"A flute, like a bellows, sends forth much sound when it is in motion, and keeps silent when it is in stillness. This is the same with the space between Heaven and Earth: all seems to come to a complete stop when in stillness, but when in motion, it gives birth to endless things. Such is the unlimited function of emptiness."...Read Full Post
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EVENTS: Welcoming the Year of the Dragon - Hanford Sentinel
Taoism OR Taoists - Google News27 Jan 2012 | 9:47 pmEVENTS: Welcoming the Year of the DragonHanford SentinelHanford's Taoists Temple Preservation Society has maintained the authenticity of the historic China town for decades, with plenty to offer locals and curious out-of-towners alike. Each year, the group uses the Chinese New Year as a way to give visitors and more » -
What is Tao?
Taoism News16 Jan 2012 | 10:10 pmIf Taoism is the Science and Philosophy of Life & Longevity; then a logical question is; What is Tao? What is the source of that which Taoists study? . This is partially true, if you use the lower case version of tao. -
Acupressure Treasures: Zu San Li
About.com Taoism26 Jan 2012 | 10:17 amNext in our series of acupressure treasures is the highly-esteemed Zu San Li ("Leg Three Li") -- so named because of its reputed power to rejuvenate a weary traveler, allowing him/her to carry on for at least another three li (the equivalent of about a mile)....Read Full Post -
In the forest
The Rambling Taoists28 Jan 2012 | 3:15 amTa-WanI'm in the forest and I'm surrounded by life, sitting on it, in it and being it also. The best at being alive though are the unseen lifeforms, the yet to be discovered, better still those which will never be discovered, what a perfect example they offer.You can check out Ta-Wan's other musings here
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EVENTS: Welcoming the Year of the Dragon - Hanford Sentinel
27 Jan 2012 | 9:47 pmEVENTS: Welcoming the Year of the DragonHanford SentinelHanford's Taoists Temple Preservation Society has maintained the authenticity of the historic China town for decades, with plenty to offer locals and curious out-of-towners alike. Each year, the group uses the Chinese New Year as a way to give visitors and more » -
Clash of Western civilization and Korean culture - The Korea Herald
27 Jan 2012 | 5:03 amClash of Western civilization and Korean cultureThe Korea HeraldKorean culture is rooted in shamanism, Chinese civilization (Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism), collectivism, authoritarianism and paternalism. Since South Korea became independent after World War II, it has pursued democracy, capitalism and and more » -
Ancient ritual dance marks Year of the Dragon - Xinhua
27 Jan 2012 | 12:18 amAncient ritual dance marks Year of the DragonXinhuaGao said the Nuo dance is popular also in the neighboring Jiangxi province, but the Nuo culture in Dayuan combines Buddhism and Taoism, a rare phenomenon in the Nuo-prevalent regions of Fujian, Jiangxi and Chongqing municipality.and more » -
'Oh Dem Watermelons' filmmaker Robert Nelson dies - San Francisco Chronicle
26 Jan 2012 | 11:13 pm'Oh Dem Watermelons' filmmaker Robert Nelson diesSan Francisco ChronicleHe maintained a decades-long study of Buddhism and Taoism that led him late in life to daily practice of chi gong and meditation. Despite what his daughter Oona Nelson describes in as his "love-hate-hate" relationship with the art world, she said in an -
HAPPENINGS: Week of Jan. 26 - West Hartford News
26 Jan 2012 | 11:35 amHAPPENINGS: Week of Jan. 26West Hartford News29 - SunDo Mountain Taoism and Wu Healing Center host an amazing lineup of speakers, exhibits and demonstrations on topics including meditative breathing, massage, Qi Gong for weight loss, Chinese herbs, and nutrition are scheduled from 2 to 7 pm Jan.and more »
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What is Tao?
16 Jan 2012 | 10:10 pmIf Taoism is the Science and Philosophy of Life & Longevity; then a logical question is; What is Tao? What is the source of that which Taoists study? . This is partially true, if you use the lower case version of tao. -
Reviving and Representing True Chinese Culture
11 Jan 2012 | 5:22 pmAll but lost in the East, the essence of an age-old culture rises in the West. This is Part 8 of a nine-part series that explores traditional Chinese culture to reveal a deeper understanding of the genius of New York-based classical Chinese dance company Shen Yun Performing Arts. -
The Butterfly as Companion: Meditations on the First Three Chapters...
