Healing Tao USA | thelerner | Activity https://healingtaousa.com/members/thelerner/activity/ Activity feed for thelerner. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:15:15 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 86a1fba9babe97a4819ad34ee7324f3f thelerner replied to the topic Why we overeat as we age (science article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-we-overeat-as-we-age-science-article/#post-28949 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:14:59 -0400 Hi Stalker,

I’ve mellowed. Into- Less news, less opinions.. I’m drawing my circle of interest closer to me. Starting my thoughts w/ ‘I don’t know..’

I strive for pronoia, a state of thinking that is Everything is going to turn out just fine.

I have the luxury of not being effected by the Russian/Georgian conflict and the 100% knowledge…[Read more]

]]> b5d007b3a78935cf901c3297d97765e1 thelerner replied to the topic raw food, killing sentient beings in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/raw-food-killing-sentient-beings/#post-27590 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:53:06 -0400 Some people who feel stronly that way become fruitarians. Only eating fruit (and nuts) from trees and bushes that offer them up freely. Thus no plants suffering early termination. Daniel Reid mentions the practice in one of his books (Tao of Healthy,sex and longevity?). He does say to get proper nutrition you eat the seeds, core and peel (even…[Read more]

]]> e91043cc29cec867a447a8064743b345 thelerner replied to the topic King James and the Jewish Bible in relation to DAO in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/king-james-and-the-jewish-bible-in-relation-to-dao/#post-15084 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:10:29 -0400 I agree with Yi Tao. Though I’m by no means a literalist. I think the 5 books of Moses and other biblical works, evolved over time and borrowed from other cultures. They are remembered histories from the bronze age. There is wisdom to be gotten from them, but for them to be such a source of dispute and warful has got to be one of the original…[Read more]

]]> 1be760940636f4b1c51c7c76d38e7791 thelerner replied to the topic Grounding and Tibetan Powa and Astral Travel in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/grounding-and-tibetan-powa-and-astral-travel/#post-11858 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:17:14 -0400 No txt

]]> b9780ac6b86cdc9bb3bb7a21274fcf34 thelerner replied to the topic MEXICOΒ’S WAR ON AMERICA in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/mexico%c2%92s-war-on-america/#post-11605 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:26:10 -0400 Whoa invasion of the antlike nazi hoard anyone? The author can’t expect to be taken seriously when he uses so much hyperbole and hysteria in his arguments.

Michael

]]> d1e35660a43702410278eb00de34a14e thelerner replied to the topic Any Tao practitioners/teachers/students in Toronto, Canada? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/any-tao-practitionersteachersstudents-in-toronto-canada/#post-11438 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:23:59 -0400 If you have the chance get her CD’s. Her Tao Basics, Fusion I, and various breathing guided meditations are excellent.

Michael

]]> 4cf25e02e597f7adbb854c53710080aa thelerner replied to the topic Lunar Eclipse tonight in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/lunar-eclipse-tonight/#post-11561 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:43:12 -0400 What a moon, full and rising as the sunsets in the west. I’m lucky enough to see it rise over lake Michigan, bright like the sun.

Michael

]]> 572f12250b1fd012e513edfdd2761cae thelerner replied to the topic Any Tao practitioners/teachers/students in Toronto, Canada? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/any-tao-practitionersteachersstudents-in-toronto-canada/#post-11434 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:11:29 -0400 On the link section here, look up Silent Ground. Minke De Vos is an HT instructor from Canada. She might have some work shops near you. I know she will be teaching a seminar at Tao Mountain this Summer.

Michael

]]> 2fd0cb67d75b668659499582fffcaeeb thelerner replied to the topic Letting go IS transformation in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/letting-go-is-transformation/#post-11307 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:49:59 -0400 I think letting go, aka surrendering is of supreme importance. But unless you have sufficient practice and momentum behind it, it you won’t take you very far.

