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yea, I'd add the qualifiers of looking out for the traits and or methods of cults and cult leaders, and sellers of snake oil, one weekend enlightenment, etc.. when it comes to foolishness or dangers....with such groups and events being around over the ages.

anyone who gives much more than general encouragement/support/witness along with general info on where or how to find spiritual teachings and or a teacher on an a wide open public internet site is courting foolishness, or even potential dangers. (imo)

sit down on a chair, (among friends or in public) hold your breath, pinch your nose shut, cross your eyes, stick out your tongue, wiggle your ears and pecks, say ah, massage your right big toe with your left hand, and do all of those near simultaneously; thus if you can accomplish that you may not get many psychic visions but who cares since you will get plenty of looks...

7) Express usefulness through simplicity "Aikido master Kensho Furuya says that "The bamboo in its simplicity expresses its usefulness. Man should do the same." Indeed, we spend a lot of our time trying to show how smart we are, perhaps to convince others — and ourselves — that we are worthy of their attention and praise. Often we complicate the simple to impress and we fail to simplify the complex out of fear that others may know what we know. Life and work are complicated enough without our interjecting the superfluous. If we could lose our fear, perhaps we could be more creative and find simpler solutions to even complex problems that ultimately provide the greatest usefulness for our audiences, customers, patients, or students."

here is a safe one, string 60 cheerios onto a piece of twine and place over your neck, then eat two cheerios a day, one while repeating the St. Francis of Assisi prayer in the morning and one while doing the same before going to bed. (of course remove while bathing or doing sweaty karma yoga)

I wouldn't suggest doing so except with a True-guru who already sees and understands them, And with out help facing and overcoming such we will not get very far with any other type of secrets that are right under our noses...

yea, but we don't really have to work it out just like we don't really have to work out the Tao that is already in the works.

what, answer a rhetorical question...maybe in 72 days or whatever the number was from another post ?

karma is not rocket science....or is it?

ok, some plumbing tips: (add yours if you like) 1. never reuse old copper fittings unless used in very easy to get to and to work on areas. (new fittings almost always solder up better) 2. a small air storage tank (like 2 1/2 gallons) with hose and nozzle can be used to flush copper lines of standing water as long as the air has somewhere to push out the water...then re-soldering on said lines may be possible. 3. to much heat is not better when soldering. 4. don't spare on the flux. 5. if your mate is happy you are are likely to be more happy, so get the job done and turn the water back on asap.

(that was about as mean as kind Steve has ever gotten, which btw. was not very mean)

virtues or sins could land one in the heaven or hell realms for a very long time, but not eternally...for the eternal is not really of eternal time and memory stretched out in a line as some may define it, but of the eternal now which is the Source where it's all happening.

besides who has the need to know details about someone else unless they are directly involved with each other, and even then certain details need not be said.

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another day of plumbing: I'm putting in high quality outdoor freeze resistant faucets. 1st one was easy with good access, 2nd one not so much since I had to saw a hand size+ hole in the base of the sink area for access, then I couldn't drain the line to re-solder for the new faucet and since any water in the line makes soldering near impossible I gotta figure out a way to get the water drained without causing myself to much extra work...or catching the woodwork on fire. and of course make at least two trips to Ace to get the right parts and supplies, and make at least one trip to the fridge for bud light.

you must have been a handsome devil so to speak, for that to work

how romantic and enticing that might sound to some fair lady...

anyone who is or has been married (more so with kids) knows of major variations on this topic...

mankind does know to various degrees when he is breaking with the Tao within himself, which is also breaking with the Tao that is within all beings

and where is this "mind of man" is it also within The Tao? And what of, "what is against the Tao will soon cease to be"? Chap 30

willful acts against Dharma are more than conceptual... they are karmic and binding until resolved. (btw. and speaking of concepts the Self always knows the Self and can never be ignorant of that )

not all but many in the book...

well then again some sharing of such but not getting into certain details.

even Lord Brahma the creator is not free from 'death'...but the "Self is. (Btw. the lifetime of Lord Brahma is extremely long, there is also the the "day and night" of Lord Brahma. Buddhists have different names or descriptions for such time periods)

a sort spiritual inductive/reactance provides some protection to keep us from burning ourselves up...although we may be determined to find ways around much of such protection.... ouch!