Pero

I guess I could have mixed up something. It`s a very “cruel” punishment though. Worse than death IMO.

I though that the middle tan tien isn`t in the solar plexus and that it isn`t the physical heart. For me it is located (or is pierced by, don`t know how to say it) on the central column (forgot other name, if there is one lol), like other two tan tiens. Each one is on top of the other in a straight line, with the middle being in the area of the…[Read more]

that thing where if one them breaks some important rule (sin), they all turn away from him… Letting him stay in the community but not letting anyone talk to him ever again or something like that?
Or was that some other community?

“Mat, are you there or are you just an illusion”, *How about if I said to you, Nnonnth, do you wave a little magic wand that you wave casting spells?”

I`m sorry, but I have to admit that I laughed when I read both of these. 🙂

Here`s a story that is awesome to me, the first time I read it I was like I got enlightened for a moment hehe,…[Read more]

Personally, I like reading your posts and opinions (and everyone elses) even if I don`t agree with them. If nothing else it broadens my horizons a bit and gives me food for thought.

“*Bagua and others like Max, agree that the ego stands in the way of our true nature and so something must be done about it. You can call it forgotten,…[Read more]

“Hi Michael,

We set the limits and choose what we want to believe and follow. If you have to filter Cleary’s translations because they don’t fit your view, it’s your free will to do so. 🙂 The expression “spiritual prison” wasn’t directed at anyone but used as a metaphor to express how I feel about blindly following the dogmas, even if it comes…[Read more]

“The only Buddhists who advocate the idea of a Heaven are those who realize they don’t have what it takes to attain anything in this life, so they use what little free will they have to try and control their incarnation to land in a heaven which is really a place where they may have some shot at attainment.”

It was my understanding that here…[Read more]

“They are saying that Daoism is this and this and that.”

A trap we are all (well, most of us anyway) in unfortunately, not only about daoism, but all things.

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Dog, I`m sorry. I think I won`t figure it out, I just don`t have any ideas anymore. I did mention it to a friend though and he said he thinks it`s part of some prayer (sp?).

Depends on the intention of the hunting/killing. I don`t think we`ll agree on this, as I don`t see anything at all wrong with eating meat. Of course in time I may change my mind. One thing I do think though, is that it`s possible that by becoming more advanced in energetic practice diet might have to change as the body might not be able to digest…[Read more]

Yes, probably I have. And I think intellect IS limited. Only time and practice will show me the real truth, but untill then…
On the other hand, I think you are blindly following what others have said, be them wise or not. (not meaning to be offensive or anything)

I eat dead meat and I eat to live. So the thing that nurtures my body is creating bad karma? I think not. I think it`s more about intention. Good intetion, good karma, bad intention bad karma (even if you are doing a good deed). Although, to be honest, I don`t have any kind of intention when eating (at least not one that I`m aware of).

Chia`s cosmic healing book, page 150. A beatiful picture of “Let`s do it” crystal and next to it an ugly “Do it” crystal. The pictures are from the book of the Japanese researcher.

But how are the animals different? They react spontaneously as well, brain or no brain. And besides, aren`t in essence all things the same?

One thing I read some time ago about why Buddha taught not to eat meat. Supposedly, at that time in India, there was a lot of slaughter houses (right word?) for meat, that produced more than was neccessary.…[Read more]

“Those into whom spirit enters live, those whom spirit departs die. How do we know the spirit comes? When thoughts stop, the spirit comes. How do we know the spirit departs? Wehn thoughts stir, the spirit leaves.”

A bit of contradiction I think. I`m quite alive, and yet I think…
The spirit IMO is always there, does not leave or come.

I…[Read more]

I seem to recall a research being made with plants. The researchers killed one plant in front of another, and in another experiment just told the plant that they were going to kill it. In both cases they registered some sort of increased activity in the plant, forgot what exactly it was, I think maybe electromagnetic. Which led to the conclusion…[Read more]