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haha I weigh 170 with a 33 waist, have a belly...lol. If anything its the gongfu and cultivation. But I am by no means muscular. Spirulina... I haven't had that in yrs, and they don't have that in China. Soy protein...almost every week I have tofu...lol Sexual misconduct can fall into many levels depending on how deep you want to go with it. There is one basic level which is not having sex with anyone else but your wife/girlfriend. It can go further and be to not indulge in sex so often with one's significant other so as to not be overwhelmed by desire. Then it can be taken to the next level, thoughts and emotions; with or without a significant other, one would cultivate refraining from thoughts of sexual indulgence, and let the emotions that arise from sexual stimulation to pass through , not to influence their mind. After this, or before,...either way you put it, one would refrain from masturbation, looking at all forms of sexual visuals; movies pics, as well as looking at men or women and imagining their bodies, looking at men or women and developing the urges to have sex. That is a lot in which it covers. But usually the lay cultivator, depending on how far they want to take it, just tries to stick with no sex with others while with someone already. One can choose how far they want to go, and ofcourse, based on that choice, they will attain as much as they put in. If they go further, they put down more. Peace, Lin

you are welcome to come and work with what you feel benefits you. Peace and Blessings, Lin

That's a start...lol Don't mind the tingling...its not important, just keep the concentration on the recitation. If any visions arise, just keep to the breath and deepen your concentration. Peace, Lin

Sounds like fun. OolongRabbit will be coming in by 10:30am. So he's early, but anyone wants to come in on friday afternoons and evening be my guest. Once I know the count, I will post up hotels in the area, I know googling some would be good...But I feel getting everyone in a similar place would be convenient. Also, once I am sure of how many people will def. show up, I can decide whether my home is good for it, or renting a space on the island. I like my home because its private, but we'll have to do with what we get. haha Also that month I'll be checking up land about 30 min. near Binghamton NY to see if it is fit to make a cultivation center. I haven't seen pics yet, but I heard that it is surrounded by mountains and forests...that's kind of the countryside ...lol Once that begins, I'll return to NY in the summer and continue cultivation there. Okay... I await rsvp's. Peace, Lin

Remember Everyone: If you are planning to come, I need to know by the beg. of December. After dec. 10th I should have the full count of those attending, and that would be the final one. Then I can arrange things from there. So, those who are def. coming, email me with the subject : Cultivation Just say who you are, and you will be coming in feb. and how many people you are. [email protected] Alrighty... I will be sending out material in email to those attending on the Great Compassion Mantra. So when I get an email from those who are attending, I will send the material out by the end of dec. THen just print if out and bring it to the cultivation meet. Peace and Blessings, Lin

:-) Its good to have very thorough discussions...no offense taken, and I didn't find it harsh at all. Also, I do apologize if my posting made it sound as though I was calling you or any of us here ignorant. That was not my goal at all. We all hold to views here, and this place is a good and safe forum to share and discuss them. Peace. I may have misread and understood your post. I thought you were stating that we could eat animals in order to get the plants they ate..lol As for the ideas of possession, everything can, but not everything does. And not everything has the power to do so. Not all Shamans may have seen things clearly, and I am sure they had practices that weren't in their best interest in the long run. A plant may possess one, but that doesn't mean it may possess everyone who eats plants. There are and were Shamans who sacrificed to ghosts and spirits, demons for powers and insights. They had close relations to them, but their conditions didn't make their practices wholesome. I too am exploring the possibilities Through the conditions I use to do that, I question every method of practice and cultivation presented, and do not take anyone with spiritual abilities to be an authority on anything. There are many ideas in the world about the expression of the conditions of things ( what is usually called the nature of things). It takes alot of work cutting through it all to actually get some truth. This is why we must rely on our own logic and reasoning, our own common sense. One's truth is another's falsity. When both have no more views of true and false, then ... Thus. Peace and Blessings, Lin