3 Jan 2012 | 9:55 pmThe Butterfly as Companion: Meditations on the First Three Chapters of the Chuang Tzu Chuang Tzu's first three chapters are arranged into free verse and translated, nearly word-for-word, with extensive critical glosses vis-a-vis over fifty Chinese, Japanese, and Western commentators. -
Who said: The more you know, the less you understand.
26 Dec 2011 | 11:48 pmIt is uncertain that Lao Tzu [Ch.,=old person or old philosopher] is historical. -
The Butterfly as Companion: Meditations on the First Three Chapters...
26 Dec 2011 | 2:14 pmThe Butterfly as Companion: Meditations on the First Three Chapters of the Chuang Tzu Chuang Tzu's first three chapters are arranged into free verse and translated, nearly word-for-word, with extensive critical glosses vis-a-vis over fifty Chinese, Japanese, and Western commentators.
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Acupressure Treasures: Zu San Li
26 Jan 2012 | 10:17 amNext in our series of acupressure treasures is the highly-esteemed Zu San Li ("Leg Three Li") -- so named because of its reputed power to rejuvenate a weary traveler, allowing him/her to carry on for at least another three li (the equivalent of about a mile)....Read Full Post -
Stillness & Motion
24 Jan 2012 | 4:59 am"A flute, like a bellows, sends forth much sound when it is in motion, and keeps silent when it is in stillness. This is the same with the space between Heaven and Earth: all seems to come to a complete stop when in stillness, but when in motion, it gives birth to endless things. Such is the unlimited function of emptiness."...Read Full Post -
Happy New Year Of The Dragon!
22 Jan 2012 | 3:01 pmJanuary 23, 2012 marks the beginning of the Chinese Year of the Dragon. In Chinese culture, the dragon is a legendary creature considered to be sublimely auspicious: a symbol of power, health and happiness. The dragon is often shown clutching a pearl -- a symbol of supernatural powers -- and accompanied by swirling thunder, lightning and rain. Balanced dragon-energy is free-spirited, creative, confident, passionate and courageous. Dragon-energy out of balance can be conceited and quick-tempered. May we all embody, in the coming year, the most sublime and harmonious aspects of this… -
Spreading Wide My Narrow Hands
21 Jan 2012 | 5:32 amI dwell in Possibility -- A fairer House than Prose -- More numerous of Windows -- Superior -- for Doors -- Of Chambers as the Cedars -- Impregnable of Eye -- And for an Everlasting Roof -- The Gambrels of the Sky --...Read Full Post -
Acupressure Treasures: The Heart Of The Sole
19 Jan 2012 | 5:29 amFrom an old Chinese medical text, before the time of western anatomical and medical terminology, we find the following description of the location of Yong Quan ("Gushing Spring"), the first point on the Kidney meridian:...Read Full Post
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In the forest
28 Jan 2012 | 3:15 amTa-WanI'm in the forest and I'm surrounded by life, sitting on it, in it and being it also. The best at being alive though are the unseen lifeforms, the yet to be discovered, better still those which will never be discovered, what a perfect example they offer.You can check out Ta-Wan's other musings here -
Tao Bible - Lamentations 1:5
28 Jan 2012 | 1:11 amHer adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.King James versionTao is not the cause of affliction.~ possible Taoist alternative ~I could have chosen numerous biblical citations to make this point, so this one will serve the purpose as well as any other. For the Christian, God doles out punishment based on his judgment as to our word, conduct and deed. In this sense, God is the judge, jury and executioner.Tao, on the other hand, is the framework of existence,… -
Chapter 11, Part 25A - Confucius
27 Jan 2012 | 10:30 pmTsze-lu, Tsang Hsi, Zan Yu, and Kunghsi Hwa were sitting by the Master.He said to them, "Though I am a day or so older than you, do not think of that."From day to day you are saying, 'We are not known.' If some ruler were to know you, what would you like to do?"Tsze-lu hastily and lightly replied, "Suppose the case of a state of ten thousand chariots; let it be straitened between other large cities; let it be suffering from invading armies; and to this let there be added a famine in corn and in all vegetables:-if I were intrusted with the government of it, in three years' time I could make… -
