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Oolong, once I had an acu session with a huge long cupping treatment, moxa and needles. Mama mia. Not only did I have the worst flu of my life after it, but I also got swamped with panicky separation anxiety from a partner I had broken up with a couple of years previously. I was wandering the streets in an attempt to escape the overwhelming black darkness of my feelings. I thought I would die of the separation. I hadnt realised at all that I had that level of feeling locked into my body. the treatment released it. Thankfully! because if I hadnt had that treatment, it would still be inside me. Good luck with the shoulder. xx

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shakti / kunlun... hmmm. Do kunlun practitioners resonate with this supine figure..? I think maybe yes.

Surrender is NOT resignation. nor is it Depression. Surrender is ecstatic.

yeh, but I dont think of myself as, like, "royalty' or anything. I keep modest with it, ya know.

true enough, natural vitality does look a 'bit hype' to anyone lying quietly, exhausted and surrounded by crusty tissues..

I'll give you a headache if you dont watch it, buster. I dont get depression from my cycles. I'm a TAOIST!!!!!!! I dont even crave chocolate, dude.

hello Pietro. nice to see you again. About the split self that you describe. Yes, most people have a 'best self', as well as an 'average self' and a 'neurotic' shadow self who manages to get it's way without you fully noticing, because it's when you go slightly unconscious that it takes over ( did I just eat ALL that ice cream? Who finished the ENTIRE bottle of wine? did I really just wank over THAT?! ) And certainly when we are in transition to a state where our healthier/happier/ clearer self is dominant, the neurotic self stlll slips in when we are tired or stressed or whatever... AND I do know,from my own experience, that the neurotic impulses die off. Practise DOES render such things, eventually,so substandard an experience, that the charge simply dies. (And before you tell me it's because I dont have balls that I can say that, I have to say that I have never, ever, been a Woman Who Gets Headaches. )

You're welcome!

this is me :

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and through practise we change our destiny. YMWONG, dear sir, you are surrounded by knowledge here, and here is an offering from me: one quote does not a fact make.

I do muchly agree.

Drew,it's great that you are so sporty looking. No wonder you get so many girls presenting all over the place.

I havent read why he wants to charge for it.. I missed that post, and that's fine, that he wants to charge for it. I was responding only to the statement he made that it wouldnt be fair to his past students to give it freely. I would be more than happy if Michael Winn started giving free workshops, despite the fact that I have given him plenty of my money in the past. To me it's a non -reason. I feel very clearly that compassion doesnt equate with collusion.

It is the claim that that has provoked a response from me. I dont " believe that a person who has reached a high level of cultivation should give these teachings for no charge." neccesarily.. unless they WANT to. If he's made it clear he WANTS TO CHARGE MONEY then that is fair enough. If HE WANTS TO GIVE IT AWAY FREELY but suffers from inhibition from fear of resentment from his students, that is quite a different matter and I dont see that it should go undiscussed, or that it is 'impolite' to comment upon his self imposed plight. Actually, LiJong, as you have a forum available to you, you could of course share the burden of the decision about wether to give the teachings free of charge, and tell the students that you would like to now offer the teachings for the greater good of all without monetary gain, and ask the students for their blessing. Their response would no doubt allow you to ascertain the level of their resentment over your generosity, and you could have an open discussion with them about it.

ha, Little1, a painter that doesnt need paint. a nice gestalt.

I feel sure that your students wouldnt dream of being so ungenerous.. it wouldnt be possible for them to be petty or resentful about money issues, would it, with their level of evolution gained from learning from you? Go ahead and give freely as your heart desires.

jolly good. I choose to believe this one.

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How do you all know there are disasters coming?

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