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I had problems with electomagnetic radiation from electronics and this company really helped me My link I would recommend everything except the personal pendants, in general I don't like how any personal pendants react with my own energy. However the wifi laptop device and cell phone device, although on the expensive side were worth it for me because they drastically decreased my EMR problems.

Unfortunately the UK Workshop does not fit my schedule or current bank situation, however I am in the process of trying to plan a Los Angeles Workshop for this summer, until then I will have fun with the Gift of the Tao DVD I think its all connected and by healing spiritually, one is also healing physically. We can see what Michael has to say about it

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Well I think it this is a good opportunity to write my take on Ya Mu's book. I just finished reading it yesterday, and I am still blown away by how it has impacted my way of thinking. Let me start from my first contact with this wonderful book. Upon first touching it, I was amazed by the amount of energy being emitted from it. Holding it in my hands, I could feel a constant flow of positive energy around my hands and permeating my entire body, and this was all before even reading the first word, (Let me just add that I have felt powerful objects in the past such as rare crystals and sacred amulets, however they all pale in comparison to what I felt streaming from Ya Mu's book ). So without even looking into the book, I already had a very good impression towards Ya Mu's teachings and knew this read would be very different from the many other books on qigong that I have read. Upon reading his first section of the book, I was amazed by the unbelievable events from Michael Lomax's life. At first Michael explains how he had never planned to include these personal accounts into his book, but from the insistence of his teacher decided to add them in. I for one thank your teacher for pushing you to include them in, for I think these personal stories hold the true meat of the book. Each personal story has a lesson or moral that Michael is trying to present to the reader to better illustrate what it truly means to be a light warrior at heart. I continued reading and found the entire book of amazing clarity and truth in his teachings. The only part that I skipped over was the descriptions of how to practice Stillness Movement qigong, it was never my intention to try to learn Stiilness Movement practice from the book, I instead wanted to grasp the teachings of Michael's non-linear qigong. I think people would be wise to look at books as supplements to better understand a teaching, not as a substitute for the teacher itself. After reading the entire book, I believe the purpose of Michael's book is to open the reader up to new levels beyond the mundane world. I would say Michael has accomplished this task of completely altering my perception on how I view reality. Out of all the books I have ever read on qigong or mystical knowledge, I would with out a doubt say that this book has impacted me exponentially more than any other.This book has beautifully presented to me what it truly means to be a Light Warrior, something I now know has been my true destiny all along . I would HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone curious about realizing their true potential as a being of light and interested at experiencing life outside of our mundane life styles. Just do not read this book with the intention of completely learning a new form of qigong, no book could accomplish this; instead look at this book as a an amazing tool to help you grow spiritually. Thank you Michael, and all of your amazing teachers for imparting true wisdom to true seekers

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So correct me if I'm wrong, but this is my interpretation of the Buddhist concept of Reincarnation. Beings develop karma through good or bad deeds and depending on the balance between good and bad karma determines which level one is born into. A bad human may be reborn as a rat or slug, while a good dog may be reborn as a human, just an example. And there are different planes of existence in which one can go to for example, the hell realms, hungry ghost realm, earthly realm, god realm. Once one reaches the status of Human being with free will, then they can bypass this system of birth and rebirth through the act of non-attachment and ridding ones self of karmic influences, when one is entirely pure, they have reached the status of buddha and have attained nirvana therefore escaping samsara. This is my understanding of it. My question is, do Taoists believe in the same process? Would attaining oneness with the Tao, be the Taoist version of becoming pure and attaining Nirvana or whatever you want to call it? What is everyone's personal take on Reincarnation?

I agree, all we can really do is live every moment to its fullest and just enjoy life for the beautiful thing that it is

I do believe in the existence of higher beings of light and stuff, I guess I just don't believe one must submit to them as seen in other religions such as Hinduism. Also, I think human beings are the most powerful beings in the universe, we are God, just most people don't realize it. I like the Taoist idea that the human body is a model of the universe

Unmike, just curious, are you a vegetarian? I was recently a pescatarian for a few months but couldn't help myself at Thanksgiving, I love turkey too much , it was an organic natural hormone free turkey though.

