. The result was learning that he did the same damn thing like he did when he lured me into his trap. He let me talk, was so totally agreeing on a compromise, saying what sounded nice to me, like he's not interestes in any significant amount of money, just wants to get over with it. I also talked about game theory and that our over-worked lawyers are only taking more and more money and producing crap, but when I began to request him to talk numbers, I learned that it was all a lie. This guy is a crook and just can't get out of that role, he caused me great pain and ripped me off, and says he doesn't think he could have done anything different to avoid this. ... And that could also be a total lie. I can't believe anything he says. Currently I don't see another way as to take it to the next level, with a better lawyer, because it's absolutely insane how the judge favors the crook who was blatantly lying and contradicting himself before court. And it's not like I have so much money, you know. I saved it through several years of austereness. But the other guy is doing okay. Apparently still doing his fraudulent businesses. What would you do in this situation?

- sourdough products (Do you have that greyish, wheat+rye type of bread in the U.S.?) - black tea (but here the fermentation is not really useful ) - soy sauce - kombucha - kefir Actually I'm a fan of kefir. It's incredible how much these grains upvalue milk. The end product is quite tasty. And if it happens to be too sour, simply add stevia extract. The people in Mongolia, where kefir is said to come from, are known to reach a very high age. An effect that I noticed after only one day is softer skin. You might get diarrhea when you drink it for the first time, this is just an adaptation process. Never happened to me again.

I'm in a years-long lawsuit against a fraud. He deserves nothing, but the judge is about to force me to pay him 5-digits.A quiet walk around the globe, maybe?

5-8-5 <-- screwed it!

I was about to post the video when I discovered this thread. The video makes clear what appears natural to me about meditative experiences. Of course you're doing something with your brain. The fact that those experiences are limited to your own perception underlines it. In one word: demystification Sooner or later it will happen to all mysterial 'supernatural' things.

Calling Max Christensen "Lama Dorje" could cause confusion, because as far as I understand there are more than one Lama Dorje and it's always combined with a third name part. Aren't "Lama" AND "Dorje" just titles? I began to notice this when I remembered that in the movie "Little Buddha", there was a Lama Dorje, but it's definitely not Max. You can also find info about several Lama Dorjes on the WWW.

Great info, thanks! Nice cat!

Carbon assets .... stealing ... rhetoric about moral belief systems. It's very religion-like.Of course we should care for nature. The point that I'm trying to make is that when dealing with this problem mostly emotionally, it's easy to overlook people who are using that to (edit)their(edit) advantage. In a way it's ingenious: The big liars of the world invented a scare with which they can catch warm-hearted, caring people in their net. A quote comes to my mind about that for good people doing bad things, it takes religion. It's not empty words that scientists say this thing has become a religion, because it shows many of those features. People really need to stop thinking (I initially wrote stinking! ) in fixed patterns or seeing themselves in certain roles. I think I could tell you some basic facts about my world view or habits that for some people would be very confusing because they fit in no pattern ... except the love for truth.

That's another interesting thing. Here in Europe it seems to be getting colder. Some will say that is because of the Gulf stream, and it's part of the climate thesis, that at some places it gets warmer, while at other places colder. So less global warming than if it got warmer everywhere.Seadog, imagine what could be done for drought areas if they took all the money for the Kyoto protocol for direct, local help. An it's the same with hunger and poverty in the world. The Kyoto protocol is like burning the money. And in the U.S. alone more than 30000 scientists want it canceled. That's what Al Gore calls the very few unteachable dissenters. A 'fun thought' I recently heard is that if all Greenland-ice melted again, it would create a huge area for vegetation that binds carbon. When people lie over and over, sooner or later they'll stumble over their lies. People are contradicting each other. They tried to explain the lag of CO2 behind temperature with the oceans reacting to a small man-made global warming, then heating up and releasing huge amonts of CO2. (I'll ignore at this point how this alledgedly very delicate balance can be disturbed by man-made CO2, but not by increased solar activity.) Now the newest 'trend' is decreased coral growth due to a higher CO2 concentration in the air causing the oceans to absorb more of it and thus having their pH becoming more towards acidic. And there you have a paradox: The oceans produce CO2 because they're heating up and because of the then higher CO2 concentration in the air absorb more of it?! Well, being this a forum about Chi cultivation and such, people who are not just selectively open-minded will not be surprised when I say: It's tragic! People could have gotton their cars built to run on water and vacuum energy roughly since the beginning of the automobile itself. The old game of power, dominance and control is what separates this planet from being a paradise.

