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Hi freewill:

In reading your comments, its seems you are separating “you” from the five shen, as if they are not inseparable from you, am I correct in this perception?

Are the Five Phases you, or somthing that influences you, that is not you?

thanks,

bagua

Hi Michael:

Thanks for your book recommendations, I will check them out.

Let me be clear, I mentioned that the type of Alchemy M. Chia braught to the West, which I view as a sophisticated, detailed, comprehensive system, including a deep knowledge of acupuncture channels, chinese medical knowledge, cosmology, Qi Gong, etc, that is it…[Read more]

Hi:

Just a few thoughts on your comments.

I respect that you feel you have not achieved much success through Chia’s methods, and appreciate your honesty. I am not familiar with them, but have found MWinn’s teachings of One Clouds methods mixed with Atlantean alchemy to be very effective for me.
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Hi Daoyuan:

I enjoy the communication, I ask one thing, if you are going to quote me or sum up my statements, please be accurate or just ask me is this what I meant.

I did not say “I did not achieve much with Chia’s Method”, pleae listen carefully, I said I have not met one person that has obtained the acheived of the last two formulas,…[Read more]

Hi:

What I said was the system of Alchemy M. Chia braught to the west, that particular method, most likely did not evolove until tang and thru song, much of chinese metaphysics evolved then.

Its clear to me Lao Zi desribed how the intellect, when over-developed is the barrier to living in the Wu Ji, his 81 chapters are saying the same thing…[Read more]

Hi:

I would not blindly beleive the story.

Also from his work one can clearly see Lao Zi had great compassion for humanity and indeed did leave a special gift, which for me is the same understanding as Chan.

I do not beleive the Alchemical formulas were developed at this time, not the ones we practice in the Healing Tao, so as I stated,…[Read more]

QMDJ is not really a feng shui system, it was used for military purposes, it was later applied to all of life, including feng shui, it is not its best application.

QMDJ is one of the three most advnaced methods. I study the system, not sure what you mean by whose? Its a method, interpretation can vary.

I know it, have long and simplified too.

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Hi Michael:

It seems to me Lao Zi was clear in his writings, because the taoist view contains universal correspondences, each word can be applied to many relationships, but it does not mean that was what he intended.

Don’t you think if Lao Zi was describing Taoist Alchemy in the way of a process like White Cloud’s, he would have described it…[Read more]

Do you know what each is designed to accomplish, if they are in harmony with each other, its ok. If they are not in harmony or working on different things be careful, consult with someone about it.

My opinion is one should not be in a hurry with Qi GOng and cultivation, there is no rushing it, no matter how hard one tries.

Hi:

Much of Chinese Metaphysics, including Chinese Medicine and Nei dan is based on “Systems of Correspondences”, this is a way to group aspects of life based on their common relatinships and the inseparable relationship of life. The Five Shen are part of this model, organs, elements, shen, directions, planets are all part of this “System of…[Read more]

Hi:

Lots of wonderful sharing, thanks.

“If you think that by saying all this, I am using intellect and am separating myself from the dao, can you ask your self if you have done away with intellect? It is inseparable from us yet as an individual part can be harmonized with our collective self.”
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Hello,

Thanks for sharing your view and experience. Below selected comments is my feedback.

Thanks for your thoughts. Whether or not anyone has received communications from celestial beings, it is important to remember that all Daoists that are revered as immortals (physical or spiritual) are human. We practice from a human tradition that…[Read more]

Hi:

I generally agree with you. But one thing. If one promotes themselves as receiving info from celestial beings or communicates with them to get their knowledge and it is not true, it is a false energy, students follow based on this, and I think this is not healthy.

Lao Zi talks about the tao and the interconnectedness of life, I dont…[Read more]

Can you be clearer about what you are referring to? or what post you are referencing?

thanks

Hi

It is true that there is no written evidence found (yet) of Huang Di as a historical figure except texts attributed to him written in later periods, yet he is venerated as the founder of the chinese calendar which dates back 4700 years. Although oral traditions are to be taken with a grain of salt, there is often truth in them: as an…[Read more]

Hi:

You bring up some good points. There is no historical evidence of Huang Di/Yellow Emperor, his is a legendary person from a pre-histotic time frame, it is in the Shang Dyanasty the first historical evidence of writing in china existed. The Five Elements are from the Warring Period, the Later Chou Dyanasty, Yellow Emperor did not talk about…[Read more]

Hi:

Not all Taoists thru history believe in the methods and theory of White Cloud/Chia, if you have not read some of Clary’s work on Liu I Ming, and some of the Complete Reality School (which has numerous branches and disagreements)please do, they explain alchemical terms in more modern terms and attempt ot bridge the gap bewteen Buddhist,…[Read more]

Hello:

Some thoughts on your thoughts.

I have some understanding of this. The Nan school says essentialy that you do not know better than your own body what to do. The idea is to let go of the mind and it’s contant grasping( Nan uses the term don’t dwell though I like the term stop grasping better) This causes the jing to qi to shen to Tao…[Read more]

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