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[Encephalon]

Greetings from Chatsworth, CA., the porn capital of Los Angeles -

If there were as many Taoists as "actors" in this neck of the woods, I'd most likely be somewhere else right now. I've been an arm-chair Buddhist for 25 years, and not a very good one at that, but I've recently aligned myself with the Tao, and this was ONLY after a mid-life crisis which compelled me to land a gig as a personal trainer, spend hours a day working out, doing lots of yoga, and especially a nei kung practice as detailed at www.neikingla.com. "Healing the mind by way of the body" was the essential memo I didn't really get until my life was half over.

I'm also finishing up a master's thesis in geography and fancy the idea of having a balanced life of Taoist/Asian studies, urban geography, and, gods willing, adequate time to practice piano once again. If I won the lottery? I'd build a Taoist-off-the-grid earth-sheltered compound in Northern British Columbia and invite my friends and loved ones to practice the three Ms - Music, Meditation, and Martial Arts.

I'd like to discuss my internal energy symptoms (my nei kung is at 18 months), in order to get some sense of what the hell is happening when my torso feels like a space heater. And, as a geographer, I'd like to discuss how Taoists would/will respond to essential planetary facts, such as how 6+billion people are going to adjust to the reality that our planet can only support 2 billion sustainably (after all the cheap oil runs out in app. 20-40 years). Planetary ecologist James Lovelock ("Gaia" author) says only 500 million will see the 22nd century. Honestly, if the Taoists of the Northern Latitudes make up the population, I'll be darn happy.

[Stigweard]

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