Assertiveness and Receptivity III
27 Jan 2012 | 8:30 pmScott BradleyTraditionally, Yin and Yang are complimentary principles, neither of which is to be affirmed more than the other. Together, through their give and take, all things have their being. If the Yang is waxing, the Yin is waning; but the waxing leads to waning and the waning to waxing. We cannot have the one without the other.Yang and Yin are also representative of life and death, existence and non-existence. In the Taoist context, this does not assign a negative connotation to Yin, as representative of death. Death and life are a single thread and the one is but the flipside of the… -
Afternoon Matinee: War Made Easy, Part 1 of 8
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Beyond the Fields We Know
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Friday Ramble - Temenos
27 Jan 2012 | 6:04 amThis week's word is temenos, coming to us from the Greek verb meaning "to cut". The earliest known form of the word occurs in the Mycenaean Greek te-me-no, written in Linear B syllabic script, and it signifies an area of earth or ground forbidden to mundane uses and dedicated to the sacred. The temenos was an important feature of the mythological landscape in early times, at times a shrine, temple or a sanctuary structure made by human hands, but most often an open air enclosure or sacred grove.Such places abounded in ancient European cultures, and they can be found all around the… -
Thursday Poem - January
26 Jan 2012 | 5:56 amDusk and snow this hourin argument have settlednothing. Light persists,and darkness. If a starshines now, that shine isswallowed and given backdoubled, grounded bright.The timid angels flailedby passing children liftin a whitening windtoward night. What playsbeyond the window playsas water might, all partsmaking cold digress.Beneath iced bush and eave,the small banked fires of birdsat rest lend absencesto seeming absence. Truthis, nothing at all is missing.Wind hisses and one shadowsways where a window's lampglowhas added something. The restis dark and light together tolledagainst the… -
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By the Frozen River
24 Jan 2012 | 6:07 amOn a winter day, the north wind brushes snow away from the ice on the river, and the displaced flakes whirl through the air like confetti, like autumn mist or spring's floating fog. There is something in the process that is uplifting for this mere human in January, and even the frosty rimed reeds on the edge with their artfully curling tops are eloquent of something wild and alluring.Pleasing beyond words are the russet spikes outlined against the bright blue sky, white of the fields and trees on the farther shore. We call the spikey creatures bullrushes, or reedmace, cattail,… -
Gold in Morning's Cup
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How to roll the times and not be rolled by the times.
26 Jan 2012 | 11:45 amRoll with what life gives you and you will go twice as far with true grace. The times are great, events are shifting around the world and what is happening is happening: because people are being people. But understand your tempo of life doesn’t have to be dictated by outside problems. We use those problems, take that energy to add to our life, and then in grace add our own choices and actions to top it all off in order to be in control of our own life and destiny. In this we flip the day rather than being flipped into accident victims. Understand and accept these are great times…… -
Stories
23 Jan 2012 | 7:54 pmCommunication is an art and story telling is a gift of our being human. Take story telling too far we lose touch to facts, but not to use it all means to lose touch to our own humanity. Tell your tales with grace, to discover a more robust and full life. Namaste -
Transformation Made Easy?
