Steven

>>>In Daoist alchemy males seek to turn their body into Pure Yang,
>>>yet they do this by cultivating Yuan Qi. Yet females,
>>>according to Paulino Luna, seek to turn their body into Pure Yin.
>>>Yet both realize Dao. Ultimately there is only one Dao.
>>>So not only does Wu Ji = Tai Ji, but Pure Yin Qi = Pure Yang Qi = Yuan Qi.
>>>That…[Read more]

That which lies before, beneath, behind, and beyond
the impenetrable Dao, if the impenetrable Dao were
to be penetrated.

S

Hi Adel,

I see you already have some pretty good suggestions,
and in fact, for the most part, mine would overlap.

In particular, the best glossary of
Daoist terms with their corresponding
Chinese character (that I’m familiar with),
would be the glossary in the back of the book
“Nourishing Destiny” by Lonny Garrett. He
also…[Read more]

This is why many of the Earth-centered religions
celebrate the Cross Quarters, the days half-way
between the Solstices and Equinoxes . . . they are
sort of the “true” beginning to the season.

Groundhog Day, today, is effectively one of them.

Happy Spring.

Stevenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-quarter_day

Rather than focus on the “retention” aspect,
I’d recommend that you build up your kidneys . . .
kidneys being the driving force behind creating
sexual energy and also being that they are the
“batteries” of your body.

I recommend taking as an external supplement, Goji juice,
which builds up your kidneys and sexual energy

See…[Read more]

The short answer is “it varies”.
It’s all completely personal, and everyone ultimately
comes into their own balance . . . to match what feels
right for them, to match their constitution, to match
their personal feelings, to match how much qigong practice
they do, to match their age, etc.

It’s not a simple one-shot answer, I’m afraid.…[Read more]

Short answer: It’s a different Earth.
Five-element Earth, as in one of the five phases . . .
is different than Earth (as in the planet or as in
Heaven-Earth-Humanity).

You have to really pay attention to context in
Daoist alchemy, because the same word can be used
to describe completely different things.

Another example is…[Read more]

You said in your last post:
>>>I ask humbley for the opinion of others

I wasn’t providing any judgment.
In particular, anything can be appropriate
under the right circumstances.
I was merely pushing you to examine and explore
the emotional dynamics of the situation a little bit.
The mechanics of the practice I think you’ve got…[Read more]

Hi David,

There is no absolute right or wrong.
Everything depends on a specific set of circumstances
and what is right for the people involved.

In particular, I get the feeling from your posts that
actually all three of you really want to do this, and
you are just hoping that someone will give you confirmation
that it is a good…[Read more]

I do not have any personal experience with this.

However, I have “heard” that by doing Primordial
it opens up a portal between the formless realm
and the world of form . . . a portal similar to
the one that opens up when someone is born or
when someone dies.

Thus, theoretically, it seems possible that doing
Primordial in place that…[Read more]

Even being such a wild herb cultivator doesn’t necessarily
eliminate some of the benefits of cooking. In particular,
the herb He Shou Wu has traditionally been prepared by
cooking it in black bean soup to reduce some natural
phytotoxins in it, as raw He Shou Wu has some side effects.

Traditionally the diet of Taoist mountain hermits is…[Read more]

As Swedich Dragon mentioned, it is not the same as the
White Tigress/Jade Dragon/Green Dragon setup
if your wife has intercourse with this man;
in particular, the wife is restricted to
oral sex with him in that system.

In particular, in full intercourse–esp. if
the man ejaculates into her–there is
still an energy transfer from him…[Read more]

Putting the ethics of sexual vampirism aside,
which I think is truly important to examine in and by itself,
there are all sorts of potential problems in such an arrangement.

1. Yes, extra energy is being introduced into your couple,
but what kind of energy is it? Now you no longer have
just the energy of the two of you, but someone…[Read more]

Too much of a “good thing” perhaps . . .
Body was probably telling you to set limits.

Sorry to hear about the experience . . . S

>>>But if your stomach has enough “guts” in it
>>>then i think it could handle raw food just fine.
>>>[some snipped] Homeopathy relies on poisons
>>>in small amounts to heal illness.

If my body is strong enough, it could probably handle
me swallowing an eyedropper’s amount of my car’s antifreeze
each day, but I’m not going to do…[Read more]

>>>but are humans so weak that we cannot eat a
>>>reasonable amount of raw food?

depends on how you define “reasonable”

simply deciding from a rational head center that
you are going to eat raw and nothing but, is probably not . . .

the head comes up with all kinds of funny rigid regimes
that are not the best approach

S

I will tell you everything I know, and then
therefore mostly take myself out of the discussion
as I then will have nothing to add.

*Most* of the cautions I have seen against eating
an all-raw food diet come from Chinese medicine.
Here are a just a few that are even in the
Healing Tao books:

“In general, cooked food is better than…[Read more]

I just noticed this.

There are two links to the forum on the main page.
One on the top of the page: THIS WORKS
One on the left side (above Michael’s picture): THIS IS BROKEN currently.

The problem is that similar links in the same webpage are not consistent.

S

Congratulations on your new insights.
They sound good to me.

Best,
Steven

I think this study is fairly complex and non-trivial.

According to the site that I linked (which
provides some information about 5 element
nutrition theory), pineapple is not listed
as Wood . . . but rather as Earth. So there
may be some consistency issues across the field.

You might want to check out:

Healing with Whole Foods:…[Read more]