ChiDragon

bad energy , negative attacks, what to do ? Cultivate the Yang(good) energy to counteract or balance out the Yin(bad) energy.

Would that be suffice which leaves the option to include the other two....??? @ Stosh.... A Taoist doesn't cultivate for perfection nor reality. For example, one to become an immortal is not a reality.

"naturalistic pantheist" I don't see how can these two words be logically linked together. If Loa Zi was a naturist, then he would not and cannot be a pantheist. Thus Lao Zi is an atheist indeed. He sees Tao as a "thing" but not deity nor god. There are many chapters in the TTC can support this.

Yes, I would if vatilii would give me the quote from its origin. Just based on the word "reality", it seems to be improper translation for "QhanZhen(全真)" as I had indicated before and still holds true for my position.

Yes, they are trick questions. It was meant for those who would understood. Indeed, it is not easy to make it understood with words by anyone.

You've started early. She is going to start that at 74.

Okay! My question is why does a QuanZhen(全真) Taoist wants to deal with reality? IMHO It seems to me it is contradicting. If a Taoist wants to face reality, then why would one seclude oneself by isolating from the rest of the world and become abstinent?

Any ambiguous definitions are always seem to be doubtful. If they were challenged, then it was not understood by many and become poor definitions.

I would say all these are part of the cultivation of Xing Kung.

Good analogy and logical reasoning. The last line of Chapter 4 supports your analogy.

Mr. Chuji is not quite wrong but it was only the mistranslation of his words was wrong.

Those who know what Dan Tien is and practice Wu Kung(武功), martial arts. Especially, Chi Kung.

Of course, history doesn't change but it can tell us about the past.

Don't you believe in retroactive......???

The foods you ate has been converted into your body energy.

You welcome...!!! I may be running out of patience very soon. I think I had done enough damages here. It is time to take a flight to be a free wanderer as suggested by Zhuang Zi. I will spend more time for the Dual Cultivation of the Xing and Ming(DCXM) and let the West take its course. It was my pleasure for the adventurous journey well spent with the TTB.

It takes a lot more reading into the TTC besides just glancing at few chapters to reach a conclusion. All the Chapters must be considered in the TTC as a whole. I believe we had a thorough discussion in each chapter when we do the translations. It is very difficult to go into it; when people had made up their minds to attack everything that was mentioned in the discussion without really having any basis. Especially, there is one particular individual who has been happily haunting all my posts as a good example. PS.... Even though you have not learn the lesson from Chapter 5 of the TTC; but you have been very impartial, all the time, even in this thread. I do appreciate your fairness. You are a gentleman and a scholar....

Then what is it...??? Please give some your justification....!!!

following hands...... I didn't find any preconceived idea on his part. To the best of my understanding, that is how I view this member with his comprehension about the concept in Chapter 5. Btw Do we care where the idea came from as long it matches the concept of impartiality in Chapter 5.....??? We are dealing with Chapter 5 of the TTC, as far as I am concern, it is where the original idea about impartiality came from without any external influence. Indeed, this is also the impartiality on my part. PS...... Besides, one who understands and follows the concept of impartiality shall not judge, belittle nor condemn someone with any preconceived ideas.

Lao Zi had fleshed his concepts in some of his chapters. We can go flesh them out by going back and review those chapters. PS.... Chapter 5 is a concept of impartiality. We have one of the outstanding members has a good grasp of it. Please read Post #237, page 15. Impartiality

How about a neo-bill with pseudo-Tao on it.....???

What do you know.......???

It's kind of late for me to do this primitive kind of work at the present moment. If Lao Zi didn't create Tao with his words, then, there was no Tao.

Understand the contents in the TTC is understanding the concept. Where do you think the concept came from....?

Lao Zi wrote the book, not me.