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thanks guys. a good day for laughs.

tai chi chuan taijiquan a taoist (martial)art that uses bagua principles it is a lifestyle , way of life more than a way to fight. "the hands that hold (true)taijiquan shakes the entire world" i dont reckon anyone would wish to fight zhang sanfeng? some of my bagua bros speak of him as a monster

Koch brothers whether the dow jones industrials sits at 13,000 or 13 cents it dont affect me none ah, the simple life........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guh06NPgNmQ taijiquan,baguazhang,selected chi kungs, shen gong damn if i didnt forage up cornucopia of herbs this year. just another great day in the tao, however it goes yeah i am uneducated, my opinion means nuthin, i swore off wall street and money october 2008

256? idk 197? perhaps. in either case he did live another 106 years after he had been publicly celebrated to have reached 150. he was not a vegan. he ate chicken and turtle. my guess is that somewhere in his adventures in the mountains foraging for herbs, he found a 200 year old ginseng root and consumed it. zhang sanfeng may have also lived about 200 years but his situation was very different from li yuen's. we age by the choices that we make.

i know some guys that practice a set of YJJ , they call it i chi chin, i think. but their set has 49 postures and how they play it is, they do 7 postures a day , in that way they have covered the entire set each week. with each posture they work 7 breath cycles. each posture seems to be progressively more difficult. these guys are are extremely well conditioned.

the sitting you describe ,back onto the heels was the way we all started our kung fu clsses here. i cant say i ever looked forward to it maybe it is not so coincidently i find full lotus comfortable? the book CREATIVITY and TAOISM, very highly recommended. highly.

sounds like a good idea and a good opportunity. for me there is a synchronicity at play(as usual) this time however is not so good for me. the past year i have had plenty of free time and would have enjoyed being on either side of this, both even. right now tho, my time is alot tighter. i will check back when that changes.

Jaysahnztao, i appreciate the kind words and to have been mentioned in the same sentence with those giants , well thanks , BUT you are the one who deserves the credit, YOU are the one who has perervered and made this happen. great news however you look at it i could not be happier for you and you have earned it thru your merit,patience,pererverence and practice. when i first met you , what i noticed was you were sincere, humble, patient and had a genuine desire to achieve. these are all key ingredients. you had and still have a passion for this and you have made it into your lifestyle. you continue to inspire me. i think you also understand you are fabulously lucky to be around scott h, ricky p, all of those other great players in your neck of the woods. ok now, do not rest on your laurels, keep playing and keep fighting!! i reckon we both have more we can share with each other.

yes there is a distinction between liberty and freedom. but this is also (?) the land of the free The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. ~ Alice Walker

