ChiDragon

A Taoist will integrate oneself with Nature to preserve life for longevity. This is the goal of a Taoist. Now, it is time for you to begin search to find out how to do it..... I'll give you a hint...!!! First, it is to have a peaceful mind to start with. Find the truth about everything, and disregard any fallacies.

Welcome....!!! Sofia....

ME.... I am glad that you are making progress in your study. It seems to me you are getting a grasp on the compound characters.... 自然 means natural; automatically as is by itself(like you have it in the above post). I think lienshan was confused with the phonetics. He thought that 燃 is 然.

道(Tao, tao) means "that's the way it is" whether one can explain it or not.

You just have to go lower than what it is right now progressively; but no more than 90 degrees in your ZZ practice. This is the only thing I could think of.

I think it is a matter of the open-mind-ness of a person. It is the case that some people can while others cannot. If you assumed it is difficult to accomplish, then it is. Your action will tend to follow your own thoughts per Protector's quote above.

If you can stay low, your legs are in good condition already. BTW It is not easy to do low stance. The simplest way to accomplish low stance is from the practice of Zhan Zhuang. The hardest way is from Tai Ji Chuan or go slow on other styles.

"when rotating in worship of heaven, the great void saves us from the hardship of existence." to Chinese 在祭天时旋转，巨大空白，为我们节省了存在的困难。 Zài jì tiānshí xuánzhuǎn, jùdà kòngbái, wèi wǒmen jiéshěngle cúnzài de kùnnán.

"when rotating in worship of heaven, the sound of thunder is everywhere and transforms everything" to Chinese 旋转时，在祭天时，雷鸣般的声音无处不在，转化一切 Xuánzhuǎn shí, zài jì tiānshí, léimíng bān de shēngyīn wú chù bùzài, zhuǎnhuà yīqiè

How did you do it or how do you stand with your leg position.....???

There is virtue of human conduct(Confucian). There is virtue of Tao(Lao Tze).

"Laozi is a very late addition to taoism." Lao Tze's Taoism is different from other Taoism. He made the original definition of Taoism to redefine to distinguish from his Taoism.

The former on the religious side are: Of Nature For Nature By Nature The philosophical side: The scholars who are mainly concerned with the interpretation of the principles in the Tao Te Ching. They are the ontology, humanity and government. The latter is too broad to say anything about it.

Even though that Desert Storm was unprincipled, but the general who fought the war and won by using a great strategy from the Art of War.

Stosh...... Have a great evening to you too.......

No fault was found. Just to be sure that we do understand the same...........

Please follow this advice Just get the thought across and don't play with semantics.....!!!

WOW, you knew it all..........

Gathering allies is only a preventive measure in the art of war. This is the peaceful side of Tsun's philosophy. If you have read the side of the real battle in his philosophy, then it would be a brutal war. It is time to kill to win by all means. There are two sides of the application in the art of war. Regardless, the object is to win a war. It is only a matter of what is the best way to win with the least casualties.

Don't you see one gathers allies is part of fighting a war by not creating enemies to fight in a war. BTW The art of war is really a psychological war rather than physical war in a battlefield. Battle in the field is what one wants to avoid.

Follow this advice

Post #2 is a good advice for having the Tao Te Ching Classic to be Translated properly. Thus it can clear lots of notions about Taoism. IMMHO.

So, Lao Tze was the one who introduces an arbitrary bias about Tao....!?!?!?

专名 means a dedicated name. Are you sure? Could 恆名 be translated "a proper name" I said it can be a proper name but not translated as proper name.

The center exists first, then so does the outer; What your translation was actually saying: The center exists first, then so does the outer(exists first) ;