Wu Ming Jen

Put your house in order, set up the internal government. When ego or emotion lead energy acting as the host of affairs all becomes disorder (life sucks). When spirit moves Energy there is order. Spirit is the host, emotion and ego are the guest. It is only when the guest acts like the host things are not in there proper place. As we become conditioned the spirit sinks (out of consciousness ) and the ego/ self rises. So make what sinks to float and what floats to sink and all is well.This is why people do not know the spirit they forgot who they are.T The fake self wants full control do not allow this to happen it likes power and will not give up easily.

When using tea leaves pour hot water over tea leaves 20 seconds pour water into drinking vessels to warm vessels and then pour out and discard. Next pour hot water over tea steep 20 seconds now it is ready to place in cup and drink. On Mount Wudang there are many ancient tea trees and teas made from them for different effects. One tea I tried at a tea ceremony we where asked to drink the tea and then water. The water tasted sweet after drinking the tea. A lot of beneficial things happening with tea that now the whole world knows what tea is. But I guess that is what Taoist are all about saving this world from disrespectful and harmful acts against nature and man and to make humans healthy and harmonious with all things.

All things in moderation, take the middle road, not enough and too much are both errors. Alchemy must be passed on by direct transmission from a master there is no alternative route. Sex arts are a very small piece of the whole picture. Deer exercises of self massage (not masturbation) is a healthy thing to do for health. Books that are all about sexual energy can cause people to get on twisted roads and byways and damaging to health. Don't worry be happy and true energy will natural arise. Have a clear vision on what you want to attain and it will come to you with no effort.

Where is the recycle bin for threads. I can imagine that those who have lost touch with their own real magic must fantasize over abilities of other rather then self and live in such illusion that all hopes of real abilities are forever gone. There seems to be a preoccupation with fantasy, semen retention,powers and more all leading to stagnation of the spirit and shortening of a good life and should be eliminated ASAP.

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Mind and breath rest on each other if the breath becomes rough use the mind to smooth it out. If mind becomes distracted use the breath to stop wandering. When mind is peaceful and breath is smooth immediately put down the tools and reach the shore of true breathing.

I would also have to say after reading the bible I found it so disturbing that I needed an alternative with out all the gross stuff in the bible (very far from holy). Taoist philosophy and all the classics reaffirmed my own intuition of truly being with all that is and the best teacher of all things nature is not divorced or separated from being.

The only president that ever affected me personally was Obama because now I have to buy health insurance or pay a penalty at tax time. When he killed the GMO law of Vermont by making a federal law that was a huge disappointment but it does not effect me because I do not buy as seen on TV foods anyway. It is a very sad time in politics but also politics are a very low understanding of the world around us based on conflict, struggle and special self interest groups. We are free of it all right now do not get sucked in to the made up, pretend mental concepts that humans are so fond of. When humans are successfully disconnected from nature the mind becomes very sick.

That is a bad party I am sorry you had those experiences.Our parties are just a gathering of amazing people that would not be interested in creating bad relationships with the world around them.

Well that party escalated quickly I was thinking like tea and checking out Jim's decor. Cant believe the party ended up with alcohol, drugs, killing people, legs shot off and craziness. That is all fine but what really weirds me out about the party was that no one was having sex. other wise good times but maybe stick with just tea. For the older crowd I do not mean mushroom tea. Party or party party I guess there is a difference.

Being happy and doing good, knowing unknowing without all the mind clutter? I would have to define you as Awesome. I would like to join the club of awesome please, where do I sign up.

If the outside world defines who we are, we are in big trouble. Would it be more like I am soft and hard, happy and sad, the sun and the moon at balance and harmony with all things. A definition negates its opposite. Being in harmony with all things allows us to be everything in the appropriate time,manner and living situations. I am energy... to me this is a great definition that defies definition. Being a Taoist would be a bad definition because it negates and separates from all the other spiritual paths. Be part of no group, denominations or class and one may be able to free themselves and become independent/ no source to pull the strings like a puppet. .

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The origin of life. "Lives are not Matter" that is like looking at half a picture. The other half of the picture can not be seen so what is to know. The origin of man is another fragment of the whole picture. Absolute and fragment knowledge guesses on half a picture and is proven wrong over and over again because the is nothing absolute besides nothing. This will reak havoc to the mind grasping for knowledge so lets have fun with that.

As I was reading these post I look down and next to the keyboard is Chuang Tzu inner chapters. first chapter 3 pages in proper way of government is a topic. On would need to be blind not to see Taoist philosophy in word format. I am not sure of the OP point of what is and what is not. What is the issue? I have learned that the people that have an issue with any "problem" are the creators of the problem.

Who is Jim?

Chi can not be fried, drowned by water, cut by swords or ripped apart by tigers.Chi is not a thing. If one identifies them selves as matter feeling chi could be difficult. To feel chi put a little sand in a tea cup open your eyes wide and blow into the cup. If you get sand in your eyes that is the power of chi felt by the stinging in your eyes. We are swimming and saturated by chi every moment so it is not far away. If you look for it it will be an endless search.If chi does not matter mind will not be disturbed. Good Luck

Wu chi is the mother of yin and yang, interactions of form and non form. Wu chi has no form So words are useless to describe that which is beyond the mind caught in duality. When form and non form become one in ones awareness we return to our divine nature and the realization of never leaving the eternal with or without form (our bodies) we are all immortal. This demi physical aspect of the universe has a direction. Nature can answer all the big questions just do not let mind get in the WAY.

Throw away the seeds, cut the roots and admire the flower that soon turns to dust. Taoist philosophy may observe what is seen but the seed is a bit more interested in what is not seen the source of ten thousand things. if one gets stuck in thoughts attached to things temporary there is no end and no method to recover from this mental dis ease. Philosophy will settle the dust, still the water, problems arise when we lose sight of what is important and allow a life or circumstance of life to define who we are. In Taoist philosophy that is called an error.

Spiritual what has no form, material what has form, what is more important. We had no form before birth and our form is left behind at death. Is there before and after? If there is then we have before before began and after after started and that's just insane thinking. We know in daily life the formless energies that guide the way exist yet do not exist in a material way once we name no thing, no one can agree. So I am spiritual and not spiritual depending on the way things are.

Immortality training is to improve health and lengthening life to be comfortable in our temporary vehicle into old age. Life and death is immortality. To live in the same body forever would be unnatural and undesirable. To reach realization of being immortal our worldview shifts and changes again.The opposites are harmonized and all becomes one. Once all becomes one, the work is done and we return instantly to the homeland of the unknown. To achieve this while we have a body is doing a thousand years of work in one lifetime. Is not ONE lifetime another way of saying immortality? When people hold on to life to dearly and do all the "right" things to be healthy in a extreme manner life is taken away leaving those to ponder how could this happen.

There is no problem, those that have a problem is the source of all issues. Mind over matter if you do not mind it does not matter.

Master Jou Tsung Hwa"s book Tao of Tai Chi Chuan has a great chapter on mixing pre natal and post natal chi with Taoist breathing as well as the 9 different breathing methods. Master Jou was a good friend of Dr Yang and one of my first internal arts teacher.

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The Taoist way is your way. Our true nature is divine so no worries with being a sinner or a God that only likes certain groups of humans. Freedom!