BaguaKicksAss

I have changed my mind. Superpowers it is, now that I think about it. At my present level, I can pull off some pretty awesome blessings and healing work... however, there is so much I cannot do yet. Well also, the strength of such things tends to vary for me. Also sometimes small miracles are also needed, which I haven't pulled any of those off yet. More practice needed .

I was serious about that first bit. That is where I have seen the most real suffering in my travels.

Nothing wrong with old aunties either

I'd have to figure out what on earth karma is first before awarding any karma points though .

Oh I know what's wrong, he used the wrong heart smileys! Nungali, many blessings of health and healing

Hey holdon waitaminute, YOU gave ME a blessing yesterday .

9-5 office workers in north america? I have found that suffering vanishes with perspective.

No heart emoticons for Nungali?

That happened to a few folks/posts today unfortunately when the site went down for a few hours.

Sean's server was down for a bit (about 4 hrs) today.

I had this stop wasting time on TTBs project awhile back (when I quit being tech for a bit). It didn't work out as well as planned, I found other distractions, darnit lol.

I'll just remember back to that one post where someone said (CT maybe?) that it takes many lifetimes to even understand karma a tiny bit, and not worry too much if I don't get it this week .

That last one seems like the most familiar to us humans. The others go a bit deeper. ? I'm reading number 12 (and perhaps the others) from the perspective of someone who spent 30 years of their life in pain about as bad as labor pains. I really don't see much personal suffering ever since that left. Oh sure there are brief moments of frustration or sore muscles from training, or bummed out about something... but really I wouldn't call it suffering. I guess there is the feeling of less connection to the divine or whatever than I have had at previous times in the past, and this leads to some sort of suffering in a way perhaps. I'm guessing, get rid of those 12 and I'm good to go? (in theory I mean) The list sounds more like things that fall away with practice instead of say "I think I'll get rid of death and rebirth and form this year". I hope RF will forgive me for looking up the word Sutra on wiki... . Would the above be reading or reciting? (if that question is not relevant I blame wiki) I'm sort of amazed they have this down to a fine art, neat. Back to wiki for "samsara"... Hold on, re-emerge? Thought they were all dissolved including the cycle of death and rebirth? You mean you have to keep getting rid of these 12 over many lifetimes? :> Or is it a once and you are done sort of thing? Soooo say you only get to #3, that's it start over from number 12 next life? Do many people manage this? I'd assume not, but then again you do have a good pile of folks who spend their entire lives in meditation in temples and such. I'm also assuming that things get better and better as you work through each one, so it doesn't matter if all 12 are accomplished or not. So how does your average westerner with a full time job, 2 kids, living in a city, with many distractions manage this?

That makes sense, thank you . So on those days where I'm doing really well and all connected and let the divine/higher self/whathaveyou guide my actions, is there still karma, or are those days I'm not creating any? The best example of this is when I'm doing healing and I've stepped out of the treatment room, and all is dictated by the divine. If I catch BKA having wandered back in for a moment, I will stop and reconnect. Sometimes I will get hours or days like this to, if I'm doing something important, or just randomly run into it. Will reply to the rest once I've read it a few times :>.

Couple of questions on the 12 chain things.. We are all suffering? I'm guessing we just aren't aware of it? Sort of like some headache sufferers didn't realize they had headaches until they were gone? (but on a much larger and profound scale than my analogy obviously). How about the folks who are actively suffering? I hear lots of folks saying life sucks, they can't stand it here, etc., etc. Or am I missing something? Sounds like some sort of negative reinforcement thing for practice... This whole ignorance thing, I'm guessing it means caught in the illusion? The more we see past that and break through that, the less suffering? Please bear with me here, I only heard of this stuff for the first time a few hours back . Then further on down the list, is it meaning that the more we buy into this illusion and think we actually exist, in this mind/senses/forum/body/self/etc. the worse off we get? So how does that all relate to karma?

If y'all had just used the word unawareness.... . Darn words in other languages get me everytime lol. But there are 12, and now we are down to one? This conversation is very humbling for me ROFL.

Really I meant it though, I want to know what you guys are talking about so I can join in the debate :>.

Could you guys translate the whole Buddha Shakyamuni debate into simple english terms please? Lost me on the first Indian word several posts back .

Thank you .

Better than not citing one's source at all!

Actually wasn't me, a friend of mine helped change someone's life, and I just finished talking them through it . Was good, worthy stuff to do while the forum was down. But yeah, everyone's, we all got a life for 4 hrs heh.

With all that free time, I was able to read the entire JAJ library, move up a few Bagua levels, change someone's life, become enlightened twice... Well OK one of those is true .

I'd post some of the photos, but the site makes it so I can't unfortunately (even with my usual workarounds).

It's a common term that is used by many to mean self evaluation, seeing and working on the aspects of ourselves that we would rather not, that we ignore, that get in our way, and etc.. I'm sure it can mean many other things as well, but that is one common usage anyways .

Brrr, too bad we didn't plan this for Dec or Jan . So what you guys think of starting on thurs instead of fri for a far far more auspicious time-frame?