Its not like this at all. Eating animals that eat plants doesn't mean we are eating the plant energy as well. The energy of the plants have been integrated with the energy of the animal and its body. That means it is defiled, not pure. Eating flesh will only mean the one eating it has to use more energy to digest it, wasting anything it gets from the flesh to digest it. Eating the plants, one wastes energy digesting, but that energy is not all wasting away. It is used from the food and the body, and since the food is purer than eating it through animals, it adds to the body. One can not eat the waste of another being just for the sake of getting the nutrients the waste has from the other beings. Meaning, if we eat animals and can get the pure energy from the plans the animal has eaten, then one can eat human and or animal waste and only take out the nutrients from the waste. It won't happen. Plants taking power over the human is only if the Human and the spirit of that plant have been working with unwholesome things, such as wishing others harm, the plant spirit helping to fulfill the person's desires. Shamans also worked with ghosts, demons and the spirit realm. Those practices aren't all safe. Just because they could do it didn't mean they were free from the consequences of the practice. Working with spirits and ghosts, demons require one to pay back anything that was given to them by the spirits and demons, ghosts in the first place. Basically, Plants will never possess anyone.. haha that must be the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of. Possession only occurs if the person and the demon or ghost have the conditions for it. It just doesn't happen out of the blue. Many people believe that the old Shamans worked "well" with ghosts, demons and spirits. That isn't always the case and it doesn't make for wholesome practice. If one simply cannot let go of eating meat, so be it, but eating vegetables doesn't lead to sickness like eating meat does. Besides, doing things that are not the norm usually get criticized more so than that of the norm. There is too much misunderstanding on why it is better to eat veggies than meat, and so lots of excuses and intellect get put into it. It is very simple. Veggies will make you lighter, and meat will make you heavier. Yin and Yang are in vegetables too, but attaching to the notion of yin and yang is ignorant. Whether one sees it now or later, eating the flesh of any living being is simply eating themselves. Enjoy! Peace and Blessings, Lin P.S.- Whichever way one chooses to live, that is only according to their own conditions. Changes are only made by the comfort in mind of the person. Sometimes it is good to do what makes us uncomfortable in our own cultivation...only when it involves not hurting another being.

Very humbling to see many of us interested and preparing to come out. If anyone comes on Friday, the 15th of Feb, at any time we can have a great time discussing things before the set cultivation plan. Remember, we can all discuss anything concerning cultivation freely. All doubts and whatnot are welcome as well. If anyone is flying in on friday, please let me know in advance and I will try to make it to the airport myself to meet you. Concerning food..hahaha My cooking isn't the greatest, but I can try...if we hold it at my house. If not, then there is always diners, and other not so healthy places we can get vegetables and or anything you wish to eat..lol I am vegetarian, so don't expect me to be frying up steak and lamb and such. Unless you truly cannot do without it, then buy it yourself and I will do my best to make it for you...considering we are at my home... I remember during my discipleship ceremony at my Wing Chun gong fu school, my Sifu, Alan Goldberg, told me to order duck, pig and fish for the guests..hahaha I did. And then at the end of the ceremony he told me to cut it up and prepare it for everyone. I used our short swords to do it because we didn't have knives..hahaha People stared at me with wide eyes while I cut away at the meat, serving others. It was quite funny.. I wish we had that on tape...hahahaha Peace and Blessings, Lin HAHAHAHAHA "I'm getting $%&(ing sick and tired of these Mother$*%&ing TEAS on this Mother %&^#ing Plane!" ahahahah So funny ....so funny! Peace, Lin

It is quite simple actually. Eating animals creates affinities with the animals. Eating vegetables creates affinities with the Earth's nourishing energy directly. Peace and Blessings, Lin

In Buddhist School, they take nature as it is. But not conditioned nature, original nature of all things. It is hard to conceive of someone actually knowing, being enlightened to their original nature. That nature is what is "seen" in Buddhist schools, and that is the nature they always refer to. The nature of an animal is his causal nature, not his inherent nature. The inherent nature of the animal is the Enlightened mind, complete in wisdom. The conditional/causal nature of the animals is to eat when hungry, go to the bathroom when needed, breed. Then hunger gets the better, and they run after other animals if they are carnivores. It is because they are stuck in the state of mind of need and ignorance. But there are tigers and other meat eating animals who have gone to a Buddhist temple on their own, and lived there without harming the monks...only eating vegetables. It has nothing to do with religious moral dogma, Buddhism never had dogma. It has everything to do with right views. Peace, Lin Why would we plant what we need and kill all the rest? The way of vegetarianism is accepted by Daoists not because of religious dogma, but because they realize that humans can actually choose not to kill, impose fear and resentment in other living beings, and thus cultivate to attain their proper result of cultivation. People may have hunted for millions of years, but that doesn't make them wise, it only makes them hunters, and skillful ones. Killing animals for food advocates more killing in the world, not eating vegetables. lol Its like fighting terrorism with more terrorism. Gets no where. One's nature is not what you describe. What you described are the conditions created by the mind, karma. Hunting is not the original nature, but it arises within it. It is because of ignorance that people kill other people and animals, as well as why animals kill other animals. They are ignorant to the causes and conditions of killing, and so look to fulfill their insatiable desire to eat. One doesn't even have to eat at all. But that is only with the proper conditions for it. Peace, Lin

