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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Lower Dantian Fire in the forum Practice</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:04:00 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pema,</p>
<p>This link may be of related interest.</p>
<p>Best,<br />
Rex<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Way-of-Light/message/629" rel="nofollow ugc">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Way-of-Light/message/629</a></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Grounding and Tibetan Powa and Astral Travel in the forum Practice</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:02:12 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Singing Ocean/Fajin/Bagua,<br />
I&#8217;m just awed by the depth of discussion recently. The body seems to have all sorts of subtle connections extending beyond it&#8217;s physical boundary. Some see the physical body as a shell that encases the energy body while conversly others see the physical body as a condensation of an all surrounding (prehaps all&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-31800"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/grounding-and-tibetan-powa-and-astral-travel/#post-11856" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Round 3: EGO/SELF &#038; MEMORY IN LIFE FORCE PROCESS (long essay) in the forum Philosophy</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:45:45 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Fajin. I was amazed that the Rinpoches and Dzogchen teacher(s) that Michael has met didn&#8217;t clarify this with him. Prehaps they did and I just pedantically latched onto a dialectic. Best, Rex</p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Round 3: EGO/SELF &#038; MEMORY IN LIFE FORCE PROCESS (long essay) in the forum Philosophy</title>
				<link>https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-3-egoself-memory-in-life-force-process-long-essay/#post-11338</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:00:33 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I still havent had any Buddhist explain to me if Buddha is a state or deity, if its human, trans-human or neither, or a code word for something else&#8221;</p>
<p>Crikey Michael and you received teachings and initiations from the Dalai Lama and studied Dzogchen!</p>
<p>Best,<br />
Rex</p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Tibetan Dream Yoga Character Visualisation in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 06:18:31 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tom,</p>
<p>Hope this image insert works &#8230;</p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Ejaculation Without Orgasm in the forum Practice</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:12:46 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Man who goes to bed with stiff problem, wakes up with solution in hand&#8221;</p>
<p>(Sorry couldn&#8217;t resist that one. lol)</p>
<p>Best,<br />
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic White tigresses had cruel methods to use mens enery. in the forum Practice</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:28:20 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Swedish Dragon,</p>
<p>You&#8217;re welcome! Here&#8217;s a story which parallels Nnonnth&#8217;s tale of a ninja master duffing someone up, its lifted from Sogyal Rinpoche&#8217;s &#8216;Tibetan Book of Living and Dying&#8217;:</p>
<p>  &#8220;But masters are very different, and they can use all kinds of skillful means to provoke that shift of consciousness. Patrul Rinpoche hinmself was&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-31166"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/white-tigresses-had-cruel-methods-to-use-mens-enery/page/3/#post-10448" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic White tigresses had cruel methods to use mens enery. in the forum Practice</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:02:42 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the contrary your posts are incisive and elicit productive debate! Oh I&#8217;ve been fine thanks Nnonnth. Rex</p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic White tigresses had cruel methods to use mens enery. in the forum Practice</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:20:24 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Swedich Dragon,</p>
<p>I wish I could converse in Swedish half as well as you can in English.</p>
<p>&#8220;My deeper question are is this two perspectives possible to intergrate or aren&#8217;t they?&#8221;</p>
<p>Integrate ruthlessness and love? Sure you can. The phrase &#8216;tough love&#8217; comes to mind as do images of fierce Buddhas who are wrathfully compassionate. Western&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-31150"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/white-tigresses-had-cruel-methods-to-use-mens-enery/page/2/#post-10416" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic sorrow and suicide in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:35:23 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was an interesting exchange a while back on the use of chi kung in dealing with serious physical illnes:</p>
<p><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/cgi-bin/tpost.pl?smessage=3737" rel="nofollow ugc">https://healingtaousa.com/cgi-bin/tpost.pl?smessage=3737</a></p>
