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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 that nothing I do will effect the situation there one iota.
I used to analyze issues, pride myself on seeing all sides of them, be willing to argue any side (mostly against what I considered extremem points of view). Now I see it as youthful egoic masterbation. Not my thing any more.
Yours
Michael
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 banana) of most fruits.
Personally I think you have to be pragmatic. Blend your beliefs with an approach that will keep you happy and healthy. Some people get too dogmatic and rigid and when there strict diet starts hurting them after what could be months or years, they keep at it.
You can have your food and conscience too.
Michael
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 sins.
Lately I’ve been involved in some Kabbalic practices of chanting hebrew as sacred sounds.
Isn’t being like Gd one of the 630 Mitzvahs? Heck isn’t one of the translations of Michael, being like Gd?
My 2 cents, I think we of Gd, but we are not Gd. We can feel and echoe his substance. Like drops of water in the vast ocean.
Michael
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
If you have the chance get her CD’s. Her Tao Basics, Fusion I, and various breathing guided meditations are excellent.
Michael
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
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
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 years of basic training.
Maybe spirituality is like that. Some degree of instruction and practice is neccessary before surrender leads to grace.
An Aikido sensei of mine once said, There is the nothing that is very very powerful, and then there’s nothing thats just nothing. You distinguish the two by practice.
Michael
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 cosmic orbit includes the macro.
Since then I’ve been gotten more, her Fusion I, and her breathing CD’s. They’re all like taking an indepth class.
It would be great to have her CD’s available here. I’d love to get the Kan and Li and Fusion II meditations.
Peace
Michael
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 haven’t bought it yet, but its very tempting.
Michael
My latest internet buy was Inner Magician, a book & CD w/ several season based guided meditations(which I collect).
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
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
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 the Moss’s?) said to leave a playing card out face up w/out looking at it. See it astrally, then compare it when you wake up. Maddeningly he didn’t say if HE could do it, or how often if he did he was right.
A while back I found a hard core group of dreamers that would try to get together astrally, and write down there accounts. It seemed from there writing it was hit or miss. But I admire the trying and use of controlled feedback.
Its so much easier to do things if you know they can be done. When dealing w/ phenomena of the mind its so easy to fool oneself. There are great benefits to Lucid dreams.
It just seems to me it shouldn’t be so hard to find evidence. If you could pick it up by reading a book and diligent practice, I’d think it would open the door real acceptance of Psi stuff.
This site is a gold mine of strange dedicated people. I’d expect someone to stand up and type, Its no biggie, I do it every night.
Peace
Michael
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 it was possible. That was a long time ago. Whats the story now gents.
Peace
Michael
