Michael Winn

Simon,
I was wondering as to your whereabouts. Thanks for info on Gurdjieff. He clearly was into the tinity of Life Force influences behind everything, i.e. his theories of the three Holies, the third of which was the Holy Reconciling.

Many Gurdjieff practitioners have come into the Taoist work, notably Gunther Weil and Ron Diana. I’ve…[Read more]

Craig,
thanks for the detailed analysis of Lin’s formula. I am always skeptical of someone who merely combines together a list of herbs known to be tonifying, to create a Super Tonic. More important issue is whether it is merely stimulating or building over long term. That requires skilled testing over long periods of time, hence traditional…[Read more]

Thanks Albor for sharing your experience.

I did a three year training in Chinese herbology with Jeffrey Yuen. One thing I learned is how unique each person’s reactions are to herbal formulas, which necessitates adjustment of each formula for the stage of that person’s problem (there is a progression in most conditions) and for their individual…[Read more]

Bagua,

I completely accept your intention as correct, the traditional daoist dictum that a cultivator should harmonize with Heaven and Earth. And you know that the fundamental premise of my Greater Kan & Li is “Embrace the Earth, and Heaven will Chase You” – same line that Fajin takes, and what is at the core of five phases system where…[Read more]

Thanks, Craig,

totally agree with your concerns. I was planning to run it by you anyway…:)

I just located someone today with a list of the ingredients in chinese, and I will get them translated as soon as I can get the chinese version. I suspect the “secret” ingredient here is Cistanche, a hard to get and thus expensive plant found in the…[Read more]

I feel that Singing Ocean has basically responded to Bagua as I would.

But Bagua’s question about following the way of Heaven and Earth is very profound, and deserves a fuller answer. I often quote the same passage from the Cantong Qi (Triplex Unity), which is one of the oldest Taoist alchemical texts (2nd century AD).

First, let’s just…[Read more]

Bagua,
this is not a pickup lounge….:)

I am delighted to see so much buzz happening here. Hopefully something will get cooked,including me.

First of all, let me clear up the assumption that I am trying to pigeon hole all buddhists into little boxes.

There are as many different schools of Buddhism, if not more, as there are in Taoism. So I am not concerned about what school anyone…[Read more]

Bagua: Very important:

Emptiness is a word to explain a state of awarenss or consiousness, it is a way to experience life at it is, to experience dao as it is, it is weu wei. It is emptiness in the sense the mind is not attached to false identity and allows one to experience life in its spontaniety, in its variety, in all its aspects.…[Read more]

Thanks Spyrelx for saying the obvious. And fyi, I haven’t forgotten. Topic will be covered after round 7.
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“Fond of pubs” is not exactly hard core alcoholic. That story there is a rip off of Lu Dong Bing story of meeting Chang Li Chuan in a pub and getting the teachings. Trying to make him seem like a replay of Lu Dong Bin. I think a more accurate account has him in the middle of a field and he sees some being of Light….

That article was edited…[Read more]

This is what makes the world go round. I am sure the two of you would get along just fine, face to face. Sparks are healthy.
And just a reminder Fajin, life and relationships are not about fairness.
They are about Completion (round 7, coming soon to a theatre near you).

Being young and committed to your cultivation path, relationships with…[Read more]

Bagua,
Did you pick up that biographical tidbit from the Handbook for Daoist practice? I don’t recall reading it in there.
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note to other readers: don’t ask “what handbook?”, its privately printed, but I will be offering it for sale shortly once I get it on the website.

Paolino,
I sense genuine sincerity, if not humility, behind your facetious sniveling.

Therefore, you will NOT be beaten with your own Salami.

Just trying to keep a space open for women on this forum, and appreciate your cooperation.

I like funny also, but you can be funny without pointing your insults at a particular person.

🙂

Wow! Great article, Snowlion.

Could you give the link for it? Is it by the Chad Hansen listed in the footnotes? One of my students studied with him in college, and said he was very inspirational.

The article is a bit heavy if you are not used to philosophical categories of discussing theories of mind and ethics. He condenses centuries of…[Read more]

I think Alan’s piece is nice succinct summary – but his conclusion is superficial. It reveals his Chan/Zen bias., and lack of qigong or any body-based training. Watts hated alchemical taoism. He was an academic, trying to escape the prison of his mind. Zen was his escape route. To each his own.

I feel Watts conclusion is wrong – that “it’s…[Read more]

thorny,
cut the sichuan spice for a while, it may be overloading your lungs, which may be dumping the excess spice out the skin and over flowing into kidneys/low back.

to get a good test, cut out the spice for at least a month.

and burn all your old clothes.

just for fun.

m

I have deleted a number of the posts in this thread because they included personal attacks on sexual habits of named individuals.

You are welcome to discuss taboo sexual subjects generally – their essence – without making personal sexual attacks.

Its unfortunate that iintelligent responses to the attacks had to also be deleted.

Thanks…[Read more]

Although I agraee with the overall conclusion of individuals each seeking the right diet,
the recommendation of using the Blood Types book is misleading – the types are far too broad.
The system was developed by the author’s father, who would only recommend dietary changes based on sub-types within the major four blood types. Without these…[Read more]