Healing Tao USA | Max | Activity https://healingtaousa.com/members/max/activity/ Activity feed for Max. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:15:15 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 29a48cb5c7dcf0723877a85473812eb0 Max replied to the topic Why do Women Lose Sex Drive within Long Term Relationships? Science study. in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-do-women-lose-sex-drive-within-long-term-relationships-science-study/#post-20295 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:05:17 -0400 Over the years men get drained from sex and women are more inclined to find a new “battery”.

]]> f92aa1a63479f3adeeca55ccaa287588 Max replied to the topic Sea salt, life giving in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/sea-salt-life-giving/#post-18272 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:46:04 -0400 Gallbladder flush

]]> b8847baa7327814b3e10cccc2a2ce386 Max replied to the topic For Fajin : Re: How deep can you go? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-fajin-re-how-deep-can-you-go/page/2/#post-11724 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:07:48 -0400 “Freed from desire, you can see the hidden mystery.
By having desire, you can only see what is visibly real.”
Tao Te Ching

]]> 6aec6f5532b4461a89f09cd1b0bf1fb8 Max replied to the topic Round 4: Five Forces Shaping the Human Soul in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-4-five-forces-shaping-the-human-soul/page/4/#post-11558 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:52:42 -0400 Is it a description of a state of being or a description of what will happen if you practice a method? In general, Zen masters never talk about those things even though they may have those kind of abilities. But I understand what you are trying to say.

]]> 79300ee6c0cf8f2c0ee106109e20ad95 Max replied to the topic For Fajin : Re: How deep can you go? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-fajin-re-how-deep-can-you-go/page/2/#post-11720 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:44:06 -0400 I personally don’t like the Chan methods of koans, emptiness meditations, or whatever they use, because I don’t think that they are very useful.

Chan/Zen methods have produced quiet a few enlightened masters. Emptiness meditation is also a foundation advised in Taoist texts by many Immortals.

]]> 5662fd554ac3f137b72023fd8f828499 Max replied to the topic For Fajin : Re: How deep can you go? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-fajin-re-how-deep-can-you-go/page/2/#post-11718 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:34:42 -0400 So, to my knowledge, the most basic tool of inner alchemy, the inner smile, is the best way to clean the mind of passions and desires before beginning One Cloud’s formulation.

Yes, the inner smile is a good method.

So, in my view, Michael DOES emphasize cleaning the heart of desires and passions before beginning the more advanced…[Read more]

]]> 5f90bfa2a9752fc2a8d011e4fecfe913 Max replied to the topic Round 4: Five Forces Shaping the Human Soul in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-4-five-forces-shaping-the-human-soul/page/3/#post-11524 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:39:53 -0400 Fajin,
What language is metta from?

It’s a Pali word. Read more here:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/buddharakkhita/wheel365.html

Yang, Jwing Ming, Buddhists go external to internal while Daoists go internal to external.

I would like to go deeper into description to clarify what Buddha taught (it’s one of many methods he…[Read more]

]]> 6c62d3c21c681087b32124b3be9d3033 Max replied to the topic Round 4: Five Forces Shaping the Human Soul in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-4-five-forces-shaping-the-human-soul/page/3/#post-11522 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:00:55 -0400 I just want you to know how much I appreciate Bagua sharing his experiences, with his angelic patience and ability to express concepts far surpassing mine. Tune to the energy of his messages- they tell far more then the words posted.

]]> c938aad1d0b5e5a64fc4acb6221a15c9 Max replied to the topic Round 4: Five Forces Shaping the Human Soul in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-4-five-forces-shaping-the-human-soul/page/3/#post-11514 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:18:12 -0400 Adrian,
Please do not take it personally but Bagua’s understanding of original Taoism and Buddhism is very clear and experientially deep. It takes many years to find and experience your own truth. You need to verify things on your own. I agree with many things what Michael says but his comments on Chan didn’t resonate with what I’ve experienced…[Read more]

]]> d8dc16a444a6cc2df10a41cdb3f61dd6 Max replied to the topic Round 4: Five Forces Shaping the Human Soul in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-4-five-forces-shaping-the-human-soul/page/3/#post-11512 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:57:38 -0400 Hello Fajin, or should I call you Adrian from now?

Buddhists attempt to still the mind, but what is making the mind unstill?

Here is what Buddha observed through his meditations. It’s only a crude version and you can write pages on it. I’m taking it from my other post so you don’t have to look.

