wanderingoak

Hi Stalker,

Great-Britain I consider to be a kind of a mix between a democracy (80 %) and a monarchy (20 %). I think that this kind of government (a constitutional monarchy) is a fortunate combination. Or at least nothing better has been invented yet… A classic quote of Winston Churchill on democracy in Great-Britain: “Many forms of…[Read more]

Fortes fortuna adjuvat – Fortune helps the brave !

Good Luck !

Wandering Oak

Barry,

Blood in the stool can indicate cancer, but if the blood is brightly red probably hemorrhoids are the cause.

According to TCM there is another possibility however: a very weak spleen. The spleen is not able any more to keep the blood in its proper channels, so it leaks out.

This is confirmed by my personal experience. One of the…[Read more]

Dear Digdug,

I suffer from AIDS.

None of the lifestyle factors that Peter Duesburg posits as the cause of AIDS (esp. drugs) applied to me. Very moderate sex life and I never even used marihuana or poppers.

Nonetheless, I followed the assumptions by Peter Duesberg because I hoped that AIDS was not a fatal illness after all. I quit the…[Read more]

Hi Fajin,

No opinion from my side… Just a friendly greeting for someone who is also combining Zen and Taoism. To me it is not clear yet how they go together: at the moment they exist in separate ‘compartments’ of my life. They feel so very different.

I received the boddhisattva ordination in the Zen school founded by Taisen Deshimaru…[Read more]

Hi Plato,

Do you mean that ‘good deeds’ have nothing to do with REAL taoism? Sorry to disagree…

As much as I dislike the ‘moral majority’, I do feel that benevolence should be the core of Taoist practice. It is something that I have been struggling with for years, but there is no alternative I feel.

The problem of ‘being good’ to me is…[Read more]

A famous dharma combat

The teachers, seventy-year-old Kalu Rinpoche of Tibet, a veteran of years of solitary retreat, and the Zen master Seung Sahn, the first Korean Zen master to teach in the United States, were to test each other’s understanding of the Buddha’s teachings for the benefit of the onlooking Western students. This was to be a…[Read more]

Hi Pero,

I studied Theology and a book that I enjoyed a lot about this period is:

Backgrounds of Early Christianity
by Everett Ferguson

Description:

Ferguson’s authoritative students’ introduction to the world of the early church has now been revised and expanded with new discussions of `first-century social life, of Gnosticism, and…[Read more]

Hi Wendy !

Maybe belief is not about believing antything about the Force, or Buddha, or Jesus? Maybe the only thing you need to believe in is the power of love? These words have been terribly misused, but I guess it is true. For I find it is a big step to say: I shall not rely on the usual mechanisms of hate, indifference and coercion, I shall…[Read more]

Hi Wendy and Alexander,

Thank you for your support and advice ! I shall consider the fasting, zapping and urine therapy most carefully.

However, I guess that the ‘psychological’ aspects are indeed the root of my problems, especially the question of self-hatred versus self-love. I do not know what to think about reincarnation, but my…[Read more]

Hi Max,

Thank you for your advice ! I am going to look into the zapper. The healthy diet has been there all the time, the spiritual practices too ( although not consistently enough I gather).

As far as the poisonous medicine is concerned, I am afraid I do not have many alternatives. Probably the pills work against HIV, but at a very high…[Read more]

Hi Plato,

To answer your questions:

– Am I ‘gay’ ? well, I like to have sex with men and women, but I find it easier to relate to men. Most of my sexual encounters were with men.

– I never used any kind of drugs, not even marihuana or poppers. Some alcohol only
occasionally.

– I had about 40 partners in 20 years, and with them I had…[Read more]

Hi Max,

I have studied the ‘dissident’ view on AIDS quite extensively. In fact, I even quit the anti-virals for more than 1.5 years, because I thought the arguments quite convincing. My health ( and lipoatrophy ) stayed about at the same level for that time I thought, until I got severe pneumonia (PCP)….

Alas ! After doing some more…[Read more]