Healing Tao USA | shabd | Activity https://healingtaousa.com/members/shabd/activity/ Activity feed for shabd. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:23:16 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 530fa50f94f4a67843046bbe2b9a383a shabd replied to the topic Interesting (if unsettling) info on *physical* immortality in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/interesting-if-unsettling-info-on-physical-immortality/#post-24939 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:06:54 -0400 thanks for these infos on the book!
there’s also a technique mentioned in Evans-Wentz’ Tibetan Yoga
called “Trong Jug” that was allegedly used for this transference of conciousness into another body… eerie, kind of, to me!

]]> e4658f3b2edf29f7e6895ed61a66744b shabd replied to the topic Multiple Sclerosis in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/multiple-sclerosis/#post-24641 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:46:31 -0400 if you have a chance to lend a copy of maciocia’s “practice of chinese medicine”, I would go for this book.
there are ten very detailed pages about multiple sclerosis, its
aetiology, pathology (e.g. invasion of external dampness, diet, excessive sexual activity, shock) and its differentiation and treatment (e.g. damp-phlegm with spleen…[Read more]

]]> 4e011bec267e0d2bb99e061e1bcb2d73 shabd replied to the topic SOUND in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/sound/#post-23747 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:03:27 -0400 what do you think of this??
shabd

john diamond on digitalized music

]]> 42fa367cc3a5afda27c590edd30156b9 shabd replied to the topic Rabbit Battles Snake (Amazing video) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/rabbit-battles-snake-amazing-video/#post-20287 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:11:59 -0400 wow, probably a relative of the legendary KILLER RABBIT
Monthy Python’s Killer Rabbit

]]> 75816528c76cd680cf9172906e1f84f4 shabd replied to the topic Favorite comedians? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/favorite-comedians/#post-19891 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:51:50 -0400 Groucho Marx!!

]]> e87cd8bd2035a3db72b2c557b3796a66 shabd replied to the topic The danger of Diksha in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/the-danger-of-diksha/#post-18338 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:14:32 -0400 heavy stuff, thanks for posting.
lately I saw a photograph of the indian couple who seemed to have come
up with it and i felt toatally taken aback by their vibe and thought
I wouldn’t allow those people to touch my crown. never! weird.

shabd

]]> e21f7cab64b8e5e95095d7babb23b308 shabd replied to the topic Priest Dies After Trying to Walk on Water in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/priest-dies-after-trying-to-walk-on-water/#post-17290 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:38:34 -0400 this reminds me of the story told in Rushdies Satanic Verses
where Ayesha, an spiritual miracle women, leads her group into the
Arabian Sea, which she expects to part like the Red Sea in the bible.
Most people drown of course, but one survivor states:

“Just when my strength had failed and I thought I would surely die there in
the water, I…[Read more]

]]> c0701000e9a044e48c6a71932b71816f shabd replied to the topic For Bagua - in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-bagua/page/2/#post-16841 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:50:20 -0400 >>My Tibetan teacher’s former teacher was one of the runners. I learned this art.

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hey i’m honestly impressed. (but also feel a litlle stupid: now there’s someone who actually learned it while I idled away my time reading books…)

is it about cultivating your upward-moving prana? what center is mainly practiced
in this art?

maybe…[Read more]

]]> 6d9e9974b0968bcd7e89db752b54013f shabd replied to the topic For Bagua - in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-bagua/page/2/#post-16831 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:24:14 -0400 >>.. I know of some of these. I do not know how Wang Liping did it in that book since it didn’t sound like the earth element. It might be possible to sit on the earth element alone but you wouldn’t be able to move – it would be like you’d built a little hill.

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not being able to move in this kind of levitation is the same thing John Chang…[Read more]

]]> 86ac604902927222a9e9585fbd10ca18 shabd replied to the topic For Bagua - in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-bagua/page/2/#post-16825 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:04:32 -0400 Levitation and Light Body
my favourite daoist fancy

I have an interest in levitation and light body since a long time. (One could probably deduce some psychological issues from this. Why does someone think flying is cool? Following Leary‘s model, I prepare for the next evolutionary step of mankind: conquering space ;-). Freud was more into…[Read more]

]]> 3303b2db70a967411aeb716dc181dfc3 shabd replied to the topic For Bagua - in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-bagua/page/2/#post-16823 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:54:48 -0400 Levitation and Light Body
my favourite daoist fancy

I have an interest in levitation and light body since a long time. (One could probably deduce some psychological issues from this. Why does someone think flying is cool? Following Leary‘s model, I prepare for the next evolutionary step of mankind: conquering space ;-). Freud was more into…[Read more]

]]> f2c456299bc059ab0d134ac98288aed7 shabd replied to the topic For Bagua - in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-bagua/#post-16821 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:52:00 -0400 funny this comes up here as I recently
compiled some private brainstorm on the topic, see here:

Levitation and Light Body
my favourite daoist fancy

I have an interest in levitation and light body since a long time. (One could probably deduce some psychological issues from this. Why does someone think flying is cool? Following Leary‘s…[Read more]

