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Thank you, I shall wait for the time being.

nice post, Thanks Jack. I have heard that Suffering and Impermanence is the same thing viewed from different platforms.

Dear Moderators, Could I get a personal practice journal? There are some Chuang Tzu-like stories that I want to share. Thank you.

I do see what you mean but even when one is saying what is distorted, silence is saying what is undistorted. without the undistorted, can the distorted be present? I don't think that one needs to throw another pebble into the rippling pond, if the natural state of the pond is calm. the ripples will eventually subside itself, if one are to allow it. and if the state of rippling is the natural state, then why throw the pebble into the pond.

my guess... you are talking to yourself. if you don't have a self also. then there's just, talking with nothing being talked about.

indeed, what was previously useless is now useful and so it is useful. finding errors may not be useful but it's what one do with it that makes it useful. who cares about who is right, who is wrong? that is/was never useful. it is about knowing right, knowing wrong and make that useful.

You and the universe is the same function of the Dragon? what's in the mind is the partial reflection of the Dragon? The Dragon moves, yet it goes nowhere? there is only seeing through appearances, in that appearances there is only seeing?

I don't think a Daoist would neglect any paths, They use whatever is useful, damn! they even can make what useless useful. so if what they are saying that this, this and this is useful and that is useless. if they can make something useful from it then good! if not, it's just same leaving the useless things in the mind.

Wonderful Deci, Thank you for sharing; I am wondering It ends with this? Wonderful!

Ok, let me rephrase my post. when happiness is not fixated, one is happy.

Hi dc9, how about letting thoughts comes and goes with their accord? In minding the breath, you could be thinking? In thinking, are you breathing? thoughts like like breathing, it comes and goes. one is aware when one is thinking, one is aware when one is not thinking. You recognizing that you are going through the train of thoughts, this is already cultivating mindfulness. this train of thought being the cause, it brings forth other feelings or emotions as effects. the realizations and insights are popping up, don't worry about that. the mind might just frame it in this way as bringing up "Questions" before you actually realize that these insights are actually "Both question and the answer" you need not worry about going through life in the state of thoughtlessness or wanting to be mindful permanently. The moment to be mindful is what is right infront of you. And as you need to think in anytime in the future, the "Now" then will automatically brings up the thought that you need accordingly.

I am not sure what happiness is therefore I am happy.

each one knows each one though alone, every else is there. my personal experience of Buddhism have been fruitful and life-changing, The Buddha's teachings has allows me to come to terms and accept many things. I am sure this also applies to other religions around the world for other people. I am not sure why Eastern Spirituality will repress the individuality, come to the East and one will find that we are still all individuals.

I think what you guys said about Buddhism have some valid points. However to my observation, I'd never see anyone happier than those realized ones. The Buddha points out that: The five aggregates is ever-changing, through being attached to any state of them is short-lived. That attachment is suffering once with the states' cessation. The happiness lies in the freedom from desiring and freedom from attachments. Buddhist aims to cultivate "Mindfulness" in place of Ignorances; in the end, it's just Ignorances that disappears; and anything that is attached to it.

Lovely might be nice if you could express that using a mathematical expressions and notations.

I meant it in a positive light, something like The Tao is ever-changing, How change it change from that.

they are really marvelous bunches, glad they left us with some texts and wonderful instructions. I was meaning that breathing might be more appropriate for Wuwei example than weeing.

Hello Shanlung, enjoyed reading your stories. quite amazing how you can't take photo of the remains of Master Huineng. Keep us posted, XJ

maybe! you must have not gotten it in the first place. how can you change?

in a way, he changed or you changed or both. so i'd say you both got it.

apologies breathing might be more appropriate

Valid points... Seeing the potential, did the genius reached that potential? Higher race? did the genius became one of such? If so, then there's nothing to worry about humanity. If no, then the genius should reach that potential first. But if there are two geniuses and they disagrees with each other then from your definitions; both of them are idiots.

maybe bliss is a kind of pain too ones that departs you from reality once that bliss is gone, you come back to reality and there's pain.

Hello Sun, Lets say you are right, In what ways should we work? How should we improve ourselves? Maybe we will have to see whether individuation is a means or an ends here. In the end of the day, humans got to eat, sleep and shit. Even geniuses gotta do that (I think) What are geniuses and idiots anyway?

Also true, interesting is that we are all trained to hold our bowels since we were babies. Would the person wee-ing naturally be thinking about "nature" or simply wee-ing?