Healing Tao USA | mbanu | Activity https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/members/mbanu/activity/ Activity feed for mbanu. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:14:24 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 2fcccefe98c94cda2024b3ddd9876fd4 mbanu replied to the topic Death and the immortal body in the forum Philosophy https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/death-and-the-immortal-body/#post-12674 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:53:46 -0400 One of two things is probable. One, Diana managed to become a ghost immortal. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is entirely up for debate. The other is that Winn was lying out of politeness, also entirely possible. 🙂

Yes, there’s a chance he did the whole corpse switching thing, but I don’t think that he knew the appropriate…[Read more]

]]> 46a96a42e5814c0e9741ac0353c1e762 mbanu replied to the topic Time for an intelligent conversation once more... in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/time-for-an-intelligent-conversation-once-more/page/2/#post-8458 Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:30:28 -0400 When an archer is shooting for nothing
He has all his skill.
If he shoots for a brass buckle
He is already nervous.
If he shoots for a prize of gold
He goes blind
Or sees two targets – He is out of his mind!
His skill has not changed.
But the prize divides him.
He cares.
He thinks more of winning
Than of shooting –
And the…[Read more]

]]> 09c40a87f711f6d9ba842b76606c00e0 mbanu replied to the topic Time for an intelligent conversation once more... in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/time-for-an-intelligent-conversation-once-more/#post-8450 Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:50:57 -0400 But how can oxygen on one hand be so bad for you and also so good for you?

The same way that a little fire keeps you warm but a lot of fire burns down your house. 😉 I suspect you’d benefit from an understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 🙂

]]> 9fd2cb8befb0788c5c61cd100d802317 mbanu replied to the topic To Max in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/to-max/#post-8151 Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:30:42 -0400 I’m beginning to think that you’ve been posessed by the spirit of one of those long-dead external alchemists who poisoned himself swallowing cinnabar. 🙂

]]> 9fd2cb8befb0788c5c61cd100d802317 mbanu replied to the topic To Max in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/to-max/#post-8151 Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:30:42 -0400 I’m beginning to think that you’ve been posessed by the spirit of one of those long-dead external alchemists who poisoned himself swallowing cinnabar. 🙂

]]> 56e159f5f3a1139f8ef8420404e72900 mbanu replied to the topic Relaxation and Sex in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/relaxation-and-sex/#post-7981 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 05:30:35 -0400 How can you be hard when you’re being soft? 🙂

]]> 56e159f5f3a1139f8ef8420404e72900 mbanu replied to the topic Relaxation and Sex in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/relaxation-and-sex/#post-7981 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 05:30:35 -0400 How can you be hard when you’re being soft? 🙂

]]> 0b0e7ae11960ec7961b7e660234a962d mbanu replied to the topic re-post: tolerance, indulgence, addiction in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/re-post-tolerance-indulgence-addiction/#post-7970 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 05:28:30 -0400 Putting all your time and energy into something that is destroyed the next day is both very educational and very painful. I suspect that that was the original idea behind Zen rock gardens. A more modern equivalent would be building beautiful sand castles below the tide mark. This is simply the internet equivalent. 🙂

]]> 0b0e7ae11960ec7961b7e660234a962d mbanu replied to the topic re-post: tolerance, indulgence, addiction in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/re-post-tolerance-indulgence-addiction/#post-7970 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 05:28:30 -0400 Putting all your time and energy into something that is destroyed the next day is both very educational and very painful. I suspect that that was the original idea behind Zen rock gardens. A more modern equivalent would be building beautiful sand castles below the tide mark. This is simply the internet equivalent. 🙂

]]> 5ce31291a524d7237e1090e5f3551ece mbanu replied to the topic Help wanted with earth line and entities in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/help-wanted-with-earth-line-and-entities/#post-7909 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:16:42 -0400 You said your daughter has been very emotional lately and unable to go to school? Might this be related to the move? Many children don’t take moving well, as they are forced to start over again in a new place without friends.

Might you elaborate a bit on the symptoms?

]]> 5ce31291a524d7237e1090e5f3551ece mbanu replied to the topic Help wanted with earth line and entities in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/help-wanted-with-earth-line-and-entities/#post-7909 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:16:42 -0400 You said your daughter has been very emotional lately and unable to go to school? Might this be related to the move? Many children don’t take moving well, as they are forced to start over again in a new place without friends.

Might you elaborate a bit on the symptoms?

