Healing Tao USA | atxryan | Activity https://healingtaousa.com/members/atxryan/activity/ Activity feed for atxryan. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:15:15 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 89bdecd5e2f828e488042188c496acfa atxryan replied to the topic taoism and love in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/taoism-and-love/#post-40840 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:54:16 -0400 Excellent, Steven, thanks for sharing.

]]> 095e426bdde31840646e0ddf02aba272 atxryan replied to the topic I'm confused in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/im-confused/page/4/#post-40310 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:50:27 -0400 Bagua, why do you think that “I feel under this theory, there is nothing that is pre-natal or early heaven in this life.”?

Can think of specific examples or currents of thought you’ve heard him express that lead you to think this way about his view?

Thanks,

Ryan

]]> edb8d2579fba702a41073805b0c2a06b atxryan replied to the topic Inadvertant Out of Body Experiences in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/inadvertant-out-of-body-experiences/#post-37670 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:19:38 -0400 Hey Steven,

Thanks for your nice response.

I agree that more lower Dan Tien work is in order. Ocean breathing still amazes me. I suppose my practice has been more Yang recently, I think some more soft-style would be good. Also reintegration, i think that’s one of the valuable things about the macrocosmic orbit.

Ryan

]]> 57c189d4f370052214c7f0ccb4dc4932 atxryan replied to the topic If you believe in immortals, must you believe in..... in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/if-you-believe-in-immortals-must-you-believe-in/#post-37638 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:07:20 -0400 45d48bd8dc5dca58b8e9ee5e2c804fb3 atxryan replied to the topic If you believe in immortals, must you believe in..... in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/if-you-believe-in-immortals-must-you-believe-in/#post-37636 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:59:39 -0400 “If you believe in immortals in your alchemical practice, must you believe in the entire model of the taoist universe. This would include all the gods, demons, realms, etc. Can you take out this from one tradition and that from another and decoct your own theory and call it the tao or reality?”

Based on your reply to yang1, you meant the first…[Read more]

]]> ff33c3d20f6b3c8ca860fb71f6309faa atxryan replied to the topic 6 Healing Sounds-Heart sound on its own? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/6-healing-sounds-heart-sound-on-its-own/#post-37623 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:37:40 -0400 Great to hear you have been able to learn what you have from the books.

]]> d8b98d050ac20ae1106f681bf735a1a6 atxryan replied to the topic 6 Healing Sounds-Heart sound on its own? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/6-healing-sounds-heart-sound-on-its-own/#post-37621 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:36:47 -0400 e3528d98bfcf3a2aefea13204769ced6 atxryan replied to the topic Update from Mars Hill, NC in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/update-from-mars-hill-nc/#post-37555 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:01:14 -0400 ae0b4194982c41165db0609c90ad1618 atxryan replied to the topic Which retreats are you taking? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/which-retreats-are-you-taking/#post-37312 Fri, 13 May 2011 19:20:12 -0400 Lesser Enlightenment of Kan & Li

]]> 7669be5bd5c0fd667c474dc270d88c26 atxryan replied to the topic Which retreats are you taking? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/which-retreats-are-you-taking/#post-37306 Thu, 12 May 2011 01:01:27 -0400 Inspiring to read, qtface. I have been wanting to for a couple of years but not really gotten the chance, I was going to take Kan & Li this year but not sure if that’s going to work out.

Ryan

]]> 8ef34ef3f5ddaa488d4f5929fe52e5a6 atxryan replied to the topic WuJi : how would you define it? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/wuji-how-would-you-define-it-2/#post-36760 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:12:12 -0400 a675ca445c027787997756f6965d4174 atxryan replied to the topic WuJi : how would you define it? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/wuji-how-would-you-define-it-2/#post-36752 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:10:35 -0400 in my opinion, to experience Wu Ji is to experience the Primordial, and since there is only one Dao, an experience of Wu Ji is the purest experience of Dao, and again with the Tantra, a Yin-Yang symbol would also symbolize the Wu Ji and the Dao. Also read the last paragraph on this page to see get an idea what I’m talking…[Read more]