]]> 71073a22af99aea6e714991b137d3ed8 shabd replied to the topic For Bagua - in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-bagua/#post-16819 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:50:55 -0400 funny this comes up here as I recently
compiled some private brainstorm on the topic, see here:

Levitation and Light Body
my favourite daoist fancy

I have an interest in levitation and light body since a long time. (One could probably deduce some psychological issues from this. Why does someone think flying is cool? Following Leary‘s…[Read more]

]]> aa21a323e95b9fddc6ce7646aada8c27 shabd replied to the topic For Bagua - in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-bagua/#post-16817 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:48:05 -0400 743244049345cc4859766a6c857f6e56 shabd replied to the topic In the news - Music and healing in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/in-the-news-music-and-healing/#post-15630 Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:41:06 -0400 i love kora music!

check out koraplayer Toumani Diabate with Ballake Sissoko:
http://www.emusic.com/album/10844/10844617.html

or even better, Toumani Diabate with guitarplayer Ali Farka Toure:

]]> 60fdeac479adf97d467e6b97279229c6 shabd replied to the topic Fajin's Farewell! in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/fajins-farewell/#post-14349 Mon, 22 May 2006 08:15:06 -0400 though not directly participating I gained much insight and inspiration from you and the threads you took part in.
Thanks for that and all best wishes!
shabd

]]> 2ef14dd883d749c4a4ad613a5a2bfc75 shabd replied to the topic short RV analysis: understanding the aol in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/short-rv-analysis-understanding-the-aol/#post-13852 Sat, 20 May 2006 20:27:41 -0400 PsG is NOT redundant. When redundancy is substracted from
redundancany in a redundant way what kind of redunddancy still remains?
A riddle.
Jernej, willst a sorcerer post someone elses talisman to true translation?!
s.

]]> 4e15111c1cc23779ce3622ab46ce1bbf shabd replied to the topic short RV analysis: understanding the aol in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/short-rv-analysis-understanding-the-aol/#post-13848 Sat, 20 May 2006 18:37:20 -0400 Woman riding on a bull
in order to still offer
English but won’t deliver what
the eagle speaks
to those in service
even all the roads seem to meet his destination.
Who then is the eagle and who the raven after all,
Pietro is training today!
Why weave a cloth no one can ever wear?

shabd

]]> 5e7b17745ee4f100f0b6c8aaf6ea2567 shabd replied to the topic My immortal experience in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/my-immortal-experience/#post-13729 Tue, 09 May 2006 08:57:33 -0400 thanks for sharing! it moved me.

shabd

]]> edbbb26d53124c216f2d9602a33556e8 shabd replied to the topic Former Military Air Traffic Controller Claims Comet Collision?? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/former-military-air-traffic-controller-claims-comet-collision/#post-12789 Sun, 16 Apr 2006 06:53:15 -0400 when the comet hits, be sure you know where your towel is!!wikipedia on May 25 : international Towel Day

]]> 55c3cbe3bef7bf7ff9ce3deebc3e692e shabd replied to the topic Abstention from Grain in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/abstention-from-grain/#post-9604 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:05:16 -0400 When mankind shifted from hunting and gathering into farming, planting and eating grains they naturally had to become more settled down and conservative. Eating much grain shifts you into the the information field of conservatism! Eating no grain shifts you back into the power of the hunter!

(An old tcm guy spoke about this in a talk I once…[Read more]

]]> 940326d39678f8f7f25b104bd2a898ee shabd replied to the topic Mixing different qigongs? in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/mixing-different-qigongs/#post-9472 Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:21:41 -0400 my uninformed opinion: don’t hold yourself back. If you feel you want to pursue both forms in the moment just go ahead. My experience is that it very soon gets clear wether is it o.k. or not from your own intuition and results.
many times i feel teachers warn you about doing your own thing because they are playing a power game!

shabd

]]> 76b5140b4ae5a425b8a8f3daeeee0de3 shabd replied to the topic Astral Projection in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/astral-projection/page/3/#post-8735 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 15:17:55 -0400 Hey NN, don’t push it so much.

I love his posts because of
the kind of floating
meaning/notmeaning
he creates
with his
subtle approach of
Spiritual Poetry!

shabd

]]> fe40c3dd137c5ea4083268ec68897392 shabd replied to the topic Master Wu Yun Tsing (1838-1998) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/master-wu-yun-tsing-1838-1998/#post-8898 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:58:07 -0400 äh.. no.. just kidding. (NLP seems fun 🙂

I read the page : “Three steps of Nei Dan practice” that describes the courses they are offering.