Perfect question. The distinction is only with the one who is attached to them. Living beings are attached to views, their ideas of what is. Therefore they are stuck in relativity because of their views of separation. Because of this, they create the karma that creates more karma which exaggerates the view of separation, leading them to believe it is true. When one realizes there is no separation, they come to a mind that wouldn't impose harm to another, especially eating them. Animals run and beg for their lives, they are not willing. Vegetables also scream when you harvest them, chop them up. Yet creating affinities with something more closer to the elements in a more purer form than an animal or human, would be better for cultivation. Humans and animals develop toxins in the body, not good for cultivating a clear mind, healthy body. Vegetables though turn to waste in the body, help to clean out the wastes and toxins. It is just more healthier to eat veggies, makes the body and mind lighter and clears emotional attachments. It is thus that we utilize an illusion to manifest an illusion to give the illusion others are benefiting. If we know th function of the tool, it is no problem using it, but if we are ignorant to the tool, it no longer is helpful. Peace, Lin

I also knew of some cultures who would hunt and or talkk with their animals as well. They may not be aware of cause and effect, but they try to make things happy until they eat it. hahaha It still causes them to have a strong affinity with the animal. But in the next life they may not remember the heart to heart conversation...anything is possible...depends on the conditions.. hahaha Nowadays I wouldn't touch meat...with all the chemicals and things in them. Even vegetables are being genetically modified to contain fish, animal and other living being body parts. Ridiculous. Its like someone out there realizes that being a vegetarian can actually make one a bit wiser and spiritually high, and so they try to mess with the food to keep people in one place. Not Fun. Peace and Blessings, Lin

There are fanatics in everything out there on this planet. People follow rules without considering their own problems, conditions, even reason. This is blind, and by no means was it the way the Buddha, or any other Buddha for that matter, taught things to be. They all taught, and do, investigation. When conditions are proper, work with them, when they are not proper, plant the causes for them to be proper. And yes moving from meat protein to plant protein can be a bit troublesome too fast. During my teens when I switched, I would find problems with enzymes frequently until I amped up cultivation and ate meat once every two wks for a few months before I could drop it without hurting my body. I wasn't raised veggie eater, but wanted to be. My friends used to hold me down and stuff hamburgers in my mouth in my early teens when I decided to just eat salads when we all went to mcdonalds. hahaha Peace, Lin

There are causes and conditions for everything. Take time to make changes if they cannot be done right away. That is no problem. Even the Buddha during his discourses knew that people would have a hard time dropping meat. He realized a method inwhich to lighten the load of "evil' Karma by giving some pointers so to say; If one is going to eat meat, let them not hear the animal they will eat, screaming. They should not know the animal prior to eating it, and have not seen them being killed, nor hearing them. The animal shouldn't be of their own household as well. If not following these guidelines, one will be deeper in the cycle of paying back the deeds. That doesn't mean to not make the effort to change, it just means that those whose body is with conditions that it depends on meat due to karma, and the person doesnot know or even cannot cultivate the way to drop that karma, change, it, eat meat, but do so without the heavier of the two types of karma of eating it.. haha So it was; If you do not hear the animal, have any relations with that animal; it being your household animal, having seen it before it was killed, fed it, gave it water, taken care of it, its alright to eat it...but this is only if one cannot do without it. Their karma is thus heavy at this point. Karma is even much more intricate than this, but this example is a hint into how deep things run. I hope this helps. Peace and Blessings, Lin

You mean "IF" this was a concern in the first place. I'm very sure Kun Lun cultivation wasn't around at the time of the Buddha. If it was, it would have been spoken of in the sutras if it led to Pure Complete Enlightenment. And so, not eating flesh is what will happen at higher levels of cultivation...enlightenment. Not by one's own ideas of moral behavior, but because eating another living flesh being is no longer in the mind, plus the causes and conditions of such an action wihtin the mind wouldn't be there. There are two monks I know who have eaten meat and were Buddhas. One of them was named JiGong, the other, I forgot. The other monk would eat whole birds, but then spit them out and they would return to life again.. and Jigong knew the causes and conditions of all things, was a Buddha, and would eat meat and drink wine, but that was only due to his own conditions of enlightenment. Not to be taken as an example to follow though. This thread has gotten interesting.. haha Peace, Lin