20 Jan 2012 | 1:47 pmI was asked today for advice or a book on how to help a person to work through transformation. The first interesting thing in the question was the person didn’t tell me anything about their own transformation at hand. Often times when a person calls out for help, they are so shaken by the process of transformation, they cannot even think in a logical manner any more. This is natural as transformation isn’t a logical process often times. It is a jumping off of life’s path or tracks into a totally new place. It’s a very dis-orientating situation. The second interesting… -
Graceful Holidays
23 Dec 2011 | 3:44 pmGraceful Holidays to Everyone, Acceptance for all may awareness guide us this holiday in bringing fulfillment to our essence. 2012 year is an important year, a year to become more. Let us together in awareness, help each other move with grace in how we make it our own. Happy, what is happy all about? In the chase for happy, people often get sad.. Peace what is peace all about? in the enforcement of peace people often create conflict. So I reworded this Holiday greetings to be a bit more Taoist in heart. Learn how to reword life’s greetings so that you open the way for deeper and more… -
Removing Fear From Your Life
20 Dec 2011 | 11:48 amWithout fear , it becomes amazing what one can accomplish. What is fear then, that it limits a person so? Fear is a judgement that a negative potential is about to become real. That’s the trick of fear… it isn’t real in itself. Fear is all about negative potentials and that potential is never real until it’s pushed into reality. If one focuses fear to that negative potential, often times, the fear is the connection required to make the negative potential real. So in being fearless, you side step around negative potentials. That is very powerful. The only thing is in…
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A Quiet Watercourse
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A Little More Slowness
25 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amI’ve revisited the idea of slowness recently and touched again on Wu-Wei when I thought about accepting our limitations. I saw this article in the New York Times a week or two ago and remembered it as tying in with the things I was talking about quite nicely. The article makes the case very well that Yoga is not as safe as we’d all like to believe. My opinion is that this is true of anything; which is why, in my SitQuietly instructions, I give a warning to consult your medical practitioner before taking up a meditation practise. But this article makes specific mention of people… -
Accepting Our Limitations
22 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amIn a few posts recently, I’ve mentioned our limitations. It’s a theme that has reoccurred through my writing and something that I think is worth exploring a little more. I’ve found throughout my career, both in the gym and in the workplace that some people seem to have a disdain for the idea of limitations. This doesn’t just apply to themselves, but to the tools and technology around them. I remember after a server problem at a previous employer, the Managing Director asked the Head of IT how long the server would take to get back into service. As the database needed… -
The Quality of Slowness
18 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amI’d like to write briefly about something that has been on mind mind for quite some time. It’s not an original observation that our modern world is moving at an ever faster pace. Nor is it an original observation that this pace is responsible for quite a bit of human pain and suffering along the way; we are not machines. It was a couple of years ago with a feeling of pleasant surprise, that I discovered the Slow Movement and decided to look a little deeper. This movement was inspired by the book “In Praise of Slow” by Carl Honore, and this movement has at it’s core the… -
Second Life – A flawed masterpiece.
15 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amFor the last couple of years, I’ve been involved in the virtual world of Second Life. For the most part, this has been a rewarding experience. Although I have over time become more aware of some of the flaws. It’s been a disheartening thing, seeing a platform that I believe has real potential being held back by these flaws. Happily, the creators of Second Life under the guidance of Rod Humble are working to make the technology more accessible and easier to use, which is excellent news, and have plans to drive the world forward. I see Second Life being used by numerous artists and… -
The Riches of Agnosticism
11 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amI was considering this after writing my recent post on my views about God. I remember that in his book “The God Delusion”, Richard Dawkins has a chapter on “The Poverty of Agnosticism”. He takes aim at Agnosticism and tries to demolish it as a valid position, I think he goes too far and that we need to look again. Agnosticism is more than a simple “I don’t know”, when come at from the point of Buddhism that “I don’t know” gains a vitality and an urgency that is easy to miss. It’s not a wishy washy form of indecision, but a potent statement of humility…
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Gathering Wisdom
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Calm Down
9 Jan 2012 | 10:55 pmThis article is a great introduction to some formal types of meditation practices available to everyone. They All work very well IF you will be consistent with your daily Practice and give them the necessary time to change the neural makeup of your brain. This is called "Neural Plasticity" - something amazing that Science just recently discovered and is rapidly expanding it's research in worldwide. There are several links at the bottom to more information about each of them. Doing this Practice in one of these or any other proven system is the most important thing you will ever do,… -
FROM HUI-NENG'S TAN-CHING
5 Jan 2012 | 12:39 amHere is Part III of Section IV. From the Chinese Masters from the Manual on Zen Buddhism written by the late, great brilliant scholar and Zen Master D. T. Suzuki. This teaching is so important! In essence, it explains the absolute necessity for living in the Present without the dualistic nature of thought or words and actually Being the Truth within the words. You must let go of All dogma and actually Live the Oneness of our True Nature which can not be described. Just live the meaning of the word "BE"! Everything happens for a reason and my writing this now and sharing these great… -
Altered Muse: Silence really is golden
11 Dec 2011 | 7:16 amThis is a blog post from a new acquaintance, Celina, the author of a wonderful blog, Altered Muse, who just discovered what meditation really is. She participated in a rapidly growing form of psychological therapy, MBSR, where Mindfulness is used to treat various forms of stress-related problems including those experienced by the returning combat veterans with PTSD. The brilliant Ph.D from MIT and founder of MBSR, Jon Cabat-Zinn, is Professor of Medicine Emeritus and founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the… -
What is the Dantian?
