ChiDragon

Food was assumed it is the glucose. It was understood if someone has the desirable knowledge in the mind. Sorry about that. As general knowledge: Oxygen in the air and Glucose in the foods. PS In order to get involve with the argument, one need to have some knowledge about cellular respiration. Without it, one may deny any thing. It's meaningless to argue.

In Chinese logic, anything is related or pertained within the subject are inclusive. In Chinese thinking, every thing is scrambled, filtered and sorted out in the mind. If two minds are in resonance, then, the communication is completed. The discrepancy with the western thinking is that everything has to be spelled out word for word, and with a finger point at something in order to be understood by others. Here is how the logic goes. Qi is air and oxygen is in the air. When we breathe in the air, the oxygen within the air goes into the body too. By logic, it doesn't matter if it is air or oxygen, the reaction will take place inside the body. You have the same result anyway. BTW That is the reason why I am having a communication failure here.

Taoist and Buddhist do not force their religious beliefs to others. It's only up to the believer's own free will to accept them.

Let's take care one thing at a time, shall we?

Yes, I definitely will support anything that is related to Taoist philosophy. I think that is a great idea. The Yin-yang downvote icon warms my heart. PS I have felt the peace and harmony amongst our TDB friends already.

Don't you think this is a nicer way to slap somebody's face with a little humor without hostile intention?

Well, that is not a bad idea. I just hope this 'downvote' icon was meant to be applied to CD only. I just don't want to see other members get discouraged and banned themselves from TDB permanently.

A picture is worth a thousand words but hatred without words.

Chapter 5 1.天地不仁， 2.以萬物為芻狗。 3.聖人不仁， 4.以百姓為芻狗。 5.天地之間， 6.其猶橐籥乎﹖ 7.虛而不屈， 8.動而愈出。 9.多言數窮， 10.不如守中。 Chapter 5 In terse English 01. Sky and Earth have no mercy, 02. Treating all things as straw dogs. 03. Sages have no mercy, 04. Treating people as straw dogs. 05. In-between-Heaven-and-Earth 06. Is like a wind box, 07. Vacuous but inexhaustible, 08. Dynamic but invigorating. 09. Excessive words accelerate failure. 10. Prefer to stay being neutral.

This was not meant for you. My friend.

Somebody don't even bother to do some fact checks before defying it. How can one deny the facts without any knowledge of it and assumed it was an opinion. For example, isn't cell respiration a modern truth.

Thanks. It is.

Ofc Now I see why the new members singed up and gone forever with this kind of encouragement.

I only see three members are in favor of it. The majority is not.

Seems like it's not going away. This is not my MHO.

You see what I meant. Members had already taken advantage of using this feature to create unpleasant feelings among ourselves. IMHO I don't think a Taoist forum should provide an opportunitie for members to have this kind behavior. Peace!

Yes, actually it was four times. The last three times were perma~ban.

Welcome back, Cobie. We missed you for the whole month. The character 中 does not mean center here. Instead it means within. 1. 静中帶動: static within dynamic and 2. 動中帶静: dynamic within static. In the application of martial arts: 1. the defender is standing still and getting ready for the offender to make the first move. 2. After the first defensive move and get ready to become standing still again for the next offensive move. It is analogous to Yin within Yang and Yang within Yin.

Mandate of Heaven(天命) is something that was meant to be happened but uncontrollable by human. Such as lightning, raining, storm, flooding and fire. Also, the misfortune in human life.

Yes, I know.

Hahaha Taobums come and go but ChiDragon are forever after three bans and still here. Peace on earth!

Thank you for your advice. No body is wrong here. They are just have different knowledge about things here. Those who are always against me are acting the same way here. It seems to me that the majority here are acting pretty fairly. That is what I have expected. It is human nature. I am not upset with anyone here. They have all the rights the reject my ideas. Please don't forget we have an ignore option here for people to choose.

If I know it's a fact, then, why treat it as an opinion. If it is logical with common sense, why should I treated like it is not. I don’t use somebody's opinion for reference. Perhaps that is why we don't interact with each other much. Peace!

Someone has to give for one to be receptive.

It works both ways, perhaps to a light extent.