]]> 14b710baf0748be15af06156c28bdbbd atxryan replied to the topic WuJi : how would you define it? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/wuji-how-would-you-define-it-2/#post-36750 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:54:31 -0400 Thanks for that different view, Steven. What are your thoughts then about people talking about transforming into Pure Yang? Are these just multiple paths within the larger scope of Dao alchemy?
And, to be picky:
“a unification in a stepping stone to unifying with the Dao itself”
Do you not see the process of Dao alchemy to be Dao itself? Your…[Read more]

]]> b42639088ea89187685fa55d6afaca9f atxryan replied to the topic WuJi : how would you define it? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/wuji-how-would-you-define-it-2/#post-36744 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:32:15 -0400

]]> ad02a6cc18d154337ebdd9c4c15d651c atxryan replied to the topic WuJi : how would you define it? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/wuji-how-would-you-define-it-2/#post-36742 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:31:26 -0400 Yes, I think they are the same. I think that Wu Ji = Tai Ji, but from another perspective.

This paragraph is theoretical, and should not be taken to be confounding on the next one. In Daoist alchemy males seek to turn their body into Pure Yang, yet they do this by cultivating Yuan Qi. Yet females, according to Paulino Luna, seek to turn their…[Read more]

]]> 20b67cd566b98b986038231fa21ead48 atxryan replied to the topic WuJi : how would you define it? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/wuji-how-would-you-define-it-2/#post-36740 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:18:38 -0400 Taoist Yoga: Alchemy and Immortality by Charles L’uk has Wu Ji translated as Ultimateless and Tai Ji as Ultimate.
To singing ocean I ask, do you think that Wu Ji = Yuan Qi, I ask this because you say it is neutral and that is how Yuan Chi is usually described, yet Yuan Qi is also usually associated with Tai Ji, as the One that came out of the…[Read more]

]]> 67059eb2f2f485da227a750e1c4324c8 atxryan replied to the topic characters (steven?) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/characters-steven/#post-36660 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:04:26 -0400 http://www.amazon.com/Lao-Tzu-Ching-Institute-Translations/dp/0877733880/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1297558741&sr=8-4http://www.amazon.com/Lao-Tzu-Ching-Institute-Translations/dp/0877733880/re

]]> 24df25f31ba737bd5a3af5b5fe5014b4 atxryan replied to the topic characters (steven?) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/characters-steven/#post-36658 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:03:45 -0400 Hi,
This translation of the Tao Te Ching has Chinese characters with it.
There are also Chinese/English Dictionaries and textbooks for learning Chinese. Also there’s a book called Remembering the Hanzi, one for Traditional Charcters and one for Simplified characters. The focus of that book is learning the meaning, and in the back there is a…[Read more]

]]> bc99fda55dea97f5c6e94fb76e76808f atxryan replied to the topic 5 Element Nutrition in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/5-element-nutrition/#post-36406 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:03:34 -0400 Hello Zoose,
In Daoist nutrition, there are multiple dimensions of yin-yang expressions in food. Heating and cooling, building and cleansing, moistening and drying, and more. For you specific question about taste, you could consider that the general aspect of the element, and the other aspects being yin-yang variations. There is a Healing Dao…[Read more]

]]> eea6e18f663fd6f3f7772217671db867 atxryan replied to the topic 5 Element Nutrition in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/5-element-nutrition/#post-36404 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:31:55 -0400 Hello Zoose,
In Daoist nutrition, there are multiple dimensions of yin-yang expressions in food. Heating and cooling, building and cleansing, moistening and drying, and more. For you specific question about taste, you could consider that the general aspect of the element, and the other aspects being yin-yang variations. There is a Healing Dao…[Read more]

]]> 22db4c2d6e18eedd0597f246107f0698 atxryan replied to the topic Astronomer: zodiac signs 'may be wrong' due to Earth's orbit shift - (Article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/astronomer-zodiac-signs-may-be-wrong-due-to-earths-orbit-shift-article/#post-36386 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:44:05 -0400 Depending on the astrology system, it may be that the Earth is seen as the center anyway, so the sun and star positions are relative to it.
An interesting note was to see that both people who had markings of their astrology signs were Aries, perhaps revealing something about that sign. I had a friend once who was an Aries and he got piercings…[Read more]

