singing ocean

From my understanding, Chan and buddhism in general refers to the “impermanent” nature of things, as a way of saying that (material) things come into existance and then pass back into the undifferentiated void.

This seems biased towards the formless state, and a whole lot different than the idea that form and formless are equal and integrated…[Read more]

The nei yeh is also an interesting text with a lot of similarity to the dao de jing, said to be written earlier and focusing more on practical cultivation. A good translation is “Original Dao” by Harold Roth.

When all extremes have been balanced and harmonized by a firm foundation in yuan qi, “you are unshakable like a mountain & cannot be deluded.”

When appropriate, yes

Attitude is everything. Your posts could easily have been interpreted in the way they were, and we figured out what you meant. I would still question whether you would be so equanimous because of the way you express yourself (“conversation is over”, “it’s the truth”). Why are you going back to it?

When you stop yelling obscenities and posting links to deformed genitalia, your posts will stop being deleted. You would be much more effective if you lost the “Neanderthal-gangsta-with-the-broken-record-fixation-on-obscenity” persona, and spoke with clarity. There is some kind of intelligence there, just not being well used.

Living on…[Read more]

Dude, Spyrelx is saying it straight up – time to own up and move on.

This may be a valid point; why don’t you mention it to michael if Beckley is not credited?

I have learned from other Chia-trained teachers that did not credit Beckley when they taught Ocean Breathing either.

On the other hand, Michael does credit Chia for passing on One Cloud’s system (with a discussion of the current differences), Zhu Hui…[Read more]

I call it character assassination because there is a distinctively reflexive insulting tone to the remarks in question, usually accompanied by some sort of boasting that calls the person inferior or arrogant indication towards the “truth”. “You will see it in the end”.

Another old debate trick is changing the subject or diverting the topic away from the original intent so that people can avoid answering the original issue.

I don’t have the background information and don’t know those people. I think Michael based his observations on Chia, Shen and Kumar from personal interactions, and on Nan from opinions he…[Read more]

No. Michael was giving his observations on the methods of buddha, chia, Nan, etc. as it relates to the progress one can achieve in a spiritual science in response to criticisms from others of alchemy. If what michael said was incorrect in your view, why didn’t you argue them in a way that presents facts? Maybe you brought it up in discussion and…[Read more]

My interpretation is as follows:

“*Repair the Alchemical Laboratory, Workshop.”

Set up the foundation by opening the eight extra channels and nourishing the pure virtue qualities of the five shen.

“*Nourish the Temporal;strengthen the physical body.”

Maintain a discipline that tones and strengthens the physical body without…[Read more]

seeing things differently

I have one more thing to say about the trait of having to rely on character assassination. When a person has to rely on this, they are essentially making a statement about themselves that says:

“I feel inadequate, and have to put someone else down to make myself look/feel good.”

It is the perfect attitude of a…[Read more]

Your explanation makes sense to me. It still doesn’t make sense to me why you are defending the stuff those other guys are posting.

My view is that there is a constantly shifting give and take in any relationship. It is true that females appear more yin on the outside, but also seem to have more emotional fire inside (due to amplification of…[Read more]

Max,

I usually try and make an effort to explain myself when asked. If you are waiting for me to pull out a quote you have made that says “I hate women” I don’t have one, but I think you catch my drift or you wouldn’t be avoiding my questions. I have read the other replies to your posts and the answer is still not clear to me. Would you care…[Read more]

You may think these are taken out of context. Maybe you could elaborate on them for us, or even better give us YOUR view on what relationhips should be to clarify instead of waiting for me to make a statement and then pick it apart. A belief that men should be dominant over women is essentially denying your inner yin aspect, and denying them…[Read more]

I am talking specifically about that garbage ron is posting, and your views on excess yang and yin (domination and submission) relationships.

>>”The depth of long sitting meditation can not be reached by any other means”

The depth also depends on your methods of course. I do most of my long meditations standing.

Back to basics, why is it that if you do so much deep meditation (and presumably ron), you guys still have so many issues with women?
You seem to have a very deep…[Read more]

You may want to train 18 hours a day, and may get a lot from it, or not. Others may want to do what suits them. For me it has become a permanent process whether I am training actively in the moment or not.