Sort of like a great musician relaxes and lets the music move through him. That only works after years of practice. The great athlete moves without conscious thought, again thats after…[Read more]

]]> efb22764f7ff2e14d8676232b3f39447 thelerner replied to the topic question for michael winn in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/question-for-michael-winn-6/#post-9453 Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:43:00 -0400 I picked up some of her guided meditation CD’s 3 years ago at Tao Mountain. They are great. Her Tao Basics is a must have, 4 great guided meditations including Micro cosmic orbit, Deep body smile (30 minutes fusion like), Sexual Energy, and Energy meditation. All have binaural sounds, sound effects, go deeply into each subject, ie the micro…[Read more]

]]> c3fae7b94392281bd0faad8f0dd6d394 thelerner replied to the topic Astral Projection in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/astral-projection/page/3/#post-8737 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:04:14 -0400 He has a new book, 90 days to Astral Travel, I think its about $22 bucks. It comes w/ a CD which has guided meditations and a brain wave generator program. First few weeks there are several pages per day. Then it gets down to 2 pages a day.

Lots of homework in it, 20 to 40 minutes of practice a day, not including his Xtra credit:)

I…[Read more]

]]> ef3369b5d94a44d458349cf8e7be6b03 thelerner replied to the topic Astral Projection in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/astral-projection/page/2/#post-8701 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:24:09 -0400 Thats what I was looking for. Any other OBEr’s out there? Comments?

I’ll check out those books. I do think dream/night practice is ultimately one of the major studies for energy work.

Michael

]]> a9696dc7e9badde756fc81a4a958add1 thelerner replied to the topic Meditation Expert in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/meditation-expert/page/3/#post-8835 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:51:36 -0400 Its amazing how in the middle of an argument, one calm person, can say a few simple lines, and leave people feeling, WHAM, that is it, that is the heart.

Peace

Michael

]]> 9f5d19225e81930d5ebd61deb7a852ce thelerner replied to the topic Astral Projection in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/astral-projection/page/2/#post-8693 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:37:57 -0400 It shouldn’t be such rocket science to authenticate. Not much more then go to bed and how many fingers am I holding behind my back.

In his old book LaBerge(sp) Lucid Dreaming, he found people who said they could astral travel were under testing in a lucid dream state. I read one astral travel book a long time ago, where the author (one of…[Read more]

]]> 3ca8295e8719006ac5336ba60cd7c13d thelerner replied to the topic Astral Projection in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/astral-projection/#post-8689 Sun, 27 Nov 2005 22:53:51 -0400 It seems to me that astral projection should be pretty simple to prove. In the past all I’ve seen is anecdotal evidence. Anybody have any good links w/ evidence? Heck I’ll even take more recent anecdotal stuff.

In his his earliest book on Lucid Dreaming, the author who ran the Stanford Dream research center looked for but couldn’t find proof…[Read more]

]]> 62adce3986ffed3de4ffe21b419b24a8 thelerner replied to the topic Pulsing the Sacrum (best thing since Kan&Li) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/pulsing-the-sacrum-best-thing-since-kanli/#post-8380 Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:21:41 -0400 The Chi Nei Tsang Institute has a long Bone Dreaming Meditation on the Sleeping Chi Kung CD. Its long 30 minutes. Spends about 10 minutes on the skull, linking and expanding the bones there w/ the breath. Another 10 minutes slowly going down the spinal cord to the sacrum.

Its a good tool for focusing the attention on the bones and feeling…[Read more]

]]> 492f2cc5d271a9e80edccc77478c4134 thelerner replied to the topic Discuss: in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/discuss/#post-7896 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 16:37:19 -0400 You can pick up the Onion for free at a lots of places here in Chicago. Its 100% parody, like the Weekly World news. Unfortunately they’re less over the top, and there reports actually end up being quoted as ‘real’ news.

