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Female: of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes. Female definition uses the word "of" instead of "is" which is more broad, but still based on fertility. So if you can't product eggs are you still female?

Condensing the LTD and breaking the cords as a part of Mo Pai is pretty farfetched

I used to be able to sit in meditation and see moving geometric figures. I was always amazed there was geometric figures inside my mind and that they are somehow not man-made shapes. wang liping talks about seeing images in enter the dragon gate.

There are pros and cons to living in California. But anyways, No, I don't think anyone can tell you what the hell is going on. maybe you have to learn to "see" for yourself?

work hard, sleep hard. I have been interested in latex mattress. It is supposed to be an all natural material if manufactured in such a way. im thinking if it isnt an insulator, I could put grounding material under it and it will give best sleep ever. ever.

Any summaries or insight about these principles?

I think in other threads people were saying John Chang died?

don't need to explain why shoes with rubber soles can be harmful for cultivation..so im looking for soles that can ground a person with the earth.. yeah i tried google..From my search its either super fancy dress shoes, or some dude made these "grounders" flip flops (http://www.longevitywarehouse.com/David-Wolfe-s-Grounders-p/flipflop.htm) Curious to see if anyone has gone a step further

Awesome recommendation Seatle! I will buy a pair of those to try them out. Just an update I have resorted to making my own rope-sole shoes. they are still under construction...

I am curious what your explanation / ideas are behind the phenomenon of balding? bonus question: is it possible to naturally regrow your hair?

I would attribute your full head of hair to a lack of nerve damage.

Then yes, you do less thinking than most people. Think of an accountant, or a salesman and how much thinking they are forced to do on a daily basis.

What is your profession?

Never lie. Never steal. Never borrow. Always provide for yourself and don't make a habit of relying on others. Not to say I needed all of this advice. But knowing what I know now, I understand how important each of them is. Religion is merely a walking stick.

Thoughts are binary, and if you disagree, you are being binary. Nothing in reality is truly binary because everything in reality is always changing. Therefor, thoughts are detached from reality. (P.S. This website doesn't have a philosophy section.)

Because an idea can never be completely right or completely wrong... disagreeing completely with a person is falling prey to a form of illusion. One that leads an individual to want to dislike or attack that person, which leads to self-harm. Giving one's time towards trying to make another suffer is neither productive and leads the other to respond negatively...it is a double negative. The ego is the root of illusion. It makes a person want to be binary... it is for attention. The ego also wants one to self-sacrifice for another to suffer. Falling prey to illusion only leads to time wasted on creating things which lead to harm.

i think im sensing some emotional energy in your words too.

“Study,” he said, “is of no use in gaining true knowledge, it is rather an obstacle. All that we learn in that way is in vain. In fact, one only knows one’s own ideas and one’s own visions. As for the real causes, that have generated these ideas, they remain inaccessible to us. When we try to grasp them we only seize the ideas that we, ourselves, have elaborated about these causes.” -Sakyong (David-Neel, 1971), pg. 55 In Indian philosophy, experiential wisdom is known as jnana: a cognitive event which is recognized when experienced. It is knowledge inseparable from the total experience of reality, especially a total or divine reality.

“Relative and absolute, these the two truths (which) are declared to be. The absolute is not within the reach of the intellect, for the intellect is grounded in the relative.” –Shantideva 9.2

But can anything actually "be" a polarity?

Well if you completely agreed with me, I would have to disagree with you. But, since you completely disagree with me (a binary stance), I would still have to disagree with you. I dont think anyone's ideas can be completely right because then they would be perfect. Anything that is perfect never changes, by definition. And since everything changes, nothing is perfect.

upgrades....

I was speaking with a Daoist and one of the things I noticed was that he didn't share the idea that my parents were different people than me. I'm sure i have a misconception of what he meant but he doesn't see them as separate like normal people do. Is this a common theme in Daoism? Any sources?

Can you elaborate? Like how they view ancestors? Saying there is a connection isn't very specific, even westerners would say there is a connection.