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Yep. I don't believe many are qualified to practice this, for you need to be very sensitive to see the effects and balance it with stillness practice. A good teacher would be recommended to observe your progress and correct any problems if necessary. I learned a simular method many years ago from another teacher and he wasn't teaching it to anyone because he didn't see people ready or willing to face the truth. Times are changing though... Sean is a good guy. Most know very little of him as a person so please lets be nice to each other.

Lol, good one....

I'm bored, a little... MtXNmA8rU24

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Relax. Smile. Let go of all your mental preconceptions of how Kunlun is supposed to be or if you are doing it right. Don't expect your experiences be certain way - everyone is unique with thier own stuff to resolve.

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If you want to cook something in a pot, you need to clean the garbage out of the pot first before you put food in there. In daoist tradition, you create a cauldron ("the pot") using a veriety of methods all of them leading to one-pointed concentration/emptiness.

Dantian?... Imagine a garbage field where through your whole life you dumped all your "stuff" that you didn't have time, energy, whatever to deal with. Now, after stepping on a spiritual path, they tell you everyone has this special place in the navel where you can generate a "spark" that will eventually create an immortal embryo and grow it, etc... Only the problem is, the space needed to generate the "coupling" of the energies has to be completely pure, pristine, void. Until it happens, all you play with is a fantasy without any real foundation. So yes, you need to create the dantian, the cauldron, the pure space. Dao De Ching in the first verses goes straight for the heart of this truth and how to do it. Part of it is in the footer of my every post. M

Plato was talking about reading some books on it a few days ago, so perfect timing... thanks.

Oliver has a good insight but lacks wisdom to see the whole picture. Kunlun level 1 is not just about the posture, smiling and letting go. It's also 20 minutes of sitting afterwards.

It's not the answer, it's the quality of energy that shines through it.

Nice... I need to do more of the "whole day" thing. Only for me, 1 hour brakes in between are far more practical. Normally, it's 1 hour on, 1 hour off, from 7 am to 12 midnight. Also the chain method using a calendar looks interesting. How about using this instead of a calendar?

To get all the chicks, of course.

I have a soloflex motor I attached to the 3'x3' wooden platform. If you buy just the motor, it's $100 less then if you buy with the whole bench. You can attached it to anything- like a chair you sit on or bed. The motor is very powerful and the vibration selection goes from .3 to 1.1g. I use .8g and stand 5 minute parallel to the motor vibrations and 5 minutes- across to them. I have to put some soft cushion stuff under the platform because it tends to shake the building, especially if you use certain frequencies. These days I don't do it that often, although I wold like to go back standing on it every day. From all the stupid things I bought, this is the one I don't regret buying.

Nice. Did they post the pictures from the balloon?

hehe good question... lol, It was my intent to a koan... the question without answer

