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  1. High energy state attracting unwanted attention

    BaguaKicksAss replied to idiot_stimpy's topic in General Discussion

    If one is at high level, then it is your choice about spirits or not spirits. Never feel that it is not you who decides. I personally enjoy working with spirits, not all people do. Btw, Buddhas are spirits . Don't get the idea that circle walking attracts them as it doesn't; it tends to repel them actually.

  2. Shouldn't Acupuncture be able to lead to Enlightenment by opening things up?

    BaguaKicksAss replied to ą„Dominicusą„'s topic in General Discussion

    So can Bagua lead to enlightenment?
  3. Exactly, so about time you got past your limited beliefs .
  4. ROFL ROFL ROFL
  5. I strongly recommend finding an in person teacher for this sort of thing, if you can. I have posted a bunch about it on here, (though did deleted some of the posts afterwards since some info is just not for public consumption).

  6. Shouldn't Acupuncture be able to lead to Enlightenment by opening things up?

    BaguaKicksAss replied to ą„Dominicusą„'s topic in General Discussion

    As long as you don't go using it on others that might be OK (since you are only harming yourself in that case). It is NOT ethical to go trying it on others when you know nothing about it. Book taught acupuncture counts as knowing nearly nothing about it. I'm sure glad you aren't taking up brain surgery as a hobby .
  7. Best post in this section so far! Well OK nearly best anyways. So very true.
  8. Due to my presence here less is shared? Well that sucks . Ah well. He's right though, many different traditions do practice what I consider magic, and also what I have practiced as a magician my entire life . They just use different terminology for it.
  9. Just because you can't do it and can't perceive it, doesn't mean it does not exist.
  10. I'm curious what the various paths/faiths and practices feel insanity is? Does it exist? How does it come about? Can it be cured/healed? By this I mean folks who are bad off enough that they cannot function in their lives well enough to take care of themselves, or are so tortured by their thoughts or voices that they are tortured all day everyday. So Schizophrenia and the like. Also as a side curiosity, how come folks with schizophrenia and etc. seem to be so drawn to various energetic and spiritual practices? Further, are the visions and experiences that they get actually the truth and accurate or no? (from what I have seen not so much, but I'm curious about other perspectives on this).
  11. I think that Ya Mu has pretty much nailed it here: http://thetaobums.com/topic/35684-proper-taoist-grounding-method/
  12. I like that perspective .
  13. There are some awesome ones out there, sometimes therapists, psychologists and ... well OK likely not Psychiatrists...... who are open to other realities. Fortunately according to the DSM if something is part of someone's religious practices or beleif, that voids it from being classified as a disorder . (though in very extreme cases I'm sure that would be ignored) Unfortunately though, Doctors can, and some have, loose their license for doing anything out of the standard "normal" and accepted by the medical industry thoughts on such things. Doctors have to be extremely careful what they say to a patient.
  14. I think for some, spirituality is used to avoid or mask underlying issues. As are many other things we do in life. It would be interesting to do similar studies on say people who go clubbing all the time, or watch TV 7 days per week... for example. The interesting thing though is that spiritual practices focus around working through such things and in theory should offer relief. I guess it depends on how you go about it. Unfortunately most spiritual practices that one can easily find don't have much of any grounding involved. Also finding an expert to help when one runs into problems, is quite difficult, as many "experts" can make matters worse. I wonder if things go better or worse now that anyone can come onto the internet and ask folks who have been at it quite some time for advice on their practice? When it comes to magic, I have quite often seen that the practices people choose, or the way of going about them just seem to exacerbate what is already going on.
  15. So is it that spiritual practices can make folks a bit more unbalanced, or is it that folks who are a bit unbalanced seek out the spiritual (as well as likely many other things) to help set things right? Also, unfortunately, if most people were to tell most Doctors their experiences, for example what we view as pretty common conversation on these forums), they would be prescribed some drugs. Spiritual practices do open up parts of ourselves that we don't usually spend much time with, nor acknowledge. This can lead to problems if done to quickly, without any help (therapist or teacher, or just many random practices from different sources.
  16. Definitely interesting. It makes me wonder, so how could we use this to create some positive change? For example "oh I have never been able to talk to people, I just freeze up my entire life" over to adding a change of concept of such memories, having the ones where the person did do very well in such situations being the stronger and more important of the gambit of past memories.... Perhaps not something to mess with, but would be interesting research . I had a time, where I was meditating and doing my practices for several hours per day everyday. I ended up having trouble telling the difference between my dreams and "reality". They sort of meshed and merged; which was real, and which was not, or perhaps both. Needless to say that at that point I decided it was time to go lighter on my practice . That would suck living like that long-term!
  17. I find this very fortunate that here in the west we seem mostly limited by the allopathic medicine approach. I have heard about other cultures dealing with such things in very different, and much more healing, ways. As such things are unfortunately quite prevalent, and many do actually suffer in this state, it is unfortunate that we are so limited with the treatments and tools. The west from all I have seen prefers to avoid or even shun people showing such signs, or lock them up safely away. (though how we deal with more physical ailments isn't much better).

