Steven

You’re definitely right about the cultivation.
It was probably the cultivation that made me ripe to
capitalize on the moment in question.

Also, my condolences on your unsuccessful job acquisition,
or should I say congratulations on the magnificent
reward you got instead! Great to hear!

Best,
Steven

>>>did you ever read Chuang Tzu? Sure you would enjoy it.

No, not really. I’ve only heard snippets ala “the Butterfly Dream”.
Usually I don’t really philosophical stuff since I find it to
be a little abstract, i.e. non-pragmatic, i.e. unless I can
experience it, it doesn’t resonate. But then again, I’ve never
really read it, so I…[Read more]

This sort of goes off-topic, but reconnects . . .

Something interesting happened today.

Today someone totally screwed me over.
It completely blindsided me, because I didn’t see it coming.
I had been nice to the person, and I
didn’t see they had ulterior motives.

Needless to say, I could have legitimately gotten angry because
the…[Read more]

>>>No, I’m not. I’m referring to the fact that
>>>”understanding your true nature” is not a panacea to all problems.
>>>**************************
>>>Since I have never said that it is was and
>>>certainly did not in my post, you are talking about
>>>something different.

Fair enough!

>>>On these comments, I think I agree pretty much…[Read more]

Thanks for linking that interview.
It was worth watching.

The little I’ve seen from that interview with Saida,
gives me the feeling that she has some really
healthy views toward sexuality. It’s quite
refreshing actually.

Thanks again,
Steven

>>>I understand.
>>>But the healing tao foundation is not a replacement
>>>for therapy, some present it as that, but in my opinion
>>>it is not. There was a reason the traditional way is
>>>to go very slow, so not to intensify pre-existing conditions.
>>>Hopefully we all have compassion, but with rare exception
>>>none are trained in…[Read more]

>>>I am not sure why you mention it because
>>>it does not address anything I said, it
>>>has no relevance to my post.
>>
>>> This is, of course, true provided you don’t buy
>>>into the Buddhist philosophy that all
>>>is illusion and delusion, which I don’t.
>>>*********************
>>>I suggest “Buddhism, Plain and Simple, by Steve…[Read more]

>>>Of course there might be possible to create
>>>a movement that streatches the tripple warmers
>>>meridian. But I not remember how that meridian goes?

http://www.yinyanghouse.com is a nice online reference for
the twelve meridians.

Here is a graphic of the Triple Warmer (listed as TH points,
where TH=Triple Heater).

>>>I was wondering what the reason is
>>>that there is no triple warmer sound,
>>>movement after doing the healing
>>>sounds in the deep healing practice.

Interesting question.

I didn’t create the form, so I can only hypothesize.
However, I suspect it is because the initial phase
of facing the 5 directions and doing the healing sounds…[Read more]

>>>S: I don’t think I agree with this fully.
>>>”Understanding your true nature” is not the
>>>solution to every problem.
>>
>>>B: Not sure why you make this comment,
>>>it can indicate lack of it.

If, as an example, you injure your hand. You
get physical pain as a response. You can
have perfect awareness of “who you are” and…[Read more]

>>>By understanding our true nature, Yuan shen,
>>>we can be freed from the shame/ugly dynamic
>>>and the denial/acceptance dynamic.

I don’t think I agree with this fully.
“Understanding your true nature” is not the
solution to every problem.

Through a lot of work, I think I understand my
true nature pretty well, but I still…[Read more]

Yes, by cataclysm, I don’t mean apocalypse. 🙂
My meaning was the former you mentioned . . .

The realignment will probably end up being a good thing.
I’ve never believed that “buying crap” makes you a good citizen.
To me, the dependency on “buying” to keep the country going,
both on the country-level and on the individual level all…[Read more]

>>>A more efficient electric motor might solve
>>>the problem of long distance driving, i.e.,
>>>it would require smaller batteries, and you
>>>could carry extra ones. The only problem with
>>>hydrogen is that it could still be regulated
>>>by companies if sold in gas stations.

Yeah, that was what I was thinking with that
personal…[Read more]

Hi Wendy,

Good to hear from you 🙂

Regarding this interesting topic,
I’m starting to wonder if there is an issue
here of “wanting approval” that’s lurking behind
the scenes here . . . sort of like when you are a kid,
a lot of what is done is done to try to seek parental
approval and praise . . . and it’s as if part of
that residue…[Read more]

Lucky for me that I spend almost one month a year in
a hermit retreat, so I’ve gotten used to the idea of
living a day-to-day life not continuously supplemented
by outside excesses.

Cataclysm will come as people who are used to living
with entitlements refuse to give them up. Then
those people will create huge elaborate dog-and-pony…[Read more]

I don’t know that the “USA” has much power.
Too much bureacracy and red tape in government
has crippled any possible oversight.

Being a perfectionist and not wanting something because it
is not a perfect complete entity means you get nothing
in the meantime–except a lot of waiting around for
drastic overhauls, which don’t come that often.

I still say something is better than nothing.

And if it causes more problems later, then we’ll deal
with that later. We…[Read more]

>>>Corporations are competing governments, aligned to
>>>greed (and control), not fairness, human rights and
>>>acceptance. Corporate and banking cartels are not
>>>designed for peaceful change and adaptability.
>>>They are what will frustrate people in there efforts for change.

I agree to some extent.

But how you do stop that? They…[Read more]

I really don’t think trains are ever really going
to be big here. Our country is just too big, and
trains only travel in a one-dimensional line . . .
I.E. They are not very flexible or convenient,
and this is a major reason why every decade we see
train use (for passenger travel) decrease. It’s a
dying transit system. Only really…[Read more]