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[rex]

The titles below are available here: http://www.artemis-seminars.com/products/1new.html

 

Combat Baguazhang: Nine Dragon System

Book Volume 1

Forms & Principles

Nine Dragon Baguazhang is a principle-based martial art focusing on exercises to develop mind and body to create reflexive responses to combative situations. Dr. John Painter draws upon his 30-plus years of training law enforcement officers in tactical combat using these principles in this comprehensive two-volume set. Volume 1 covers the following:

 

Baguazhang History

Developing Mind/Body Connections

Nine Dragon Baguazhang Structural Power

Eight Palm Energies

Basic Circle Walking Training

 

Combat Baguazhang: Nine Dragon System

Book Volume 2

Warrior Training & Applications

(Ships December 20th)

In Combat Baguazhang Volume 1 Dr. John Painter covered the basic material required for solo training. In Volume 2 he builds on this material and introduces the martial side of Nine Dragon Baguazhang. Volume 2 covers the following:

 

Developing Internal Power

Speed Training

Strength Training

Exploiting Structural Weaknesses

Principles In Action: Application vs. Single Enemy

Principles In Action: Application vs. Multiple Enemies

[Ben Koontz]

Here is an interesting link about telekinesis, telepathy, and lots of other types of psychic "powers" and shows videos of people doing telekinesis.

 

http://www.psipog.net/home.html

[minkus]

An intense documentary about shamanistic healing practice, in case you havent seen it yet take extra note of the female tibetan shaman and the female dancing asian shaman towards the end.

 

http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-21...h&plindex=4

 

 

 

Short documentary on Coral Castle, know i posted this somewhere before but it can never hurt to add it here together with Edward Leedskalnin curious writings.

 

http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=817...h&plindex=0

 

Check for he's name:

 

http://alley29.com/Sphinx%20Group/sphinx.html

 

 

 

Another classic: universos paralellos, Parallel universes

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9LV9vaGxJQ

Edited January 4, 2008 by minkus

[Lozen]

I visited Coral Castle in Florida about a year and a half ago, amazing stuff.

[minkus]

I visited Coral Castle in Florida about a year and a half ago, amazing stuff.

 

Yep i havent been there before but the fact i know its there and that a 1,5m guy put it up all by himself makes it pretty intruiging plus its a nice story hehe.

 

I think Leedskalnin's knowledge of nature was far beyond normal people yust because he did not blatantly excepted everything science told him .. he figured it out all by himself with he's many little experiments.

 

 

Course in Multiple Mentality: How To Do Six Things At Once

 

Taken from this website which appears to be a real treasure trove:

http://www.rexresearch.com/1index.htm

 

(And no - I have no connection with this site).

 

Also wanted to mention my great gratitude towards Rex for posting this immensly intresting course ... damn i had alot of fun with these exercises allready

 

Thank you, really .. very recommended !

Edited January 11, 2008 by minkus

[Mal]

Watched Little Miss Sunshine last night.

 

Excellent movie

 

spoiler alert, perhaps old movie now

 

The pageant itself was just great. I too was terrified that everyone would just laugh at her. I'd thought that she might be spectacular but the one doing rolls and flips before her ruled that out.

 

And it turned out she was the best one there after all!!!! Great routine laughed almost as much as when the cop pulled over the van when the horn was stuck and found...........porn !!!!!

 

DVD had alternate endings, but glad they picked the one they did. Perfect, the family acting together and riding off into the sunset, still breaking the rules, I cried.

 

But the actual beauty contestants, Ick children looking like women??? Can't even look at them without feeling sick, my face screws up thinking about it. How can people do that?

[mota]

http://taoistresource.home.comcast.net/~ta...rce/doe_idx.htm

 

http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/index.

 

 

Edited January 25, 2008 by mota

[freesun]

"Candidate for YMAA California Retreat Center

Dr. Yang is accepting and reviewing candidate applications until February 2008.

The 10-year training program will commence in August 2008.

 

Do you have what it will take to train Kung Fu every day for ten years? Since the first public announcement of this project was published in the Boston Globe in August 2005, interested individuals from around the world have contacted Dr. Yang to apply for this opportunity to study Kung Fu (gongfu), Tai Chi (taijiquan), meditation and more. The interview and application process for this program will be mentally and physically rigorous, so that ultimately, the 15 most exceptional candidates suited for this unprecedented training are carefully selected."

