Green Tiger
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I have a few prayers I say every morning as I walk into work. It's an old habit I've had for several years. I've often noted the distinct difference I feel when I'm really with the words as I speak them, when my intent and attention is fully present, as opposed to when I just say the words in a mechanical way. I try to always be fully with them, but sometimes distractions get the better of me or my mind wanders. As I was reading this thread today, I thought of those prayers and the difference I feel. It occurred to me that the feeling of being with the words is the same as being with the movements in GOT I. Sometimes I'm really with them, sometimes I'm not fully there. As an experiment, I went and did a few movements on my lunch break. WOW! It's amazing how powerful the movements can be when you're really fully involved with them. Fully present. I only did the first three movements of GOT 1, but I went back to my desk feeling much more energized. When I sat down, I could tell a huge difference in my posture from before I went on break. Really amazing. Can't wait to get off work and practice some more.
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I'll hazard a guess it wasn't a Waldorf school you attended.
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I think further elucidation of the concepts is implied in the question, and I felt that it was a very eloquent elucidation at that. I thought the simile regarding how storing potential is like eating and not thinking about what the body does with the food was particularly nice. Linking difficult concepts to more familiar ones is a writing tool that can be useful, but isn't really necessary. It could even be undesirable if you highly value the integrity of your subject. For those willing to invest the time and attention/concentration required to stay with the words and really be there with them, I think understanding will manifest itself naturally. Edit: I want to add that I recently noticed statements made regarding the use of language as an intentional teaching tool. The idea that some teachings can be worded just so to let ready minds in and keep unprepared minds out. I find the idea very interesting. Like a sort of linguistic camouflage. It would take a deft hand indeed to pen such phrases, I think.
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I get up and practice at 5:30. Sometimes I get to see the sun rise, but most of the time I don't. There was a time when I would do standing meditation every day at sunrise, facing the sun. It reminded me of that scene from City of Angels where all the angels go out on the beach and stand in the light of the sunrise.
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You don't believe in unicorns, huh? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3344180/Unicorn-born-in-Italy.html
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That's a very good assessment Brian. I think it sums up my feelings about these two camps as well.
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Good advice. Incidentally, salamanders were the stars of the book The Body Electric (Robert Becker), due to their uncanny ability to regrow limbs. An interesting creature. Very hardy. I don't think they get the respect they deserve. I once had a pet salamander named Rodney. An interesting creature. I don't remember ever seeing him eat anything I gave him, and I must have held him in captivity for months. I even took him to my fourth-grade class where we kept him with the geckos. A remarkably hardy animal. I never once saw him eat, but on the day I set him free, he ran hard and fast back into the forest. Robert Becker claimed he could get a salamander to grow a leg instead of an arm by reversing the polarity of its electric field . . . I think. Can't say I'm an expert on the subject, I just skimmed that book in Barnes and Noble a couple years ago.
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<ducks and whispers> oh yeah, that was like . . . a week ago huh? I just read this thread today.
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Yeah? Too bad you guys couldn't keep it there, where it belongs.
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I'm allergic to cats, so I'm glad the internet is here to constantly update me on their insane behavior.
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In other news, and actually related to the topic of "Spirit Science," has anyone read the book, Spook, by Mary Roach? Definitely a skeptical approach, but a really entertaining one. If you want a contrasting view, Michael Newton's Destiny of Souls explores Newton's work with hypnotic regression wherein he takes his subjects to a time between lives. The validity of the experiences recounted in the book hinges on your faith in hypnosis, but it is also an entertaining and thought-provoking read.
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Could someone just start a thread called "RongzomFan and Ismiz Biri bicker-fest," please? Then move all of their bickering to that thread.
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I agree -- also not a traveling fan. You might want to look into some of the martial arts and yoga studios in your area. You never know what you might find right outside your own back door.
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I don't know about the others but Jerry Alan Johnson was officially 'retired' from teaching last I knew. In fact, it mentions this on the 2014 seminar page:
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Of the teachers you have listed in your original post, I only like one and he is not doing any distance classes so far as I know. He does have a lot of really great books and DVDs though. And he's also doing a couple 3-day neigong seminars in March. Only $1500!
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Rules for winning an internet argument
Green Tiger replied to Green Tiger's topic in The Rabbit Hole
I think you win an internet 'cookie.' My computer seems to accumulate quite a lot of these. I must be really good at winning internet arguments! Yay! -
To be honest, I respect a true atheist who asserts that there is no deity, and can come up with an argument for why they believe that. What annoys me is people who just haphazardly criticize those who do believe in a deity. Those people aren't atheists, they're assholes. I don't think all logic is like math. Sure, math is a type of logic, but even if other types of logic follow the same sorts of patterns, numbers are not as malleable as ideas. A lot of logical arguments concerning metaphysics use inductive reasoning, by which they use statements that are true to assert a conclusion which may be true or false. They are never iron clad or irrefutable. EDITED: Because my ability to recall the different parts of logical reasoning and the terminology that applies to them is rusty as hell. I think inductive reasoning is the one I mean, but that might be erroneous.
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Ad infinitum . . .
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Biophotons: The Human Body Emits, Communicates with, and is Made from Light
Green Tiger replied to BaguaKicksAss's topic in General Discussion
This reminds me of something I read in Lynne McTaggart's book The Field. Although it's a somewhat controversial publication as well, she discusses studies of the photon emissions from the human body. An interesting read. -
Which is another way of saying Madhyamaka opinion. An opinion, no matter how thoroughly reasoned out, is still an opinion.
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Rules for winning an internet argument
Green Tiger replied to Green Tiger's topic in The Rabbit Hole
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Rules for winning an internet argument
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I always liked the term Source. Creator implies a ceramic sort of existence, which this is certainly not, but that really is the sort of universe the Abrahamic religions conceptualized, by and large. It is no coincidence that Jesus was the son of a carpenter. Carpentry is a perfect illustration, in the Hebrew and early Christian concept of God, for how the creation works. EDIT: to remove any positive assertions about accurate concepts of Source. It is better to avoid concepts all together. As the Upanishads say, "Neti neti." Not this, not that.
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Rules for winning an internet argument
Green Tiger replied to Green Tiger's topic in The Rabbit Hole
Ummm . . . no kidding? How profound. -
Turtles! All the way down.
