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for joeblast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9iDVZ4fLqY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luOa--G2k2c

i am sure it is also useful for the face. i dont mind horrible tastes if i end up getting benefit. for me goldenseal was rough. peyote was rough. i traded them(i buy, sell,trade snake oils,myths, mysticisms, herbs,fossils,artifacts...) i ended up with a piece of mayan art from one of the pryamids . it is about 12" tall ,4" wide much symbolism on it. i still have many arrowheads,none that are crystal. i do know who has the ones i found.

when i was a teenager i was out with friends who were "digging" for artifacts in a local cave. the cave had a creek running out of it. i just stayed out by the creek and found 5 quartz crystal arrowheads in the creek bed. i am about to start ingesting organic silica. the skulls have always been an interest. i do not underestimate what primitave man was capable of.

enlightenment i dont know about. my goal now is to increase wisdom, awareness, and compassion. use some skilful knowledge.

i hear you brother its 4th quarter btw so brace or embrace whichever. christina aguilera even is taking criticism for her performance of the star spangled banner....everyone is a critic i am 101% taoist but i do find value in many of your posts here. some i but maybe my level of understanding is not reached where it would make more sense. last week i did some sleep/sensory depravation practice and a couple of posts i made when i went back and looked at them , they didnt even make sense to me hang in there and do not let the world beat you down.

in october 2008 "these very things" all came upon me at once. i had a steady job where the management decided to make conditions at the workplace so unbearable people would choose to walk away. i also had a sideline hobby of day trading ....you can imagine how that was going at that time. the previous 2 1/2 years i had 2 steady gfs and in that october both of those relationships ended. then my breathing nearly failed completely. it was measured on what i call a "breathometer" that had a range of 60-800. i could get it to 80. i checked myself into a hospital and after 4 days of breathing treatments every 2 hours, the medicines i was up to a level of 150 and went back home. over the next 4 months visiting a doctor(western) using all medicines prescribed my breathometer ratings stayed in the 120-200 range. i was not satisfied with my quality of life at all. i remembered from my past martial arts experiences hearing about chinese breathing exercises. i started researching about qigong and medicinal herbs. i quit my medicines and quit going to the doctor. i found a book online for 2$ Beginning qigong steve comei. within a month my breath was 250-350. i started doing a little taiji. 2months later 350-450.2 months after that 650-800. i decided to go into baguazhang and try and keep my thoughts in taoist thought. i am more flexible than ever. i know i owe my health to chinese ideas of herbs and qigong. in my area there are no tcm practioners. i was able to find the info i needed online and find which books to order and practice. my outlook has changed , i dont even think about looking for a job. i am not on any govt assistance. i now own my own house since may 2010. i play bgz everyday and my happinessmeter is way off the charts. i am in a romantic fascination with taoist thoughts/ideas. each and every day since i got onto this path has been filled with wonderful new discoveries. there are many things on my to do list. manitou i agree its all good

it may have been intuition that brought humbleone to ttb to begin this thread. taoism as proto-science. it could be looked at like that , except ancient taoist views stand the test of time better than what science has suggested . so many scientific breakthroughs offering evidence only confirms what the ancient sages had already told us. @humbleone do you feel that you are as an individual existing in harmony?

interesting thoughts R_V in my limited understanding i also would think one is getting closer with the tao in having greater understanding in the nature of all things. awareness coming from powering the subtle body with jing. which you are keeping inwards and not allowing it to follow its natural course wanting to go outside the body expressing in creative energy. my level is i am trying to circulate qi. so, i really cannot give any personal experience regarding the jing sublimation. i will think it is far diferent than what i am experiencing circulating qi.but i look at the jing powered subtle body in closer awareness of the spirit/shen alchemy but being very seperate from it. these are just my thoughts and not experiences. it would be great to hear from any tao bum that has sent jing into the pineal gland/light.

wow non! i did suspect the introvert nature and general shyness. but i am surprised at the sheer number of practices . because of the limits of time constraints (imo) i would do fewer styles or methods of practice for now and try to get the real meaning and essence of the ones you do continue to play with. right now you dont need taiji and xingyi both. if one of those resonnates with you more, then drop the other one. with either one your focus will be on lower tantien. yang jwing-ming suggests to begin the mco b4 your qi gets stronger becoz there are certain points to where if ur qi is hotter and ur circle is not going around properly it is becoz of the hot qi that would coz the damage. so learn to circulate properly first. with anything some of these things can be overdone. consistent sincere practice is what will achieve the greater results, have patience. i think you already have the loving kindness concept but you are bummed out when you dont see others around you living in this way. the tcm study is way cool and hopefully i can get into that somewhere along my path as well. i do have a working knowledge of natural herbs from many years of buy,sell, trade and research. some of these herbs and combinations of herbs can safely raise libido, energy levels, help with circulations, increase flexibility and on and on..i am going to guess that the female that would be best attracted to you and you to her may not be one of these more materialistic ones. all of them are not the same. continue to follow what makes you happy. let life be all about non for now, dont worry about others so much. your path is for your benefit. i am confident your confidence will rise with your energy and the natural laws of attraction will apply to you as well in its propper time. having it always on your mind and trying to hard sometimes makes progress slower. thankyou non for the reply to my questions. or you can forget about this and become a fireman but please stay on your path. alot of times the ones who attain a higher level of greatness or whatever one wants to call it had the most difficulties in the beginning. you dont have to devolve into some base player.