Michael

]]> 492f2cc5d271a9e80edccc77478c4134 thelerner replied to the topic Discuss: in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/discuss/#post-7896 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 16:37:19 -0400 You can pick up the Onion for free at a lots of places here in Chicago. Its 100% parody, like the Weekly World news. Unfortunately they’re less over the top, and there reports actually end up being quoted as ‘real’ news.

Michael

]]> 4bc95eae602d17ec3eb98f6c64a58054 thelerner replied to the topic A message to this forums viewers. in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/a-message-to-this-forums-viewers/#post-7865 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:11:38 -0400 GD, people who may criticize aren’t neccessarily demons and cowards. There are probably sincere people in that group who just want a bit more information then you are able to give.

Demonizing (literally) people who question you, isn’t going to earn you lots of chittlings πŸ™‚

Peace

Michael

]]> 4bc95eae602d17ec3eb98f6c64a58054 thelerner replied to the topic A message to this forums viewers. in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/a-message-to-this-forums-viewers/#post-7865 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:11:38 -0400 GD, people who may criticize aren’t neccessarily demons and cowards. There are probably sincere people in that group who just want a bit more information then you are able to give.

Demonizing (literally) people who question you, isn’t going to earn you lots of chittlings πŸ™‚

Peace

Michael

]]> d0b60ee9229598a0a53dea73a6af9003 thelerner replied to the topic Where to breath? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/where-to-breath/#post-7852 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:39:36 -0400 It gives you lots of chances for practice πŸ™‚

Michael

]]> d0b60ee9229598a0a53dea73a6af9003 thelerner replied to the topic Where to breath? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/where-to-breath/#post-7852 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:39:36 -0400 It gives you lots of chances for practice πŸ™‚

Michael

]]> db46f0dbf9f44436e7bd9edea8482c5f thelerner replied to the topic Thanks and update in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/thanks-and-update/page/2/#post-7590 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:59:01 -0400 spent a couple hours surfing the net on Zappers, aids, evaluations, trials, tests. I was hoping to find a group anywhere in the world of aids patients who had banded together, bought Becks zapper and were using it successfully.

Its a big world, zappers aren’t top secret, thousands of hits when you google them. Lots of Aids patients, even more…[Read more]

]]> db46f0dbf9f44436e7bd9edea8482c5f thelerner replied to the topic Thanks and update in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/thanks-and-update/#post-7590 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:59:01 -0400 spent a couple hours surfing the net on Zappers, aids, evaluations, trials, tests. I was hoping to find a group anywhere in the world of aids patients who had banded together, bought Becks zapper and were using it successfully.

Its a big world, zappers aren’t top secret, thousands of hits when you google them. Lots of Aids patients, even more…[Read more]

]]> a4792cdf64d42eb4fcf84dd317e7d631 thelerner replied to the topic Healing stories in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/healing-stories/#post-7612 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:41:25 -0400 knowing you are there sets my heart at ease.

Namaste

Michael

]]> a4792cdf64d42eb4fcf84dd317e7d631 thelerner replied to the topic Healing stories in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/healing-stories/#post-7612 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:41:25 -0400 knowing you are there sets my heart at ease.

Namaste

Michael

]]> 9e60ed06257617d8337e66e4bb195e5f thelerner replied to the topic Thanks and update in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/thanks-and-update/#post-7578 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:09:33 -0400 I really wish it were so. If you had a cure for aids, gathering dust in a closet it would be beyond a shame. Aids deaths are often death by inches.

What an intersection between Grace and commerce. Open up a massage therapy practice and blast people w/ the Zapper. Avoid the whole medical scene. If it works who ever did it would be both…[Read more]

]]> 9e60ed06257617d8337e66e4bb195e5f thelerner replied to the topic Thanks and update in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/thanks-and-update/#post-7578 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:09:33 -0400 I really wish it were so. If you had a cure for aids, gathering dust in a closet it would be beyond a shame. Aids deaths are often death by inches.