]]> 0b822d6e4a0a0e23db896f4b95acef13 atxryan replied to the topic Namaste in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/namaste/#post-36337 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:51:56 -0400 d740ab36135a1dcc61596d5590ab77f7 atxryan replied to the topic Past life work in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/past-life-work/#post-35800 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:09:33 -0400 e55ee4054ce470962a18401af5fe7890 atxryan replied to the topic Past life work in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/past-life-work/#post-35798 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:02:01 -0400 Thanks user244075

]]> 93d19d291f8ed6f78fc4b81196b0bfb1 atxryan replied to the topic Past life work in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/past-life-work/#post-35794 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:57:04 -0400 Hello,
Today many of the lives started to integrate automatically. It got to a point that it seems I’m not supposed to go beyond right now with this method. Integration makes the most sense because then I can use those virtues in my life.
Thank you,
Ryan

]]> 337f96b81ecd141347ca950bdacb7e82 atxryan replied to the topic Past life work in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/past-life-work/#post-35792 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:05:01 -0400 I also wanted to ask if it is necessary to try to integrate them, or if they should just be looked at as it sounds people talk about more often?
Thanks,
Ryan

]]> 6374a77ee13dd0fd381cc3831290e59c atxryan replied to the topic Creation and Dualism (article) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/creation-and-dualism-article/#post-33491 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:21:48 -0400 0aaed23cc478c0f3988a6c4e12f28142 atxryan replied to the topic Soul wounds and excercises to prevend qi loss in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/soul-wounds-and-excercises-to-prevend-qi-loss/#post-32864 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:30:38 -0400 Hello Albor,
A direct answer to your question would be that this is done in the Fusion practices. Especially during the practice of the Belt Channel(s) in Fusion 2 and 3. The belt channels are circulated, spiraled, on multiple levels with the pearl, and this can help heal your energy body. Another aspect of this sort of healing done in Fusion is…[Read more]

]]> d10631355c40b2ce23fc1d7ec6e18739 atxryan replied to the topic Colds/Flu and the Healing Tao in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/coldsflu-and-the-healing-tao/#post-32861 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:39:39 -0400 not caring and accepting
hello zoose,
i noticed you said “I think the healing tao is more useful for changing your thoughts so you don’t care so much about your health problems rather than actually fixing the problems”. there is a difference between not caring about your health problems and accepting them, which brings about healing. smile =)

]]> 03e252c8420f9b32ed810eccad6d749a atxryan replied to the topic What is Thick Black Theory, and is it worth looking into? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/what-is-thick-black-theory-and-is-it-worth-looking-into/#post-31909 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:03:44 -0400 Hey Shenchi,
Glad to hear you got it, I downloaded it too. I think one of the main things about it that relates to Taoism is that it helps you to strip away social conditioning to become a True Person. You’ve probably gone through more of the material than I have at this point, but I agree that the Strategy section is very useful, and I think…[Read more]

]]> ab62c30298da0249d64c50c4700e5f42 atxryan replied to the topic What is Thick Black Theory, and is it worth looking into? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/what-is-thick-black-theory-and-is-it-worth-looking-into/#post-31903 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:56:22 -0400 It’s for sale now, but not for long. Interestingly, they even have their own martial art that you get to learn as part of the package. Act quickly if you want it, they’re down to less than 20 copies.
Ryan

]]> 2229b0d5e9483e11825a23a86474b3cc atxryan replied to the topic What is Thick Black Theory, and is it worth looking into? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/what-is-thick-black-theory-and-is-it-worth-looking-into/#post-31901 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:33:03 -0400 Shenchi, are you on Jonathan’s email list, or someone else’s who’s talking about Jonathan’s stuff? He said that other email list people are talking about TBT also. If you’re getting it form someone else, go to this website:
http://thickblacktheory.net/tbt/