10 Dec 2011 | 8:37 pmThere are three Dantians (dan tiens). The Lower Dantien is the one referred to as your "Center' and is where chi is accumulated and stored. All movement originates and is directed from here. Enjoy!Namaste' What is the Dantian?There are numerous references to the dantian in T’ai Chi Ch’uan practice, as well as in other martial arts and in Chinese methods of meditation and self-cultivation. In Japanese practices, it is referred to as the hara.The word dantian, also written as tan t’ien, usually refers to the general area in the lower abdomen, beneath the navel and about… -
Six Poems on Living in the Mountains
30 Nov 2011 | 10:35 pmSix Poems on Living in the Mountains By Ch'an Grandmaster Hsu Yun1. I've got a little picture in my mind of a clean and quiet place.Everywhere you look it's completely natural.The house is made of plaited rushes.There's a good half-acre for growing tubers and flowers.Beautiful birds perch on cliffsThat encase a few clouds that hang around green peaks.The world's red dust won't be able to get up here.Simple elegance is better than saintliness or spirituality.2. Can joy be found in the mountains?Let me tell you. There's more joy in the mountainsThan anywhere else.Pines and bamboos perform…
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The Path of Water - 21st century Taoism
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Taoism e-Course
25 Jan 2012 | 5:08 pmI don't intend to make a habit of promoting products or courses through this blog but I'd like to make an exception if you'll bear with me. Bill Martin has written some excellent books interpreting the teachings of the Tao Te Ching. His book "A Path and a Practice" is by some way the best book I've read about Taoism, exploring and explaining it in a simple clear and unpretentious way.Bill is running a 28 day e-Course (30 January - 26 February 2012) about Taoism through the multi-faith website Spirituality & Practice. Should you be interested in finding out more - the details are… -
Taoism in action
5 Jul 2011 | 8:35 amIn my opinion Taoism is pretty pointless if it can't improve our experience of life (other belief systems take note!). I find that it's becoming increasingly important in my life, and frustration, unhappiness, anger, boredom etc.... only arise when I'm not using it. I wrote the following in response to a question on the Reform Taoist site about practical examples of using Taoism.A good example came up on Saturday. I was due to play as the lead musician for our Morris Dancing side. Without boring you with the details, this is far more demanding than just performing in public because there's… -
Taoism and renewal
20 Dec 2010 | 2:53 amAt this time of the year I'm always reminded of the Taijitu symbol - or the Yin / Yang symbol as it is better known. Not just a pretty design, it symbolises something fundamental in the nature of reality and our experience of it. At the point of greatest Yin, Yang is born and at greatest Yang, Yin is born. Over time everything is born, grows, dies, and is then renewed starting the cycle all over again.For those of us in the Northern hemisphere tomorrow is the Winter Solstice and we can see the relationship with the Taijitu because at the point of Solstice, our longest night, is born the start… -
Taoism and the Universe
9 Aug 2010 | 10:50 amThe universe is the unity of all things. If one recognizes his identity with this unity, then the parts of his body mean no more to him than so much dirt, and death and life, end and beginning, disturb his tranquillity no more than the succession of day and night.Chuang-tzu -
Taoism, forgiveness and anger management
3 Jun 2010 | 4:56 pmOn the Reform Taoism member forum there's been a really good discussion going regarding anger management and forgiveness. I'm reproducing here the essence of my posts in the thread in the hope that they may be of some wider use.The original poster (OP) initially asked for insights from members with regard to Taoism and anger management. This was my response...For me anger is wrapped up with the ego and arises when my perception of how the world/things/life etc "should be" comes in conflict with how it actually "is." IMHO there's nothing wrong per se with feeling angry. If you feel angry…
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Welcome to 2012