Well, they are running ads in NYC subway cars for the movie "The Secret" available on cable "pay-per-view". To me personally, it's a great example of how information can be recycled and simplied tageting all human desires and fears, and then presented as something original, secret or unique. Here is a good review of "the Secret" taken from Amazon.com: ========================== Catchy review title? Thought so. Robert Cialdini, renowned psychology researcher and author of Influence: The Power of Persuasion (perhaps the best book ever written on the subject) identifies six basic rules employed by politicians, advertisers and scam artists alike to persuade others. Each of them are employed quite adeptly by Rhonda Byrne in this book [The Secret]. Cialdini's first principle is SCARCITY; people want what's expensive, exculsive, or otherwise attainable. Byrne's mastery of this principle is clearly shown by the very name of the book: The Secret. We all learned this the first week of kindergarten as we felt the jealousy of watching two classmates, hands cupped over ears, sharing a secret out of earshot. This message is reinforced throughout the book and its advertising campaign which pitches "The Secret" (whatever it actually is) as jealousy-guarded information hoarded by the happy, wealthy and successful. Whenever someone tries convincing you of something, whether it's a way to make enormous sums of money, to lose weight, etc - be wary of when it's pitched as "the knowledge THEY don't want you to have." Think about it - everything from the "secrets that Wall Street doesn't want you to know" to "uncovered - celebrities' secrets to staying young" are phrased not simply to pique your interest but to make you jealous. Appeals to our emotion are far more powerful than appeals to reason, and Byrne demonstrates mastery of this principle throughout "The Secret." Cialdini's second principle is LIKING. We like those who like us, and in turn, we do business with them. Positive thinking and emotional intelligence has been linked to strong interpersonal relationships, academic and professional success, and good health, but there is a fine line when positive thinking crosses over to unjustified exuberance. Instead of simply noting the substantial benefits of positive thinking (a well-accepted principle which wouldn't sell books), Byrne crosses the line so blatantly that anyone with a modicum of modesty would find it blasphemous. AUTHORITY is another Cialdini principle, also in play in "The Secret" in quite subtle ways. Another technique which differentiates this book from just another book of positive thinking is the heavy use of quasiscientific language, which gives the impression that the "law of attraction" is (or will become) an accepted scientific principle, just like the law of gravity or the law of attraction of oppositely-charged particles in chemistry. Many people are both intimidated and confused by the authority of science, a fact exploited by manipulators ranging from Byrne to peddlers of magic weight-loss pills. Since no respected physicist would ever publish a paper on the universality of the "law of attraction," Byrne indirectly seeks experts in other ways. She attributes the success of people ranging from Einstein to Beethoven to adherence of "The Secret," thereby manufacturing experts. After all, if Einstein and Shakespeare mastered "The Secret," who are YOU to question it? The last two Cialdini principles are CONSISTENCY and SOCIAL PROOF. The success of this book should leave little doubt it will be followed by more (and more expensive) forms of media peddling "The Secret." The audio recordings, weekend seminars, advertising tie-ins, and other follow-up products certain to follow will exploit these two principles. Once people commit themselves to believing happiness will come from "The Secret," they will attribute future successes, whether a promotion or a great new relationship, to adherence to it. Conversely, setbacks will be even more powerfully in committing people to "The Secret," as people will attribute their failures to not living up to "The Secret" (and buying more of Byrne's books). Consistency dictates it will be less painful to buy more books and immerse one's self further into "The Secret" than to accept the whole premise is a quite ridiculous; while not as pernicious as a domineering cult, "The Secret" promises to charge you handsomely for a positive outlook on life. Byrne's book is problematic on many levels. On it's face, it's a manipulative marketing tool meant to flatter, confuse and deceive. It's also pseudoscience at its best, the last thing we need to encourage in an increasingly technological world which requires healthy skepticism and critical thought. Most damaging, though, is how the book perverts reality by encouraging people to equate a positive outlook on life with a childish, idiotic narcissism. Ayn Rand must be rolling in her grave hearing about the modern manifestation of her objectivist movement reduced to the intellectual equivalent of canned pork. If you're interested in "The Secret," I highly encourage you to read the book - yeah, READ the book - if for any other reason so not to be manipulated by its brilliant marketing. Read it with a critical eye, with a copy of Cialdini's book in the other hand. You may not learn the secret of happiness, but you WILL learn a lot about manipulation and influence from a master of the subject in Rhonda Byrne.

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Not really. But your mind seem to wonder everywhere...

CristLight/Merkaba.org- good example of people spiritualizing their mental garbage to the extreme.

At the end, how do you and others that have the same vow decide who will enter Nirvana last?

I agree. Someone has to be there to cook and clean.

Lol. I'm sure there's a wonderful and exciting story behind this photo of Cam practicing Kunlun, but I don't know what it is and I don't care to speculate. Something to do with trying to ground himself... me thinks.

Isn't the wisdom accumulated through spiritual cultivation and meritorious deeds all one needs to see through reality and illusion?