 

www.ymaa.com/retreat-center

www.ymaa-retreatcenter.org/curriculum

Edited February 11, 2008 by freesun

[TheTantricMongoose]

Shantam Nityama's weblog

 

www.nityama.com/blog

[freesun]

How Believing Can Be Seeing: Context Dictates What We Believe We See

[rain]

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Edited April 18, 2008 by rain

[Li Jiong]

Wuji Standing Course

Author: Li Jiong. PDF format, English version, 4.07MB, 14 pages. It introduces Wuji Standing dedicatedly, Wuji Standing is very simple and effective, even if one is a just beginner, and never has any experience in any practice, who can learn Wuji Standing correctly just follow the course without a present teacher. Tao is extremely simple, wouldn't it suggest Wuji Standing? Some secret skills are also published in this course, such as Wuxing (five elements) hidden strength, they never published in English before. Getting these secret skills, your cultivation will be much more efficient.

You can get order information at

http://greattao.net/wuji.htm

Edited August 10, 2008 by Li Jiong

[Hugo_M]

thanks for the information Edited September 25, 2008 by HugoOlivaresMila

[Desert Eagle]

http://www.kunlunbliss.com/books.html

 

a site with free e-books:

 

http://content.positive-club.com/pc.1/e-books.html

 

here are some hard to find books:

 

http://www.shaolinbooks.com/index1w.htm

Edited February 20, 2009 by Desert Eagle

[Taiji-student]

www.rosicrucian.org/podcast

 

 

The AMORC organization for sure is controversial and I do not agree with all aspects of it, but I consider it to be a valid vehicle of some knowledge not easily available elsewhere.

 

The american lodges have a podcast open to non-members, most of them are recorded during their open salons which they hold regularily at Rosicrucian Park. When you get past the cheesy MC introducing the podcasts some of these really can be of some value. At least they were for me.

 

Only too bad that they are not organized in a more effective way (and they should fire the introducer,

I see a bright future for him in TV infomercials)

 

For those of you interested in the use of sound/vibrations check out the vowel sounds in the great pyramid edition. After the initial visualization exercise there is actual recordings of the traditional rosicrucian vowel sounds intonations in the kings Chamber in the great pyramid.

[Simon1983]

Mindfulness in Plain English by Ven. Henepola Gunararatana

Source: www.vipassana.com

 

 

 

Vipassana Fellowship's online Meditation Course provides a supported introduction to Buddhist Meditation as found in the Theravada tradition. Resources and support for meditators and authoritative texts from the earliest Buddhist sources.

 

Best of all people its a free online book, happy reading !!!

Edited August 19, 2008 by Simon1983

[Vance]

Useful website, updated frequently

 

http://thezenfrog.wordpress.com/

http://thezenfrog.wordpress.com/taoism/

 

 

All apologies if this is a repost.

 

~Peace~

[Ya Mu]

A Light Warrior's Guide to High Level Energy Healing by Michael Lomax has received positive reviews. Also the DVD Gift of the Tao: Vibratory Acts of Power

[林愛偉]

www.jingxinyuan.net

 

Jing Xin Yuan Forum

[picnic]

wei wu wei excerpts from his books, somewhere between Zen and Tao, all very nice.

 

spoken tao te ching an audio book, tao te ching spoken.

 

[picnic]

This passed me by for years. Years of reading Tao books and it just appeared in front of me in a book shop, so now I reveal it to you if it has also passed you by.

 

Hua Hu Ching read here

 

It begins...

 

"I reach the Integral Way of uniting with the great and mysterious Tao.

 

My teachings are simple; if you try to make a religion or science of them, they will elude you. Profound yet plain, they contain the entire truth of the universe.

 

Those who wish to know the whole truth take joy in doing the work and service that comes to them. Having completed it, they take joy in cleansing and feeding themselves. Having cared for others and for themselves, they then turn to the master for instruction.

 

This simple path leads to peace, virtue, and abundance."

 

Enjoy!

[Hugo_M]

Now i can read little inside the book call Alchemists, Mediums, and Magicians: Stories of Taoist Mystics

by Thomas Cleary

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1590306597..._pt#reader-link

 

very good

[rex]

Masters Thesis by Al Billings:

The Nature, Structure, and Role of the Soul in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

[rex]

Mantak Chia has been invited to speak at this alchemy conference:

 

http://alchemyconference.com/

 

DVDs of past conference workshops and lectures are available here.

[MatthewQi]

Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep by Tenzin Wangyai Ripoche

 

Dream Yoga: The Practice of Lucid Dreaming as a Path to Enlightenment (Audio CD) by Tenzin Wangyai Ripoche

 

Excellent!