They talk about health, a healthy body and longevity and how this can be obtained with the help of their practice. (Yangsheng Qigong – nourishing life).
The teacher presenting the stuff seems…[Read more]

]]> acbc070450bdb3e17075dc70807428f8 shabd replied to the topic Master Wu Yun Tsing (1838-1998) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/master-wu-yun-tsing-1838-1998/#post-8894 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:00:57 -0400 thanks for posting the link!
I know some rudimentary chinese and will try to extract some fragments with the help of my hardware (dictionary). Will take probably two more days till I find the time to do it. But don’t hope for much regarding my translation!!!

shabd

]]> cd86603897540a13b8f8bf4ca4690a0d shabd replied to the topic Astral Projection in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/astral-projection/page/2/#post-8713 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:55:06 -0400 here’s mine:

I once woke up in the morning, stumbled into the bathroom, started brushing my teeth and when I looked into the mirror there was absolutely no image in the mirror! I was so shocked – and woke up with a big jolt. – On the edge of a “bad trip” I guess heh?
People say OBE is often triggered when you are very fatigued and in bad…[Read more]

]]> d4b26bbc6bebad0a056c20474b6a10e8 shabd replied to the topic Living Boeddha in Nepal in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/living-boeddha-in-nepal/#post-8655 Sat, 26 Nov 2005 15:01:30 -0400 “I don’t need a treatment. I need 6 years of deep meditation.”

LOL! That’s my favourite quote of the year!

shabd

]]> a75cf419cfc5a9d88ce300c0cb3853ac shabd replied to the topic my own fantastic theory about breathing: in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/my-own-fantastic-theory-about-breathing/#post-8309 Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:39:33 -0400 … I think that the true Tai Xi ultimately could only be explained in terms of qi and shen, not in terms of pysiology.
By the time it happens, O2 and CO2 will go
and stroll off to the park all by themselves
heavily immersed in discussions about metabolism. (and in the end,
-finding no real solution to this issue- just vaporize in a big…[Read more]

]]> ec995b3ec119ee0fbaba661c83adcb9b shabd replied to the topic Cranio Sacral in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/cranio-sacral/#post-8111 Sat, 22 Oct 2005 08:20:21 -0400 I once did a one week training. It was one out of four modules of ?Cranosacral Balancing?, a form therapists developed in the atmosphere of the Osho scene.

They emphasize a soft, slow approach, very much self-experience-orientated. There are other forms used by physiotherapists that more manipulate and do.
We started learning how to feel the…[Read more]

]]> ec995b3ec119ee0fbaba661c83adcb9b shabd replied to the topic Cranio Sacral in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/cranio-sacral/#post-8111 Sat, 22 Oct 2005 08:20:21 -0400 I once did a one week training. It was one out of four modules of ?Cranosacral Balancing?, a form therapists developed in the atmosphere of the Osho scene.

They emphasize a soft, slow approach, very much self-experience-orientated. There are other forms used by physiotherapists that more manipulate and do.
We started learning how to feel the…[Read more]

]]> 1f7ec6078fcc089bbbe9322dcc7701ae shabd replied to the topic Who was the first to invent Yin-Yang BALL for tennis and BASEBALL? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/who-was-the-first-to-invent-yin-yang-ball-for-tennis-and-baseball/#post-8123 Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:37:38 -0400 i sincerely apologize.
to channel the spirit of ron j. was just too tempting,
I could not resist.
Probably it was a baseball player?

]]> 1f7ec6078fcc089bbbe9322dcc7701ae shabd replied to the topic Who was the first to invent Yin-Yang BALL for tennis and BASEBALL? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/who-was-the-first-to-invent-yin-yang-ball-for-tennis-and-baseball/#post-8123 Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:37:38 -0400 i sincerely apologize.
to channel the spirit of ron j. was just too tempting,
I could not resist.
Probably it was a baseball player?

]]> ac00951234498eed969c4b6e8701d6c4 shabd replied to the topic Who was the first to invent Yin-Yang BALL for tennis and BASEBALL? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/who-was-the-first-to-invent-yin-yang-ball-for-tennis-and-baseball/#post-8117 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:35:33 -0400 YINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANG

]]> ac00951234498eed969c4b6e8701d6c4 shabd replied to the topic Who was the first to invent Yin-Yang BALL for tennis and BASEBALL? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/who-was-the-first-to-invent-yin-yang-ball-for-tennis-and-baseball/#post-8117 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:35:33 -0400 YINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANGYINYANG

]]> 9f48d8e6da07f4973d34dc16e7127359 shabd replied to the topic Qigonging and mirrors. in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/qigonging-and-mirrors/#post-5964 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:09:24 -0400 i used to practice the microcosmic in front of a mirror.

I concentrated on points in my mirror-image, and strangely
found that the effect (the sensations) on me were much more stronger than concentrating on points on my real body…

shabd

]]> 9f48d8e6da07f4973d34dc16e7127359 shabd replied to the topic Qigonging and mirrors. in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/qigonging-and-mirrors/#post-5964 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:09:24 -0400 i used to practice the microcosmic in front of a mirror.

I concentrated on points in my mirror-image, and strangely
found that the effect (the sensations) on me were much more stronger than concentrating on points on my real body…

shabd

]]> 9f48d8e6da07f4973d34dc16e7127359 shabd replied to the topic Qigonging and mirrors. in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/qigonging-and-mirrors/#post-5964 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:09:24 -0400 i used to practice the microcosmic in front of a mirror.

I concentrated on points in my mirror-image, and strangely
found that the effect (the sensations) on me were much more stronger than concentrating on points on my real body…

shabd

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