wudangspirit

Thanks for the kind words Tao Bless

Doing nothing and leaving nothing undone. Wu Wei Er Wu Bu Wei. Wu Wei is a concept. We use this concept to go back to our original spirit. Returning is the motion of the Tao. Use the concept then give up the need for concepts. Tao Bless

Great post! Since the average salary in bigger cities is less than 1/2 that amount per month. You'd have to save almost a whole year to afford that in China with your expenses. I guess most people in the US don't understand that.

So what would you be running away from. You can cultivate and have rebirth without dying. Life is about energy. It is all really BS if you want to put names to the opinions. Your Tao is your Tao but if you enjoy life sometimes we humans may not want to see someone take theirs in vane. Suicide is also ego based. I don't think this forum is here to condemn anyone for their beliefs. It's a discussion not a persecution. Think we all need to take a break from this topic and spend more time on ourselves rather than worry about what the others think.

When you realize that everything stems from the same source there is no need for attachment then you are free. The Tao teaches us that all things come from Wuji or nothingness. In perfect stillness we can go back to nothingness. Analyzing can be helpful if you don't put a name to it and just be. If you do it over and over again I agree you are suppressing. We need to give up the need to know and shed the layers.

Stigweard, I'm involved in Wudangquan which includes Taiji and our Kung Fu (to us it's the same really it's all neijiaquan) In the past I studied Shaolin Wuxingquan (5 Animal) and emphasized in Shaolin He Quan (Crane Fist) What do you want to talk about Neigong? I'm in! I'm from the Wudang Longmen Neidan Sect of Taoism

If you want to understand life you need to live it. If you die by suicide you haven't lived long enough to cultivate yourself and your spirit will become a ghost. You'll be trapped and never find the answer to the questions that you ask. To die naturally and old is to have experienced life then to shed your shell so your spirit can go on then that "death" is natural and a part of life. Suicide is not a natural death only a means to an end of a natural cycle and only to lose your spirit forever.

the key is not to judge yourself. Don't play a triangle game of being hero, victim or persecutor. Let yourself feel the emotion but don't wear it as a decoration. Let it go. This is nature giving time to change into the next part of the present. Don't analyze to much although this method sometime can be useful to see where the emotion came from. Have trust in your spirit. It sounds like your spirit told you to do this so don't question it later then you're attaching to it. This will only bring up the post heaven emotion again because you will remember the feeling then conjure it up again. If you have moved on and things seemed okay then good. That is in the present no need to reflect on the past. Tao Bless

Interesting... when was the last time you spoke to one that could tell you that. hahahahah. Nails could be a sign of energy left behind. When my grandmaster died (this was documented at Wudang) she was still warm after 2 hours. Lingering energy I suppose. She was 134 when she died. Tao Bless

Purple light represents Taoist nature or even Buddha. When you see a purple aura that's what it is... Taoist Master

This is nice how it relates to Taoist cosmology. This can also be related to the concept of Nine Palaces as well. Baguazhang uses these concepts. This is all a part of internal cultivation and how it relates to the movements. You can incorporate the Nine Palaces and 8 Extra Ordinary Channels for the internal energy movement of each move and the subleties of their nature. Tao Bless and Nice work

I get your point. Thanks for clarifying. However, it's because of our Western culture that we still won't get the meaning. Most people will still think we are cold and shut down.

100% agree a phenomenon can only be explained by consciousness but created by the non-conscious world.

Your Tao is Your Tao. I like it

Explain the difference. They are all just words and definitions. You obviously knew what I meant so why not live in the present and not attach to the words I say but hear the meanings I am conveying. Tao Bless

Taoism teaches us to go beyond concept. So time and dimension is not relevant. But for "now" is "now" oops Now it's gone... I like to say that we learn from the past in order to live in the present so we can see the future. It's about detachment. Seeing and don't see. Tao Bless

My primary goal would be to become immortal. In whatever form of immortality I can reach. We'll see... then again maybe we won't.

Great comment. This plays into cold energy into a warm controlled environment. Will send your body into shock. Natural temperature is better. If you're hot it is better to drink warm or hot tea. We Westerners are always going to the extreme and don't think about balance. Too much cold will disturb your qi. Too much hot will bring up too much fire in the organs. It's about balance.

Taoism teaches us to view the world and cosmos as ourself. We are taught that everything stems from the same source...Wuji-void-nothingness. To compare things would be to initiate a duality and create 10,000 things. Taoism also allow us to look at two sides of the coin. I feel that the major difference of the pure tradition of Taoism and Buddhism is that Taoism really isn't as passive. Taoism teaches us to seize the right moment and to take action in our lives in the present of every moment. There are a lot of similiarities because after the Ming dynasty Taoism took on religious ceremony, rituals and more promotional type attributes. This stemmed from taking on things from Buddhism and Confucianism. This is the Taoism you see today in the public temples. However, the underlying practices and traditional teachings are still Taoist. I cannot talk too much about Buddhism because I don't know the in-depth teachings but I hope this helps a little. There is also different types of Buddhism. Tao Bless, Wudangspirit

I guess this would be dependant on what monks you are referring to? I know at Wudang the Taoists there are strictly vegetarian if they are true Daoshi. I cannot speak for other sects or religions. Tao Bless, Wudangspirit

This is a brutal lesson in Tao. There is always two sides to the coin. 1. Your friend was in dire need of help and could not make any rational decisions in helping him/herself. 2. Mak Tin Si is a person that saw an opportunity to prey on the weak. There are two sides here. Your friend made a bad decision that is not Mak Tin Si fault. The other side is that Mak Tin Si is probably not a virtuous person. Taoism teaches us not to give up our own power to anyone or anything. Once you search outside yourself to get answers there will be tons of people out their to give them to you. Before searching outside we need to cultivate inside. Golden rule is if someone like Mak Tin Si is out there charging 2,000 for FU and saying he is practically an immortal. It's probably his own manifestation and he should just be ignored. Otherwise we give him power and our desires create curiosity because we'll say to ourselves "but what if he". The question to yourself should be "but what if I". Tao Bless.

Yin and Yang is a concept of duality. It can be used to assign definition to any paired opposites. Qi is Qi or vital energy it is also breath. We get differently qualities of Qi through breath, food, cultivation and preservation as well as from our parents. Jing can be described as original essence it is also in Chinese medicine bodily fluids. As for Qi... there yang qi and yin qi

Yep, killing the ego is one of the first step in the book of clarity and stillness in the Longmen Sect of Taoism. You have kill the ego and live outside of being Persecutor, Hero and Victim and playing these parts inward and outward. We are always in this position at any given moment. In our cultivation we want to give up the need to know these positions in order to as my Master says "Live with your spirit in heaven and your feet on earth". This is how you tame the mind until there is no mind and you are in stillness. Tao Bless