Yoda

fun!

nice perspective!

At least the great guy vs evil wizard debate is civil these days.

Ataraxis, I'm a huge Esther fan, but she's geared for popular consumption and isn't very up on advanced yoga practices sort of thing. How is your channel on spiritual cultivation practices? Also Esther is famous for valuing selfishness over altruism, as the philosophy of altruism is often a form of social control. She does say that if you are very wise, you'll love all sentient beings as yourself, but it's not her main thrust. How's your girl on that one? Your pal, Yoda

Well that's one of us then!! It's like playing chicken of the sea. But sometimes my feet do get a little bit wet.

the wiki has a good writeup on it. It definitely saved my marriage... if something is my fault I'm *much* quicker to forgive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Attraction So LOA basically says "Ask and ye shall receive" and if you can relax, it'll come to you.* My problem with the approach is that only one in a million adults are capable of relaxing. It's easy enough to be relaxed about desiring your next breath or a glass of water, but how about making real spiritual progress or improving something very near and dear? Tougher situation. One channeled source made this their criticism of the LOA and said that you are better off sticking with a tried and true alchemical/magical/spiritual system east or west that has assembled a particular group of practices, rituals, and beliefs which will teach the secret ingredients of loving, relaxing, and allowing. *Strictly speaking, Abraham's LOA says that "Ask and ye shall receive" is literally true. Everyone receives fulfillment of every single desire they ever had, large or small, without exception. But it is often the case that one has to die in order to relax for the desire to be fulfilled. (I'm assuming that the shiny red Camero, prom date, etc doesn't get served up in the afterlife, but the essential energy pf fulfillment and joy does.) PS Abraham was asked why they chose that name and they said that it puts them first in the phone book.

I had Scott's reaction when looking at Max's photo before I had seen him. In person, I'm totally comfortable around Max. The practice can bring up negative feelings at times, but I take that to be that it has a lot of Scorpio/Mars-Pluto/ego stinger vibe in it.

Pencils??? Love it! Probably pretty expensive per pencil I'd imagine... "stop playing with the sharpener... that's grandpa you are messin' with, do you realize how much that pencil costs???" I plan on donating my organs to other bodies or science depending on who wants them the mostest but the rest of me can go to pencils!

I hope no McCain fans take offense, but this is pretty funny.

YM, Looks like a cool book! Scott, Let me know if you check it out! Your pal, Yoda

Many ***amazing*** insights! Thanks Fiveelementtao! Your pal, Yoda

From my limited experience, WSM is very powerful! I'm stoked that Vajrasattva's course covers "bone teachings".

Aside from Iam meditation and kechari, samyama practice has been a favorite of mine from the AYP book. It reminds me very much of the Silva mind control method which holds that affirmation practice is much more powerful when done in a state of silence. http://www.geocities.com/advancedyogapractices/150.html I highly recommend it. My affirmations definitely have more power this way. -Yoda

I can tell already that your suggestion is a good one!

Cat, Thanks for digging up AYP again... I had forgotten about samyama! I'll get back on the program with that one! Your pal, Yoda

Sonne's plus psyllium and you are set for your important mission!

Maybe pay a few hundred bucks for computer security service? I don't know anything about computers but doesn't reformatting the sucker fix it? Other than meditate, ground, send happy thoughts, pray, etc I don't know. I had one interpersonal situation with a neighbor and I couldn't generate any positive vibes towards in order to break the cycle but I was able to change things with a bit of Vaastu/rebalancing the elements. Good luck! Your pal, Yoda

This guy must be nuts! Right? I do like the 9 based thing... "If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe." Nicola Tesla http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...9280321/-1/news

So Keith kicked it off with a suggestion that kids who practice before puberty can really integrate some practices more easily. Maybe it's sort of like learning multiple languages... good to do it young. I then said that I have a pal who taught himself non-ejaculative masturbation which conferred upon him many superpowers as well as some emotional entanglements. And Keith replied: Thelerner chipped in that he massages his kids as part of their bedtime ritual, and that got the thread rolling. ~~~ It sounds like massage and some intuflow/taoyin/stretching would be a good thing to learn at a young age. I'm just wondering how to make it fun and enticing. What I've done just on occasion is to do some traditional yoga asanas with my daughter and since she can do them much better than I can, she finds this entertaining. Now that happens to be part of the reason I like intuflow type drills better than the asanas... I suck at yoga. But kicking Daddy's ass on the asanas is an excellent enticement. Maybe I'll do some asanas at night while we are all hanging out? The massages/energy work is another good angle too. I've been doing that more often recently. One thing I've been doing since reading The China Study and Healthy at 100 is to gradually switch the kids to a vegan diet, phasing out dairy, and increasing their fruit and fresh juice intake. Very gradually... nowhere near 100% off meat or dairy yet. Since recently discovering the power of a rawish vegan diet myself, I think that this is a very powerful habit that will benefit the kids a tremendous amount assuming that the transition is smooth and there's no power struggle or anything. That, in itself, will help keep their energy flows open and to avoid some of the typical shutdown that is typical as kids grow up. Of course, they'll have more energy, so the parents better the hell be chugging the carrot/celery/apple juice too! So I'm thinking massage, stretching, and diet are the three best and least invasive programs to set up for kids. If they are actually interested... like they want to take Karate and so forth, then I'd think that the frolics would be fun. On the rare occasions that I do the frolics with the kids around they definitely get into to them too. I don't think that energy circulation exercises like mco or spinal breathing is a good idea for kids, although the Self Realization Fellowship teaches all that in their Sunday schools. Yogani has mentioned to hold off on meditation as well until 12 or so if I remember correctly. But by the time they are 12 or so, they are old enough to raid your bookshelf and figure it out on their own.

sergei, Welcome to taobums! There are plenty of potholes in Eastern traditions too!! Taomeow and Smile are both of Russian descent on this forum, maybe pm them too? SeanD is a good guy. I hope you find what you are looking for. Your pal, Yoda

just a part of this business!

welcome to taobums!

Additionally, it's best to regard psychic attack like any other negativity and treat accordingly. Specifically, it's best to use pacifying and grounding approaches and not to strike back or mirror back or you'll be sending each other little energy jinxes until the cows come home. Wearing or holding a black rock like obsidian, onyx, tourmaline, tektite can help to ground everything safely, hugging a tree for 15 minutes, spending time outside, the mantra "El Ka Leem Om" done outside connects one to the elements, 5 healing sounds while outside, etc. Once you are well grounded and happy, send compassion towards your partner through tonglen, google the honey pot spell, inner smile, etc. and mentally thank your partner for making you a stronger practitioner.

the seminar schedule is on kunlunbliss.com. They will try to make it out to New Jersey early 2009 and I think I remember them saying that they will shoot for Europe spring of 2009. I think the movie is more documentary than instructional is the vibe I get.