<p>Deep Healing Chi Chi Kung was also mentoned positively in this thread though with the important warning that no medical claims can be made about it&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-30979"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/sorrow-and-suicide/#post-10026" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic sorrow and suicide in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:10:01 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What about this?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.healingdao.com/cgi-bin/prod_list.pl?ppage=md7" rel="nofollow ugc">Deep Healing Chi Kung</a></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic sorrow and suicide in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:57:09 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;In fact as I type there is no one there for me. I feel scarred and badly wounded, and trapped. nothing is light.. &#8221;</p>
<p>🙁</p>
<p>How about reciting, aloud or silently, the mantras of Tara and the Medicine Buddha? (not exactly Taoist, I know).</p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic The Merit Thread in the forum General</title>
				<link>https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/the-merit-thread/page/2/#post-9140</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:34:57 -0400</pubDate>

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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic The Merit Thread in the forum General</title>
				<link>https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/the-merit-thread/page/2/#post-9136</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 15:27:48 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I thought the whole point here was that this board is precisely about *obtaining* that direct experience. I can&#8217;t think of anything else to say, so I will shut up&#8221; 🙁</p>
<p>Sorry NN hope my reply didn&#8217;t come across as getting on your case. It was just a general pontification addressed to everyone. Rex</p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic The Merit Thread in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:06:19 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi NN,</p>
<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t understand what&#8217;s going on! This is just as ludicrous as believing we are born from past sins! Whatever next?&#8221; </p>
<p>Everything is the magical display of original awareness?  LOL!<br />
How to define original awareness to everyones satisfaction is anyones guess! </p>
<p>In the absence of direct experience all metaphysical ass&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-30593"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/the-merit-thread/page/2/#post-9132" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic The Merit Thread in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:10:50 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael,</p>
<p>&lt;<i>&gt;</p>
<p>What a ghastly view. I don&#8217;t think all card carrying buddhists hold to this. Others teach that we are born through ignorance and the non-recognition of the clear light nature of mind. To paraphrase Mike Dickman&#8217;s translation of a dzogchen text this mind is the &#8216;primordial and unborn source of awareness, empty in essence, radiant&hellip;</i><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-30591"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/the-merit-thread/page/2/#post-9128" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic The Merit Thread in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:10:21 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael,</p>
<p>&lt;<i>&gt;</p>
<p>What a ghastly view. I don&#8217;t think all card carrying buddhists hold to this. Others teach that we are born through ignorance and the non-recognition of the clear light nature of mind. To paraphrase Mike Dickman&#8217;s translation of a dzogchen text this mind is the &#8216;primordial and unborn source of awareness, empty in essence, radiant&hellip;</i><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-30590"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/the-merit-thread/page/2/#post-9126" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Practice Ideas For When You Are Not Practicing in the forum Practice</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:57:02 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi NN</p>
<p>Food does seems to be important in various sacro-magical practices affirming bonds and various commitments. The idea of offering powerful guardians of spiritual teachings something as simple and homely as jam sandwiches has always tickled me.</p>
<p>&gt;&gt;You can have meaning in every step you take &#8211; imagine leaving something behind with every&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-30554"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/practice-ideas-for-when-you-are-not-practicing/#post-9051" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Practice Ideas For When You Are Not Practicing in the forum Practice</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:31:00 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I suppose the water can be imbued with planetary qualities as well by being charged at particular times of the day to make temporary imbibable talismans. Collected dew might be a good source of water &#8211; provided the grass isn&#8217;t sprayed regularly with chemicals. What about using wine or brandy instead of water? This is getting into alchemy!</p>
<p>Rex</p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Dzogchen and Taoist practices in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:49:28 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pema,<br />
I&#8217;ve been chugging through the ngnondro for the last five years and my  teacher knows that I also do the HT stuff and is fine with it. Anyway H.H. Penor Rinpoche teaches tummo every year in the US. Here&#8217;s the link:</p>
