Maddie

Yeah at my local monastery there is an American monk that spent time in Burma but he is very dismissive of their folk traditions as just primitive superstition.

I had no idea the Theravada were doing anything remotely like this at all!

There are less extreme and dangerous methods as well. I have used several methods to work on opening various channels that are not as hard core.

I agree that its hard to find discussion about, and that it can be dangerous. I wonder what it was about Cinnabar that they ancient Daoist alchemists found so fascinating? Unless they just told that to Emperors they didn't like to get them off the throne.

Yes the root chakra is something I've pondered often. The root chakra is something I've worked on in the past but I've not seem to made much progress with it for what ever reason.

I must have been tired last night because now in the morning after a full nights sleep this is so obviously satire lol. It had been a long day lol.

Probably about the same amount of time Bruce Lee trained a day.

What do you base this statement on?

To be honest I'm not really sure why I feel the way I do about money.

Let's say you get all the power you want, then what? I seek peace.

I couldn't agree more. Seeking is seeking to add to the self, add to the ego. A lot of those on the forum primarily seeking power tend to have a similar flavor when being communicated with.

The sith Lord from Star Wars, the one that says "unlimited power"

Thus far I've tried several Buddhist mantras, and the one that I feel like it does the most is probably Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Zhunti seems to do a lot also, but its too strong and I tend to feel bad after doing it.

Like Palpatine?

I don't know to be honest, but I've always hated dealing with it, thinking about it, and as long as I have enough to survive I could care less about it.

I have considered trying the Laxmi mantra. Is it effective?

It's anti-Buddhism lol

Going back to karma I think for some back ground I'll give a couple major examples in my life so far regarding personal relationship and career karma. My personal relationship karma has sucked from the beginning, so that is immediately past life karma. I have a quite detailed past life theory but I won't get into that now, suffice to say its not great. My dad was an abusive narcissist throughout my entire childhood. A couple years after I am out on my own in the adult world I get involved in a church cult that is the same. After leaving that I get into a marriage that is also the same. After leaving that the first couple people I date are also the same. At this point I'm really wondering why no matter where I go, what I do or who I'm with its always the same. So at this point I stop dating and start using all my free time to deal with my relationship karma. I spent a sold year doing this before attempting to date any one. After this when I did begin to attempt dating again I met a very nice lady that was kind. Same goes for my careers and jobs as well. For a long time no matter what job I got or what I did I always hated it and it usually treated me poorly. So around the same time I decide to work on my relationship karma I also decide to work on my career karma and now I have a career that I love. Since I am generally uninterested in money I guess I have sort of put this one off for a while until now. I'm hoping after some more serious effort dealing with this type of karma things will also improve effortlessly.

No, but I think I could manage the creepy staring if I really tried.

That part I get. What I don't get is why knowing that it is important why I don't like the topic nevertheless.

I've seen a lot of people claim enlightenment, or to be Jesus or something. The skepticism I have these days is well earned.

Ok but just because it's you.

My gig is I'll eat a plate of paste with some wine and watch Netflix for you for only $24.99 for the next 10 callers in the next 20 minutes.

Well I do know that one of the reasons I was reluctant to begin this topic is because I hate the topic of money. I don't know why, but I do. But I am also getting tired of not having enough either.

Ok I'm starting to ponder a bit...🤔