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To add to what I just posted: It's an interesting way to put the old ideas and market them this way to inspire people to change their lives. Their method can definately work and bring all the prosperity- I don't think it will bring happiness without a lot of supplementary work. I can hardly see it anything to do with spiritual path- more like with getting what you want in life. A simple sitting meditation would be much more effective in doing that without creating traps.

Yes, pain or joy are just tools. And they all fall under 'impermanence'. Pain and pleasure, anger and kindness... They come and go, do they not? So how are they not an illusion?

Check out this shit.... They are trying to sneak through a bill that would make anyone from 18 to 42 y.o. go to the army for at least 2 years... http://www.rense.com/general71/dd.htm

Am I glad I'm out of this organization or what? The founder is now claiming to be a 99th generation of Jesus Crist and Mary Magdalene. http://www.merkaba.org/announcements/053106.htm

I was watching the teacher was doing push hands with 2 students. He would extend one hand and do a slight movement with touching the hand of the student. The student's wind got knocked out and about half a time he lost his balance and fell on the floor. The other half, his partner caught him and helped to regain control. He improved so much since that video was taken.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may20...70506_b_HIV.htm

Wow, that's a nice ass. And this is MY perfect country breakfast...

I would but I've grown attached to my regular bowel movements. Ahhhhhhhhhh.... Max

Lol, you are funny. I would certainly do that but I decided long ago not to eat any food that starts with an "X".

Thanks Cam

Cam, can you post the other link with the post-UFC interview with Matt? He was talking about the elbow cracking and the judge seemed to hear it too.

Check out these clips: http://www.itcca.org/site/content/org/Chi_...7/index?lang=en

ohhhh, you are nasty! Doing it to your cat, for god's sake?

This may be related: There was (still is?) an "aboriginal tribe in Columbia deep in the Amazon jungle called the Kogi. They had no language and "spoke" only telepathically to each other. In truth they made little sounds, but these sounds were not logically arranged into any pattern such as an alphabet. They were just sounds, but these sounds came from the heart not the mind and created images inside your head, and you could "see" what the other person was communicating." Search Google for more information.

The movie "push Hands" is interesting... Here is a quote of TCC potential development... ============================= The Song of Taiji's Real Meanings says: "No shape, no shadow. Entire body transparent and empty." This means that (you) have reached "the stage of forgetting self" and have attained "the level of Wuji state." No shape and no shadow means that (you) have forgotten the existence of the self's physical body. (If you) are able to be relaxed, soft, reach extreme calmness, and can transport your Qi anywhere without stagnation, then the physical body will gradually disappear. This is the feeling of trancparency of the entire physical body and this means that (you) have reached the highest Wuji stage of the body's regulating... ============================= Check out this site: http://www.ymaa.com - has lots of MA related stuff for sale.

Here is a quote from this article: This "living rightly and well" is being stated throughout the article like there is no alternative to meat to have a healthy lifestyle. There are. I have no problem with anyone eatting meat. To me personally, I stopped it because it's not helpfull to my spiritual practices. You may argue I attached with my mind the negative aspect of being "no helpfull". If it was all about me, it could probably be the case. No matter how cool you are and non-attached to any sensations and your mind is totally pure when it comes to eatting meat, the act of killing the cow is present. The pain of death and fear is in the meat. The energy generated in the process of cow's death is there. You simply can't go around this no matter how saintly and enlightened your mind is. You put this inside yourself- you will have to deal with the energies ralated to the act.

Wow, thanks Cam. Matt is trully a champion and I'm glad someone as nice as he can be a positive role model for all the kids.

Trees speak. Ask Plato on this one and he may tell you about hours he spent meditating with one tree and what developed after that. Maybe he will write something on his blog: http://www.nyctaoist.com

No, chinese take out. Who won? Edit: Or better ask: how huges won if he did?

Death will come as soon as you finish paying all your bills. Silly Death...

Karen, nice post and the ideas presented closely go with following the Dao path. Hagar, we base our understanding on other people's and our life experiences and wisdom accumulated through spiritual training. And so our opinions reflect what we see is the truth. The good part about it is we are always changing and growing and so are our ideas and beliefs.

Cool. Go Gracie!!!!!

Wow, you are mixing waaaaaaaayyy too much stuff. Don't put more then just a few ingredients- preferably one kind of fruit and one kind of vegetable. If you make a soup like in your case, ease up on garlic and olive oil. They will make your food stay in your stomach for a while. i follow this rule- if it takes me more then 5 minutes to make a smoothie from start to finish, i'm doing something wrong. I believe chimps eat insects and whatever proteins they can get when they are in the natural habitat. Nuts are only in certain times of the year as well. If you follow an active lifestyle like MA training, I would recommend drinking a few raw organic eggs every day or every other day.

Tried brussel sprouts plus oranges and mango- was so bad i could only drink half. Cauliflower and the same fruits went much better yesterday, but I've noticed that for me 'tolerable' means 'disgusting' for most. I haven't used the new blender to do avocado seeds yet. My intake of oils is mostly from flax seed and hemp seed oils.

Don't the predators have teeth designed for ripping the flesh and swallowing without chewing? The acid in their stomach can brake apart bones; stomach acid in humans is way too weak to properly break up animal meat for digestion. Also the claws and thangs are missing. Would you like to have an experiment? Do something kind for homeless for a week. When you meditate see how it feels. Then for a week do something to hurt people but keep believing it's all for the experiment and you don't really mean it. Then meditate and see how you feel inside. Peregrino, i really enjoy reading your posts.