Steven

No, I hear you.

Also, forum is a good tool for applying the creation cycle
and dumping frustration/liver into passion/heart, especially
since it is springtime/liver time 😉

S

>>>I find that the true pyramid schemes are most
>>>of the corporations that people pander to to try
>>>and make a living. Bankers making million dollar bonuses,
>>>now that’s a pyramid scheme.

Yeah, that’s true in a lot of ways.
I have to agree completely here this.

As far as MLM’s for the purpose of making money/making a…[Read more]

Hi Chris,

Here are some different aspects to this issue to think about:

1. You may want to keep the “T” on the main page for the
reason that people may see the “D” and copy your web address
incorrectly.

2. You may want the “T”, because most outsiders to Daoism
still spell Dao with a “T”, and you want people to find your
website…[Read more]

To add on to what I said earlier:

You can be an intellectual and you can develop other tools as well.
It doesn’t have to be an either/or. You can have both.

That was really my point here.

I know you are an intellectual and an academic type and that you really
enjoy that part of your life. Moreover, you are really good at it.
You…[Read more]

It’s not about looking for a mommy or daddy;
ultimately, you have to be your OWN mommy and daddy, but . . .

Do you want to waste time taking instruction
from someone who really doesn’t have much insight?

Or someone that has some glaring negative traits that you
don’t want to embody?

Example:
I met (I’ll keep the person anonymous) a…[Read more]

Hi ChiFiend,

You could say that all of White Cloud’s Seven Formulas
of Immortality are designed to do exactly that.

The Fusion of the Five Elements 1 course is the real start
of that process (having laid the foundations in the
Fundamentals courses). The material in that course directed
tackles this issue, and how their harmonization…[Read more]

>>>It is a bit unwise from you to say that you
>>>think that the Buddist got it wrong. Perhps
>>>theire path is well investigated! Just a different road.

The purpose of life is not to try to escape from it, or
try to negate it. That’s a mistake. Moreover, nature
abhors a vacuum, and even a vacuum is not completely empty.
I don’t…[Read more]

Not all progressive structured systems are pyramid schemes.
A pyramid scheme is a scheme whereby new members are
brought in for the purpose of being exploited by the
people higher up for *their* gain, and then trained to
repeat the process on new people they can recruit.

We are not about exploiting others;
we are about…[Read more]

My point is that there are tons of people out there
that CLAIM to be spiritually advanced people offering
themselves as teachers. It is important to be able
to separate these people from the genuine articles.

While it is true that the path to spiritual development
must be done by the individual, being in the
presence of someone at a…[Read more]

Hi SD,

I just wanted to comment on something you said:

>>>Sometimes I feel that I have lost something.
>>>My intellectual sharpness. I had a meeting with an
>>>old friend of mine the other day. He did new me frome
>>>the time when I was wery much an intelectual, with many
>>>wide interests. I felt a bit shy to hem for my new me…[Read more]

Fair enough. I understand.

You are always welcome to come here and share,
and if you do want to get some training here
in the future, that’s fantastic too.

Best,
Steven

Well, you are always welcome to come here to
the Healing Tao Retreats that Michael offers 🙂
http://www.healingtaoretreats.com

If money is an issue, you can talk to Michael
or our retreats registrar and get a work-study
and/or extended payment plan.

If you ever even consider coming, you should
just take the plunge and do it. Ideal times…[Read more]

Good change.
I like it 🙂

Only thing is, is that by using the website address you have,
you should relabel your main page to say Healing Tao Alchemy
in the left corner, rather than Dao with a d.
Having different spellings may confuse people who want to
remember your web address . . .

S

Hi SD,

You should try Michael’s Wudang Mtn. method of doing the Micro.
It’ll blow your socks off!!
Get QF2 audio set for it . . .

As to focus on the tip of the nose, I’m not familiar with that
practice in Michael’s system for the Micro.

I do know he does work with the third eye in his
Star Alchemy (advanced alchemy) course, but…[Read more]

Hi SD,

>>>I myself are on such a low level according to alchemy,
>>>a beginner, that I can’t distinguise in any case between
>>>levels among many of those that teaches in the system.

My recommendation here is to get some exposure and take
some classes with different instructors. It helps to
give you perspective. Also, it helps to…[Read more]

I’ve heard this is one of the problems with the US Census.
Transgendered people don’t have an appropriate selection
under the question for Sex/Gender; only the M and F options.

Interesting article.

And makes sense . . . You wound your heart and it can’t “feed” your earth as well,
so you look to outside sources; also the extra weight acts as a protective
mechanism keeping your core more insulated inside from the outside world.

Maybe this also explains why people tend to gain weight as they age . . .

S

>>>The only recognized master, by Chia, as far as I know,
>>>in the universal tao system . . .

Most senior instructors in the Healing Tao (what Universal Tao
is called in the USA), have under consensus agreed to NOT use
the “master” terminology . . . excepting in some occasions
when referring to Mantak Chia himself.

This is due to…[Read more]