]]> 58073493fc002c1f771c8af5633a3cbd mbanu replied to the topic Nutrition/5 Element/Supplimentation in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/nutrition5-elementsupplimentation/#post-7522 Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:59:17 -0400 Chinese dietary theory actually has a lot in common with old Greek medicine’s dietary theory. Translations of Galen might be easier to find than of Hu Szu Hui. 🙂

]]> 58073493fc002c1f771c8af5633a3cbd mbanu replied to the topic Nutrition/5 Element/Supplimentation in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/nutrition5-elementsupplimentation/#post-7522 Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:59:17 -0400 Chinese dietary theory actually has a lot in common with old Greek medicine’s dietary theory. Translations of Galen might be easier to find than of Hu Szu Hui. 🙂

]]> 44c03c6a690ff12bf4763c7f0935d86d mbanu replied to the topic Asia - West Cultural Perceptual Differences in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/asia-west-cultural-perceptual-differences/#post-7529 Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:57:10 -0400 Most Americans are Wood types and Fire types, while most Chinese are Metal types and Earth types.

]]> acfda9843a5e941e6050be6809712f23 mbanu replied to the topic Where to begin? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/where-to-begin/page/2/#post-7420 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:37:25 -0400 Chronic fatigue and eating troubles? I’m not aure, but if you combine that with HT practices there’s a good chance you’ll end of with some sort of yin deficiency. I’d avoid the sexual practices at least until you’ve cleared those troubles up. Have you seen a TCM doc? (If not, make sure they’re qualified, and not just a new age type with needles and herbs)

]]> acfda9843a5e941e6050be6809712f23 mbanu replied to the topic Where to begin? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/where-to-begin/#post-7420 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:37:25 -0400 Chronic fatigue and eating troubles? I’m not aure, but if you combine that with HT practices there’s a good chance you’ll end of with some sort of yin deficiency. I’d avoid the sexual practices at least until you’ve cleared those troubles up. Have you seen a TCM doc? (If not, make sure they’re qualified, and not just a new age type with needles and herbs)

]]> 2a04f34cc96f4c67ab89591970e8ddd4 mbanu replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/page/3/#post-7259 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:36:11 -0400 A very good point indeed. 🙂

]]> 2a04f34cc96f4c67ab89591970e8ddd4 mbanu replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/#post-7259 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:36:11 -0400 A very good point indeed. 🙂

]]> a38fac7b3a7d8291e9db53d145a28813 mbanu replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/page/2/#post-7215 Tue, 09 Aug 2005 19:36:43 -0400 See, there’s a trick.

Being a Daoist is a lot like being a soldier. The best soldiers come from areas that have the most conflict. If someone else isn’t quite as expert a soldier, more than likely that means they’re fortunate enough to live somewhere more peaceful That’s one of the things being described in Chuang-tzu’s Peng bird story; The…[Read more]

]]> a38fac7b3a7d8291e9db53d145a28813 mbanu replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/#post-7215 Tue, 09 Aug 2005 19:36:43 -0400 See, there’s a trick.

Being a Daoist is a lot like being a soldier. The best soldiers come from areas that have the most conflict. If someone else isn’t quite as expert a soldier, more than likely that means they’re fortunate enough to live somewhere more peaceful That’s one of the things being described in Chuang-tzu’s Peng bird story; The…[Read more]

]]> 321f4fd5d51ccb00b580afe052938fe0 mbanu replied to the topic Weight Loss- Question for Michael in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/weight-loss-question-for-michael/page/3/#post-6805 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:45:20 -0400 Well, there’s a lot of people who can’t get back to a healthy weight due to emotional problems.

There’s also a lot of people who remain at a state of athletic readiness due to emotional problems. They lead quiet lives, but they spend hours and hours doing “ultimate strength training”-this or “unbreakable soldier regiman”-that, trying to turn…[Read more]

]]> 321f4fd5d51ccb00b580afe052938fe0 mbanu replied to the topic Weight Loss- Question for Michael in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/weight-loss-question-for-michael/#post-6805 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:45:20 -0400 Well, there’s a lot of people who can’t get back to a healthy weight due to emotional problems.

There’s also a lot of people who remain at a state of athletic readiness due to emotional problems. They lead quiet lives, but they spend hours and hours doing “ultimate strength training”-this or “unbreakable soldier regiman”-that, trying to turn…[Read more]

]]> c737fc7a699b2bbc8f3d145aa790e183 mbanu replied to the topic Weight Loss- Question for Michael in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/weight-loss-question-for-michael/page/3/#post-6803 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:35:39 -0400 Many American eating habits encourage obesity, not only eating more food than they need for their lifestyles.

American foods tend to be dense, more triple quarter pounder with cheese than beef stew. Denser foods, while more nutritious, are harder for your spleen and stomach to digest, and if they aren’t digested properly, they have a way of…[Read more]

]]> c737fc7a699b2bbc8f3d145aa790e183 mbanu replied to the topic Weight Loss- Question for Michael in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/weight-loss-question-for-michael/#post-6803 Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:35:39 -0400 Many American eating habits encourage obesity, not only eating more food than they need for their lifestyles.

