Chang

Having been a shift worker for thirty two years ( now retired I am pleased to say) I have no reservations in stating that being of regular habits regarding eating, sleeping etc is by far the best course to steer. Sleep disruption wears one down and the tragedy is that we can get used to this state and do not realise that it can be improved. I also cannot state that I know anything for sure but it is a safe bet to assume that regular sleep, good food, exercise and a generally healthy lifestyle will result in increased vitality. It is also good to remember "Everything in moderation, Nothing in excess."

Hello and welcome to the Tao Bums Lotus. Ask your questions and you will receive answers many here. You are now free to post on the forum but for the first seven days you will be restricted to ten posts per day. Before getting started please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of this welcome section and also take a look at the forum terms and rules http://thetaobums.co...um-terms-rules/ This covers all that you need be aware of when getting started. Good luck, best wishes and enjoy, Chang and Tao Bums Team

Hello and welcome to the forum. There will be no shortage of advice here regarding protection from black magic using Taoist talismans and much else besides. The welcome section however is really only for introductions and is not read by all members. You would get more response to your question by re posting it in the Healing Circle sub section found under General Discussion. You will now be free to post on the forum but before getting started please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of the Welcome Section and also take a look at the forum terms and rules http://thetaobums.co...um-terms-rules/ This covers all that you need be aware of when getting started. Please note that for the first seven days you will be limited to ten posts per day. Good luck and best wishes, Chang and the Tao Bums Team

Hello and welcome to the forum again. I do not know what happened last time but you are back again and I apologise for any inconvenience caused. Both Yang Tai Chi and Flying Phoenix Chi Kung have many practitioners on the forum and you will, I am sure, find much to interest you. Please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of the Welcome Section and take a look at the forum terms and rules http://thetaobums.co...um-terms-rules/ This covers all that you need be aware of when getting started. For the first week you will be limited to ten posts per day but after that your posting will be unrestricted. Good luck and best wishes, Chang

Hola and welcome to the Tao Bums. You will now be free to post on the forum but before getting started please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of the Welcome Section and also take a look at the forum terms and rules http://thetaobums.co...um-terms-rules/ This covers all that you need be aware of when getting started. Please note that for the first week you will be limited to ten posts per day. Good luck and best wishes, Chang and the Tao Bums Team

Hello and welcome. You will now be free to post on the forum but before getting started please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of the Welcome Section and also take a look at the forum terms and rules http://thetaobums.com/topic/19575-forum-terms-rules/ This covers all that you need be aware of when getting started. Please note that for the first seven days you will be limited to ten posts per day. Good luck and best wishes, Chang and the Tao Bums Team

Hello and welcome to the forum. You will find no shortage of information here on Master Lam, Standing Practice, Jerry Alan Johnson, Tai Chi and much else besides. You are now free to post on the forum but for the first seven days you will be restricted to ten posts per day. Before getting started please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of this welcome section and also take a look at the forum terms and rules http://thetaobums.com/topic/19575-forum-terms-rules/ This covers all that you need be aware of when getting started. Good luck and best wishes, Chang and Tao Bums Team

Hello and welcome to the forum Mark. You will find no shortage of Taoists here and not a few Libertarians as well. You will be free to post now but for the first week you will be limited to 10 posts per day. Hopefully this restriction will not grate too much with your liberarian principles and after this period your posting will be unrestricted. We do ask that you read the two posts pinned at the top of this Section and also take a look at the forum terms and rules http://thetaobums.com/topic/19575-forum-terms-rules/ This covers all that you need be aware of when getting started on the forum. Good luck and best wishes, Chang and the Tao Bums Team

Hello Kitty and welcome to the forum. All of your problems (at least the ones relating to the Tao Bums) will now fade away as your membership has been approved. You will be able to update your profile and also post but for the first seven days your posts will be restricted to ten per day. Before getting started we do ask that you read the two posts pinned at the top of the Welcome section and also take a look at the forum terms and rules http://thetaobums.com/topic/19575-forum-terms-rules/ This covers all that you need be aware of when getting started. The welcome Section is really about introductions so you may wish to write a bit about your interests and what brings you to the Tao Bums. Good luck and best wishes, Chang and the Tao Bums Team

Hello and welcome to the Tao Bums. There are a good few Australians here so hopefully someone will be able to point you in the right direction regarding Neigung in Brisbane. You will be free to post now but for the first seven days you will be restricted to ten posts per day. Before you get started please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of the Lobby and also take a look at the forum terms and rules http://thetaobums.com/topic/19575-forum-terms-rules/ This covers all you need be aware of when getting started. Good luck and best wishes, Chang and the Tao Bums Team

Hello and welcome to the forum Materu. You will be free to post now but please note that for the first seven days you will be restricted to no more than ten posts per day. Before you get started we ask that you read the two posts pinned at the top of the welcome section and also take a look at the forum terms and rules http://thetaobums.com/topic/19575-forum-terms-rules/ This covers all that you need be aware of when getting started as things are pretty easy going here. Good luck and best wishes, Chang and the Tao Bums Team.

Very good. Thank you for that. I am afraid that it makes perfect sense that as you develop spiritually you will find fewer and fewer people on your wavelength. It is, alas, a simple fact of life as is the fact that fewer people will understand you. "The sage understands the fool because they were once foolish. The fool however fails to understand the sage because they have yet to be wise."

Hello and welcome to the Tao Bums. Celibacy is a subject much discussed on the forum and I am sure that you will find much to interest you here and you will also be able to seek advice should you so wish. Before getting started please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of the Welcome Section and also take a look at the forum terms and rules http://thetaobums.com/topic/19575-forum-terms-rules/ This covers all that you need be aware of when getting started. For the first week you will be limited to ten posts per day but after this period your posting will be unrestricted. Good luck and best wishes, Chang and the Tao Bums Team.

Are we to take this to mean that you do not normally go forth so accoutred?

Try to include some pullups and dips.

You will have to use your imagination on that one.

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It is not so much the time spent in practice but the quality of that practice. A short period spent in mindful, conscious performance of a given form, qigong exercise or whatever will be of far greater benefit than a long period spent simply going through the motions.

Food for thought. “What is hell? Hell is oneself. Hell is alone, the other figures in it Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from And nothing to escape to. One is always alone.”T.S. Eliot

We rarely have to summon such tests as life in general has a habit of delivering them to us when least expected. It is called being human.

Hello and welcome to the forum. Good luck and best wishes, Chang

Hello and welcome to the forum. You are I promise you not alone in feeling shame regarding past ways. It is all part and parcel of life and our state of constant change. We can only hope that we are changing for the better. Good luck and best wishes, Chang

Hello and welcome to the forum. Good luck in finding out who you are. Best wishes, Chang

Hello and welcome to the forum. You will find no shortage of information here regarding the spiritual aspect of the arts you practice. Good luck and best wishes, Chang

The idea though is not as ridiculous as it at first may sound. The hairshirt or similar devices were created to keep the mind tethered by the pain or discomfort they inflicted on the wearer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilice