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Fun to think that if I play my cards right, in 50 billion years I could have my very own universe! Or at least have worked my way up the ladder a bit in someone else's universe. If I had had that conversation I would have asked about that "the deity" comment which by his own account is clearly not the case. I wonder who his creator is like, etc, etc and whether there was a starting point or not and what his understanding of the uber-god/Tao is like.

As long as boxing feels good, then it's good for your chi.

jn752, Welcome to taobums! Red Phoenix isn't a practice that is intended to be taught separately from the transmission and it has a lot of lineage presence to it so don't mess with it until you take a Max class. Your pal, Yoda

absolutely... lots of bums here do. Check out Vajrasattva's posts. He has some youtube files too. Maybe pm him for some of those.

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Looks great Starjumper!! I've always wanted to build my own pad start to finish. Keep it up! Your pal, Yoda

Vikings are welcome here!

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Thanks! No clear element per direction as far as I can make out and that's fine with me. West is my pet direction at the moment, so the death/scorpion thing is interesting to me. So the sun dies in the west and their necropolis is in the west. I forget if you said this before, but does Thoth or Quebhsenuef have deathiness to them? I read in Haich's "Initiation" which is essentially channeled/homegrown info that the scorpion in Egyptian religion symbolizes the fluids of the body which when harnessed correctly create the poison needed to kill the ego to allow for a spiritual rebirth and that the scorpion stings itself with its own poison to do this and then the scorpion is reborn as a hawk. (As I type this a hawk is hunting in my backyard.) In the book she calls refers to the scorpion as the "scorpion-hawk"... Does her account find any traction with what you know or simply more new agey drivel? I'm imagining that I'm seeing a connection between N & W and S & E in your descriptions. Was the red crown tall too! Thanks! Yoda

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ran out of questions. To be continued.

cool... I'm very happy to toss that N-earth, W-air, etc table. I have a book that lists lots of Egyptian correspondences but I'd much rather go by your figuring. This book even includes archangel directional correspondences (Michael, Rafael, Azriel, etc)??? I was thinking that maybe the archangels might have an overlap to Egyptian deities like Hermes does to Anubis or Thor to Zues... just cross cultural similarities, but nothing to put weight on.

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Maybe it's just placebo, but today I've faced west for downward flow practices and South or East for upward flow, and it helps!

Sean don't care, great poll idea!

TTT, Welcome to taobums!! I hope we can help with your brainstorming!! Your pal, Yoda

Apepch7, You read my mind... thank you! No north star back in the day????? I totally get that North and West are downward and East and South are upward... thanks for that!! I don't understand the elemental correspondences on a gut level. Do I have them right? Per me, the Egyptian elemental correspondences are: West/air South/water East/fire North/earth That seems to go against the upward/downward thing, with water being upward S and air being downward W. Need to ponder the animals too to see if I can feel it. I suppose there are different directions to face for different meditations/ceremonies/etc? Let me know if there are certain gods consistently associated with particular directions? Do the Egyptians do anything with the NE/SE/SW/NW directions? I know you've said that the Egyptians didn't have a developed astrology system originally, but maybe the directional influences could fit in somehow with a simple astrology system, you think? Do the Egyptians do "hours" or something similar that have correspondences? Thanks! Your pal, Yoda

I got this from mgd: Trick or Treating By Astrological Sign... Aries pushes the others aside to get to the door first. Taurus will only eat the finest of Swiss chocolates. Gemini goes around the neighborhood once, changes costumes and goes around again. Cancer stays at home and gives candy to the other trick-or-treaters. Leo plans their costume for months, then won't go out because someone else had the same idea. Virgo wears a neatly-pressed suit and tells everyone they're a bookkeeper. Libra is still standing in front of the closet trying to decide on a costume. Scorpio isn't in it for the candy. Sagittarius will manage to wander to the next town. Capricorn makes a list of all the houses that give good candy and the optimal route to take. Aquarius builds their costume out of spare flashlights and spends all night tinkering when it shorts. Pisces skips the whole thing to compose poetry to the Moon. ~~~~ Don't forget to say hi to our ancestors!

Apepch7, I've come across the name in my readings and wonder what your thoughts about the dude are? If you think he's at least mildly plausible, I'll check him out. Thanks! Yoda

Thanks! Your pal, Yoda

Patrick, Welcome back! I hope you had fun punting on the Cam and all that. I'm trying to think of any big developments... Starman returns to keep the Kunlun soap opera alive, KAP via skype is off to a rolling start, and I'm eager to hear some feedback/practice notes/etc from those who are taking it, and we have scored some fun new members in the meantime too. Your pal, Yoda

I'm a northist, I guess! My kids were an owl and a bear.

very fun!