Yoda

There is a 5 element makko-ho stretching routine on google, but I'm looking for something that can be done standing up. Thanks for any help!

Cool!!

anymore on that?

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I think that's what hits a visitor like a ton of bricks when they visit this site. Most do the right thing and keep on truckin'...

This site rocks!! http://www.dangerofchi.org/ Puts us out of business and all, but there are some good nuggets in there.

if chi isn't real, then there shouldn't be any harm in it at least.

So here's the painting: http://picasaweb.google.com/kylebairdsen/2009# Freya is on the left and her brother Kell Bjarne is on the right and then there's the blue heron at sunrise. Monet is starting to sweat it!!

Apepch7, Awesome... that really helps!! I love getting the history on things!! Plus, as you were typing this, my daughter was painting a grey heron/sunrise scene! I'll have to scan it. Your pal, Yoda

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Welcome to Fantasy Island!! Sorry... before your time!! Welcome to taobums!!! Your pal, Yoda

The mystery of FarmerJoe revealed!! The Shaking Medicine book really helped me put all this into a larger perspective too.

When I had mine out, I was back in action after 24hrs.

My primary criticism of Dr. Sha is that he does too much for the student. And what a teacher gives, she can take back... and teacher-student relationships nut up all the time... Per Yogani, you can get shaktipat without a human teacher. No baggage... now that's what I call bliss!! http://www.aypsite.org/146.html

Having bad feelings about Max is likely a sign to look elsewhere and there are lots of different practices to check out: Christian: kneel in prayer position and look up at an image of JC and start moving rhythmically until the movements feel automatic like sitting in a rocking chair. Bradford Keeney: sit on a hard bench and move rhythmically/spontaneously for 5 minute sessions. Experiment with listening to African drumming and other music as time goes on. Ken Cohen: stand in the horse stance and be mindful of subtle body motions that arise and allow those pulsations to move you. KAP: our own Vajrasattva offers a skype course which includes spontaneous motion practice as well as ways to integrate it with many other practices into a system that harnesses both the upward and downward flows Sifu Jenny: who taught Max Kunlun. Scotty: PM him for info on his teacher's correspondence course If I'm not mistaken, our own YMWong teaches this as well. Then there's Ratu Bagus and I'm sure many other systems out there as well. Bon appetit!!

The relationship between the current Dalai Lama and the late Karmapa was interesting along these lines: they got along great personally and would work together professionally but the Karmapa reviled the Dalai Lama's actual teachings and urged his students not to read his books (in no uncertain terms... he rose from his deathbed like a lion and seriously chewed out a teacher who admitted to using the Dalai Lama's textbooks. When she tearfully explained that there were no corresponding Kagyu books in English he immediately apologized for his behaviour and said it was good to teach from the DL's books.) And I believe that the DL was instrumental in finding the identity of the new Karmapa.

It's good for people to rely on their own horse sense.

Pietro, Thanks for your perspective... very helpful. Your pal, Yoda

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Just brainstorming... but maybe you could rent it out for $x/week. That way bums could post their reviews and inspiring more bums to rent it and eventually you could have it back and maybe make more $$ in the process? It sounds like a lot of great info.

Happy Birthday Day Trunk!!!

thanks apepch7! Another question for you... I was reading wiki that said the Phoenixes of China and Egypt are unrelated and I viscerally disagree with that. I think I've heard that the Egyptian Phoenix travels back and forth to India per a Greek account. Must have been referring to the Garuda. I'd love more background info, thanks!! I was wondering if there were any parallels between the scorpion/hawk relation and the dragon/phoenix relation? Did the Egyptians have dragons in the first place? (I've never heard of an Egyptian dragon but they seem to have everything else so why not? ) Thanks! Yoda

Gung Hei Faat Choi !!! WestwardMonkey, you beat me to it!