American foods tend to be dense, more triple quarter pounder with cheese than beef stew. Denser foods, while more nutritious, are harder for your spleen and stomach to digest, and if they aren’t digested properly, they have a way of…[Read more]

]]> 78d4d5bcd458edb2a4de512217cddb8c mbanu replied to the topic question to long time practitioners: How much sleep do you need each night? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/question-to-long-time-practitioners-how-much-sleep-do-you-need-each-night/#post-6458 Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:19:00 -0400 Sleep is quite possibly the most amazing invention of human existance. 🙂 It also helps out the dream practices quite a bit. 😀

]]> 78d4d5bcd458edb2a4de512217cddb8c mbanu replied to the topic question to long time practitioners: How much sleep do you need each night? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/question-to-long-time-practitioners-how-much-sleep-do-you-need-each-night/#post-6458 Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:19:00 -0400 Sleep is quite possibly the most amazing invention of human existance. 🙂 It also helps out the dream practices quite a bit. 😀

]]> 76e4a53e0221913a48b162164a2cea9a mbanu replied to the topic Strategies for recovering spent Jing in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/strategies-for-recovering-spent-jing/#post-6335 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:55:57 -0400 Hands down, extra sleep.

]]> 76e4a53e0221913a48b162164a2cea9a mbanu replied to the topic Strategies for recovering spent Jing in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/strategies-for-recovering-spent-jing/#post-6335 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:55:57 -0400 Hands down, extra sleep.

]]> 2739199552b097b86c84a34b51531443 mbanu replied to the topic Ron Diana has joined the Immortals in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/ron-diana-has-joined-the-immortals/#post-6177 Sat, 02 Jul 2005 22:31:18 -0400 But that’s just me. 🙂 Maybe a giant crane came down from Peng Lai and Ron’s shen busted out his head and off they went, I dunno. But if that’s not the case, no need to mince words. 🙂

]]> 2739199552b097b86c84a34b51531443 mbanu replied to the topic Ron Diana has joined the Immortals in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/ron-diana-has-joined-the-immortals/#post-6177 Sat, 02 Jul 2005 22:31:18 -0400 But that’s just me. 🙂 Maybe a giant crane came down from Peng Lai and Ron’s shen busted out his head and off they went, I dunno. But if that’s not the case, no need to mince words. 🙂

]]> f854a86af0b17bc236948b5753af6573 mbanu replied to the topic African version of Fox Spirits in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/african-version-of-fox-spirits/#post-5822 Sat, 21 May 2005 01:44:00 -0400 If you’re having wet dreams, don’t blame it on fox spirits right away; a more common reason is weak kidneys. A lot of practicioners will scoff at this idea, since their practices supposedly protect them from that sort of thing. But check the signs.

]]> f854a86af0b17bc236948b5753af6573 mbanu replied to the topic African version of Fox Spirits in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/african-version-of-fox-spirits/#post-5822 Sat, 21 May 2005 01:44:00 -0400 If you’re having wet dreams, don’t blame it on fox spirits right away; a more common reason is weak kidneys. A lot of practicioners will scoff at this idea, since their practices supposedly protect them from that sort of thing. But check the signs.

]]> f854a86af0b17bc236948b5753af6573 mbanu replied to the topic African version of Fox Spirits in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/african-version-of-fox-spirits/#post-5822 Sat, 21 May 2005 01:44:00 -0400 If you’re having wet dreams, don’t blame it on fox spirits right away; a more common reason is weak kidneys. A lot of practicioners will scoff at this idea, since their practices supposedly protect them from that sort of thing. But check the signs.

]]> 8c2629797da84a85566726af2e1b85e3 mbanu replied to the topic My rules in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/my-rules/#post-5270 Sun, 01 May 2005 15:45:53 -0400 How do you manage life, how is your relationship, how is the relationship with your parents, children and relatives, do you have a nice fulfulling job…

I’m a depressed drunk, no close relationships, parents fed up with my lack of success at life, relatives patronizing and vaguely disappointed. No children. Used to have a 3rd shift job…[Read more]

]]> 8c2629797da84a85566726af2e1b85e3 mbanu replied to the topic My rules in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/my-rules/#post-5270 Sun, 01 May 2005 15:45:53 -0400 How do you manage life, how is your relationship, how is the relationship with your parents, children and relatives, do you have a nice fulfulling job…

I’m a depressed drunk, no close relationships, parents fed up with my lack of success at life, relatives patronizing and vaguely disappointed. No children. Used to have a 3rd shift job…[Read more]

]]> 8c2629797da84a85566726af2e1b85e3 mbanu replied to the topic My rules in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/my-rules/#post-5270 Sun, 01 May 2005 15:45:53 -0400 How do you manage life, how is your relationship, how is the relationship with your parents, children and relatives, do you have a nice fulfulling job…

I’m a depressed drunk, no close relationships, parents fed up with my lack of success at life, relatives patronizing and vaguely disappointed. No children. Used to have a 3rd shift job…[Read more]

]]> 7243a702de1206bbf7def486bc929161 mbanu replied to the topic postings with Nothingness disappeared into Nothingness? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/postings-with-nothingness-disappeared-into-nothingness/page/2/#post-5211 Sun, 01 May 2005 01:32:00 -0400 This post once again seems appropriate. I had re-posted it earlier, but it got deleted during a profanity watch.

