Stigweard

Hmmm ... interesting request. How about some Temple of Heaven green tea with a touch of heavenly inspiration?

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Oh Don't get that order very often. Must check in the back cupboard ... hmmm ... I just know I've got a case of it somewhere ... let me see ... AHA !!!

Isn't saying that all extreme positions are wrong an extreme position? Great to see another Taiji bum onboard. How do you like your tea zumbao?

The opening starts Fresh bud reaching to the sky Ahh ... what sweet fragrance Welcome Edify Existence, find a seat, how do you like your tea?

Welcome Magda, all questions are encouraged, find a seat, how do you like your tea?

Welcome bakeneko, any friend of Yoda is a friend of mine, in that one strong the force it is. How do you like your tea?

Ah great monkey equal of heaven! You are most welcome to stay for as long as you want ... well as long as you don't pinch my peaches that is Find a seat friend, how do you like your tea?

Welcome bagaag, cheers for the thoughts, TaoBums is really a place where we get around and just laugh at each other really. Sort of poke and prod each other; some of us get arm barred, some get slapped with smelly fish whilst others simply get tea Speaking of which how do you like your tea?

Nicely said

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Thank you Ya Mu and Rookie, excellent questions both. I am hunting quite a few more so keep em coming

WOW!!! I mean WOW!!! With a stupendous act of generosity and humility one of our fellow bums has stepped forward and anonymously paid the final $65. Proof indeed of the virtue that inhabits our exemplary community. The good spirits be praised Well done everybody!!! Stigweard $20 PAID Froggie $5 PAID zanshin $10 PAID dao zhen $20 PAID rodgerj $20 PAID Kate $10 PAID mwight $5 PAID Pero $5 PAID Rookie $20 PAID Smile $10 PAID Mal $10 PAID eighty4proof $10 PAID Anonymous $110 PAID $255 paid in full !!!! I shall notify Gossamer and Mak Tin Si immediately.

Bumping this up because we are still $65 short of the goal. So if you are new or you have been fence sitting now is the time to jump in and help out a fellow bum by committing $10 to the pool. You know you really want to Thank you in advance.

Merely for a point of interest and diversity consider the Toltec model elucidate by Theun Mares. In his view the human organism is an egg shaped luminous cocoon comprised of filaments of light. These filaments of light correspond to those in the macrocosm and when the internal and external filaments of light are aligned the relevant perception takes place giving rise to one's 'view of the world'. This whole process can be termed 'awareness'. The totality of the luminous cocoon is the sum amount of possible perception available to the human experience. However, out of this entire potential most people only ever experience a minute sliver of a bandwidth. It is the predeliction of the seer to break through the calcification of social conditioning in order to bring fluidity of perception. With a fluid perception the seer then has the liberty to access the full spectrum of awareness achieving the 'totality of self'. With all filaments of light within the cocoon this illuminated the seer can quite rightly be called 'fully enlightened'.

In my experience and observation these 'worms' can only gain purchase within one's being through the 'leakages' inherent within a consciousness that has been distorted away from from it's pristine nature. In another topic I have given the descriptive 'psychodiverticuli', these are literally pockets of psycho-energy that, through the artifice of conditioned personality creation, are diversions away from the main stream of one's life force. These 'psychodiverticuli' are the cracks through which we haemorhage vital energy and are also the portals of entry and fertile breeding ground for said 'worms' and other parasites. So to your dual inquiry of "How did they get there?" and "How do I rid myself of this affliction?" then you must look to the root of the problem that being the sum contents of your personality. One must also give oneself in dedication to your Taoist practices, like virtuous fulfillment and nei tan etc, because these practices in my experience are the most direct and effective in resolving these energy abstractions.

En*light*enment

How cool ... what a great way to increase one's vocabulary 4400 grains donated ... YAY! And yes very addictive ... but in a useful way.

An interesting and delightful introduction Machin Shin. Welcome along, how do you like your tea?

Obviously a man of refinement