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Because society has been conditioned to unnaturally suck in and tense the stomach muscles. This causes unnatural breathing with the expansion of the in breath only happening in the chest and not the stomach.

Actually I like Keith Dowmans translations. I much prefer reading translated texts than commentaries about said texts. However it could be my karma. Sometimes I feel I can read things and sometimes not.

Never liked this one. Thought it was too intellectual for me.

When one has compassion for others seeing their suffering.

It is around the Atlas bone. It feels as though energy cannot push through going upwards.

I have a block in my neck.

Nice post 4bsolute

I'm strange, but I'm also an idiot.

I'm not sure if there can ever be an answer to that. However I think its important to consider that no matter how bad it may seem, the minds innate purity is available to everyone equally right now. The Buddhists call it, Buddha nature.

Actually it can be a sign of going forwards.

In my experience the Buddhist Bardo teachings are a great way to transform negatively perceived things as it happens.

Dinner for me was a Thai green curry. All I did was substitute the chicken for chickpeas and corn. Preferring a vegetarian diet, I find you just have to substitute.

See it as a good sign. Your greatest progress is made through hardships. Its a great chance to purify any tendencies that have so far been laying dormant within you.

If its conditional its not true.

When you see from a deeper level that 'you and other' are indistinguishable.

Unless you're the one being eaten..... Spiritual practices opened me up to seeing things from other beings perspectives. I am thankful that the compassion within me has steered me generally away from meat. I am not completely meat free though.

Whats in a name? A Label? I have had a few people advise it is better to change this forum name to something different. So my question is, what is in a name? When you label yourself as something, do you become that something? But what were you before you had labelled yourself as such?

Why do you feel the need to do this to release the inner lion? Why not just release the inner lion not needing to do anything?

Zoom thanks for sharing

Much more than a label!

I have stopped thinking and I didn't die.

I'm sorry Tao of Buttercup, please forgive me.

I like your answer and funny too. Mainly my own self observation.

Are we our thoughts? If yes, if we stop thinking, will we disappear?