1 Jan 2012 | 11:05 pmThroughout history many people have named dates for the apocalypse. So far, only ridicule and derision have been successfully predicted on such days, as these proverbial boys cry out about nonexistent wolves to a few townspeople. However, the Mayan calendar may put all those others to shame for the sheer number of minds focused on this date around the world. Some say that calendar ends mysteriously on our equivalent of December 21, 2012. Internet searches now bring up millions of results on these topics, major motion pictures have tantalized multitudes, and perhaps billions will be holding… -
Gratitude in Interesting Times
1 Jun 2011 | 8:54 pmBees sip honey from flowers and hum their thanks when they leave. The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him. – Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941) May you live in interesting times. That phrase, of assumed Chinese proverbial origin, is considered by many a curse to be wished upon an enemy. There is no doubt we are living in very interesting times indeed. So to endlessly mourn that our trip through this life may be fraught with inequities, confusion, hardship and disasters? Or be grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in this era of great change on this… -
Global Weirding Update: Surf’s Up
27 May 2011 | 3:55 amFloods, tornadoes, earthquakes, radar anomalies, landocanes, Comet Elenin, Gulf/Jet Stream anomalies, UFOs, December 2011 Mayan end date, zombies, and more. If we really were surfing a swiftly tilting planet, I’d say the waves are looming large. Since my last post in January, we’ve witnessed the horrific earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear meltdown in Japan, historic ongoing flooding along the Mississippi, the northern US, Canada, Australia, Brazil and Africa to mention a few, severe ongoing drought and wildfires in Texas, Europe, China and Africa, and another deadly earthquake, this… -
Surfing a Swiftly Tilting Planet
31 Jan 2011 | 11:48 pmFor seven days and seven nights Man will watch this awesome sight. The tides will rise beyond their ken To bite away the shores and then A fiery dragon will cross the sky Six times before this earth shall die Mankind will tremble and frightened be for the sixth heralds in this prophecy. The great star will burn for seven days, The cloud will cause two suns to appear: The big mastiff will howl all night When the great pontiff will change country. - Nostradamus, verse C2 Q41 My last post, Spirals, Stargates, and Suspicious Sneaky-A** Strangeness, is dated exactly one year ago today, I just… -
Spirals, Stargates, and Suspicious Sneaky-A** Strangeness
31 Jan 2010 | 6:08 pmThe story of things to come is a Pandora’s box of magical misinformation and misguided mystification. Unwonted whorls bedazzle Norwegian skies; What is blue to a blind man? Is there a black hole in the Sun? Do secret Stargates lie at the heart of war? It seems, an angel’s haarp was stolen, and the Earth shuddered. Ancient alien artifacts litter enlightened dreamscapes While concocted creeds compound the confusion And the simple Truth lies forgotten, misunderstood; hidden in Plain Sight. There is a Way. A Destroyer lurks in the dark outer banks of our soul-ar system, And bloodlines…
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blue sphere shower
28 Jan 2012 | 4:21 amQuoteA man in Dorset has been left mystified after tiny blue spheres fell from the sky into his garden. Josie Pegg, an applied science research assistant at Bournemouth University, speculated that the apparently strange phenomena might be "marine invertebrate eggs". "These have been implicated in previous 'strange goo' incidents," she said. "I'd have thought it's a little early for spawning but I suppose we've had a very mild winter. Blue sphere shower Has anyone else got strange goo incidents to share? -
What do folks here think about the afterlife?
28 Jan 2012 | 2:38 amHi everyone! I'm kind of curious - What do folks here think about the afterlife? I'll go first: I personally believe that each human contains several souls. These several souls travel to different places upon death. I believe this, because virtually all ancient cultures (before the rise of organised religion) said so. Daoism also says so, as does Mongolian shamanism (which I became deeply impressed with after reading Sarangerel's explanation of it). -
anonymous the 99% ect?