<p><a href="http://retreat.palyul.org/retreat02_tsalung.htm" rel="nofollow ugc">http://retreat.palyul.org/retreat02_tsalung.htm</a></p>
<p>Best to you,<br />
Rex<a href="http://retreat.palyul.org/retreat02_tsalung.htm" rel="nofollow ugc">Paylul Tsa lung Retreat</a></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Dzogchen and Taoist practices in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:49:28 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pema,<br />
I&#8217;ve been chugging through the ngnondro for the last five years and my  teacher knows that I also do the HT stuff and is fine with it. Anyway H.H. Penor Rinpoche teaches tummo every year in the US. Here&#8217;s the link:</p>
<p><a href="http://retreat.palyul.org/retreat02_tsalung.htm" rel="nofollow ugc">http://retreat.palyul.org/retreat02_tsalung.htm</a></p>
<p>Best to you,<br />
Rex<a href="http://retreat.palyul.org/retreat02_tsalung.htm" rel="nofollow ugc">Paylul Tsa lung Retreat</a></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Has Yoda entered the lunatic zone? in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:47:24 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Best of luck to both you and Max. Ever thought of havibg a trepanation as well?</p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Has Yoda entered the lunatic zone? in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:47:24 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Best of luck to both you and Max. Ever thought of havibg a trepanation as well?</p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Has Yoda entered the lunatic zone? in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:15:20 -0400</pubDate>

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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:15:20 -0400</pubDate>

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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Help wanted with earth line and entities in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:13:02 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wendy,</p>
<p>Just got a few questions which I&#8217;m sure you must have already thought about. I&#8217;m not going through your experiences so I apologise if they seem a bit naive. Is your friend going to force these beings out or come up with a win-win arrangement? Is it possible to communicate with them to see what they need and co-exist together while&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-30033"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/help-wanted-with-earth-line-and-entities/#post-7907" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:13:02 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wendy,</p>
<p>Just got a few questions which I&#8217;m sure you must have already thought about. I&#8217;m not going through your experiences so I apologise if they seem a bit naive. Is your friend going to force these beings out or come up with a win-win arrangement? Is it possible to communicate with them to see what they need and co-exist together while&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-28115"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/help-wanted-with-earth-line-and-entities/#post-7907" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:46:17 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a bit hesitant ordering stuff from the Universal-Tao site. My orders have always been delivered by smirking postman or van drivers &#8211; hardly surprising when the parcels have stickers on saying &#8216;Asian Fulfillment Center&#8217; and &#8216;www.multi-orgasmic.com. One time a parcel was left with a neighbour &#8230;</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:46:17 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a bit hesitant ordering stuff from the Universal-Tao site. My orders have always been delivered by smirking postman or van drivers &#8211; hardly surprising when the parcels have stickers on saying &#8216;Asian Fulfillment Center&#8217; and &#8216;www.multi-orgasmic.com. One time a parcel was left with a neighbour &#8230;</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:32:39 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely! It&#8217;s good to get mind body and spirit singing from the same hymn sheet so the yin phase at the start and end can be relatively modest like centering/gathering oneself or grandiose like communing with a sense of the absolute. It depends on the aim and scope and tradition of the meditation but starting from stillness and/or ending in&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-29415"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/visualization-vs-actualization-and-empty-semantics/page/2/#post-6516" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:32:39 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely! It&#8217;s good to get mind body and spirit singing from the same hymn sheet so the yin phase at the start and end can be relatively modest like centering/gathering oneself or grandiose like communing with a sense of the absolute. It depends on the aim and scope and tradition of the meditation but starting from stillness and/or ending in&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-27497"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/visualization-vs-actualization-and-empty-semantics/#post-6516" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:14:31 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s my two penneth worth. I suppose it depends on the intention behind the visualisation. Is it mere fancy or a concerted attempt to influence how energy is expressed? Is the visualisation centred on one&#8217;s own mind/body complex or does it