Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan

Either: I like you for who you are OR What you said went STRAIGHT.... up... and... way over my head.

The problem i have with titles is i dont put value in them, and consider them "harmful memes". We are all nothing but human beings, and no matter what title we adopt, no matter what flag we fly, all we can ever do is BE human. So at the end of the day, yes, i was born in the united states of america, yes i beleive in a great sum of taoism, but i also believe in a great sum of buddhism, christianity, judiasm, islam, "native american spirituality" (pardon the generics, i have not entered properly into learning about specifics between tribes and belief systems, they dont like us for takign their land; I dont blame them), and the scientific method(s). So that doesnt mean i am an american. i am not. it does not mean i am a taoist. i am not. These are only paths i am entitled to walk as a human being. If not for free will, i would not be human.

Aww, that is nice. You two are lucky.

-k- you cant hide from the eye's sight! Wait, wrong meme, cant cross them over yet!!!

as long as we have someone composing transcripts!! My hearing loss demands them hahaha

i would trade my whole world for a life in the mountain cabin... No, maybe not yours, or that one... probably not colorado (Bless the Pacific Northwest! ) But the mountains, the clean air... THE EVERGREENS........... yeah... roughin' it with an internet connection... LOL

Ah ha, one who might have spoken for the truth then? He said: "Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend." Thanks, Google! I think that is the sum of the consciousness of truth an individual as much as the rest of us

I was once banned from the toribash forums for calling the fists of an admin or mod "small"..... i know all about sporadic!

I'm confused... Isnt there a member or two who oppose gun control? I know Uma is ignoring Vmarco, so the rules dont apply to him (as a victim) or even VM (since the victim took control of the situation and didnt have to call the cops on him)... Anyone see where i am going with personal responsibility and common sense? Funny how it reflects teh political atmosphere concerning gun control so aptly...

then the quote may be attributed not to any one person who may have purportedly said it first, but to THE TRUTH: "Do not walk behind me, for i may not lead, do not walk in front of me, for i may not follow, but walk beside me and be as my equal. We may then guide each other."

every feeling has an associated action that can be attributed as being the communication of that feeling... likewise, every action can be rooted to a feeling that might be the cause of inspiration leading to the consideration of initiating this activity. The words were not meant to divorce this relationship of the objective world, but to highlight the underlying consciousness that the objective world tends to inspire a divorce from within the mind.

If there were anything i could consider calling "worshipped" in my life, it would be the amalgamation of Truth, Awareness, Consciousness, Mind, and Knowing, or as VM might spell it, Gnowing... )((the meaning i am applying is ignorant of its own spelling ))(

Likes and sames attract. not opposites.

re read my fuck comment. I was trying to convey literal indignation. What the hell just happened to this thread...?!?

I think I may have found my peace. My own little piece of peace. My creative outlet and need to design worlds... cant have it without society, alas. yet it is almost like a romantic relationship between us...

WHAT the fuck?

not unless I SAY you're right. Okay, you're right.

I think its fair though; air, water, and food are all presented as strong sources of Qi... in that order too I think... that the breath is a top-tier means of cultivating and moving Qi. It's probably unintentional, but I could be assuming too much as well.

I owe a significant chunk of personal progress to Leon Basin for showing me this site, and as ever, the tao bums and all its members and their contributions both good, beautiful, ugly, and bad. I like to think that TTB is the closest thing to a spirituality encyclopedia I have any access to in the physical form

dear GAAAWWWWWD that is pitiful LOL

Love is not a feeling, it is an action. In other words, millions of times it has been proven that people have been attacked by animals, but never could it be proven weather or not they treated the animal with genuine love and care. The heart is universally shared... if you cannot put yourself in the position of the pit bull, then you do not hold that capacity of love which is a communication and not just a feeling. I've been bit by a pitbull. She never meant harm to humans. she was trained to attack every dog she could see, hear, or smell. I tried to pull her away from another dog. I tried to loosen her jaws. The other dog owner blatantly kicked her. That was not HER fault... And I sure hope you wouldn't kick a poorly trained pit any more than you would shoot a starving child robbing a grocer. I do imagine, knowing myself... and based on your posts about pits... Had I shared your opinion, I imagine I would have killed Gypsie that moment by shoving my fingers into her eye sockets and scrambling her brains. But I communicate with my heart, not my brain.

this is definitely an important topic to address, however I am at a loss of word and thought on the matter... I will keep an eye on this one...

If you love your animal, no matter how vicious that animal is, love is universal communication; they will love you back and protect you with their LIVES. You seem to neglect to "allow" the so called "vicious breeds" their own heart chakras!

Y'nkow that part of my diligence is a big belly laugh where applicable? Sometimes it's the things people try to "say about the tao"... you know since it is formless and all that rap etc. ? Yeah, im belly laughing at the notion that a Taoist can be defined by another fragment of the tao itself

wait, I thought you were ignoring VM, Uma...??? or did I get you mixed up with someone else...??? lol