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“1. Everything in this…[Read more]

]]> b2d5eeceb54bbaede7db4170c7f117a5 Max replied to the topic Round 4: Five Forces Shaping the Human Soul in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-4-five-forces-shaping-the-human-soul/page/2/#post-11492 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:48:33 -0400 Fajin,
I read through the whole thread and believe you misunderstand what teahings as taught by Buddha are and also have high hopes based on the descriptions that come with Michael’s formulas.

You have great trust in Michael and what he said, therefore you should go on and study what he teaches and dedicate time to practice it. In order to…[Read more]

]]> 4a2b707ff2d8c43d13bf63bf38c7c75e Max replied to the topic Round 3: EGO/SELF & MEMORY IN LIFE FORCE PROCESS (long essay) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-3-egoself-memory-in-life-force-process-long-essay/page/3/#post-11388 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:16:42 -0400 …and my mind is polluted as well.

]]> 09a07f3c941b03d825afcc8e2167e6f6 Max replied to the topic Round 3: EGO/SELF & MEMORY IN LIFE FORCE PROCESS (long essay) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-3-egoself-memory-in-life-force-process-long-essay/page/3/#post-11384 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:08:48 -0400 So, like you said Max we should practice Michael’s alchemy with an unpolluted mind first. That’s what the inner smile does, but fusion (the 1st formula) does at a deeper level.
You know, I really hope you will be able to get to that point.

Fajin

Fajin

What part of you signed first, and what – second?

]]> 42d4944ec29f8c43ffab0a9c93d13e16 Max replied to the topic Round 3: EGO/SELF & MEMORY IN LIFE FORCE PROCESS (long essay) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-3-egoself-memory-in-life-force-process-long-essay/page/3/#post-11380 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:44:49 -0400 I have been many “enlightened” teachers.
Seems like you misspelled it, but to make sure, you meant ‘seen’, right?
If not, could you tell more on this? Like names.

]]> 6cb38f04ab71ca1f1200148c9182884e Max replied to the topic Round 3: EGO/SELF & MEMORY IN LIFE FORCE PROCESS (long essay) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-3-egoself-memory-in-life-force-process-long-essay/page/2/#post-11356 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 02:38:19 -0400 Wow, you really put some time into this and I appreciate you cared enough to dedicate you to clearing things.

I simply can’t go point by point to respond to all this- it would take a lot of time, plus believe it or not, I agree with lots of it anyway. I want to address the most important aspects of this debate.

But from my understanding, the…[Read more]

]]> ba4865520aab87ec57813b3b9cbfed80 Max replied to the topic Round 2: Dao vs Chan. WHO is attuning to the Center? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-2-dao-vs-chan-who-is-attuning-to-the-center/page/2/#post-11214 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:51:16 -0400 I read your earlier posts with Michael about Chan and Daoism and I couldn’t help seeing you got schooled every time.
You’re too funny to think there could be a winner in this discussion. Plus you didn’t read the posts that were ‘magically’ deleted due to the ‘accidents’ by webmasters.

Most of my knowledge of Daoist alchemy is from speaking to…[Read more]

]]> 604a7acf7fc95fa81a23c17d072aff27 Max replied to the topic Round 2: Dao vs Chan. WHO is attuning to the Center? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-2-dao-vs-chan-who-is-attuning-to-the-center/page/2/#post-11210 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:59:23 -0400 You have an idealistic view of what Taoist alchemy is. LetÂ’s wait 5 years from now and then, if we are still around, we will have round 3. But for now, read again what Bagua said to you. He is saving you a lot of time.

]]> 1413383cd417667c058009a0af563232 Max replied to the topic Breasts! in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/breasts/#post-11151 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:40:50 -0400 …made you look.

]]> 0f6e6700d17bab11f087cec358e6591b Max replied to the topic Round 2: Dao vs Chan. WHO is attuning to the Center? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-2-dao-vs-chan-who-is-attuning-to-the-center/#post-11206 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:37:59 -0400 Why do you always have to bring Chan Buddhism vs. Taoist Alchemy? Is it because of Nan Huai-Chin?

“WHO is attuning to the center?” I like that. Even Buddha can be proud of this question.