]]> 0079cd36ac713a3e1c93e61600a25464 atxryan replied to the topic A question concerning Atlantean tradition in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/a-question-concerning-atlantean-tradition/#post-31815 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:25:43 -0400 Hi Shenchi,
That’s very interesting to hear about your father and his practices, they sound very Cabalic. Has he taught you any of the meditations? Have you shown him Daoist alchemy? I also noticed you spelled Krist with a “K”, did they come from Turkey? I think I had read before that there was a religion that used the word Krist (with a “K”)…[Read more]

]]> 7841f81e6edbf7ec9a3f8633e3ddb58d atxryan replied to the topic A question concerning Atlantean tradition in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/a-question-concerning-atlantean-tradition/#post-31813 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:11:21 -0400 Hey C Howdy,
I don’t fully endorse David Wilcock or everything he said, the interview that i posted of him was actually my first exposure to him. Some of the stuff he said in their i disagreed with, and I also disagree with some of the stuff on his website, particularly some of his political views and idea about the “illuminati”. But regardless,…[Read more]

]]> 2e615e82a28e29b7f5a026894558c14c atxryan replied to the topic A question concerning Atlantean tradition in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/a-question-concerning-atlantean-tradition/#post-31803 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:01:12 -0400 Michael, thank you for your recent postings. Can you recommend any resources (books, etc.) on Celtic cultivation techniques like those you studied, or similar traditions. I’m interested in history, theory, and practice.
Thank you!
Ryan

]]> ebd13ba6f18c6631accb5a9c0aa1a163 atxryan replied to the topic A question concerning Atlantean tradition in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/a-question-concerning-atlantean-tradition/#post-31801 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:50:59 -0400 C Howdy, I also wanted to say something about the little bit I’ve gathered about what Atlantean tradition, or at least how we speak of it here, “is”.

It seems that Atlantean Alchemical techniques are more Fire-oriented than Daoist techniques. It also seems that there has been much externalized Atlantean alchemical technology. For instance,…[Read more]

]]> 943ea64882b371541106f2231ccbee48 atxryan replied to the topic A question concerning Atlantean tradition in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/a-question-concerning-atlantean-tradition/#post-31797 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:07:03 -0400 Michael has posted some things about it. From what I understand, he had/has contact with one or more Atlantean guides. I think he breifly mentioned it in his recent Easter/Spring Equinox newsletter, and he posted something about a Hawk somewhere too. I think he referred to it as “Horus returns as a Hawk?”, or something along those lines. It…[Read more]

]]> 2a1adb7a7feb98773e483eb99ce3f1cc atxryan replied to the topic 9 palaces/ 9 formulas vs 7 stars/ 7 formulas in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/9-palaces-9-formulas-vs-7-stars-7-formulas/#post-31780 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:22:14 -0400 Interesting, I heard that there is a Taoist belief that the different human races come from different stars of the Big Dipper (some of the stars having partner stars that we can’t see with normal eye sight).

]]> a7decddc06bbb6bcbb81d19540b3c33f atxryan replied to the topic 9 palaces/ 9 formulas vs 7 stars/ 7 formulas in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/9-palaces-9-formulas-vs-7-stars-7-formulas/#post-31774 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:11:47 -0400 You’re welcome, Shenchi. May I ask, is the 9 Palaces qigong that you do a stepping pattern that’s a square with nine segments? Does this qigong somehow have to do with the 9 Palaces on top of one’s head, or is it more of a cosmological thing, or both? Could you please give us more info on the 9 Palaces qigong you do, or other similar 9…[Read more]

]]> 2e0b8fd6bcf43ae7a43617abf4c2f765 atxryan replied to the topic 9 palaces/ 9 formulas vs 7 stars/ 7 formulas in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/9-palaces-9-formulas-vs-7-stars-7-formulas/#post-31770 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:26:48 -0400 I had wondered before why Mantak Chia started to say that there are nine levels, but if you carefully look at his cirriculum on his website and Michaels cirriculum, it’s the same core materials, just organized differently, and different qigongs too. I think that Master Chia has Microcosmic Orbit (with inner smile and healing) sounds, Fusion,…[Read more]

]]> 08fb4f4989591e3622082d2caff830b4 atxryan replied to the topic semen retention and testickle massage in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/semen-retention-and-testickle-massage/#post-31691 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:22:15 -0400 what normally happens to prostatic fluid during an orgasm in which you retain your semen?