welcome back ben. i have been missing shaman discussions. would you agree that some rare people are born with the natural ability to work within dreamtime without doing the work to get to that level becoz they began at a higher level?

not parasitic but it is higher level cultivation,inner alchemy takes great determination and practice to go to these levels

howdy welcome

i will respond to the getting to human idea. for me it makes more sense than getting to god idea. imo there are so many more barely human variety than superhuman or what kate has ordered as -human. i might make a suggestion to add -barely awake human and -more awake human to the order of -awake human. i think i would classify myself in the -awake human range also.and hopefully eventually i would evolve to -more awake human.but there is an almost equal chance of devolving back to the -barely awake human. i am not sure what we are calling basic skills and there would be intermediate skills, advanced skills and then for the rare super human the set of super human skills.maybe i have some basic skills, some intermediate skills and maybe becoz of natural ability 1 or 2 advanced skills. in the -more awake human stage of evolution most of my basic skills may rise to intermediiate and some of my intermediate skills might rise up to advanced. but most skills probably sitting in the high intermediate. so here we have humans is varrying stages of development . the -more awake and awake humans having greater skills in practice and application than the -barely awake and -barely human folks. so even without anyone attaining superhuman level and superhuman skills there are the folks holding the higher skills that can be used to whatever end. these folks will have great influence over the lessor developed ones. to a level of being able to exploit the weaker skilled folks or to use the higher skills to better serve all. if we can imagine that this model is close to what our reality is? so should the folks at the high end continue to seek after even higher skills when they already hold a strong working edge able to start influencing the changes that affect all or afflict all. i do think that it is (imo) natural and desirable to continue to grow skillwise and seek ultra skill. i just dont see where there is a gain made to the overall community in a tangable way when they are aquired. if i walk thru the wall or thru a door. if i can levitate or go invisable how does that help the overall community? what could be done then that cannot be done now?

at certain times in my life i had feelings that i was "out of time". i even had romantic ideas about certain time periods where i thought i may have been more in synch. i was a bit of a rambler & wanderer.i felt the grass was a little greener somewhere else. somewhere along the way i started feeling more comfortable in this time. it may have been i just needed the right change of scenery or arriving at a place in the propper time. once i experienced this it became easier for me to enjoy and appreciate the wonders of our time. i can relate to the "things being so wrong" also. and as you say sometimes these can be changed so easily. i had a saying, "this world could be such a cool place,only if.." i ended up on a path where the little things became the important things. maybe i couldnt change the bigger things but i could change some of the small things. some of my positive experiences built upon other small changes. i gained confidence and a level of contentment. it continues to be a challenge for me to make sure the smaller things become some of the cooler things. i began using this formula in my qigong and tai chi practices. in all aspects of my life really. each time i had a small success i started to have a small smile . my energy felt better. all of these small things were combining together and making me feel very comfortable in this time and also wherever place i happened to be. in many ways i am just a simple minded fool but i am no longer distracted away from the small and the simple. i have ended up very content and confident that my goal continuing to pay attention to the small things and keep it simple will continue to bring small & simple rewards building upon each other and getting me a little closer to be in harmony with tao. there is no rush as i am in my propper time and place.

i think this is a relevant question, i tried asking it earlier along with what his interests are . becoz i think if he follows his own path and stays true to himself finding himself first, then later on the path who knows what or who he may meet.

is this where i ask for my personal space in personal practice discussion?

i think this is straight forward and simple. "the meek shall inherit the earth" i really dont see any other outcome . i dont think it really has much to do (directly)with current events in north africa. the reason i believe this has nothing to do with it being a bible verse.

cat pillar, you made the choice to post imo it is fine to reach out and ask for other opinions,ideas, we all have hurdles,sufferings but sometimes it gets to a point when reaching out is probably the best option. sometimes dealing with it is better with some help or at least having someone to talk to that may let you look at it in a diferent light. ideally i like the idea of folks making the load lighter for their friends when it is appropiate. sometimes we are left to deal with things on our own.

i agree that western medicine is probably not desirable. non, what would make life more fun? what in life do you enjoy?

i am curious to where exactly you live? in my neck of the woods, where women have been called half bear, the other half wildcat. if you try and abuse one of these you may end up a missing person that no one missed at all. here they would prefer you had a job , your own place, a vehicle(pick up truck sitting up high) or , if you can't pull your own weight, the women will still take you in, but they will be dominating you. feel free to come and try your luck but i doubt you could handle one.

glad to hear you are safe

300kmh? let's hope not. hunker down mal. i will be praying for my aussie brothers and sisters(again)(floods).i cannot even imagine what the howl of the winds from the squal lines will sound or feel like.

competition does not come from the word violate. in this world there is alot of competing. you should choose however you feel you will compete best. maybe you are exactly right, i personally have never observed a male going out and clubbing a female, dragging her off and then they live happily everafter. also i am not sure how the approach of . "i just knocked off your bf to get closer to you" would play out. i have seen cases of guys not being able to use up their sexual energy on a regular basis, and it resulting in a strong negative influence, resulting in loss of ability to think and behave rationally, sometimes leading to willful stupidity. not sure which taoist practices you enjoy? do you practice any martial art?

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