Michael Winn

Preparing the alchemical copper-gold to replace the old tar paper (lacquer preserves long life of roof)

Craft of laying each shingle is sllow and laborious.

the solar tubing solution to off grid heating

Healing Tao staff meeting (neighbor’s dog. My pet rabbit is in hiding).

I Ching trigram for Lake: why it reminds of the…[Read more]

My tech guy is backed up, but promised to dupe karin sorvik
tao yin shortly. Pacific tao has chia’s only. Hers is a bit different, and very nice.
michael

Steiner has a lot of interesting stuff, but his spiritual histories of esoteric movements have a huge blank gap over all things chinese. it was as if he could only channel westernal archetypal information. Almost like there were racial or spiritual boundaries in the etheric planes.
m

Interesting and creative interpretation. I always thought it meant that the micrcosmic orbit channels – yang rising up the spine, and yin descending down the chest – were attracting/embracing their polar opposites, creating harmony between the personal self/microcosmos and the greater self/Nature/macrocosmos.
michael

Thanks rares for your even-handed sharing, it promotes real investigation.

Because there was such a hyped up initial presentation on this topic, now that things have settled down I will be making further comments on what I term “extreme yang practices” that result in manifestation of very yang energy and phenomena.

For the moment, I will…[Read more]

Tesla is pretty interesting character.

My Atlantean alchemy teacher said he was reincarnating some old atlantean streams of knowledge, but blew it badly by pushing for AC electricity over DC (direct current).

The AC current is polarized, and has had a significant impact in creating a field of electronic pollution on the parts of the planet…[Read more]

I really appreciate the diversity of feedback, and am fine with everyone shooting straight in their criticism.
One thing I see is that it is not really a mission statement, but an attempt at summarizing some major principles, perhaps in too few words to be meaningful to all segments of the general public.

My intention was to put this list at…[Read more]

spyrelx,
I cannot speak for Livia.

I found the Krishnamurti comment a bit preplexing as well, but I’m not a big fan of his anyway – he’s interesting but too heady, and disconnected from jing issues. After telling his followers to be celibate, he was discovered to have a hot affair with his secretary for decades. That is what I call…[Read more]

spyrelx,
I cannot speak for Livia.

I found the Krishnamurti comment a bit preplexing as well, but I’m not a big fan of his anyway – he’s interesting but too heady, and disconnected from jing issues. After telling his followers to be celibate, he was discovered to have a hot affair with his secretary for decades. That is what I call…[Read more]

Barry,
this is part of an ongoing process. Mantak uses his yang to push out ideas and practices, westerners, who are typically excess yang, rebel and find a more yin way to evolve it. Chinese culture in general is moving towards excess yang (borrowed from western ideas of technology and economics), and the question is whether the West can…[Read more]

AA is making a good point here – the inner heart that we tap into with the Inner Smile is in no way dangerous to go into deeply. It is endlessly deep. But the wudang orbit method is different – that is playing with a particular way of concentrating the jing and chi in the body. And it produces an electro-magnetic charge that CAN SHOCK THE…[Read more]

and I am not letting you off the hook. This was a pretty good taste, but I want the whole enchilada.

🙂
m

lovely discussion, thanks to all for sharing.

I agree with Wendy – fear is spiritually lawful, a part of the process that keeps us alert.

But there are forces that manipulate that legitimate function of fear, to entice us to fear ourselves and create self-doubt intead of trust in the lifeforce.

If we are alert to these subtle…[Read more]

I would say, yes. But dosage and other factors such as diet and qigong practice could compensate for an excess yang condition.

. Question is, why do you need to supplement what you have plenty of?
michael

Funny,
I was just about to post the article you put up.

Since radio-waves are so ubiquitous, it’s not enough to reduce their presence in our life.

I think we have to become so grounded with earth chi that we can handle the “hot spots” that radio waves create in our brain, and learn to cool them down with other frequencies.

Another…[Read more]

A. Mantak doesn’t writ his books, so talk to his editor.
B. Look at his Taoist Astral Healing (formerly Chi Heaing 2) book and you will note his heavy reliance on planets.
C. I attended his original Greatest Kan and Li, and it was comopletely focused on planets.

But those are just factual historical notes.

I agree with you – if a…[Read more]

Tomc,
I moved your post oer to this section, I hope you find it.

The Big Draw is a way ato redirect the chi, and it only becomes orgasmic after the channels are open wide.

The most important thing is to work on opening up your lower dantain and orbit path, so the sexual energy can travel safely. Stsrongly urge you to get Qigong…[Read more]

nice post. That warm feeling of the arising feminine from deep within the earth is coming in very strong these days….sometimes too warm, i.e. global warming. below is an article that I’m about to repost on my articles pag, with it s original commentary.
michael

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Below is an essay on the feminine nature of Taoism is by…[Read more]

>3. Sufficient warning & remedies re: jing stagnation (physical, psychological, spiritual) as a common long term consequence of incorrect practice.

I agree, Trunk, an updated sexual practice text is in order.

But meanwhile, the problem of stagnation at jing level for some practitioners is easily solved with proper foundation work. This is…[Read more]

Steve,
Delighted to hear of your progress. I think your case of having a strange, medically un-diagnosable “disease” is probably a case of a “spiritual disease”, something very deep in your elemental constitution.

The Heaven & Earth Alchemy retreat was very powerful this last summer.

I suspect that you had to go to the level of the…[Read more]