]]> eb1d358031224f63e37fb8003224af15 atxryan replied to the topic Spooky World of Quantum Biology (cutting edge science article) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/spooky-world-of-quantum-biology-cutting-edge-science-article/#post-31659 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:32:57 -0400 Thanks for the info, Shenchi, i might use one of those netflix trials they send out to watch these movies.
Ryan

]]> 954c33a89a9ca3497dd91d811d4e1f5a atxryan replied to the topic Cancer and practice in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/cancer-and-practice/page/3/#post-31525 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:09:33 -0400 Hello Pietro, and anyone else reading this. Spring Forest Qigong is going to have a cancer healing retreat. If I knew someone with cancer, I would send them to see Chunyi Lin.
http://www.springforestqigong.com/cancer_healing_retreat.htm

]]> f4aff7ffd6509018576a876c297419ce atxryan replied to the topic Spooky World of Quantum Biology (cutting edge science article) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/spooky-world-of-quantum-biology-cutting-edge-science-article/#post-31639 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:29:56 -0400 What was the name of the documentary you watched, Shenchi?

]]> 911c3d6b9ee96a67e304ecd8feb65167 atxryan replied to the topic Solar System: Planets !% Chance of Colliding in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/solar-system-planets-chance-of-colliding/#post-31697 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:25:37 -0400 Doesn’t the sun’s gravity assign how the planets orbit?

]]> 76ac626f20e37e4161685425a52424a1 atxryan replied to the topic mco with qi or pearl question in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/mco-with-qi-or-pearl-question/#post-31603 Mon, 25 May 2009 19:22:01 -0400 I think that it’s good to continue practicing the microcosmic orbit and basic practices even when you do other practices like fusion. It keeps the pathway open and serves to keep you easily flowing in another, foundational (as you said), way.

It seems in Taoist meditation, and also Chinese martial arts, you continue to reinforce your…[Read more]

]]> a0e4ef78d28a6e6e827a284319c5c8c9 atxryan replied to the topic Healing Love questions in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/healing-love-questions/#post-31591 Mon, 25 May 2009 18:45:02 -0400 Hey Swedich Dragon,
Thanks you for your posts.
——
I often practise like this, but it wary:

Abdominal breathing
Inner smile
Microcosmic orbit
Testikle breathing
More microcosmic orbit

or

Abdominal breathing
Inner smile
Seeing the reinbow aura (Yudelove)
microcosmic orbit
fusion with pearl rotating in the mco
turning the…[Read more]

]]> 9d785fef7cf0e986081c1d72326ceda4 atxryan replied to the topic The 9 palaces in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/the-9-palaces/#post-30566 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:47:43 -0400 Shenchi,
is this what you’ll be doing?

Ryan

]]> 370c4281123161a6989c2f061af29f21 atxryan replied to the topic How bad is adultery? Taoist perspectives on punishment.... in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/how-bad-is-adultery-taoist-perspectives-on-punishment/#post-31057 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:18:28 -0400 “then this “wendy” makes the assumption that cheating is about emotions, yeah right,,,
check out social services… you know why these people cheat? money, lust, drugs, pleasure”

ribosome777, recently i had an experience with greed that i considered sharing with this forum but did not, but now i feel it’s an appropriate time.

one day i felt…[Read more]

]]> 6b1a4659c1e0b61d21a24c5073fe4dec atxryan replied to the topic Question on fusion in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/question-on-fusion/page/2/#post-30766 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:16:56 -0400 That diagram (or one that i would describe similarly) is also in the book Taoist Yoga. Is the cauldron like a rectangular cube instead of circular in the picture you were talking about?

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