ChiDragon

Oh! One of those things again!

Where is this idea come from? It makes me wonder! Now, this dantian thing is really tangent off to never-never-land.

I don't think people in India ever practiced Taoism. There would be a greater chance to find a Buddhist in India. I think!

Don't you know what IF mean?

Should he go to China then. Other than seeking it within India? He could have done yoga breathing.

My point is if he did the Buddhist meditation, then, he had already done the same as the Taoist meditation. What he wants is readily available, then, why should he be asking for something else.

Why should one be alarmed. If one look at the diagram of human body meridians. One will see that all the acu-points are aligned with the nerves. Modern science speaks the truth. The book says where the point is and how fall down in the muscles. To me that says all. However, please don't argue this with acupuncturists. Sorry Maddie! There is one thing for sure. I couldn't believe that the human body has two systems. One denies the other. It just doesn't make any sense to me at all. By saying no, and it has noting to do with each other, I just can't buy it. With the scientific method, I am definitely can relate the two systems are the same. Remember the old saying: "These two come from one origin but differ in name."

What I am saying was that we all breathe the same way. It doesn't matter who we are.

IMO Different substances are only temporarily make someone high as a normal reaction. They will not sustain life for long but have an adverse effect. As you say, one shouldn't be relied upon.

Are there different types of enlightenment? I think enlightenment should not be classified as types. Whatever one enlightened is just an enlightenment. Whatever category one is enlightened falls into is just an enlightenment. It doesn't specify a type of enlightenment. IMO Enlightenment is a ambiguous puzzle that was solved by wisdom in sorting things out through meditation. One needs a clear consciousness and mindfulness for such practice of cultivation.

Okay! I'll be wu wai(無為) about that and wait for the enlightened one to come ashore.

Welcome! Why can you not follow Buddhist meditation? They should be the same.

个人智慧 和自悟自覺 By personal wisdom, self-awareness and self-intuition. One must have these qualities to be enlightened. Otherwise, by following somebody else words that will not lead you into enlightenment. It is not just 1 + 1 = 2. Now we know 1 + 1 = 2, then, where do we go from here?

Yes, there should be no written formula to be followed for enlightenment. Otherwise, there is no enlightenment.

To be enlightened, one must go beyond all understandings besides understanding the trivial.

Discussing or knowing things do not lead to enlightenment. IMO Enlightenment is something that was realized all the sudden by an instant thought. It is something had never seen or heard before but it just came into the picture and make someone dismiss all the suffering, delusion, and bitterness.

May I ask the Adm to clean up this thread by removing the empty posts. Please! Thank you very much.

In Taoist term, yes it is. Normally, it was addressed as dantian, 丹田. It was referred and understood as the lower dantian(LDT).

This the duality principle of yin-yang. 陰中有陽 : There is yang within yin. 陽中有陰 : There is yin within yang. 陰極陽生 : At the extreme state of yin, it will return to the yang state and vice versa. 陽極生陰 : At the extreme state of yang, it will return to the yin state and vice versa. Most of the time, at the end state of yang always returns to the yin state. For example, when a moving(yang) object falls to the ground, it will rest in a static(yin) state. In addition, an automobile comes to a stop. It's state was from yang to yin. When it starts to move again, it is from yin to yang. From life to death, it was said from yang to yin. Thus everything begins with the perpetual principle of yin-yang.

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I don't see what I see. I don't hear what I hear. That is the ultimate emptiness in meditation.

I don't see how any non-physical practice system could hurt someone. IMO Those practices that could do damage to the physical body are the hard Qigong, iron shirt, iron fist, and etc.

This is definitely will hit the radial nerve. You have no consideration of the this condition? Is this what you were told in TCM School or you just believe it just like that?