What an intersection between Grace and commerce. Open up a massage therapy practice and blast people w/ the Zapper. Avoid the whole medical scene. If it works who ever did it would be both…[Read more]

]]> ee11d5a6a5cbca2f6a079b62fb4eb7a1 thelerner replied to the topic Thanks and update in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/thanks-and-update/#post-7572 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:29:17 -0400 I really really wish you were right. It would be a blessing on the 40 million plus who are dead or dying.

It it worked I think have made a splash as bigger then penicillin. Yeasties are one thing, parasites another microscopically they’re big ‘things’. Virus’s are are cunning almost more idea then matter, like a computer program. They…[Read more]

]]> ee11d5a6a5cbca2f6a079b62fb4eb7a1 thelerner replied to the topic Thanks and update in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/thanks-and-update/#post-7572 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:29:17 -0400 I really really wish you were right. It would be a blessing on the 40 million plus who are dead or dying.

It it worked I think have made a splash as bigger then penicillin. Yeasties are one thing, parasites another microscopically they’re big ‘things’. Virus’s are are cunning almost more idea then matter, like a computer program. They…[Read more]

]]> bd3b2de25ef6214b1297fcff03894573 thelerner replied to the topic near-blackouts in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/near-blackouts/#post-7514 Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:13:26 -0400 That would happen to me after a day or two of fasting. For me it was probably was a blood sugar thing.

When I’d give blood in college, I found if I ran or moved vigorously I’d get a tunnel vision effect, probably a precursor to passing out.

Its all about blood to the brain, quantity, pressure & sugar level. Its probably not a good thing…[Read more]

]]> eca35a0a96f61615c8c614285901baa2 thelerner replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/page/3/#post-7257 Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:52:30 -0400 Very poetic J.

Looking deeply into the eyes of another can be far more intimate then sex. I find even my wife backs away from too intimate an ‘eye’ stare.

My kids will let me do it though. You see the shine, the reflection, thoughts flicker through it, the pupil shrinks and expands so quickly.

Peace

Michael

]]> eca35a0a96f61615c8c614285901baa2 thelerner replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/#post-7257 Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:52:30 -0400 Very poetic J.

Looking deeply into the eyes of another can be far more intimate then sex. I find even my wife backs away from too intimate an ‘eye’ stare.

My kids will let me do it though. You see the shine, the reflection, thoughts flicker through it, the pupil shrinks and expands so quickly.

Peace

Michael

]]> 91da60b53df5bee1b91c4a215a20db83 thelerner replied to the topic Live Qi transmission in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/live-qi-transmission/#post-7278 Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:40:46 -0400 Like Craig says small steps. I took Fundamentals last year, this year Fusion, hopefully Lesser K & L next year. Really you can spend a decade on the basics.

Like Craig, the slow steady path makes for a more solid practitioner.

A 9 year black belt

Peace

Michael

]]> 91da60b53df5bee1b91c4a215a20db83 thelerner replied to the topic Live Qi transmission in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/live-qi-transmission/#post-7278 Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:40:46 -0400 Like Craig says small steps. I took Fundamentals last year, this year Fusion, hopefully Lesser K & L next year. Really you can spend a decade on the basics.

Like Craig, the slow steady path makes for a more solid practitioner.

A 9 year black belt

Peace

Michael

]]> 90496f9305658518d38696706ee512e5 thelerner replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/page/3/#post-7249 Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:31:37 -0400 If I thought of all that stuff I probably wouldn’t be able to have sex in the first place. I leak, I drool, I pee, is leakage really that bad?

Peace

Michael

]]> 90496f9305658518d38696706ee512e5 thelerner replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/#post-7249 Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:31:37 -0400 If I thought of all that stuff I probably wouldn’t be able to have sex in the first place. I leak, I drool, I pee, is leakage really that bad?

Peace

Michael

]]> 77d9deef23abda57954f0c7874a72197 thelerner replied to the topic Pain and Enlighenment in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/pain-and-enlighenment/#post-7320 Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:24:20 -0400 You know what, I did the Fusion class w/ Rafi, the book sounds very interesting.

