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I live in China. And I can tell you from firsthand experience it sure as hell ain’t ready for democracy. And neither is Tibet.

If you ask me (and you haven’t), the Dalai Lama, if he is reincarnated, has some explaining to do. The British tried for years to open relations with Tibet in the late 19th early 20th centuries. Not only did the Dalai…[Read more]

I haven’t logged into daoist discussion in i-dont-know-how-long, and i see my punk rock dispatch posted here. what do you know! it’s nice to be appreciated by one’s teacher! and believe me the feeling is mutual!

There’s a reason i quit my job recently–time. how we choose to travel through time is important and i didn’t like the journey i was…[Read more]

This thread title reminds me of Handel’s Messiah which is really a treatise on “Christic Esoterism” or western alchemy. There is a superb solo by the alto tht goes “For he is like a refiner’s fire. And who shall stand when he appeareth?”

has nothing to do with Jesus……per se……..

this also has applications in internal alchemy. if u do a “yin” practice, to see what the shen want to do, instead of directing the practice with the mind, you approach it from the neutral or empty space. same with bone breathing or fusion. you can let it happen, or you direct the practice based on intellectuall learing and applicatioon of…[Read more]

A) why don’t you contact Novak and offer to teach him the alchemy that resolves the issue?

2) I guess there’s a lot of Buddhists living in denial. I have found this to be true as well.

How will a reference make it any more “valid?” michael speaks from his own practice and experience. It corresponds with mine, too.

While I value study of taoist literature, or any alchemical and esoteric writing for that matter, the fact that somebody else said soemthing doesn’t make it true. I’ve seen a lot of “esoteric” and alchemical…[Read more]

I’ve read a lot of Eva Wong’s stuff and i dont find anything really practical in it. It’s all interesting and informative, but in terms of helping your practice there isnt much there.

Her translations are very good, but she keeps the alchemical symbolisma nd doesn’t explain anything. She’s very old school. I also did a web search on her a…[Read more]

Interestingly, it seems to be coming from the lower back, not the pits…

I’ve decided to do some sacral tapping in my hitting practice.

The air quality is best described as “shitty”. And it’s gotten worse since i came here. Its way worse than anything in america, including new york and LA. The water is equally bad. if i drink water, i drink bottled, but i cook and make coffee/tea with tap water.

in the US i ate at mcdonald’s about once every two years. in china i eat at…[Read more]

should be no need to “reconnect” to the earth pearl, as the connection is never lost. that’s just a mental thing. the earth pearl is all about trust, the negative side of it is worry and anxiety.

just trust it. it will take over and keep u centered and restore your trust in the universe and the process. the connection is always there.

this article has exactly the same problem the 9-11 report has–the evidence is missing. it makes a lot of claims that are supposedly based on a lot of evidence from a supposedly credible guy, but, none of that evidence appears here. just says it exists. so the whole thing remains an unfounded claim.

now i’m not sayng its impossible. based…[Read more]

Michael,

I think you’re thinking is too nationalistic. the people controlling gov’t affairs and world events now do not think nationalisically. they think in terms of business and profits.

But lest you’re about to blame this on corporate interests, wait, it’s more sinister. The corporations are jsut tools for the money people to break…[Read more]

oh yeah, we jsut left the chicken year. oh well

I highly recommend tom brown. started studying with him in 96. his stuff blends extrememly well with Michale’s HT stuff.

just another foreigner with yellow fever……

i meant to post that under “practice”

Good reminder to come out of hibernation. especially here in the south where spring has arrived.

i’ve started shaking and ocean breathing as a sort of gentle wake up and retuning. it’s amazing what those two simple exercises can do. excite the jing, initiate the orbit, get the pearl vibrating and flowing, turn up the channels’ intensity.…[Read more]

GO TOM!!!! but i think he only writes non-fiction.

the WHO is the observer. this observer i’m not really sure i can explain in daosit terms. it seems to be that part of the five shen that has already integrated.

this does not require daoist practice or any other kind of practice to take place. the shen do it spontaneously as you (they) experience life. i think a modicum of this…[Read more]

Michael,

You know i love you and have enormous repsect for you as a teacher and friend. How many 50-year-olds can you sit on the steps outside a 7-11 with slurping soda and eating ice cream, laughing about sex and death and transformation?

so it is with great jest and some seriousness that i have to say i havent bought into the fire dog…[Read more]