aim to connect with something outside? Regardless of the aim and focus the key ingredients, some say, are&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-29393"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/visualization-vs-actualization-and-empty-semantics/#post-6472" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:14:31 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s my two penneth worth. I suppose it depends on the intention behind the visualisation. Is it mere fancy or a concerted attempt to influence how energy is expressed? Is the visualisation centred on one&#8217;s own mind/body complex or does it aim to connect with something outside? Regardless of the aim and focus the key ingredients, some say, are&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-27475"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/visualization-vs-actualization-and-empty-semantics/#post-6472" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 11:40:44 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a nice summary of the different Tibetan views of mind and subsequent practice in the preface to this document:<br />
<a href="http://www.shenpen-osel.org/issue3.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.shenpen-osel.org/issue3.pdf</a> (See pages 3-4).</p>
<p>In Tibetan terms the dialogue between Buddha and Ananda seems to come from the rangtong madhyamika view.</p>
<p>Tibetans also see mind in terms of the eight&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-29028"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/credibility-of-bodri-chin-cessation-max-etc/#post-5634" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 11:40:44 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a nice summary of the different Tibetan views of mind and subsequent practice in the preface to this document:<br />
<a href="http://www.shenpen-osel.org/issue3.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.shenpen-osel.org/issue3.pdf</a> (See pages 3-4).</p>
<p>In Tibetan terms the dialogue between Buddha and Ananda seems to come from the rangtong madhyamika view.</p>
<p>Tibetans also see mind in terms of the eight&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-27110"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/credibility-of-bodri-chin-cessation-max-etc/#post-5634" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 11:40:44 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a nice summary of the different Tibetan views of mind and subsequent practice in the preface to this document:<br />
<a href="http://www.shenpen-osel.org/issue3.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.shenpen-osel.org/issue3.pdf</a> (See pages 3-4).</p>
<p>In Tibetan terms the dialogue between Buddha and Ananda seems to come from the rangtong madhyamika view.</p>
<p>Tibetans also see mind in terms of the eight&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-26211"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/credibility-of-bodri-chin-cessation-max-etc/#post-5634" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 06:03:30 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Funnily enough the proprosition of the mind being in the body and the head may not be so ludricous. In the Tibetan tradition the core spiritual source, the bodichitta, resides in the heart centre. Bodichitta can be translated as &#8216;heart of the enlightened mind&#8217; with two qualities, wisdom and compassion. Now at time of death the final phase of the&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-29026"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/credibility-of-bodri-chin-cessation-max-etc/#post-5630" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Funnily enough the proprosition of the mind being in the body and the head may not be so ludricous. In the Tibetan tradition the core spiritual source, the bodichitta, resides in the heart centre. Bodichitta can be translated as &#8216;heart of the enlightened mind&#8217; with two qualities, wisdom and compassion. Now at time of death the final phase of the&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-27108"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/credibility-of-bodri-chin-cessation-max-etc/#post-5630" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Funnily enough the proprosition of the mind being in the body and the head may not be so ludricous. In the Tibetan tradition the core spiritual source, the bodichitta, resides in the heart centre. Bodichitta can be translated as &#8216;heart of the enlightened mind&#8217; with two qualities, wisdom and compassion. Now at time of death the final phase of the&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-26209"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/credibility-of-bodri-chin-cessation-max-etc/#post-5630" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic Stillness of  Body and Soul in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 06:01:55 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember reading an email signature that went: &#8216;The road to truth is long and lined the entire way with annoying bastards&#8217;. It&#8217;s lamentable that spirituality can attract some terrible people and there&#8217;s some outrageous abuses of trust. There&#8217;s predators and tricksters in all walks of life and religion and spirituality attact their fair share.&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-29017"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/stillness-of-body-and-soul/#post-5605" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 06:01:55 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember reading an email signature that went: &#8216;The road to truth is long and lined the entire way with annoying bastards&#8217;. It&#8217;s lamentable that spirituality can attract some terrible people and there&#8217;s some outrageous abuses of trust. There&#8217;s predators and tricksters in all walks of life and religion and spirituality attact their fair share.