  18. Space Cadet Panda forum dead? Why?

    BaguaKicksAss replied to GrandmasterP's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    We all know that you miss him and his posts greatly, hence why you bring him up so often . He does post on KenBrace's forum though, so all is good. MPG has been busy lately with getting his property and house in order, as well as some other mundane stuff to lead to his practice goal. Also it's a lot of work for him to keep up the 10 sock puppets he has on TTBs... (JOKING lol) I can tell him you miss him if you like though .

  19. Shouldn't Acupuncture be able to lead to Enlightenment by opening things up?

    BaguaKicksAss replied to ą„Dominicusą„'s topic in General Discussion

    It's because the Western ones don't incorporate qi into their needling .

  20. Shouldn't Acupuncture be able to lead to Enlightenment by opening things up?

    BaguaKicksAss replied to ą„Dominicusą„'s topic in General Discussion

    Perhaps these are the shortcuts . Shortcut doesn't mean easier. Ever climbed straight up a mountain through the brush and trees instead of taking the longer but much easier switchbacks? On a side note, what is the hurry (I'm asking everyone not just C T. I never quite understood that part.

  21. Shouldn't Acupuncture be able to lead to Enlightenment by opening things up?

    BaguaKicksAss replied to ą„Dominicusą„'s topic in General Discussion

    For me personally, I get it for health, but hey if it just so happened to have that side affect (enlightenment) I'm good with that too . I already know how to fast track to enlightenment.... Spend more time meditating and cultivating instead of on the internet! lololol
  22. Find a qualified qigong teacher and/or Traditional Chinese medicine Dr. to help repair... Yeah and what they said above.

  23. Shouldn't Acupuncture be able to lead to Enlightenment by opening things up?

    BaguaKicksAss replied to ą„Dominicusą„'s topic in General Discussion

    You may be right on this, but I thought I would mention, like most healers, most acupuncturists suck. But then once in awhile you get the odd one... who can create some amazing change. Of course no one can enlighten us for us, but perhaps help remove a blockage or two to help us with greater realizations, or open things up. I have definitely had sessions where meditation was 1000x times stronger and easier for a solid few days afterwards, which allowed me to get some work done. A far cry from enlightenment, but still interesting that it can do anything like that really.

  24. Shouldn't Acupuncture be able to lead to Enlightenment by opening things up?

    BaguaKicksAss replied to ą„Dominicusą„'s topic in General Discussion

    I most definitely wouldn't want this from a not so enlightened acupuncturist though, even if it *is* possible...

  25. High energy state attracting unwanted attention

    BaguaKicksAss replied to idiot_stimpy's topic in General Discussion

    We could discuss all this further in one of our PPFs maybe? We were getting a bit off topic for this one...