ChiDragon

TzuJanLi. = 自然力 = Natural power.....???

This is no warm up. He has been doing this for 86 years.

If you follow the movements and go through the breathing process, the body will take care itself internally. Any other criteria are embellish.

Ziran = Tzujan = 自然 The only difference is the Pinyin or phonetic system was used. The modern official phonetic system is Pinyin. Thus Ziran is the closest to the phonetic for 自然. 自然: natural; spontaneous; Nature follows its course; it happens the way it suppose should be. All these definitions apply to the philosophy of Wu Wei(無為).

A healer may not help at this point in time but one can help oneself by self cultivation and self discipline. Quit the self pleasure habit and return to the state of homeostasis by finding means to improve the present health condition.

The key to this interview, I would pay close attention to the saying about breathing at 6:00. Other than that, I wish his sitting position was more presentable.

Yes, abdominal breathing. Any form of Chi Kung will do. Tai Ji is more efficient than the Eight Brocade. I prefer Tai Ji because it is more dynamic in body movements and breathing, However, the only thing that is you need determination and patience for the kind of practice. I have a simple method developed on my own which helped me a lot. If you are interested, please PM me. Good luck.

If you can't stop the habit, then just do it every other three days. In the mean time, you need to practice Chi Kung by doing slow and deep breathing; and get lots of rest whenever you can. Your symptoms are not the chi that was stuck in your head but it was not enough oxygen delivered to the head by poor blood circulation. Especially, it is very critical right after your masturbation because it may cause you to be short of breath. Poor breathing will also cause your body to a condition of hypoxia(lack of oxygen). All the body energy were rushed to the reproductive system which may lower the blood circulation to deliver oxygen to your brain. Lack of oxygen to the brain will give you a headache.

To best of my knowledge, I don't think Buddhism practice was dated back thousands and thousands of years ago. I had been traveled to the western part of China by the silk road at one time and Tibet at another time. In the western region, I had seen the early historical sights of Buddhism has much greater influence than Central China. The reasons for that was when the high Indian monks travel to Central China, they had to go across the Himalaya Mountain first . The first place they had reached was Tibet. Hence, Tibet had their strong religious belief influenced by Buddhism. Furthermore, some ruins along the path of the silk road also had shown a strong influence of Buddhism. Zen or Chan was only practiced by high Buddhist monks in the temples. It was considered to be a high level of cultivation in the Buddhism religion. PS.... The Indian Buddhism influence was indicated by the facial features of the Buddha figure. In the western region, the facial feature of the figures are Hindus. As one travels more toward Central China, the facial feature are more Chinese like the Empress of the Tang Dynasty.

Similarly, Buddhism was originated from India but it is not their national religion. It was China that spread Buddhism around the world. Now, so is shaolin Kung Fu.

We have to start looking at the finger to see where it is pointing. Points are meant to be connected for clarity, literally speaking.

No, it was something that you were trying to stop. The former was the cause and the latter is the solution to cure.

I respectfully to remind you that the definitions do tell significant messages. Why should we focus our attention elsewhere to distract ourselves from the relevancy of the main subject....???

I can tell you this. The legend says Dharmo was, during his meditation, facing the wall in a cave. After nine years, his image was imprinted on the wall in the cave.

信言不美。 美言不信。 Trustworthy words are not beautiful. Beautiful words are not trustworthy.

That was only a warning for the readers to be aware that Tao is eternal. However, we don't stop here. After that, in the following Chapters of the TTC, Lao Tze was telling you what Tao is. Don't you think those chapters had not spoken about Tao.....???? Not spoken of doesn't mean to shut up but one still can be spoken about it. Even one has spoken about Tao, does it make Tao not eternal....??? Aren't we talking about Tao now....??? Didn't Lao Tze name "Tao" Tao......??? Is Tao not eternal now because he named "Tao"......???

Yes, the chapters do not stand alone but they link to each other. It is just like a jig puzzle. One can link the thoughts from chapter to chapter to reach a logical conclusion. The chapters do substantiate each other if we look close enough; provide that if and only if the definitions of the terms were interpreted and defined with consistency.

Yes, if one knows how to fight, then one will only hurt the opponent but not oneself.

From my side of the story as a Chinese, It was known to me that when Darmo went to China and stopped by Shaolin Temple to preach Buddhism. However, Darmo had discovered that the Shaolin monks were in poor health because they had been sitting all day and night in practicing Buddhism. Hence, he taught the monks Kung Fu and Chi Kung to improve their health.

1. It can be objective but all depends on the readers. I see that you are one that is not willing to. 2. I see that they are only your perspective. Isn't reflection means the revelation of one's idea. An original idea can be written down in a language. However, interpretation can be done in one or two ways, may be three but not more than that. Misinterpretation may be caused by many factors. Even native speakers with different education levels do misinterpret the TTC quite often. I can see that there are thousand translations with lots of errors were done due to a language barrier and cultural differences. You have mentioned "a language is highly subjective", it is because people wanted to interpret the TTC in their favor. I had been doing it objectively by making correction as I went along. The more I study the TTC, the more I have discovered how less that I knew about the TTC. I had diminished some of my misconceptions about the context in the TTC on a daily basis as I go. Hopefully, I will narrow it down to just one final exoteric interpretation. In regards to "Wu Wei", it was said to be a term that was patented for Lao Tze by the native scholars. If we leave it up to the individuals who interpret it as "non-doing", then we can remove Lao Tze from it. However, in order to get the true meaning of Wu Wei, then we must replace Lao Tze back in the TTC. His definition of Wu Wei is "do nothing adversely". One might say, Wu Wei does not have the character for "adversely" in the terms. Hey, It was understood; and that is one of the cultural inheritance in reading a Chinese classic.

To answer the OP.... In accordance with Taoist mythology, that is when a Taoist had been cultivated to a point that the soul had left the body and went to heaven.

Ah, okay, then where is the name of Tao came from. Did you know Tao before you read the TTC....??? Did you discover Tao from Nature....???

Yes....

If you take a close look of the TTC, then Tao is not just "the way" but it could be as one of the definitions.

Since both of the religious and philosophical Taoism do exist, can we accept one but deny the other....??? I believe Lao Tze is human for once, don't you...???.