Stigweard

Just wanted to add my vote of thanks for your contributions here Ya Mu

Every path has it's challenges. "In closeness let there be space" is a practical moto. I have shrine room in our house which is my personal space. Likewise my wife has her special space. My standard practice sees me awake at around 5am and involved in cultivation to 7:30 - 8:00. My wife usually wakes at about 7 and does her practice till about 8. Then we get together and enjoy the morning before work. Afternoons we either go for a walk together or enjoy our seperate afternoon time. Nights are for our individual study/leisure. Mutual respect for each other's path is the key. Blessings,

YAY! Welcome aboard walker. Cheers for the Amazon tip. We will be starting with Enrich Your Life With Virtue if you want to prioritize your purchase. Blessings,

Indeed I did Thank you for that.

Also from Baopuzi 抱朴子 "The Master Embracing Simplicity" ８．釋滯 Resolving Hesitations ...When first learning to circulate the breaths, one inhales through the nose ans dloses up that breath. After holding it quietly fo 120 heartbeats it is expelled in tiny quantities through the mouth. During the exhalations and inhalations one should not hear the sound of one's own breathing, and one should always exhale less than one inhales. A goose feather held before the nose and mouth during the exhalations should not move. After some practice the number of heartbeats may be increased very gradually to one thousand before the breath is released. Once this is achieved, the ages will become one day younger each day...

Harmony, The Art of Life has some excellent info in it including an intro to the elemental system and also instruction for natural and spiritual sexual harmony. Finding someone who has blazed a reliable path is a true blessing, I agree with you there.

Great intro Adj. Welcome, find a seat, how do you like your tea?

Welcome .k., find a seat, how do you like your tea?

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Prickly without shave. An annoyance to my wife. Smooth as baby's bum.

I like Mak Tin Si, we may differ on a few points of approach but I have genuinely been interested in alot of what he is offering. Now that rodgerj has consolidated Mak Tin Si's contributions into his own Personal Practice section I believe a wonderful balance will be found and the true gift of Mak Tin Si's sharing will emerge.

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CONGRATS !!! Proud papa!!!

one, not two, even. errm ... how does that go again? Math not very good

... YOU !!!

Bravo!!

Welcome Virge, find a seat, how do you like your tea?

please Shave and behave? Isn't that how you like me? All prickly and rough?

Once again I appreciate your comments.

Thirty-six Imbibements "If the breath be regulated and the saliva [properly] swallowed, the primogenial breath of the Inner Palace may be recruited. The saliva should be swallowed thrice every two hours; to swallow during the period between eleven and one at night will do still more towards the nourishment of Life." 3 swallows per every 2 hours through the day = 36 swallows or 'imbibements'. In my training there is a specific practice where the saliva is also swallowed thirty six times.

I appreciate your comments. If what you say is true then you must please excuse my lack of vision and understanding.

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