Maddie

After a full day of having this post out I will reiterate my reluctance to post this. For some strange reason it seems like almost any other topic can be spoken about with a fair sense of reasonableness, but for whatever reason on the topic of money is brought up it all changes and it gets weird and I'm not exactly sure why that is but I have very certainly noticed over the years that it is. It seems the advice runs from the very obvious to the judgmental to assumptions about ones attitudes and habits that may or may not be correct. I think at this point I'm more interested in the effect money has on the psyche of those discussing it than the topic of money in and of itself.

What do you mean? I would hardly describe my mantra practice as dippy toed. Sometimes I will spend hours per day dedicating myself to mantra practice. I would not say that it's something that I take lightly.

What is it?

No I don't think that's it. Sour grapes isn't really my style.

It does make sense whatsoever :-)

I had no intention of getting my third eye involved either, but since it is on the path of the orbit it just sort of happened. It freaked me out.

Well you had just indicated that you had messed up parts of your life so I was wishing you well. Aside from Brodie saying what he did, the other reason I stopped doing the MCO is because while I was circulating the qi around my orbit it would open up my third eye quite a bit as it is along the path of the orbit and all that energy there had an effect. This being the case I was not ready for it and had some unpleasant experiences that were similar to a kundalini experience. I became very sensitive to other people's emotions and thoughts so I backed off.

Well I hope things improve for you. As for me I wouldn't call it being "choosy". There is effort and as the Buddha said there is "right effort". I just want to make sure what I do is productive as opposed to making more problems for myself, which in the past when I did a mixed salad approach to practice is what I got.

No like I said I've done that before as well.

Then that makes one of us

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Or are you talking about the MCO? I used to do that a while back until I read that Bill Brodi said it was not a good idea.

I needle the points for them. Not sure if that's what you mean?

Learned a lot about those in Acupuncture school and I very frequently use them when I'm treating patients.

I've noticed sometimes my LDT starts buzzing or vibrating even when I'm not actively breathing into it but like spontaneously and I wonder why this is?

As a TCM practitioner I would like to know more about this difference. Maybe that's why I've been confused when I hear terms like opening the channels because from a TCM point of view if your channels weren't open you wouldn't be alive.

In John 10:34 Jesus said "Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods?' Does this seem to indicate Jesus believed and taught non-dualism in a very dualistic culture and most likely why he was executed?

I'll share my personal experiences with the chants and mantras I've done the most. 1. Zhunti: it works but its really rough, even to the point of having physical side effects. 2. Nam Myoho Renge Kyo: very effective. Seems to increase optimism and I've had it playing in the back ground during more than one important decision event like a job interview or a hearing and often had a favorable outcome. 3. Vajrapani.: very good at clearing negative energy, sometimes the effects are almost immediate. 4. Green Tara: can be very comforting when over whelmed. 5. Om Mani Padme Hum: very useful when I either need help showing or feeling compassion for myself or others. 6. Amitofo: Tends to calm me down if feeling anxious or overly excited. Also helps reduce lust. 7. Medicine Buddha mantra: helpful for physical aliments, or stress.

To risk paraphrasing poorly I think the DDJ says the Dao or the Universe or nature is rather indifferent.

Might be one of the Taoism/Daoism, Chi/Qi type things. Nevertheless I corrected it.

I'd know it worked though lol

I'd only buy a money charm off of a billionaire lol

I know most of the right things to say, so I could pose as enlightened on an internet forum fairly well myself, but if someone were to dunk me in a river I probably wouldn't seem quite as enlightened.

Yes I was quite disappointed when I went there to do a few meditation retreats.