yeah JB , i know you know where i stand. we're always cool. as i am so indifferent about politics and no one can ruffle my feathers here , it is a safe conversation, also i am not trying to ruffle any feathers either. i just want honest examination and critical thinking and maybe some valid solutions can be agreed upon for the serious challenges we all face as americans. i really see both sides at fault as this gridlock continues into some kinda trench warfare. and when i use terms like that- yes, realize i am an anarchist ideally and not militantly. i know i am lucky to live in any part of america. if i did not feel this way i am able to go elsewhere. i am not imprisoned here. ideally i would want - individuals who are independent, self reliant, self disciplined, responsible, folks that realize they cannot inject their morality upon others, as morality is a very personal thing. imo a lack of exposure to independentness or an over dependency to anything , a govet) has a way that it seems to discourage resiliency or an ability to adapt effectively in the face of adversity. what i think would be good are conditions encouraging self discipline & self responsibility, for folks to be able to make their own decisions and reinforce resiliency. folks that take their futures into consideration. folks that take responsibilty for their own affairs to include their health. for some i probably seem very cold hearted? for me tho i dont think sympathy and compassion is always bailing someone out of whatever trouble they have found themself in. explore resiliency. imo with resiliency one finds insight, independence, initiative, creativity, humor, good moral character and good relationships. it fine tunes one into the ways of our world. i dont want america to be a europe. let europe be europe , let america be america. let folks choose where they want to live and under what system. maybe south america is a great choice for some. like i said this my my ideal it is not exactly what i see as our current landscape. i do suggest an ethological approach. lets adapt and change. is our current 2 party system actually serving us? does each side have its own media? does each side continue to parrot party lines? is the constitution actually the law of the land? what i see is there is way too much stress. there is a wealth of evidence that stress, poverty, negative interactions even including family negative interactions as divorce etc, mental illnesses, all types of abuse to include drug abuses, environmental risks all pre-dispose our children, our youth , our future to future problems. are there solutions? i dont think any regualtions of any kind leads us away from these problems.and these problems i feel is what is contributing to our other more obvious problems. is it hopeless? do kids , do children still play? is anything gained just by playing? being playful? idk as i am just some mindless wandering wanna be taoist trying to flow effortlessly like water or floating carefree as a cloud. there is nothing i can offer to help to all these folks i see living and showing the effects of a stressful life. when i observe small animals playing , what i notice is that they develop basic skills, they learn to interact and share. they learn how to take themselves out of a dangerous situation. for a moment can i dream that our elected officials can "play" that they are lawmakers and are there to interact in a way with each other that will adress our problems? playfulness or stressfulness? idk i just aint much for stress. guess thats why i dont have any in my life? i hand over this thread to you guys, it would be awesome if any type of hint of a solution could be found. i am going out to play now.

"Do you know? " i know that when i was given the message it struck an immediate and very penetrating chord with me. i know that since that very moment i have not been sick (illness) since. Do i know? that i dont know? you did see the title under my name here? edit , i wanted to borrow this from Hundun's recent post There is Only One Illness An interesting feature of Cosmos Qigong is that the student suffering from depression will practice the exact same set of exercises as the student suffering from hypertension. The “prescription” is the same for each student, no matter what the ailment. How can this be? The explanation is as simple as it is profound: There is only one illness

"Headlines claiming "A Missing Link May Have been found!" are extremely common." so we are to ignore the skeletal remains found that go with this headline?

"I also have to chuckle at zeros' poking naive comment, when what I'm chuckling about is the naivete of believing that soaking the rich will leave the rich inclined to hang around with their money in the least. Sorry to let you in on a little secret, a lot of "the rich" are already soaked pretty badly " it is a poke only made half way in jest tho. as i still find all of this ridiculous. and hey rick santelli is one cool dude in my book. here is a question tho, if we cannot tax these "job creators" ...who and where are these job creators? are they in india and china? where? who? i agree if someone is actually creating jobs here in america by all means , lets give them a tax pass. i am all for that. but if someone has made the choice to send american jobs overseas so that the corporate bottom line was fatter, hey then lets tax about 150% of that difference they thought they gained. if the rich dont wanna hang around with their money, by all means they are free to go elsewhwere and they have the means to do so, unlike the rest of us. (well once actually, i left ky, went to NY on to germany and italy, with under 100$ in my pockets, but i did have a rt ticket and alot of naivette, anyone else care to match that?)(i did have a rockin good time and returned with money too) job creators?? who? where? i saw where there had been 7.6 billion given to the states 17 months ago to provide some temporary help for folks about to be foreclosed on , and the states have withheld 99+% of those funds from being released to do what that money was distributed for. yes, there is a dis-connect. greece? idk man . i have been around. what i have seen is that americans outwork everyone and becoz we do so, the deck gets more stacked and more stacked against us. the american worker is the golden goose not the rich folks. of course if the rich wanna go live their lives out in the south of france or wherever. cya bye. only stay if you want to pull your weight. the guy that ralis posted who spends 200,000$ a year merely to feed his family? well, it is true that the prices are rising at the grocery store i reckon. edit> people are inherently lazy? i am lazy, my friend taiji tim is lazy. i dont really know any others who are. american workers are not lazy, not in the least.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/new-fossil-may-be-missing-link-in-human-family-tree/article2158182/print/