Thanks

Michael

]]> 77d9deef23abda57954f0c7874a72197 thelerner replied to the topic Pain and Enlighenment in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/pain-and-enlighenment/#post-7320 Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:24:20 -0400 You know what, I did the Fusion class w/ Rafi, the book sounds very interesting.

Thanks

Michael

]]> 1df979a34e265ef3369adc337a20b4dd thelerner replied to the topic For rainbowbear in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-rainbowbear/#post-7065 Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:15:03 -0400 no txt

]]> 1df979a34e265ef3369adc337a20b4dd thelerner replied to the topic For rainbowbear in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-rainbowbear/#post-7065 Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:15:03 -0400 no txt

]]> 179ab999478b888a2c0b8af92443f8fa thelerner replied to the topic For rainbowbear in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-rainbowbear/#post-7061 Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:43:45 -0400 I think it took about 38 years before I could communicate w/ my father man to man. Before then I always felt like a bumbling kid or rebellious teenager. And knowing all the proverbs and wise sayings didn’t make a spit of difference.

Thanks for asking about the writings. I’m procrastinating like crazy. I’ll write page after page of…[Read more]

]]> 179ab999478b888a2c0b8af92443f8fa thelerner replied to the topic For rainbowbear in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/for-rainbowbear/#post-7061 Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:43:45 -0400 I think it took about 38 years before I could communicate w/ my father man to man. Before then I always felt like a bumbling kid or rebellious teenager. And knowing all the proverbs and wise sayings didn’t make a spit of difference.

Thanks for asking about the writings. I’m procrastinating like crazy. I’ll write page after page of…[Read more]

]]> a9ffb1ae08798208366371c9b2647a16 thelerner replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/page/2/#post-7225 Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:58:37 -0400 Peas
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]]> a9ffb1ae08798208366371c9b2647a16 thelerner replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/#post-7225 Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:58:37 -0400 Peas
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]]> 20349e343101168640a79221a92b9c00 thelerner replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/page/2/#post-7223 Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:49:08 -0400 There is the thought that as we advance spiritually we become more androgynous. Glenn Morris was really this idea.

Certainly the culturally conditioned macho posturing should melt away.

Peace

Michael ‘Making a cup of tea, I stop the war’

]]> 20349e343101168640a79221a92b9c00 thelerner replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/#post-7223 Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:49:08 -0400 There is the thought that as we advance spiritually we become more androgynous. Glenn Morris was really this idea.

Certainly the culturally conditioned macho posturing should melt away.

Peace

Michael ‘Making a cup of tea, I stop the war’

]]> ce35d934eed3ec62e2dc7097e1c4d027 thelerner replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/page/2/#post-7221 Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:27:35 -0400 So, take the time to tell us about it. You’ve been at the fore front of many practices here from body weight work outs to penile weight lifting to piss drinking.

Always good to hear from a man in the field, especially one who’s been there.

Peace

Michael

]]> ce35d934eed3ec62e2dc7097e1c4d027 thelerner replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/#post-7221 Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:27:35 -0400 So, take the time to tell us about it. You’ve been at the fore front of many practices here from body weight work outs to penile weight lifting to piss drinking.

Always good to hear from a man in the field, especially one who’s been there.

Peace

Michael

]]> a1082580ab7c9bb62d485ace04f8b9e9 thelerner replied to the topic Why do we crave beauty? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/why-do-we-crave-beauty/#post-7205 Tue, 09 Aug 2005 17:32:13 -0400 This type of disagreement is good stuff; at least when it leads to defining what we’re doing and reaching if not common ground then common understanding. It tends to be less fruitful when it degrades into ‘Screw you’, “No Screw you, twice over”.

So you see the porn conference as a sort of mortuary practice. I guess Gandhi slept(celebately)…[Read more]

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