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Hello! I've just signed-up on this forum, and this is just a general greeting to announce that I did so. I have been interested in and involved with life for a few years, and have been involved with kungfu and chikung, acupuncture, chinese medicine and meditation practices since around 1972. Hoping to become involved in some interesting online discussions regarding these topics. -VonKrankenhaus

Hello everyone, I am a newbie to taobums. I have run into this forum plenty in my search for info on topics such as meditation and qigong. But I have never registered until now. That is because I have been more of a watcher and thinker but have started to move into a doer. I have begun to practice and I have found a home in meditation and internal arts. I am fascinated with the energies that flow through us and how we can learn to understand and use them for our growth and evolution. The taobums is such a valuable resource, that I plan on using, to further my understanding and practice, and in the future my goal is to help others if I can. I know this is a brief introduction but I feel that words, especially on the internet, are in overabundance. I will do my best to be a respectful and considerate member of the forum. Looking forward to learning and growing with the other members Phillip

Hi. I don't really know what all I'm supposed to say here, but I'll try not to bore anyone. I just stumbled across this forum today after doing a Google search for Andrew Nugent-Head, who I Googled because I had just watched a couple of lectures he did on the Tao Te Ching. This seems like an interesting place full of interesting people, so I thought I'd register and join in. I read the Tao Te Ching for the first time four years ago, and it made no sense to me. I thought it was meaningless babbling with a few wise proverbs thrown in. About four years ago, I reread it and could hardly believe it was the same text. It absolutely blew my mind. Since then, I've been reading different translations, read a bit of Chuang Tzu, etc., but really never had any idea if there was anything I could do about this new (to me) thing that I had discovered. More recently, I came across a bit of discussion on "inner cultivation," and the idea of kind of scraping away the things that keep a person out of harmony with the Tao, and I'm interested in learning more about that. Which is another reason I joined here, since there seem to be people here who actually know Chinese, which means I can get advice from people who aren't just reading Western writers' interpretations of things. Anyway, I hope I haven't been too boring, or accidentally said something foolish or offensive to anyone. Have a wonderful day!

Greetings to all! I just joined today and am hoping this will be beneficial to all of us. I come from a Bahai background and came into the Tao through personal research. I have always been drawn to Asian culture since childhood. I began studying with Grand Master Alex Anatole and The temple of Original Simplicity. For myself I am drawn more to the Religion of Taoism. I have joined hoping you all may be able to assist me in my growth as a Taoist. May the Jade Emperor bless you all....

Hello all, i just wanna say its nice to be here.

Hi! My name is Lara, I´m from Argentina but I live in Costa Rica right now. I´m a Spanish teacher. I practice soto zen. Nowadays I´m working on a research about the influence of the non-dualistic zen conception (specially as it can be read in the xinixin mingand the thaoist works of Lao Tse) of good and wrong in some western literature as Kerouac´s The dharma bums; Cortazar´s Rayuela (Hopscotch) and some short stories and the poems of Pessoa signed by Alberto Caeiro. If someone knows about any other pice of literature work that reffers or works about this topic I would really apreciatte suggestions! Sorry for my spelling or grammar mistakes! Lara