The sage is not sick because he is sick of sickness. Therefore he is not sick. this is exactly how Da Liu expressed it to me and it came in a very timely manner. i dont know any chinese language either , but Da Liu surely did/does? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Qing_Yuen

you make wise choice, young jedi

you dont know Woochi?

vegeta is the prince of all saiyans but he is a bit cocky and underestimates his enemy i am looking for the slow-slow path with no-no powers

yup " show pretty readily how not-serious you are about fixing anything whatsoever" i am not serious about politics as i have made clear many times on this forum and thru-out my life. on one hand it is totally hilarious and ridiculous from my view, and on another hand i do understand that many take this stuff very seriously. there are many many folks suffering here in america and from my view those folks are not the rich folks that are doing the suffering. i cant tell a clinton from a bush to me they are exactly the same. http://news.yahoo.co...erence-concert/ here clinton says the problem has been going on 30 years. it woulda been cool if he had adressed it 20-12 years ago while he was in power. imo and from my view GWB and DC and their cohorts are all guilty of treason. People need to be taught to rely on themselves and not the government. Sick or infirm, ok, but if you are able in the least, you should not be sucking off of society. well Jb i agree with this, however for the first time in my life i am taking the Gcheese. i am now a student and receiving grant/loan. i make no apologies for this , i dont make the rules , i just play by them and it is rather playful. and i am abiding by the stated rules, i look at it as a contract of sorts , i do go to class. a dollar publicly spent is a dollar and change taken privately i agree again but i always say a penny saved is at least as good as a penny earned. HNJT Wake up and smell the bullshit. obviously if one is upwind from it , it is harder to smell it. "By electing leaders who will do as such" name one "Especially, one who considers himself spiritual" i consider us all spiritual we can have differing views. we are all at different vantage points. i trust JB, i trust ralis....and it is fine entertainment watching this. luckily from my vantage point how ever it plays out i will most likely be equally un-affected. BUT i reckon i am in a small minority in that regard. "That is why I called them fascists, given that they want to combine religion and government, which is fascism and is not an ad hom attack as you attempted to characterize it." JB, do you think creationism should be taught in public schools? no real objective journalism exists - from the right or the left. " posse comitatus." i suspect plans are already in place 10. Who is going to repair and pay for the common infrastructure i.e, bridges, roads, sewer systems, it does look like the GOP is willing to let america crumble away. i may be an anarchist but i am also an american, well not really as i am an apalachian , and we are never included in american goings on , except we are allowed to go fight in wars. but i digress..... let me tally up the current thread votes.... JB +9 ralis +5 same ol shit & bullshit +5 ron paul +4 agaisnt rick perry +2 zerostao + zero these are just the early returns. maybe ambiguity here but is JB advocating?? " I want them to have every opportunity in the world - if they are willing to step up and take it. " some call it a paradox. remember bums. i am not serious about politics. whichever side wins, whats the difference? edit > i said i was in a small majority obviously i am in a minority

" I need to become a Buddhist so I can reincarnate and do it all over again! " and this seems to be a prevailing view in general on this forum I guess you have to believe in it before it will work. yeah i disagree. another wizard http://www.youtube.c...h?v=2h2ywNdG45I just for added measure http://www.youtube.c...feature=related abra cad dab hey where did that wascally wabbit go edit> looking for the magician, oh well hmmm now i am thinking of uriah heep

A_A, " Do you use herbs? Maybe we should trade notes or ideas sumtime " sounds cool, i also trade herbs. the wild ginseng, i thought i had so much of , has already been spoken for, but i have many various miscelaneous others and i am always looking. and for everyone, and on a side note, if there was an official disclosure about ufo stuff, will you really look at our world or universe any differently. i dont think it will have any effect on me.

good contribution friend.