Steven

These postings are making me see double.

Having a positive outlook and looking at life
with humor is not such a bad approach . . . S

Having a positive outlook and looking at life
with humor is not such a bad approach . . . S

Having a positive outlook and looking at life
with humor is not such a bad approach . . . S

Having a positive outlook and looking at life
with humor is not such a bad approach . . . S

Having a positive outlook and looking at life
with humor is not such a bad approach . . . S

Having a positive outlook and looking at life
with humor is not such a bad approach . . . S

From looking at the video and having friends who do amateur magic,
I would guess he has a tightly wound string attached to the card,
that the card dangles from, and the unwinding creates the spinning.
If you look at the way his hand is moving, you can almost tell
there is a string there (in my opinion).

S

Hi Damon,

That’s John Chang.

There’s a book about him called “The Magus of Java” (see link).
It is a fun and entertaining read.

His methods are a simplified fire-oriented yin-yang alchemy,
and are quite dangerous to learn. Not recommended.
But the book is fun to read nonetheless.

StevenThe Magus of Java

Fair enough. I only asked because I sensed you had something on your mind.
But I also understand the need for silence also.
You have my support in your transition.
S

OK, I’ll bite.

Is there something you wish to share?

S

Note: The below is my own observation that I came to
over a long period of time . . . Steven

HEALTHY LOVE HIERARCHY

1. Yourself
2. Spouse/Life Partner
3. Anyone else you love

If items #1 and #2 are reversed, this disorder is CO-DEPENDENCY.

This is when you try to fill the lack of love for yourself
with someone else’s love,…[Read more]

Yes, as per the context, I was referring to *romantic* love.

Speaking more generally, of love all-inclusive,
when the heart fills up with love, a “logic gate” is
activated in the body which asks the question, “is this
someone I feel a jing/kidney/sexual attraction to?”. If
the answer is yes, then the process I referred to earlier…[Read more]

Having read a number of recent exchanges between you and bagua,
I can sense a good deal of frustration coming through . . .

Part of the problem is, is that you two believe in different models.

Your model is one in which the individual is mortal, and by
doing the alchemical formulas of One Cloud, the process
transforms you into…[Read more]

Lust is the mobilization of sexual energy
while being completely disconnected from the heart.

Love is being completely connected to the heart,
which as a consequence draws up sexual energy of own accord.

S

Hi Wendy,

In some sense, it almost doesn’t matter which category an experience falls into;
it’s just whether or not the experience can be integrated in, and used as an additional source of growth, so that one can live more freely and open-hearted in the
present moment. The rest is just semantics and may not be “important” in its own right.…[Read more]

>>>If one is meditating and they are trying to connect to immortals
>>>and the person has a dialogue and they say,
>>>Yes, I speak with immortals, does this mean it is real?

It does not fit the formula I previously mentioned (namely it
lacks outside corroboration) so it can NOT be accepted as part of reality.

HOWEVER, the person DID…[Read more]

I think what he’s trying to say is that

1. Reality is not just thinking/an idea

This is his indestructible example. You can think you
are indestructible, but if you step in front of a moving
semi, the actual experience tells you otherwise.
Note: Other examples providing less self-harm might prove useful here 😉

2. Reality is…[Read more]

>>>Once again you shoot the messenger because you don’t like the message.

Read my post again carefully.
I never attacked YOU. I attacked your ideas.
Frankly, I don’t care what you personally believe.

By the way, you are setting up a STRAW MAN here by claiming I’m going after you;
when I’ve done nothing of the sort. This is a…[Read more]