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Yup, hip hop is old as punk. It's very easy to picture an old punk because this culture/music stayed what it was but hip hop evolved a lot. People of the "golden age" of hip hop are around 50. There's bridges between hip hop and cultivation : the loop is kind of a musical mantra, self-made knowledge, the research of the always changing flow, many "punchline" are sort of koan ... that speaks to me. From an album called Donuts Clouds

Ahah I'm the opposite edge I'm bored with hip hop and have been into reggae/rock lately http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xstxgx_groundation-jah-jah-know_music Seasons sure have an influence on what we're up to. Depends on many things but most people I know that are audiophile are cyclical too in matter of preferences. I think every daily practice go through phases. I'm not even sure that linearity happens in Nature but that's a question for a physicist.

Like Joe Banamassa, Popa Chubby ? I like them but it sounds generally the same for my ears.

You mean RAP ?

ALT-J is by far my fav 2012 album.

"Relations with other religions and philosophies See also: Vinegar tasters Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are one, a painting in the litang style portraying three men laughing by a river stream, 12th century, Song Dynasty. Many scholars believe Taoism arose as a countermovement to Confucianism.[120] The philosophical terms Tao and De are indeed shared by both Taoism and Confucianism,[121] and Laozi is traditionally held to have been a teacher of Confucius.[122]Zhuangzi explicitly criticized Confucianist and Mohist tenets in his work. In general, Taoism rejects the Confucianist emphasis on rituals, hierarchical social order, and conventional morality, and favors naturalness, spontaneity, and individualism instead.[123] The entry of Buddhism into China was marked by significant interaction and syncretism with Taoism.[124] Originally seen as a kind of "foreign Taoism", Buddhism's scriptures were translated into Chinese using the Taoist vocabulary.[125] Representatives of early Chinese Buddhism, like Sengzhao and Tao Sheng, knew and were deeply influenced by the Taoist keystone texts.[126] Taoism especially shaped the development of Chan (Zen) Buddhism,[127] introducing elements like the concept of naturalness, distrust of scripture and text, and emphasis on embracing "this life" and living in the "every-moment".[128] Taoism on the other hand also incorporated Buddhist elements during the Tang period, such as monasteries, vegetarianism, prohibition of alcohol, the doctrine of emptiness, and collecting scripture in tripartite organisation. Ideological and political rivals for centuries, Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism deeply influenced one another.[129] For example, Wang Bi, one of the most influential philosophical commentators on Laozi (and Yijing), was a Confucian.[130] The three rivals also share some similar values, with all three embracing a humanist philosophy emphasizing moral behavior and human perfection. In time, most Chinese people identified to some extent with all three traditions simultaneously.[131] This became institutionalised when aspects of the three schools were synthesised in the Neo-Confucian school.[132] Some authors have dealt with comparative studies between Taoism and Christianity. This has been of interest for students of history of religion such as J.J.M. de Groot,[133] among others. The comparison of the teachings of Laozi and Jesus of Nazareth has been done by several authors such as Martin Aronson,[134] and Toropov & Hansen (2002), who believe that they have pararells that should not to be ignored.[135] In the opinion of J. Isamu Yamamoto [136] the main difference is that Christianity preaches a personal God while Theist Taoism does not. Yet, a number of authors, including Lin Yutang,[137] have argued that some moral and ethical tenets of these religions are similar.[138][139]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism#Relations_with_other_religions_and_philosophies

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Walking emerge around 12 months. After reflexion, I believe it's more relative to normal natural physical development like lung breathing is sport breathing. Try to sprint and do reverse breath mouahah That would be an error to try to cut this change in order to keep the original breathing. Sometimes you have to leave to come back.

Well I still don't know how and why but I asked a pediatrist for the "when". It happens around 12 months. Can be 6 or 18 but average is 12....

What an amazing visual answer !

I'm not sure an odd dark dusty place with a lot of mystical chatty primates is amazing, but enjoyable... for some !

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29237276

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I think that's very true, at least in the west. We are living a golden age and as the life goes easier we become more exigent. I mean (physical) violence has never been that low in France and we never been that intolerant toward it. Culture (library) is often free -and I don't even talk about illegal culture/entertainment available- but we all focus on the east, making them look like "the others that are taking all that we are not capable of enjoying yet Back to the topic, what I was planning to say earlier is we come from far lower that moral tends to make us believe. All in one, it makes me rather optimistic.

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Laule, as I was surprised I asked my wife about that she said it would'nt have work for her. Not an undeniable truth ^^

Hello my chatty friends Recently in search of movies I have been asking myself about daoism in movies ? Does anyone have some idea about ? I know Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) as a great buddhist film. Clément

Was talking about that part, taking time to go back to ourselves even in a daywork. I'm definitely off today

I agree with you Satya, and I was a bit off. Actually you helped me to see more clearly for a relative. Thanks bro To starts from the scratch : HIKING For 2 reasons : you make your blood circulate and your breath more vigorous (-> enhance chi), without the deep introspection there's in meditation that can drown or flood anyone.