Maddie

Um wow, that is um.... "interesting" lol. This is the kind of crap that makes people think we are nuts

Oh I like that!!!

Really? May I ask why? I still do, but less enthusiastically than I used to.

One of the biggest differences between protestantism and Catholicism. And not exactly the same thing but a similar situation between Mahayana and Theravada.

Sticking to the scriptures and rejecting tradition. Very Protestant LOL

I'm not invalidating the later traditions protestant style, just noting that there is a difference. To be honest a lot of my practice (mantra) is not in the suttas.

I suppose that's a whole other question LOL

I've noticed people tend to get way more upset when I tell them the truth.

I have noticed this exactly. When I first started learning about Buddhism and mindfulness I just took what teacher said for granted until I started reading the suttas for myself and saw that what was taught by the Buddha at least according to the suttas was very different.

I don't think I saw that

Excellent point * "The one who looks like palpatine" 😂😂😂

I went through all of those youth novels, Harry Potter, Twilight (couldn't make up my mind between team Edward or Jacob), Hunger Games.

I miss a lot of the old school here.

What is up with this semen obsession? lol Also (and I could be wrong, but I'm not) I think, thinking and seeking literal super powers is more of a young man fantasy.

I feel like this thread has a little more of that vibe *shocker I know lol

JK Rowling is an anti trans TERF and a pretty cringe person all around. On the other hand Harry Potter is a wonderful piece of literature that I will always love. I just separate the art from the artist.

I was just contemplating this yesterday. Why are there so many more men on here than women? But in TCM its just the opposite.

True but I think officially what the Pope says is how it is, at least officially. Aside from that I have listened to Catholics that represent the entire spectrum of views.

The Vatican just published an official statement a couple weeks ago calling gender affirming surgery a disgrace to one's humanity or something like that. It's complicated because stuff like that causes me to roll my eyes, but I find the Catholic mystics to be very interesting.

I use acupuncture and herbs (mainly Jing) tonics to increase jing and qi for health and longevity.

I do not lol

I would be one of those lol

I see. So what is Buddhist neidan then? And what are the great reforms?

Interesting, I'm Buddhist but do not know what that is from a Buddhist point of view.

This was why I was trying to pin down the definition of neidan you were using. To be fair the goal of TCM isn't that, but as a TCM practitioner I tend to use it for beyond the scope of just medical treatment.