Peace and Blessings Cameron. Stick to what you feel is right in your mind. Let no views from others cause confusion, or even doubt to something you truly feel is good for you. There will always be a time when things change, even for the firmest of cultivators. You won't be alone during that time. Things always get hairy when we think we got it. If I can be of any help... I'm here my brother. Peace and Blessings, Lin

Cultivating anything requires a healthy body. One can eat anything they want and attain powers to a certain degree. But there are some things that just don't mix. And gaining powers doesn't end one's affinities with those they have conditions with. I went days without eating anything...body was full, alive, vibrant, and not one ounce of fatigue, plus I only slept for 2-3 hrs a night, up and about the rest of the time cultivating, working, and keeping active. Deficiency are for those who just don't cultivate... also those who do not understand how to eat. Other than that, if one just eat rice greul all day long, but cultivates wholesome practices, they will have no health problems whatsoever. The human body has physical traits, but people think it is from human nature. It is not, it is simply from the mind...the conditions in mind manifest in physical shape..thus sharp teeth, and whatnot. Many people only see the surface, and choose not to go deeper, and or think there is nothing more to it. To know the causes and conditions of things, meditate with the humble intention of awakening to the teachings of cause and effect. As time goes on, things begin to unfold. Peace and Blessings, Lin

hehehe One can eat fungus like wood ear (black leafy like stuff) for proteins, tofu, lots of crunchy greens, peanuts, rice. Grounding is of mind my brother. From eating veggies one's energy will reach very high, but if you have a stable mind, its no problem in "grounding". Being ungrounded and things getting dangerous from eating veggies is only a falsity. There are cultivators that are magnificent at what they do, and do not touch meat. Their "grounding" methods is keeping the mind free from indulging in flippant behavior, not indulging in visuals, sounds too much, as well as changing their behavior and views of "life". After a certain level of cultivation, one's energy, on veggie foods, will be fine, no problems. Like I said, "grounding" is of mind. If eating meat was so necessary to keep one here in body, the Buddha and all his followers would be chowing down on rack of lamb, and what not, and the teachings of cause and effect would be false. --- Also the Daoist Immortals and various Celestial Light Beings would be advocating eating meat... it just doesn't happen. One will not go crazy...lol Maybe I'm crazy, but I only eat veggies as well. So basically, "grounding" is dependent on the mind cultivating, not what they eat. Keep to wholesome views, and still mind and heart, and there will be no problem at all. Peace and Blessings, Lin

If the man on the tree still has the view of a man on the tree, there is death. A desire for answering the question shows the man unenlightened, for there is still desire. Both life and death are of the mind. Bodhidharma never came and never left. Only according to the conditions of those who view the Buddha. no Tree, no holding onto, from where does the mind arise?

I've done fasting over the summer. Only drinking tea, or water, warm water. Also, eating mantras and meditating. No hunger pains, only high energy, and many responses...cultivation indeed. Peace, Lin

wonderful! wonderful!

4:30 am . Then afternoons, and 9 or 10 pm. That's sitting. At bed time its lying meditation till 4:30am. Peace, Lin

haha I wouldn't say the mind is the void, but I would say you can perceive the void through the mind, and then drop the mind to reveal the void from the veil of perceiving it. Then even the void disappears. Qi is mind, but I never said that i didn't need to be cultivated. Sensing Qi is of the mind, not the qi. It is using the senses to sense, but that is also being perceived through the mind...no? When the idea of Qi and mind existing separate is the view, they are both and the same. When there is no view of them as separate, they are no longer both and the same, now they are not they. Only of mind. Therefore, ability to sense Qi is of mind, ability to use Qi is simply the mind being used. It is something to be cultivated. But it isn't separate at all. This is why I say it is mind. There is nothing that is not of mind, but there are things we view that cause the experience to seem as though it is coming from somewhere else. Experiencing energy is still holding a view of it, because there is still someone there that is experiencing. Using qi to move things, is simply using the mind to move it. No mind, no thing to move. It is mind moving, not the object. It takes lots of cultivating to do such things, especially when they are not of living organism. Peace and Blessings, Lin P.S.- Cultivating Qi is concentrating the mind. The results are realization of things not being permanent. But that is not the end. One still has to learn to use it. Feel, sense it all, and use the expression of Will to direct the intent to make something happen with the mind...using Qi.

It is as you say.. hahaha That is what I meant; Patience only arises in duality. And thus, is also an illusion, for duality is illusive. Peace and Blessings...Peace and Blessings Lin

That's very odd, being that I still have the video available. Here is the link for the video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvIj2DKnNtk Peace and Blessings, Lin