LaoTzu21
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Is A.A (alcoholics anonymous) something somene should beleive in?
LaoTzu21 replied to LaoTzu21's topic in General Discussion
i just take the same view as frank zappa when it comes to a cult or religion. however you dress up AA its a cult because it takes advantage of people when they are weak. i know its good not to drink and all and helping alcoholics is a good thing. but telling them that nearly everything they do is a sin and they have to accept god into there lives or some higher power. theres few things i dont trust and when someone mentions the word sin i dont trust them at all. we all do what were supposed to do. if we do bad things e do bad things. and by bad things like interrupt the flow of someone elses way with intent to belittle them or hurt them. but the ideology of a sin in that respect is making people think that were higher than being human. people do bad things aswell as good things. just like ying and yang. and you learn from them and get stronger. i just really dont agree with it. from a perspective of understanding ying and yang. -
Is A.A (alcoholics anonymous) something somene should beleive in?
LaoTzu21 replied to LaoTzu21's topic in General Discussion
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#scientific http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-cult_a4.html -
Thats what i mean that it could be harmful so when is the right time to act with the knowledge and strength you have to help someone
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The reason why im not doing any tai chi or chi kung is that i did some un guided meditation and it kinda gave me foresight into who i was going to become and i got obsessed with that and deluded myself into thinking that i didnt have to try for it. so i stopped it so i could face reality again. i also experienced severe pains in my left side of my abdomen whenever i did chi kung the pain was too unbearable. so i decided to stop i also became very sleepy. when i noticed people who were much healthier were being full of life after. my master told me that its because i dont have good foundations in being in harmony with myself and the way. so theres the reasons why i dont practice but its been 2 years since then so i think im going to start soon. but i need money to pay to remember the 24 step yang style.
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thank you this has helped me alot for the answer i was looking for . I think ill start doing tai chi once again. if only i had money to do so.
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Is A.A (alcoholics anonymous) something somene should beleive in?
LaoTzu21 replied to LaoTzu21's topic in General Discussion
I've practised tai chi before and was very good at it although its been years since ive had a lesson. I had to stop doing chi kung to control the pain i would get and i would become very tired when doing it. i tryed meditation but because i made it up by myself and had no teacher at the time it has sent my mind sky rocketing into the land of imagination versus reality. but i have been off both of these activities since i realised what i have done. i don't drink at all but he said why dont you drink. and i said i don't like the feeling of loosing control or being something im not. he said your probably an alcoholic. im starting to think its more unhealthy to presume that everyone who has a problem with themselves is a potential alcoholic if they drank. i choose not too so i can be more healthy. and my I.B.S doesnt like it either plus when i started doping hard style chi kung and shoalin kung fu i noticed exactly what it was doing to my body. i felt like death after every time id go for a night out. as for my emotional problem im finding its because ive started a war with myself for the light to shine through the clouds. and its hard to shine most of the time for me. but back to the point of A.A ive read the 12 steps and i think if anything would make anyone vunerable to beleiving in something that most likely doesn't exist is cruel. but if it gets the desired results then thats ok too. but i just dont want people to be deluded about it either. heres a link to the 12 steps info on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-step_program -
Well its more for my benefit so i become a stronger more loving person. i want to know if you become stronger by helping someone or do you have to build your own way up first before helping others. and i don't mean to sound condescending but i don't want to do it in a way that id have to resort to say oh you HAVE to do chi kung or reiki or anything like that isn't there more of a natural way to do so.
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what do you mean by neither?