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Wow onlyindreams that is pretty ridiculous, in situations like that its hard to determine if the bystanders actually care. If you had any sort of compassion wouldn't you try to do something for her. At least call to her to check or something, geez. But then again i am also a registered EMT, so i would probably for the girl since everyone else appeared to be totally ignorant. Also, did not know about the bill nye incident and that is also ridiculous. More and more I have been noticing how many people are sheep. Not really thinking for themselves and when they do think for themselves they care about the approval of others. Good point guys

Man very interesting indeed rene, I would also like to know the title of that book. Haha i would have never expected to get into a science discussion on any scale here. The brain is a very interesting organ. Incredible at how we function by nerve signals. Where else could the electric impulses start from other than stillness?

I like that translation, I have a Stephen Mitchell translation and I really enjoy it and am a little impartial to it. But i like how your version is rearranged differently then mine and i feel it gets the message across better (at least for me). Either way I think they are both beautifully worded, if you want to compare the two I added my number 14 below: Look, and it can't be seen. Listen, and it can't be heard. Reach, and it can't be grasped. Above it isn't bright. Below, it isn't dark. Seamless, unnamable, it returns to the realm of nothing. Form that includes all forms, image without an image, subtle, beyond all conception. Approach it and there is no beginning; follow it and there is no end. You can't know it, but you can be it, at ease in your own life. Just realize where you come from: this is the essence of wisdom.

Haha so down on that idea. The tao te ching is the main source i read and try to implement in my daily life. I hope to see this work out soon. Haha damn I got myself all excited and want to talk about it right now.

Hey Ryan my view is somewhat similar to yours, but I dont think its the world itself that creates it. It is all the people that allowed themselves to be something they arent. People are consumed by the pursuit to gain more and in that they forgot where they come from. The world at large is not about consumption it is about fluctuation. There is still beauty in this world it is just sometimes harder to see with all the "busy and important" people running in front of your view all the time.

I am here for all of the previously mentioned reasons. Because everyone i deal with on a personal level is following a different path than my own. Even though my knowledge of taoism is low compared to some, it doesnt change our similarities. I am here to be part of a harmonious community whos purpose is simplicity, humility, and compassion.

oh wow i did not hear about that before. I actually majored in biology so I love science, I think I will do some research on that. That is very interesting i guess it goes to show how much of an affect society can have on people. That's why i am on this forum, to unlearn the things people have taught me.

haha i have been going through the same thing with silence. I am only 22 but during the early part of my college career i needed to have my ipod with me, i just couldnt stand silence. But now silence helps to quell the activeness of my mind. And a big problem i have with modern life is in the example of my 10 year old sister. For the past two years she has been acting like she is in high school, and she is basically a person who is the embodiment of the media. Its sad when a child does not think its ok to be a child.

Ya man thanks for the post. It resonated really well with what I am currently going through. Definitely something everyone should read.

Hi there, this is a pretty interesting topic and its something I have been going through recently. I do not practice qigong so i can not make any relation to that. But I seem to be getting further and further from my friends the more I cultivate my spirituality. My whole life I felt different from everyone else and all I wanted to do was feel normal. But I lost that desire to be "normal" and a consequence has been I am not as social. A lot of times being social doesnt feel like its the right thing for me to be doing. And maybe it is nature telling me there are other things to be done. But I also feel less connected with people, and I think its cause none of my friends really accept what I am doing. They think its dumb and pointless, but for me its dumb and pointless to not be in control of the only thing we can possibly control, our own self. So this loss of connectedness could be due to the huge difference between the perceptions of the following lambs and the wandering wolves

Hi there. I have never heard of Omraam (or many other spiritual masters) but after some research he sounds very interesting. What would be a good book to read for my first dose of his works?

Oh sorry I forgot to mention I read a thread you started in the lobby. For you to have gone through so much already you must be a strong person. And since nature has not returned you to the source there are still things you must do here. Keep moving forward to free yourself in the face of depressing circumstances. The beautiful thing about life is you can always learn to live life another day. If we were put here to carry a great weight then the very things we hate are here to build those muscles.

Hello well i get what you mean jen. Until I began practicing taoism last december, I have been depressed the last six years or so now and I used to think like you did. But it only appears that good people get the shit end of the stick. Maybe try to change your perception because evil things can only exist if you see things as good. And even though evil people seem to never experience consequences for their actions they do. People that are driven by their desires and wear masks to hide their true selves will never really be happy. I know because that is how I used to be, they may feel happy and that life can not get any better, but there will always be something missing and they will never be content with themselves or their nature. Remember that what happens to you is ordained by nature, but what you do is by your own. All things that happen happen because it is in natures capacity. I have been trying to look at things that happen to me like its something that nature prescribed to me. If it was not meant to push me farther down my path of life then it would not happen in the first place. To those selfish evil people, pay them no mind let them play their part, they are here to make us prove we are what we know we are. And when its their time to learn the truths about the world treat them with humility and compassion.

Hi how is everyone doing. Well I just joined today but I just started "practicing" taoism this past year. Pretty much I have only read the tao te ching and have applied it to my issues with life. I was not aware of how in depth people got with it, so it appears I have much to learn. A main reason I am reaching out to other taoists is i feel like i need to practice meditation more, but i don't really have any idea to begin meditating in the first place.