Michael Winn

One Zen student said, “My teacher is the best. He can go days without
eating.”

The second Zen student said, “My teacher has so much self-control, he can go days
without sleep.”

The third said, “My Tao teacher is so wise that he eats when he’s hungry and
sleeps when he’s tired.”

This 75-Year Harvard Study Found the 1 Secret to Leading a Fulfilling Life
Here’s some wisdom gleaned from one of the longest longitudinal studies ever conducted.

By Melanie Curtin
Writer, activist@melaniebcurtin

Prioritizing what’s important is challenging in today’s world. The split focus required to maintain a career and a home, not to…[Read more]

https://www.thestreet.com/slideshow/14339800/1/email-hurts-productivity.html

Lao Tzu favors a return to natural cycles and natural living close to the Tao. He’s is adamantly opposed to exploitation “by the Ruler”. Some consider him a kind of anarchist. But mostly, he’s saying that ultimately cycles of apparent progress will be followed by…[Read more]

Chinese mall unveils #TrumpDog statue to celebrate year of the dog
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/29/chinese-mall-unveils-trumpdog-statue-to-celebrate-lunar-new-year?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

CALLER: Is this Gordon’s Pizza?

GOOGLE: No sir, it’s Google Pizza.

CALLER: I must have dialed a wrong number. Sorry.

GOOGLE: No sir, Google bought Gordon’s Pizza last month.

CALLER: OK. I would like to order a pizza.

GOOGLE: Do you want your usual, sir?

CALLER: My usual? You know me?

GOOGLE:
According to our caller ID data sheet, the last 1…[Read more]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-15/turning-coal-into-bitcoin-dirty-secret-of-2017-s-hottest-market

Eyes are the most yang organ in the body – all the organs use them to obtain information and interact with the outer world.

Lots of people strain their eyes from too much computer use. Here are my suggestions for good eye health:

1. buy “blue shield” to put over all screens, monitors, etc. on amazon, few bucks each.

2. reverse the color, so bla…[Read more]

Master Yang Shaohou
I have translated a short article written in 1930 by a student of Master Yang Shaohou in the occasion of his death. YM

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From Tiyu (Sport) Magazine, pub. 1932,

Mind-body cultivation and the masters of Taijiquan

Liu Xizhe

The best Chinese…[Read more]

 
John Lennon Was Right: The Government Is Run by Maniacs for Maniacal Means
By John W. Whitehead – December 08, 2017

“You gotta remember, establishment, it’s just a name for evil. The monster doesn’t care whether it kills all the students or whether there’s a revolution. It’s not thinking logically, it’s out of control.”—John Lennon (1969)
Mi…[Read more]

A sign of the times.  An interesting talk by the head of Daimler Benz, (Mercedes Benz).

Ready for the Future?

A bit mind blowing to say the least! He predicted an interesting concept of what could lie ahead.

In a recent interview, the Head of Daimler Benz (Mercedes Benz) said their competitors are no longer other car companies, but Tesla (…[Read more]

Q. Swami, what’s your take on male superiority?
A. It’s a phallusy.

On neidan in T’ai Chi Ch’uan and the psychology behind Opening of the Three Gates (通三關 Tōng Sān Guān)

This is a very basic descriptioin of neidan, but useful in its simplicity for tai chi adepts.

Jonathan Bluestein

Some very good reasons to train barefoot!
In modern times it has become commonplace for martial artists and everyday people to wear shoes, and in particular what are called ‘sports shoes’. The latter, feature the infamous ‘shock absorbers’ at the heels. These shoes are a modern invention, and in the long term can cause many pr…[Read more]

November 23, 2017
Harvard Immunologist to Legislators: Unvaccinated Children Pose ZERO Risk to Anyone

Dr. Tetyana Obukhanych
Harvard Immunologist: Unvaccinated Children Pose ZERO Risk to Anyone and Here’s Why
Dear Legislator:

My name is Tetyana Obukhanych. I hold a PhD in Immunology. I am writing this letter in the hope that it will correct s…[Read more]

You can only help people who are really troubled by life. Those individuals struggle in their life to collect themselves. Teaching something very exoteric will always be very popular, but it hardly brings people to the Way.

I always put people back to a normal worldly life to cure them, to help them. It is very hard work. You need to assist them,…[Read more]

Alan Watts Teaches Meditation (1992)
A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.

A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.

The transformation of…[Read more]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiS7EzS6wbo (Laozi)

About 1.5 hrs, free.

I haven’t watched all of it…definitely hollywoodized….

October 18, 2017
The Vaccine Cartel: Largest Criminal Organization in the World – Why Your Flu Shot is Probably Illegal

by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

If you are getting a flu shot this season, chances are that those who are providing the vaccine to you are breaking federal laws – and they don’t care.

The reason they don’t care is…[Read more]