ChiDragon
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This was how the idea of internal alchemy was derived from by imaging that a cauldron was placed in the LDT.
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When you post this, have you thought of the difference between an external and internal alchemy. What you have shown here is for external alchemy which is what leads the idea of internal alchemy. The cauldron is used for the external alchemy to make elixir in the past by the ancient Chinese Taoist. Later, they had derived the idea of internal alchemy from the external idea. They were thinking that the dan tien(internal) is equivalent to the cauldron(external). PS..... Let's not have a miscarriage of this immature thread due to some emotional effects. Edited to correct grammar. I am still learning....!!!
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That depends how good you are when the time comes from your prolong practice plus wearing the proper shoes.
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Again, in this case, his heels are too high which will cause all his weights to lean forward. Thus that will make him very difficult to balance himself.
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I believe chakras is a non-Chinese term.....???
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You know my friend, I only know the name by dan tien and nothing else. I have no idea what chakras is. So, I don't want to mix ideas with two systems to avoid any undesirable confusion factor. My standing is purely in the Chinese Taoism system.
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Okay! In this case, then you just have kicked me out of the conversation literally......
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Since the OP has no idea what dan tien is, perhaps the OP should have had stated: What exactly is "dan tien"....??? rather than What exactly is "a dan tien".....??? The "a" is the culprit which misled everybody. It is because dan tien is not a thing but only a location on the body....!!!
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Does that mean the LDT is a point located in the center of the chest or a little bit below it........???
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Maybe he should wear kung fu shoes in the first place. The soles are much flatter.
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Yes, but what is your point....???.......
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Let's rephrase the question to say what is UDT, MDT, and LDT.....??? As I'd said earlier, it is very trivial. The answer is in the first initial of the three terms. The initials are: U = upper M =middle L = lower These are descriptive words for a particular location. Since this is related to the body, therefore, we have the upper body, middle body, and the lower body. If we even want to clarify it more explicit, then, the upper part is the head, the middle is the chest, and the lower is the abdomen. However, the ancient Taoists had their own esoteric terms for the different locations of the body. Somehow, they used the term dan tian(丹田) as a place holder. To distinguish the different location of the body, the head become the upper dan tian(UDT), the chest become the MDT, and the abdomen become the LDT. There is a very common phrase that the martial artists are always use to describe when they had taken a breath deep down to the abdomen. The phrase is 氣沈丹田(sink chi to the dan tian).
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Did you understand Flowing hands' comment in your last quote....???
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Please don't go there. That was where we all came from. It will just put us back into nowhere. If one knows, one should be able to put it in one's own word. The answer is very trivial. It may be found in the first initials of UDT, MDT, and LDT.
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Okay, sorry, it was the picture with Hitler in it had the negative reversed. I will make the correction. There were two errors on my part. The one on the right is not the Nazi Swastika neither because it should be tilted. You are correct about the one on the left. However, it shouldn't be reversed as you have said it was possible it may be. If you have seen it in reverse, it must be a mistake. Unless, I have been proven to be wrong. Please note that the direction of each symbol is in opposite. Tilted Nazi symbol Buddhism
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Here we go, again, with another round at it...!!!
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The symbol on the left is for Buddhism Nazi. The one on the right is neither for Buddhism nor Nazism.
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This is not a contradiction of Internal Alchemy but a matter of religion. You can be either one but not both if you understand what Taoism is all about in a religious sense. If one is not claiming oneself as any part of any religion, then one can claim that oneself is learning all the philosophies. It is fine as long as one is not practicing all the religions at the same time because each religion has its own unique belief. Taoism follows the way of Nature with free flow of things. Taoists do not force anyone to believe what they believe. Flowing hands had made it very clear about that.
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IMO I think you need to look into more references. Now, I know why you were misled. It was because the way you interpret "道教(Dàojiào)" as "religion of Dao". This is not a proper way to interpret this term in the native language. However, you are still missing the point here. If you pay close attention to the examples of my illustration. You will see how 教 was used in the Chinese language. The application of 教: jiao(教) ; to teach; a suffix was used at the end of a religious sect. Examples: 1. 教書(teach books): to teach as a teacher in school. 2. 基督教: Christianity 3. 佛教: Buddhism 4. 道教(Daojiao) is definitely an indication of the Taoist religion. Taoism may not be used here for the Taoist religion, as in Buddhism, because there is an distinction between 道教(Daojiao) and Taojia(道家). This was something missing in your conceptual imbalanced mind. It is very difficult to explain this in English if one already have some preconceived notion about the subject. It is hard to unlearn something that was already sat as concrete in once mind. If you continue to ignore the usage of these examples, then you will never master the Chinese language. If we continue with the conversation with further argument, then it would be a chicken talking to a duck.......
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Actually, there is no time zone in China. There is only one clock throughout.
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Okay, the people in China did not consider using the daylight saving time. It would be fine after all..... Besides, each of the ancient Chinese time units have a two hour spread to cover that.
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How about explaining this to me then....Thanks...!!! http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/303789?utm_source=popup&utm_medium=1
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De or Dao - Which came first?
ChiDragon replied to Harmonious Emptiness's topic in Daoist Discussion
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Okay.... The calculation for midnight in California on Oct 20, 2013 Sunrise: 7:02am Sunset: 6:14pm (11 hours and 12 mins) / 2 = 5 hours and 36 mins True midnight is 6:14 + 5:36 = 11:50am for winter; for summer is 12:50am. it is because of daylight saving time we have to set one hour back for true midnight. So, the spread between winter and summer is 11:50pm to 12:50am. Perhaps the Chinese might have had taken that into consideration and set the tsu(子時) between 11:00pm and 12:59am for the whole calendar year. On Oct 26, 2013 Sunrise: 7:07am Sunset: 6:07pm Midnight is 11:37pm; and true midnight for summer is 12:37am