]]> 6f6606bebb271fe8fc2f1c5458d1a7c9 Max replied to the topic Round 2: Dao vs Chan. WHO is attuning to the Center? in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/round-2-dao-vs-chan-who-is-attuning-to-the-center/#post-11204 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:29:10 -0400 The Daoist formulas are simple enough, and they will set you free. I hope you know what you’re missing though
No formulas can set you free. They will help you at the begining on your Path but that’s about it. Plus, why do you think Bagua has no experience with Taoist formulas?

So really, the ego and the wisdom mind are the same, it is just the…[Read more]

]]> e622bc776b4fe2bcdccd681d97d601e0 Max replied to the topic Ego, what is it from a Daoist View in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/ego-what-is-it-from-a-daoist-view/page/2/#post-11116 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:54:40 -0400 Excellent Ego!
Thanks for noticing. I got it with Chi Kung Fundamentals #2 bundle.

]]> 92ddaf5127b4529e5a052a847eb26f0c Max replied to the topic For singing ocean Re: Here we go... in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-singing-ocean-re-here-we-go/#post-10962 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:45:49 -0400 I am simply saying that I value a greater degree of free will – the ability to shape what i observe.

The degree of free will and ability are always there. I question the necessity. Beside the price of a 7 day retreat.

]]> 4a36b3634c058fb6bc7ebe0346b988ea Max replied to the topic Ego, what is it from a Daoist View in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/ego-what-is-it-from-a-daoist-view/#post-11108 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:45:42 -0400 Exellent comments.

]]> eb21995221dfef1305b8d24c30795347 Max replied to the topic For singing ocean Re: Here we go... in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-singing-ocean-re-here-we-go/#post-10958 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:15:14 -0400 The claim is basically a judgement – that everything except what I do/teach is “impure”.
it’s a dead end – and belongs in the tawdry category of “my lineage is the best”, better get on my path.
Sure, anything we say is a personal judgement. And the idea of being is the best or the most integrated is not my invention on this forum.

As for…[Read more]

]]> fbc48532afa71eda8665a70d22387096 Max replied to the topic The Danger of "Letting Go" as an only practice in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/the-danger-of-letting-go-as-an-only-practice/#post-10879 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:07:50 -0400 This is just one example that neither proves nor disproves anything. To apply that kind of reasoning of ‘letting go’, Chia was forced to ‘let go’ a lot of things to his wife after the divorce. My point is there are a lot of underlying reasons for things happening, and just because some teacher ‘failed’ in the eyes of others doesn’t mean he did.…[Read more]

]]> e6e61972b9c481307aa305f4dfe942b1 Max replied to the topic What is 'letting go'? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/what-is-letting-go-2/#post-11005 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:49:14 -0400 I agree with what you said about ego.
Regarding going into deepest layers of your energy patterns, the process of inner observation overtime will accomplish the same.

]]> bd594c24e35c06987006efbf3e5f5504 Max replied to the topic What is 'letting go'? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/what-is-letting-go-2/#post-11003 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:43:25 -0400 For me letting go is allowing the processes to happen on their own. You observe them without emotional attachment or desire to direct them the way you feel necessary. You don’t control them nor they control you- this is a the process of unconditional acceptence and trust that innate and wise ability of your Life force will do everything neccesary…[Read more]

]]> fd2cb3a2f4d95ca9e3415a5a12e0214f Max replied to the topic Gunther Weil : view points on his Alchemy expierence? Whats his Story? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/gunther-weil-view-points-on-his-alchemy-expierence-whats-his-story/#post-10920 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:35:46 -0400 Keith, you are right. But this type of conversations can’t take place for now. Go to the bookstore on the site and see what is being sold- after all the fancy talk about incorrect information and dangers of forced breathing. For those who are too dense to get it, I’m reffering to the original male sex book and iron shirt related merchandise.

]]> 5630999b4a613fac507c877c35b5307d Max replied to the topic 9 Bottle Wind Practice to Max (others invited) in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/9-bottle-wind-practice-to-max-others-invited/#post-10869 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:51:15 -0400 “It seems like Buddhist/Hinduist external to internal.”

