atxryan

Excellent, Steven, thanks for sharing.

Bagua, why do you think that “I feel under this theory, there is nothing that is pre-natal or early heaven in this life.”?

Can think of specific examples or currents of thought you’ve heard him express that lead you to think this way about his view?

Thanks,

Ryan

Hey Steven,

Thanks for your nice response.

I agree that more lower Dan Tien work is in order. Ocean breathing still amazes me. I suppose my practice has been more Yang recently, I think some more soft-style would be good. Also reintegration, i think that’s one of the valuable things about the macrocosmic orbit.

Ryan

“If you believe in immortals in your alchemical practice, must you believe in the entire model of the taoist universe. This would include all the gods, demons, realms, etc. Can you take out this from one tradition and that from another and decoct your own theory and call it the tao or reality?”

Based on your reply to yang1, you meant the first…[Read more]

Great to hear you have been able to learn what you have from the books.

Lesser Enlightenment of Kan & Li

Inspiring to read, qtface. I have been wanting to for a couple of years but not really gotten the chance, I was going to take Kan & Li this year but not sure if that’s going to work out.

Ryan

in my opinion, to experience Wu Ji is to experience the Primordial, and since there is only one Dao, an experience of Wu Ji is the purest experience of Dao, and again with the Tantra, a Yin-Yang symbol would also symbolize the Wu Ji and the Dao. Also read the last paragraph on this page to see get an idea what I’m talking…[Read more]

Thanks for that different view, Steven. What are your thoughts then about people talking about transforming into Pure Yang? Are these just multiple paths within the larger scope of Dao alchemy?
And, to be picky:
“a unification in a stepping stone to unifying with the Dao itself”
Do you not see the process of Dao alchemy to be Dao itself? Your…[Read more]

Yes, I think they are the same. I think that Wu Ji = Tai Ji, but from another perspective.

This paragraph is theoretical, and should not be taken to be confounding on the next one. In Daoist alchemy males seek to turn their body into Pure Yang, yet they do this by cultivating Yuan Qi. Yet females, according to Paulino Luna, seek to turn their…[Read more]

Taoist Yoga: Alchemy and Immortality by Charles L’uk has Wu Ji translated as Ultimateless and Tai Ji as Ultimate.
To singing ocean I ask, do you think that Wu Ji = Yuan Qi, I ask this because you say it is neutral and that is how Yuan Chi is usually described, yet Yuan Qi is also usually associated with Tai Ji, as the One that came out of the…[Read more]

http://www.amazon.com/Lao-Tzu-Ching-Institute-Translations/dp/0877733880/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1297558741&sr=8-4http://www.amazon.com/Lao-Tzu-Ching-Institute-Translations/dp/0877733880/re

Hi,
This translation of the Tao Te Ching has Chinese characters with it.
There are also Chinese/English Dictionaries and textbooks for learning Chinese. Also there’s a book called Remembering the Hanzi, one for Traditional Charcters and one for Simplified characters. The focus of that book is learning the meaning, and in the back there is a…[Read more]

Hello Zoose,
In Daoist nutrition, there are multiple dimensions of yin-yang expressions in food. Heating and cooling, building and cleansing, moistening and drying, and more. For you specific question about taste, you could consider that the general aspect of the element, and the other aspects being yin-yang variations. There is a Healing Dao…[Read more]

Hello Zoose,
In Daoist nutrition, there are multiple dimensions of yin-yang expressions in food. Heating and cooling, building and cleansing, moistening and drying, and more. For you specific question about taste, you could consider that the general aspect of the element, and the other aspects being yin-yang variations. There is a Healing Dao…[Read more]