ChiDragon

Really.............???

Yes, tense muscles can in no way count for these drastic changes in heat levels. It was the focusing on the Dan Tian is musical to the ears of all Chi Kung practitioners. "I can be on such a role with my practice and one accidental ejaculation throws me back weeks." If you claimed you had that much practice, an hour a day every day, then, one accidental should not throw you back weeks. It took me few hours or with a catnap even better, then I am back to business even mow a lawn or two sometimes. Of course, I breathe constantly and focusing on my Dan Tian at all times as my normal breathing routine. As a matter of fact, if any additional heat was added to my body like drinking something warm, not hot, then, I have to release the extra heat to cool myself down. If I had something hot, then I really have to sweat it out with excessive perspiring. I had felt that the water drops allover my face and my body was all wet. It seems that my body was in a range oven. In the evening while outing, I felt all the cool breeze comfortably while others had to put on some warm clothes.

1. Please do not misinterpret Chapter 5 about the 百 姓 and regarded them as 芻 狗. When we get to that, I hope you will have a better understanding with clarity. 2. 是 以 聖 人 之 治 Translation: .....thus it was by the ruling of a Sage. 治 means to rule; to take care or handle matters in a political manner. 3. 三 明 治 is the Chinese phonetic for the English word "sandwich".

dawei... Do you know how to read Chinese at all....??? If not, then please.......

百: hundred; a numerical unit. 姓: surnames, Again, one must learning the compound characters in order to read Chinese to begin with. If one doesn't know the usage of the compound characters, then one cannot read or interpret Chinese or classic correctly. Let's look at the compound characters 百姓. 百姓 literal translation is hundred surnames. It is customary that the Chinese often use numbers to imply as "many". Those numbers are such as nine(九), hundred(百), thousand (千), and ten thousand(萬). The logical meaning for people is 百姓(bái xìng) because people have names. "Many surnames" which implies the "people" in a kingdom. Therefore, 百姓(bái xìng) became the linguistic meaning for "people" in the Chinese language. 以(letting) 百 姓(the people) 為(as) straw dogs(芻狗). Logical English: 聖人不仁 以百姓為芻狗. A sage has no mercy, Treating the people as straw dogs. The two phrases are linked together by saying that: A ruler(sage) is impartial because he treats everybody equally and shows no nepotism. Before the law, everybody treated equally because the law is impartial and has no mercy. PS... If you want a better explanation about Chapter 5, please go see my posts in the Tao Te Ching section.

If you have an open mind and open heart with room for corrections and willing to learn Chinese and Classics, then, I am willing to share. Otherwise, I will remain silence and let you continue to believe what you think it is not erroneous.

Yes, Tao is omni-omni-omni....

I don't know how did the state of Wu was introduced into Taoism. The State of Wu Wei is more appropriate in Taoism. Indeed, the only State of Wu is the appearance of Tao when Tao was invisible at the beginning of the universe. The State of Wu, in Buddhism, is an ultimate realm that a monk would like to attain.

Walker.... You are a Taoist. At least your learning was in my Tao Te Ching....

Your wisdom is your own teacher. You will go find out what you don't know. It is either by asking someone or read books with a literal filter to filter out the unwanted fallacies and retain the facts. Again, by your own wisdom.

Tao is omnificent; omniform; omniparity; omnipotent; and omnipresent.

wei xue ri yi, wei dao ri sun, sun zhi you sun, yi zhi yu wu wei. wu wei er wu bu wei. 1. 為學日益。 2. 為道日損。 3. 損之又損， 4. 以至於無為。 5. 無為而無不為。 1. In learning, knowledge increases daily. 2. In seeking the Principles of Tao, one's desires are lessen daily. 3. Lessen and even lessen. 4. Until attained the realm of Wu Wei. 5. Being Wu Wei then there is nothing that cannot be done.

The squirrel is living its own nature by eating the chick bird because it doesn't know the TTC; and that is Nature.

It was selfish on your part to kill and eat the squirrel. You are talking about your nature but not Nature.

That is not so Wu Wei like. Are you interfering with the course of Nature......???

Those who were considered to have the virtue of Tao was being Wu Wei. The virtue of Tao is to follow the principle of Tao. The principle of Tao is to be Wu Wei.

yiming.... Yes....... :D 不 見 可 欲，使 民 心 不 亂 。 Those who don't see that their desires can be fulfilled; thus the people will not become perturbed. PS.... Your good sense of humor reveals your outstanding in your comprehension of the Tao Te Ching.

Perhaps you are allergic to something in the Ch'an Buddhist Temple(assuming where the teaching hour was taken place). Was there any burning incense that might cause your eyes to go crazy....???

Even though that leg muscles were not forced to contract, is it fair to say that the leg muscles are slightly contracted by default, at the Full Lotus, because the legs are bent....??? The reason I must say that the leg muscles or any muscles have to be slightly contracted. According to my book "Understanding Human Structure and Function, in order for the body to generate heat, the muscles has to be slightly contracted. The book also mentioned, when we lay down at the fetus position, the arms and legs are bent causing the muscles to be slightly contracted. Thus that will generate 25% of the heat, at night, to keep our bodies warm.

Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao. Tao particle that cannot be found is not the eternal Tao particle. Tao is all around us. Anything we see is Tao but just can describe it with words. All things existed are the manifestation of Tao. Come to think of it. No.......???

There is no such thing as a ripped dan tian. Here is what is happening, most guys masturbate more than once a day. The reproductive system need time to recuperate after once, but two to three times of masturbation was over worked the system. Most guys get a pain on the left side of the abdomen. To get rid of the pain, you can perform acupressure right below the navel by pushing down with the index and middle fingers. You should feel a pulsating sensation, but don't worry just let it happen for awhile until the pains goes away. You may take a deep breath and expand the abdomen fully against the two fingers. Please take the advice from Fu Yue from the above post.

Yes, heat will be generated by metabolism. If one is sitting in any one of the Lotus positions, the legs muscles are contracted. When muscles are contracted, they will increase the rate of metabolism to generate the body heat. It doesn't matter where one focus, the heat will be circulated by the blood to distribute throughout the body.

Tao is omnigenous. Tao can be a gas, solid or liquid. What do you think....???

'itself-so-being'... Isn't that the same as the natural self was being self natural....??? Be yourself as natural as you can be....???? Wang was only using ZiRen as an application for the idea of natural in his thought; but the authentic definition of ZiRen is natural.

Isn't the goods that are difficult to obtain, in a way, is unobtainable by some people....??? So, people have to steal them...??? That is what LoaTze wants to avoid. Yes, you are right about that. I was translating it by the logical meaning instead of verbatim. I think this is a good test for you and you passed... 難 得 之 貨 Translation: The goods that are difficult to be obtained. yiming, you have good sense of humor...!!! Sorry, the eternal Tao is not 難 得 之 貨. Thus we cannot turn into a band of crooks.... Is 难 a simplified way to write? Yes, it is the simplified way to write it.