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1/137 is known as the fine structure constant. It pops up in the mathematics of cosmological physics. If our reality relies on consciousness to exist, then perhaps to obtain ONE there are 137 levels of consciousness to realize as the path? Just an extrapolation of notions combining many interests...Or perhaps there are 137 universes that coexist in our reality? Today's politics surely points to separate thought-based universes in a reality seemingly shared! Bringing science and spirituality together is just one of my hobbies I 'spose. Stay well on your paths my friends.

Anyone hungry Not fed-up with too much food Gratitude abounds

Dear Tao Bums, This is a topic very important to me. I have spent several weeks in Burma and was always amazed at the depth of the Burmese people's good nature and compassionate undestanding of Buddhist practices. These are remarkably kind and gentle people on the whole and deserve the eyes of the world to be upon them and the heinnous nature of their current illegal Government that usurped power from a democratically elected leader. In America there are companies such as UNICAL that are profiting from the Myanmar oppressions. Please let our leaders know that these corporations should be held acountable for their actions. And indeed that our governments should not be supporting this reign of terror! Please take a moment to read this article- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15757111/ Do what you will with the info.

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Echoes in the void Rippled away like cheap wine Li Po and I sing

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There are no true seperations in our shared reality, everything alive is part of the whole. Man made seperations have driven us apart. The Roman Catholic Church is a manifestation of The Roman Empire. The bible was written hundreds of years after JC or his followers. It was created to promote the Empire not the teachings of The Rabbi Jesus - known as the Christ... WAKE UP! And the internal rot of child-abuse is as real as a heart attack, as are the financial mis-dealings coming to light...

I'm seeing the Yin & the Yang also having a common state of being as if the two seperate are also always "two" united & create a triad in the realm of nature... able to function as sperate and united forces within each life form, as well as the geomorphic whole...Everything is all one thing... an expanding moment of life ever changing and becoming -the big bang is still happening, expanding every moment at a fantastic rate...

Thank you all for this wonderous response... So much insight & wisdom on this site...For my way of thinking, it's the whole "Boss" idea that needs to be left behind... Going with the natural flow of nature is what we have been missing in our development - industrialization and dehumanization are rampant. I just wanted to note that there seems to be a geomorphic will that people pick up on that is changing how power is manifested through our various societies... It may be that society's pendulum will swing farther to the Yin side of nurturing rather than subdueing...than will be uncomfortible for some... before a more natural balance is reached -but without the will to protect "Mother Earth" we have no sustainable future to fore-see...Patriarchy has failed us in almost every instance... Also , as I've written here before I think it highly possible that Jesus was an incarnation of a Buddha, the 3 wise man story ties in with the searching for reincarnated Buddhas too...And the teachings of love and compassion are directly tied to Buddhism... Thank you for these great insightful thoughts...

Hi Everyone! I've been off line for quite a while. But I recently read a wonderful translation of the Tao Teh Jing- Titled The Secret Tao - by D.W. Kegler I think that is correct spelling, not sure)... He offers the text in Chinese in a direct sort of broken english and an interpretation of his own that offers a fresh take for me. His introduction is also really great as it tenders an enlightening view of early Taoist history.-Peace.

Anyone Hungry? The meat wheel spins through space/time None for me thank you!

My Vision expands Inner space & outer space incite excitement

That poor "seer" is left waiting, Well cheer up,at least its not the end of the world...

The constant is change. Am I the same "person" I was at 2 or 10 or 30 years old? I seem to possess a continued conscioussness over those years, but I am not the same person. I have also had out of body experiences that lead me to believe that my self is not perminently tied to my ever-changing corporial "self" anyway! My take is I have an eternal spirit that has a soul of its own, and a "borrowed" body and mind to allow me this human experience... That consciouss self has had several incarnations and shall have more until I realize a permenent spiritual being...

Hi everyone! Happy Holidays to One & All! I'll be playing with Michael "Murch" Powers at Terra Blues in NYC (149 Bleeker Street NYC) from 7:30- 10:00 on MONDAY the 27th of December.... It would be wonderful to meet some of you there! Love to all-

I've recently come across some Baha'i history and found it very interesting and it reawakened how appealing Baha'i could be as a doctrine. Their aim to become an unifier of many faiths & science seems a fine idea on its' own merits. I particularly appreciate how the coming of a prophet post-Mohammed has put the Islamic case for "being the final word" to the test... Which is just my way, I like to undermine hubris, particularly my own. (I also disliked the Dallas Cowboys claiming to be "America's team"). I can see a world without religious wars due to a unifier such as Baha'i has having great drawing power. But as usual there are spanners in the works. A strong anti-homosexual stand is somewhat off-putting for a unifier of all peoples and cultures. They are even more anti-gay than the JDL, which goes with a don't ask don't tell sort of approach, while not condoning it... I first heard of Baha'i when I met two Baha'is - the singing duo Seals & Crofts back in 1969 when they stayed at a friends' home after a concert at Princeton U. They also made it sound very appealing. Not to worry, fellow bums! I do maintain Taoism already holds a place as unifier, both as the precurser and holder of one and all anyway...If it already is, it's already in the Tao, there's room for one and all, changing and growing as we go! Go Tao Go! ...I add this bit 'cause The Baha'i ists are really pretty gung-ho about spreading their word and building up membership. Does anyone know any Baha'i ists? Whats your scoop on this bunch?

Hi everyone, I've been off line for the most part these past several months. HAVING experiences. Being part of this wonderous world, as well as the spiritual realms we have opened the doors to... is the source of our actual lives. I do not miss the web much, but do hold this site very dear to my heart. Stay well and be happy with what ever circumstances you happen into, learn from the trials and abide... love to all- Pat

Hi everyone! - I've been off line a while - This is a great link to find right away when returning !!!-Many thanks!- Pat

This has me wondering just how many weather controling dragons exist- how they interact to foster weather... how immortal are they? Do these interactions always need "deal making" to have conclusive weather etc... The cosmology is astounding! love to all- Pat

WAKE UP! A previously rarely seen- & newly published work by J. Kerouac on the life of the Buddha has many interesting aspects to it. First the intro is by R. Thurman. Then the transcription... discription- of Buddhas' transcendance seems very well done to me... That his greatest insight was realizing everything sprang from mind as the source and sire of matter ( being mostly empty space anyway)... was astoundingly and simply stated. His heavy Christianized view of spirituality remains apace & "The Middle Way" -is NOT alluded to as Taoist _ which seems obvious to me- biased as I am of course... But in all it is a good read. That the naming of our Tao Bums site, sprang from his Dharma Bums strikes me as apt just now.... as usual love to all-Pat

The original intent of bringing live trees indoors has been lost for the most part. That we subvert the true meaning of the act by killing millions of trees every year appalls me! So yeah its a straw dog in that it belies our activity as something other than what it actually IS... I often see any "straw dog" as a sort of fake/false effegy Mao said that the atomic bomb was a straw dog for the industrialists... Meaning that they would not use the real thing, but only offer the image of doom to curtail activity that went against industrialist desires/activities...

That nature is unkind serves as a reminder... When we laze on our porches and savor cool summer breezes... nature seems pretty sweet. That a hawk hovers above looking for field prey is part of the scene and not bad nor good. kindness has little place in the natural world. But we as beings who wish for - & attempt to attain transcendance of our more basic mind-sets - can behave with kindness and may be afforded that luxury as we will it! Knowing ones' place in the world is very important. A sage need not act as others need to act. His place and activities are not typical of human behaviors...He spends his time with different concerns. love to all- Pat