]]> 7243a702de1206bbf7def486bc929161 mbanu replied to the topic Observation/question on alchemical refining in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/observationquestion-on-alchemical-refining/page/3/#post-4989 Sun, 01 May 2005 01:32:00 -0400 This post once again seems appropriate. I had re-posted it earlier, but it got deleted during a profanity watch.

]]> 7243a702de1206bbf7def486bc929161 mbanu replied to the topic postings with Nothingness disappeared into Nothingness? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/postings-with-nothingness-disappeared-into-nothingness/#post-5211 Sun, 01 May 2005 01:32:00 -0400 This post once again seems appropriate. I had re-posted it earlier, but it got deleted during a profanity watch.

]]> 7243a702de1206bbf7def486bc929161 mbanu replied to the topic Observation/question on alchemical refining in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/observationquestion-on-alchemical-refining/#post-4989 Sun, 01 May 2005 01:32:00 -0400 This post once again seems appropriate. I had re-posted it earlier, but it got deleted during a profanity watch.

]]> 7243a702de1206bbf7def486bc929161 mbanu replied to the topic postings with Nothingness disappeared into Nothingness? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/postings-with-nothingness-disappeared-into-nothingness/#post-5211 Sun, 01 May 2005 01:32:00 -0400 This post once again seems appropriate. I had re-posted it earlier, but it got deleted during a profanity watch.

]]> 7243a702de1206bbf7def486bc929161 mbanu replied to the topic Observation/question on alchemical refining in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/observationquestion-on-alchemical-refining/#post-4989 Sun, 01 May 2005 01:32:00 -0400 This post once again seems appropriate. I had re-posted it earlier, but it got deleted during a profanity watch.

]]> d67ef7669c8d6e9a6de6283680ae2a5c mbanu replied to the topic postings with Nothingness disappeared into Nothingness? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/postings-with-nothingness-disappeared-into-nothingness/#post-5203 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:05:56 -0400 Morality, not mortality. They all died way back when too. 🙂

]]> d67ef7669c8d6e9a6de6283680ae2a5c mbanu replied to the topic Observation/question on alchemical refining in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/observationquestion-on-alchemical-refining/page/3/#post-4981 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:05:56 -0400 Morality, not mortality. They all died way back when too. 🙂

]]> d67ef7669c8d6e9a6de6283680ae2a5c mbanu replied to the topic postings with Nothingness disappeared into Nothingness? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/postings-with-nothingness-disappeared-into-nothingness/#post-5203 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:05:56 -0400 Morality, not mortality. They all died way back when too. 🙂

]]> d67ef7669c8d6e9a6de6283680ae2a5c mbanu replied to the topic Observation/question on alchemical refining in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/observationquestion-on-alchemical-refining/#post-4981 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:05:56 -0400 Morality, not mortality. They all died way back when too. 🙂

]]> d67ef7669c8d6e9a6de6283680ae2a5c mbanu replied to the topic postings with Nothingness disappeared into Nothingness? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/postings-with-nothingness-disappeared-into-nothingness/#post-5203 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:05:56 -0400 Morality, not mortality. They all died way back when too. 🙂

]]> d67ef7669c8d6e9a6de6283680ae2a5c mbanu replied to the topic Observation/question on alchemical refining in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/observationquestion-on-alchemical-refining/#post-4981 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:05:56 -0400 Morality, not mortality. They all died way back when too. 🙂

]]> 4e65f5b0adb7acff0c4b945fbd25bf87 mbanu replied to the topic postings with Nothingness disappeared into Nothingness? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/postings-with-nothingness-disappeared-into-nothingness/#post-5201 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:04:26 -0400 EIGHTEEN

When the great Tao is forgotten,
Kindness and mortality arise.
When wisdom and intelligence are born,
The great pretense begins.

When there is no peace within the family,
Filial piety and devotion arise.
When the country is confused and in chaos,
Loyal ministers appear.

]]> 4e65f5b0adb7acff0c4b945fbd25bf87 mbanu replied to the topic Observation/question on alchemical refining in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/observationquestion-on-alchemical-refining/page/3/#post-4979 Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:04:26 -0400 EIGHTEEN

When the great Tao is forgotten,
Kindness and mortality arise.
When wisdom and intelligence are born,
The great pretense begins.

When there is no peace within the family,
Filial piety and devotion arise.
When the country is confused and in chaos,
Loyal ministers appear.

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