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That's a strange statement. Would you mind quoting Zhuangzi on this? Thanks

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I am not sure your examples do your idea justice. Because it sounds like you are trying to eliminate all subjectivity. But subjectivity is what makes us humans. So I would make a difference between a functional subjectivity and a dysfunctional subjectivity. How the carpenter could be carpenter without making difference between a straight tree and a crooked one? The usefulness of the tree is a subjective element but it is functional and relative only, it doesn't involve any bias per se. What introduces a dysfunctional element is when the carpenter looks at a tree only through his carpentry standards (which are only relative to carpentry), when he becomes incapable of seeing it as it is, i-e when he becomes incapable of seeing that there are two trees: the one that exists objectively and the one he is seeing when he working as a carpenter, a relative tree. It's the same reasoning with the passing traveler. If they are trapped into their minds, they can't see the tree objectively. If they can put aside their useful but relative ideas about the tree, they can meet and live in the same world. I would also include in dysfunctional subjectivity most of our emotional patterns.

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I have attached it.

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Yes! Yes! Yes!

My experience showed me that it is indeed a very very bad tension reliever. During the first months after I met my wife, we knew nothing about karezza but we would often spontaneously make love the karezza way. When we had quickies, it would leave us sad. When tension is there, just make love to it , and treat the root cause, not the symptom.

I stopped clubbing when I was 21-23. Before I was seizing any opportunities to dance i-e to feel the joy in my body, because sports didn't give me that joy and I was too tensed during sex. Then I found yoga, meditation, internal martial arts etc..so I found ways to produce a new quality of joy within my body. Music is still an opportunity to dance, but I do that at home now. I medit-dance.

My take on it is that if someone can convince you not to do it, someone can also convince you to do it. You would be better off finding for yourself what is good for you. I suggest you have a deep deep look into cause and effect and see from there what you want for you.

My first qigong teacher was saying the same thing. He has some female students who use the upward draw with a lot of health benefits. I don't know if there is any drawback to this practice.

If not money, my heart was on you.

Thanks a million times, Trunk

He he he, there is no reality without side-walls. We all live in a more or less convivial solipsism. I am sure that New Age must be effective since a lot of people are consumers for what New Age is selling.

I was essentially talking about effectiveness. That means, does New Age really allow someone to get rid of ego based fears/desires? that is to say to be able to die one day in the grace and with gratitude?

My understanding of the criticism against New Age is that it is primarily a mix of different fancy theories without a consistent structure and that it only offers tools that nourish the sense of ego instead of allowing people to effectively question it.

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