&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-27099"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/stillness-of-body-and-soul/#post-5605" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 06:01:55 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember reading an email signature that went: &#8216;The road to truth is long and lined the entire way with annoying bastards&#8217;. It&#8217;s lamentable that spirituality can attract some terrible people and there&#8217;s some outrageous abuses of trust. There&#8217;s predators and tricksters in all walks of life and religion and spirituality attact their fair share.&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-26200"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/stillness-of-body-and-soul/#post-5605" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 05:58:37 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re welcome. These quotes come from the Eastern Orthodox Hesychastic tradition which employs body prayers and repetition of divine phrases in the chakras. It&#8217;s a venerable tradition dating back to the seventh century I believe. I&#8217;m not involed in this though I have engaged in a meditation called &#8216;Practicing the Presence of God&#8217;</p>
<p>All the best,<br />
Rex</p>
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									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re welcome. These quotes come from the Eastern Orthodox Hesychastic tradition which employs body prayers and repetition of divine phrases in the chakras. It&#8217;s a venerable tradition dating back to the seventh century I believe. I&#8217;m not involed in this though I have engaged in a meditation called &#8216;Practicing the Presence of God&#8217;</p>
<p>All the best,<br />
Rex</p>
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									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re welcome. These quotes come from the Eastern Orthodox Hesychastic tradition which employs body prayers and repetition of divine phrases in the chakras. It&#8217;s a venerable tradition dating back to the seventh century I believe. I&#8217;m not involed in this though I have engaged in a meditation called &#8216;Practicing the Presence of God&#8217;</p>
<p>All the best,<br />
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				<title>Hoo Ha replied to the topic What does everyone think? (Bagua/I Ching, chakras, Platonic solids) in the forum General</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:14:32 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry last table didn&#8217;t translate well:</p>
<p>Cube &#8211; Earth &#8211; 1st chakra &#8211; Earth &amp; Mountain<br />
Icosahedron &#8211; Water &#8211; 2nd chakra &#8211; Water &amp; Wind<br />
Tetrahedron &#8211; Fire &#8211; 3rd &amp; 4th chakras &#8211; Thunder &amp; Fire<br />
Octahedron &#8211; Air &#8211; 5th &amp; 6th chakras &#8211; Lake &amp; Heaven</p>
<p>Dodecahedron &#8211; 7th chakra &#8211; Grand Ultimate Tai Ji</p>
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									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry last table didn&#8217;t translate well:</p>
<p>Cube &#8211; Earth &#8211; 1st chakra &#8211; Earth &amp; Mountain<br />
Icosahedron &#8211; Water &#8211; 2nd chakra &#8211; Water &amp; Wind<br />
Tetrahedron &#8211; Fire &#8211; 3rd &amp; 4th chakras &#8211; Thunder &amp; Fire<br />
Octahedron &#8211; Air &#8211; 5th &amp; 6th chakras &#8211; Lake &amp; Heaven</p>
<p>Dodecahedron &#8211; 7th chakra &#8211; Grand Ultimate Tai Ji</p>
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									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry last table didn&#8217;t translate well:</p>
<p>Cube &#8211; Earth &#8211; 1st chakra &#8211; Earth &amp; Mountain<br />
Icosahedron &#8211; Water &#8211; 2nd chakra &#8211; Water &amp; Wind<br />
Tetrahedron &#8211; Fire &#8211; 3rd &amp; 4th chakras &#8211; Thunder &amp; Fire<br />
Octahedron &#8211; Air &#8211; 5th &amp; 6th chakras &#8211; Lake &amp; Heaven</p>
<p>Dodecahedron &#8211; 7th chakra &#8211; Grand Ultimate Tai Ji</p>
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									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess you could tie you mind into knots trying to work this out. I dont know much about chakras or trigrams but aren&#8217;t the eight trigrams associated with the eight extraordinary vessels? Anyway here&#8217;s some dubious and uniformed suggestions cooked up after flipping through an account of the eight forces in Cosmic Healing II:</p>
<p>1) The four&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-28437"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/what-does-everyone-think-baguai-ching-chakras-platonic-solids/#post-4326" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess you could tie you mind into knots trying to work this out. I dont know much about chakras or trigrams but aren&#8217;t the eight trigrams associated with the eight extraordinary vessels? Anyway here&#8217;s some dubious and uniformed suggestions cooked up after flipping through an account of the eight forces in Cosmic Healing II:</p>
<p>1) The four&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-26519"><a href="https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/what-does-everyone-think-baguai-ching-chakras-platonic-solids/#post-4326" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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