Congrats Jane!!! So happy to hear you finally found yourself . I am actually going to San Francisco this weekend with my family and will be there for three nights, are you selling and signing books somewhere?

to me this take on death doesn't appear too different than the Buddhist one. To me, the underlining message of Taoism really touches my heart, however some of the more religious details such as worship of Deities and such I just don't pay attention to. Apparently Lao Tzu didn't either "I do not concern myself with gods and spirits either good or evil nor do I serve any." -Lao Tzu Its interesting that one of the greatest figures of Taoism doesn't take any concern towards the religious aspects of it. This would simply be my take of the Taoist view: everyone is part of the Tao, upon death we return to the source and then are reborn in a cycle of life and death, until one fully realizes and becomes one with the Tao in the sense from the article above where one burns away different layers of self until one finally realizes there is no self, just Tao

Heres an article I found that was interesting, heres the website I found it at My link The Taoist view of life and death is beautifully described in the book Taoism: The Road to Immortality by John Blofeld. The passage from the book below really has helped me to begin to understand the Taoist views on death, views so different from the typical Western perspective. Because this is difficult for me to do justice to by summarizing, I chose to include a long quotation from the book below: “…it is possible to understand what is really involved in cultivation of the Way. Man’s true nature (Mind as it is called in Ch’an (Zen) terminology) is not the personal possession of the individual; rather, individual existence is the prime illusion to be discarded. Belonging to none, the Tao is present in all. Therefore, as Mahayana Buddists are also fond of pointing out, the only difference in this present life between realised immortals and ordinary men is that the former are aware of their underlying identity with the Tao, whereas the latter have not experienced that identity. Cultivation, then, is a matter of unveiling, peeling off successive layers of delusion, each more subtle than the one before. It is a process of liberation. When the final delusion of personal separateness has been cast off, only the physical body (soon to be discarded) remains to be mistaken by the spiritually blind for a personal possession. By then, death has no meaning, except as a welcome release from bondage to an ageing carcass. The adept’s real nature—-the nature of all being—cannot possibly be diminished by the loss of an identity that has had no reality from the first. When clouds obscure the sun, its orb is not diminished; when they are blown away, its brightness is not augmented; the sun is always as it is, whether visible to the eye or not. Thus nothing starts with birth or ends with death; the real is there all the time. However, to understand this intellectually is not enough; it must become a direct perception. To this end, the would-be immortal (goal-winner) follows a regime set forth very simply some two thousand years ago in a work of the Han dynasty: ‘Taking good care of his human body, perfecting within himself his endowment of the Real, cleansing will and thought, not straying into the paths of ordinary mortals, his mind and senses utterly serene, impervious to the effects of every sort of ill, welcoming life and death as parts of a seamless unity and therefore not clinging to the one or anxious about the other, free from every kind of anxiety and fear, roaming the world imperturbably at ease, he attains the Way.’ “How marvelous to wander through the world ‘imperturbably at ease,’ no matter where one goes or what circumstances arise! No wonder the poems of the mountain-dwelling recluses are full of joy! With this philosophy they were able to welcome life’s lovely scents and colours as gifts to be enjoyed from moment to moment, never regretting their transience or their passing, with never a twinge of anxiety or fear. Where even the prospect of sudden, imminent death has no power to disturb, much less appall, one’s feeling of security is as absolute as that of a child in its mother’s arms!” –John Blofeld, Taoism: The Road to Immortality, 1985, pp. 161-162 To relax, to ease up on the excessive striving and anxieties, to “try on” the mindset of “roaming the world imperturbably at ease,” to perceive the Tao inside of oneself and in others, to let go of the fear of death…these are steps towards attaining the Way.

BKF said, "Many Taoists believe that the vast majority of human beings do not have the capacity to reincarnate intact. They believe that when a soul dies, its consciousness breaks up and later combines with parts of other fragmented souls, thereby reincarnating as a mosaic soul. This idea is also represented in other traditions, especially shamanic ones, where it is held that a human's body can be composed from different past lives of various entities. Thus, some Taoists believe that the human desire to become integrated is based on a literal need." I just find this hard to believe. So according to BKF my being is made up of countless other beings all messed together, if so then howcome I have one true self and not many, wouldn't I be hearing voices or find other parts of my body with a will of their own? If I were made up of many souls, then how come my conscience came out on top and ended up controlling everything, or is it just my soul was lucky enough to become the brain . Also if this were true, how would one explain people remembering past lives, I've heard of people remembering, "Oh ya I found out at past life regression that I was this guys foot last life time". This is assuming past life regression works, but there are cases where people seemingly remember everything about their previous lifes, even the Buddha talked about his 500ish lifetimes that he relived and they are written down in the Jataka tales supposedly. I think I read this happening also in the book, Mysteries of the Life Force, by Peter Meech, he said while doing qigong his past lives began flashing before his eyes.

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Is so is this our view of the universe?

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Doesn't Moxibustion depict the TCM way of smoke used to promote health

When it comes down to it, you need the most money in order to be elected. No average Joe has ever been elected because he won't get media coverage without proper money, what kind of democracy is that. We are a Capitalist society in which big money rules the roof

Both my grandfathers were chain smokers, smoking 2 packs a day, which is the reason I never met either one. I hear they were great guys though

Interesting...ya society is definitely way too complex to pinpoint anyone thing, I do think the Military Industrial Complex is one of the main factors behind much of the evil in this society though. President Eisenhower even warned against the MIC during his final speech. So are you saying that the biggest slaves are people who practice things like Taoism and think they are free but really aren't?