Tips and tricks for getting the most from TheTaoBums

[Yoda]

Just for all the new folks who've joined recently, the best way to search taobums is to go to google advanced search and type in what you are looking for, such as 'electric chi' under exact phrase, and just search within thetaobums.com domain and run the search and then click on the cached button of any link you like to get you to the phrase.

[Pietro]

Just for all the new folks who've joined recently, the best way to search taobums is to go to google advanced search and type in what you are looking for, such as 'electric chi' under exact phrase, and just search within thetaobums.com domain and run the search and then click on the cached button of any link you like to get you to the phrase.

is the whole of ttb indexed by google?

 

For example this would not find info from the personal development practice section.

 

Pietro

 

P.S. Have you noticed how I did not speak about tags at all?

[Yoda]

I doubt it, but I'll check.

[Xienkula1]

Why when I post a topic, does it sometimes get double posted, and how can I delete a topic?

[Yoda]

I don't know, but it's not a big deal.

[h.uriahr]

Just for all the new folks who've joined recently, the best way to search taobums is to go to google advanced search and type in what you are looking for, such as 'electric chi' under exact phrase, and just search within thetaobums.com domain and run the search and then click on the cached button of any link you like to get you to the phrase.

That is the best advice I think anyone can give lol, THANKS

[Pietro]

If you are new here:

When people arrive here, eventually they get really passionate about this place.

This place has a strong uprooting energy.

Soon they forget your center,

their roots, their ground

and their feet.

 

And then we offend each other in the dialectic passion.

 

Some blushing often is the end result.

 

It is so common that is nearly an initiation.

Somehow going through it makes

a real Tao Bum.

 

Just be relaxed with the whole process.

[Stigweard]

If you are new here:

When people arrive here, eventually they get really passionate about this place.

This place has a strong uprooting energy.

Soon they forget your center,

their roots, their ground

and their feet.

 

And then we offend each other in the dialectic passion.

 

Some blushing often is the end result.

 

It is so common that is nearly an initiation.

Somehow going through it makes

a real Tao Bum.

 

Just be relaxed with the whole process.

 

I hear what you say Pietro and you have some sage advice. I do find though that, through the buffeting effect that can sometimes occur, it only helps you develop your 'root' deeper.

 

[Trunk]

Over the years this online community has clarified many things, and much of it is archived at AlchemicalTaoism.com. If you're a noob and interested in a topic, take advantage and browse over there, as well as the helpful pinned topics within the Taoist Discussion forum. That'll quickly get you up-to-speed and help improve the level of conversation.

[Wayfarer64]

Pietro -expressed the process pretty well!

 

We each take our searchings seriously here-for the most part... But taking ourselves too seriously, may be a hinderance to connecting well with each-other.

 

 

So PLEASE relax and enjoy the opportunity to share...

 

There is no quiz at the end of the day!

 

We have only ourselves to prove anything to... to reach our own understanding and allowing that understanding to change, grow cultivate or shift as it will...

 

sooooo-

We sound/bounce-off one-another and share as we wish and are able...in a natural flux of give & take!

 

love to all- Pat

[DalTheJigsaw123]

Over the years this online community has clarified many things, and much of it is archived at AlchemicalTaoism.com. If you're a noob and interested in a topic, take advantage and browse over there, as well as the helpful pinned topics within the Taoist Discussion forum. That'll quickly get you up-to-speed and help improve the level of conversation.

 

I love AlchemicalTaoism.com!

[RyanO]

I love AlchemicalTaoism.com!

 

Me too. Thank you Trunk for this wellspring of wisdom.

[Mal]

An excellent post by Freeform, as usual , that I slightly tweaked and copied here.

 

 

 

I like to go to a life-drawing class sometimes... The teacher walks around and comments on our work... Sometimes she comes over and tells me 'that's really good'... sometimes she says 'that looks terrible' - she's very direct which is fine.

 

What makes her judgement of value to me is that she can demonstrate her expertise... sometimes when she sees a mistake, she draws a little sketch in seconds that looks better than the sketch I made in 15 minutes, explaining what I had done incorrectly.

 

So when she gives her judgement it is information rich because she demonstrates a level of expertise, experience and refinement much greater than my own in this particular field.

 

Another thing... an opinion is not a judgement... an opinion is more about you than it is about what you're giving an opinion on. Sometimes I go around the life-drawing class and look at what the others have produced... I see a very accurate, technical drawing of the model, everything looks correct, but I say 'I don't like it'... 'I prefer that one' - pointing to a looser drawing that in a few elegant lines describes the the model. This opinion gives you more information about my tastes in drawing than on the aptitude of the drawers...

 

So if you want posts to be more meaningful:

 

1) Consider giving actual opinions - which usually start with "I" (rather than "He" or "She") - eg. "I don't like Mantak's system"...

 

2) Qualify your judgements - "After 18 years practising such and such I find no value in Teacher X's work"

 

This way not only would this be a kinder place for people of all levels of experience to come to and share, but such posts would also really help and contribute to the discussion, rather than just being 'noise' devoid of any value.

[WallaMike]

I don't know, but it's not a big deal.

 

 

I just went back under edit and deleted what I wrote for the duplicate article and put in: "Deleted duplicated copy" and so at least people know why there is this blank there...

[Mal]

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