It only seems that way. There are many pathways within Buddhist traditions with many different methods. There are only few that teach exactly what Buddha tought. Burma, and probably Laos are 2 of a few places that still have true Buddha teachings. You can also read ‘Diamond Sutra’ that…[Read more]

]]> 59c8db97791d5a6bcca2e3f58fec4358 Max replied to the topic Gunther Weil : view points on his Alchemy expierence? Whats his Story? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/gunther-weil-view-points-on-his-alchemy-expierence-whats-his-story/#post-10902 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:41:55 -0400 “To be fair, it should also be pointed out that there are some teachers of the Taoist arts who warn that the mental manipulation of internal energies, channels, etc. is a dead-end. Their emphasis, beyond embodying desired attributes of virtue and morality, is to simply rest awareness in the body, initially in the lower Dantian, and allow the…[Read more]

]]> 0dbe1eb6c0f8e4479c87c2351aa3030d Max replied to the topic Question for Michael in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/question-for-michael-2/#post-10782 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:57:48 -0400 <<You would greatly enhance your credibility if you could answer or discuss issues clearly without giving a warped take on things through hidden implications and accusations with no evidence.>>
There is only ‘he said, she said’ evidence on both sides.

<<So why is it that to date you still have not given us any description of your cultivation…[Read more]

]]> ee2846d36e32f99a4fc47b29a8b4faeb Max replied to the topic 9 Bottle Wind Practice to Max (others invited) in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/9-bottle-wind-practice-to-max-others-invited/#post-10857 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:38:33 -0400 <<< I really don’t think breath retention is a good idea because it
puts strain on the lungs and adrenal glands in the long run and although this method is simple, if you stop the practice after a while, your lungs will deflate like a tire and you could get serious problems.>>>

If you do it correctly the way it is taught, there will be no side…[Read more]

]]> a9a556a47812c018824726067ee10def Max replied to the topic Question for Michael in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/question-for-michael-2/#post-10776 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:28:53 -0400 I got the information from you Michael, and not just once. But my memory could be faiding, or could be yours. David Shen has nothing to do with kan&Li but has something to do with your breathing practice, isn’t it?

And I don’t mind if you critique Nan Huai-Chin. I smile every time I remember you said the reason Buddha talked about suffering is…[Read more]

]]> feaa893c97157af889ab8c58e61e55a0 Max replied to the topic Question for Michael in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/question-for-michael-2/#post-10768 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:04:51 -0400 <<>>

Look closer. It was said created, not made up. Based on all the sources available at the time. Does it mean it’s not effective? No, it doesn’t. Is it much different from the alchemical principles cultivated at that time? No, it’s not. Is Chia/Winn’s Kan & Li in disagreement with later taoist texts? No, in fact, the formulas reflect the…[Read more]

]]> bb1fb6752bd166c2ab305ac4ad84a616 Max replied to the topic Chills in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/chills/#post-10624 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:27:03 -0400 All the cold chi trapped in the bones during your life time is released through meditation. You have to sit through it and it’s a very good thing. Eventually it will stop.

]]> fa356607ed31d9485353df93ca78b3de Max replied to the topic Questions in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/questions/#post-10604 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:37:17 -0400 Send me your email to taomax at excite.com.

]]> 936558d0ed10d3f06271879d46ef8d8c Max replied to the topic Questions in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/questions/#post-10600 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:19:38 -0400 I think the way I expressed myself looked like I said: ‘Unlike you, I do this and this and this…’. I didn’t mean it this way. I just wanted to share my personal view, and I’m glad I can talk to someone who is interested in this sort of thing.

The advanced stage of martial arts wouldn’t differ much from internal cultivation/ qi breathing. etc.…[Read more]

]]> 5e0a9023e888975247bda8275ff7eeb8 Max replied to the topic Questions in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/questions/#post-10596 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:18:32 -0400 Thank you for your thoughtful reply.

I’m also interested in this kind of training, although I look at this practice more from ‘Inside to Outside’ sort thing. I wouldn’t like to separate spiritual cultivation and internal martial arts as two things complementing each other. I see it more like one thing coming out of the other- that is through…[Read more]

]]> b5d24469e8c74b6ae3cb793dabe16abd Max replied to the topic Questions in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/questions/#post-10592 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:50:23 -0400 Stick with Dr. Lin’s techniques, if you care about effective practical applications. Winn covers a whole different side of it that Lin doesn’t.

Erle Montaigue is a very nice man. I find that Pier Tsui-Po has some interesting things to teach, although I would use a different internal system to develop the internal skills. What’s tantric lama kung fu?

]]> fcc8ed709c6ac1f189333d118e71653e Max replied to the topic male/female conquering in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/malefemale-conquering/#post-10291 Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:38:03 -0400 Ying associated with such qualities as cold, rest, responsiveness, passivity, darkness, interiority, downwardness, inwardness, decrease, and femininity.