Hi! I'm Thomas, 28 years old and from Germany. I recently ordered the Kunlun book and registered for the K1 seminar in Cologne. I'd call myself a philosopher, or more precisely a thinker, because sometimes I think a lot without gaining any insight. But like Einstein said: "Thinking for its own sake is like music." It's brain workout, if you will. I spent a good part of the past years with research about almost everything, focused on what you could call "world affairs", and it made me realize that pure knowledge can be pretty enlightening, too. It's incredible how much of this world remains hidden to the average person. It led to an attitude that barely anything can dumbfound me. Unlimited possibilities, Just a matter of time. A few months ago I began to take a closer look at martial arts and spirituality. I quickly realized that the internal arts were much more fascinating to me, although I'm kind of a holistic guy. Everything is interconneced. I'm a bit frusrated about being kinda stuck with only research, and I hope Kunlun Nei Gung will help me opening paths, finding opportunities. Considering that I like efficiency and reject dogmatic or other types of ballast, I really feel Kunlun is the real thing for me. I think what the world needs dearly is not a heroic knight with a righteous sword but a cool, calming breeze. Violence is a sign of weakness, because it comes from fear, from (a feeling of) being threatened. I recently read the Dao De Jing and was a bit disappointed. Telling a lot about what to do, no explanations, and some occasions of weak logic, easily disprovable things and such. Well, maybe that's why they say that after some time you'll understand it better. I've already read some threads on The Tao Bums. I tend to read everything that looks interesting, following weblink after weblink, and connecting information where possible. My web browser has more than 100 open tabs at any given time. So, you got any questions? Oh and .... I really like the humor and style here.

I'm not sure how the German educational system translates to the U.S. one, so I'll pass on that. And the map is an external site, I don't trust it enough. I was/am an I.T. guy, you know. You really don't wanna know!

I tried Karate training only two or three times, got minor health issues from it. ... Hint of fate? Obviously it makes sense to do internal first, in order to be more useful for external, should I decide to start practicing martial arts one day. But I'm in fact more fascinated by Parkour, Tricking, Capoeira and such.

Lama Ngakpa Dorje (Tibetan), Ching Fung Dao Shr (Chinese Taoist, uncluding the meaning "teacher of tao"), Sifu Max,... Good question: What does Ngakpa mean? EDIT: "Of the Nyingma order of Tibetan Buddhism, Ralo Rinpoche gave him the title "Nakpha Dorje" which identifies him as one who has the power to awaken dormant powers within."

Some getting smaller, some getting bigger. In total if might still be more melting than freezing, but I mean, c'mon... looking at singular phenomena is pretty unscientific. It also can be manipulated very easily. It's useful for visual propaganda. My current personal standpoint after broad political, scientifical, historical and sociological research: - Whether the global temperature is rising or falling is too hard to tell. There are people on both sides that have an agenda rather than an interest in truth. - CO2's influence is insignificant at best. - The media has an enormous influence in shaping public opinion about the topic. - The whole thing is so full of lies and contradictions! Generally, not limited to this matter, it is perplexing how obvious many bis scams are! Most people are satisfied with pre-filtered information or they filter it by themselves looking only for proof of the standpoint that they heard first. It reminds me of one time in a forum when a FOX documentary about the alledged faking of the moon landing(s) was posted. The docu's explanations were incredibly weak and amateur-like, but some people, after only watching this docu, were absolutely convinced that the moon landings had been faked. No more doubt. No further discussion necessary. I suppose this is when people are just satisfied with believing SOMETHING. Again (and I also noticed this by looking at myself a mere year ago): Very often opinions are based on totally logical reasoning, but the fact basis is flawed! That's why control of information is the main thing used for controlling the population and that's why we all seem to have less and less time left for research. It's tragic! You tell people that they have to consider some facts to save democracy and they answer that they have more important things to do, like shopping. Example Iran: The newspapers here only tell one side of the story... the western one. They report some general, vague things that Ahmadinejad said, but not that he suggested the USA to first apologize for their 1953 coup sabotaging iranian democracy! And that's undisputed, historical fact, but people simply don't know! These things would give people a fit of dizziness and are thus carefully kept away from the masses. Half of what's going on in the world according to the corporate media is pure lies. (By the way, not that you think I support someone like Ahmadinejad. I'm mostly beyond this way of thinking. A. is playing the same bogus game of politics like they all do. But he's got a point there, you have to admit. But Obama has so much confidence in the disinformation that he can respond to A. as if he never said it.) BTW: Isn't this thread in the wrong sub-forum? Would fit to Off-Topic, I think.

There's only one haiku that some years ago came to my mind and I thought deserves the name, and I think this is the right place to post it. And it's bilingual. Some haiku connoceurs here? Whaddayathink? On the mountain's peak Eagles circling beneath me Sky reaches so deep ---------- Auf dem Berggipfel Adler kreisen unter mir Der Himmel so tief / Himmel reicht so tief

Hi there! I'm new, too! You seem pretty centered.

Nice & concise - thanks for the advice!

I haven't read the whole thread, but I did a lot of research, and if you find it confusingly complicated (not to say futile) to discuss the science of the thesis of man-made global warming... It's far easier to look at the politics. You can't trust people like Al Gore to be honest after you've heard some of the things they themselves said or looked at their general behavior. It's a relatively easy method that also works for other topics, e.g. "New World Order". The people involved admit that they are working towards ruling the whole world. Here's a nice one about climate science: Dr. Stephen Schneider, leading greenhouse advocate, in an interview for "Discover" magagzine, Oct 1989: To capture the public imagination, we have to offer up some scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic statements and little mention of any doubts one might have. Each of us has to decide the right balance between being effective, and being honest." In most cases like this it's nothing but fearmongering for controlling the population. -> Divide and conquer.

And there's so much more knowledge that's mildly suppressed or simply a victim of ignorance. You might continue research on the "electric universe": http://www.thunderbolts.info

I can't say for Kunlun, but I'd say on The Tao Bums you breathe tongue-in-cheek.