Yang implies brightness, and is associated with qualities such as heat, stimulation, movement, activity, excitement, vigour, light, exteriority, upwardness, outwardness, increase, and…[Read more]

]]> b45eb7ff63350a33ee9e09cf40c67cbd Max replied to the topic male/female conquering in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/malefemale-conquering/#post-10283 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:14:06 -0400 <<>>

I would say it’s male.

]]> f8d80057c2ad6e6154b7a5684b156501 Max replied to the topic 5 Shen, Free Will, Gravity in Heaven & Earth (Reposted) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/5-shen-free-will-gravity-in-heaven-earth-reposted/#post-9978 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:11:07 -0400 You don’t have to attack Plato’s book, Michael. There is no spoof blurb.
Or is it one of your attempts to get a free copy- just like with Bill Bodri’s books?

All you have to do is ask for it without going around with unrelated questions.

]]> 4cc22b8a05a06a8857b197841adb246f Max replied to the topic sorrow and suicide in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/sorrow-and-suicide/#post-10004 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:17:50 -0400 <<<I read so many books, and thought so much, now everything is misery and I am confused and frightened.>>>

You are right- everything is misery, and recognizing that is a good start.
But you need to understand where the misery is coming from. In fact, Buddha spent his whole life trying to find an answer to the same question. After he did, he…[Read more]

]]> c62077a43816b6acfcadabc7a530f34e Max replied to the topic 5 Shen, Free Will, Gravity in Heaven & Earth (Reposted) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/5-shen-free-will-gravity-in-heaven-earth-reposted/#post-9962 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:04:13 -0400 Missing posts don’t matter much.

Plato just wrote a new book- check it out.Prostate orgasm

]]> 6b4e189f09e3657de87b61a52bee19c1 Max replied to the topic Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi on cultivation in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/lao-zi-and-zhuang-zi-on-cultivation/#post-9073 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:05:04 -0400 <<<This is essential in fulfilling one’s worldly destiny – but not with a goal towards accumulating merit.>>>

Doing good deeds will accululate merit – that’s all what I was trying to say. This statement is twisted into as assumption that I said you have to do meritorious deeds with a purpouse to accumulate merit. You do it because you have a…[Read more]

]]> 4b4789f0caf612835a62079b2a3140e3 Max replied to the topic segue: post-modern spirituality in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/segue-post-modern-spirituality/#post-9003 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 15:23:47 -0400 It all sounds good. The trick is to see what part of it is real and what is not.

]]> 14b18b12b46ab92b3ed80058612423e8 Max replied to the topic Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi on cultivation in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/lao-zi-and-zhuang-zi-on-cultivation/#post-9069 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 15:12:50 -0400 <<<Is focus on accumulating Merit as your ticket to Enlightenment the best way to achieve that? If you want to work from the outside in, rather than from the inside out, its a start, much better than focusing on hurting others.>>>

This statement is totally misleading. Merit has to do with Prajna wisdom, or True Form Wisdom. You can’t reach it…[Read more]

]]> c725c090fefac6958615d2ae200e54aa Max replied to the topic segue: post-modern spirituality in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/segue-post-modern-spirituality/#post-8999 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 02:10:17 -0400 Some brave human had to take a BIG gamble to create the first lineage, as they had no one to follow….
It was a long time ago. Now, we have quiet a few paths that proved to be successful.

which brings us back to issues I have raised previously – there is no lineage that does functions beyond the principles of the Life Force. They are ALL…[Read more]

]]> 2aae2ca1754492c9cbe20083d88cb292 Max replied to the topic segue: post-modern spirituality in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/segue-post-modern-spirituality/#post-8983 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 01:17:10 -0400 What I was referring to is, primarily, a celestial lineage. That is, in a “heavenly” realm, a group of beings maintaining an enlightened configuration. The fact is that its extremely difficult “down here” to really resolve our confusion. Traditionally, aspirants (and Teachers) have allied themselves with heavenly support groups that provide the…[Read more]

]]> 28a74778566f1040038ca59662cea879 Max replied to the topic For Hagar: taoism, buddhism, whatever in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-hagar-taoism-buddhism-whatever/#post-8933 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:34:07 -0400 Thank you for your comments.
It’s unfortunate that every time we start this type of conversation it always turns into Taoism vs. Buddhism topic.

As for your comment down below about Master Nan, I do not see it that way. Nor do I see the separation between taoism and buddhism. The wall we built eventually will be broken. All it takes time,…[Read more]

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