28 Jan 2012 | 12:52 amI was wondering see before a couple of days ago i had the mentality that no one could control me well i have seen that sopa and pipa were halted. so i thought good we are in the clear but now with the ACTA i think not. I was wondering what your guyses thoughts are on these things and such groups like anonymous? -
Mental Connections
27 Jan 2012 | 11:58 pmDo any of you have experiences similar to the following? I often find myself thinking about other people thinking about me / doing things that involve me. The most recent examples have been particularly mundane. For example today I spoke to a recruiter about a job. She mentioned a position with a company that I work with already. One of their sales reps is helping me with a product. I mentioned that it seemed like a small world, and that I would talk to the sales rep about it next time I saw her. As I was driving home half an hour later, I was thinking that the candidate search might be… -
Hyper consciousness states
27 Jan 2012 | 7:50 pmFod for thought and questions for myself... which i now ask to you bums. Thanks! Why do States of hyper consciousness exist? Can we willingly induce it? Are ancient and eastern techniques more effective? Does the MCO need to be open to experience the deeper levels? Does hyper conscious States hit you when you least expect it, such as when you do NOTHING Why do these events create such an impact on a person's memory thar that constantly seek it in meditation, etc. Happy Chinese new year 2012!
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FLOW LIKE WATER
6 Jan 2012 | 1:57 pmSource: Flow Like Water “He who lives the Tao acts in his life and dealings as water acts in nature. Water does not resist, yet it conquers all; it is tasteless — suggesting the invisibility of the Tao — yet life-giving. It moves through all that lives and in movement remains clear and pure. It is supple, flexible, and humble; it does not compete” ~Taoism It was once thought that all life on earth needed 3 things: light, warmth and water, but today scientists have found living organisms deep within caves that never receive light and even bacteria buried deep in the… -
[Guest Post] Dr. Meg Barker on Winnie the Pooh.
6 Jan 2012 | 3:30 amEH Shepherd's Winnie the Pooh I’ve asked some of my friends and favourite bloggers to write about their favourite books from childhood. There’ll hopefully be a few posts like this – if I can convince other people to take up the challenge. If you’d like to join in, email me. Today Dr Meg Barker, author and professional clever person, talks about character identification, relationships and getting the metaphorical jar off your head. Trigger warning: discussion of relationship conflict and brief mention of abusive situations. Tigger warning: not mentioned at all, sorry Tigger. -
Why I Don’t Recommend Clan Lord
5 Jan 2012 | 9:21 pmA Rare Challenge Clan Lord is a veritable Methuselah among online role-playing games, the graphics—2D hand drawn sprites—are crude compared to todays 32-bit texture laden 3D graphics. The reason is that this game is on its second decade of existence having come out of beta after about a year of testing in 1998. Since then development efforts have gone into expanding the world and adding features on occasion. The gameplay is simplistic for fighters and for the first few levels of “healer-dom.” One simply runs into what one wants to try to kill or start healing. Unlike 3D games, a 2D… -
Daily Feng Shui Tip for January 5
5 Jan 2012 | 2:04 pmLet’s look at some fast Feng Shui facts about the lasting blessings that birds can bring on th -
Tao Te Ching revision
5 Jan 2012 | 1:02 amA couple of years ago i decided to make my own interpretation of the first sutra of the Tao de ching I worked with it daily for about a year as I worked with it the words came and went what I felt was missing began to emerge within the sutra, this is a very old work and I may not be qualified yet I felt the need to do it if it doesn’t sound true forgive me I am happy with its outcome .
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Diary of a Daoist Hermit
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Environmental Vow 19: Politics 101
2 Jan 2012 | 8:59 amPolitics 101 Pithily stated, politics is the process whereby groups of people make collective decisions. “Politics” permeates human society. People tend to fixate on the more obvious examples: municipal, provincial and federal governments. But every group of people has political elements. When a co-worker “sucks up” to the boss in order to get his own way, that is a political act. In the same way, when a CEO organizes a Christmas party for the staff, he is also performing a political act in that he is trying to score “brownie points” with employees in… -
Environmental Vow 18: Radical Politics and Activism
26 Dec 2011 | 10:30 amRadical Politics and Activism I suggested previously that there was a second motivating factor besides religious faith, namely patriotism. As I pointed out, however, the calamities of the 20th century pretty much debased that coin in the minds of most thoughtful people. It is possible to stretch the definition of “patriotism” to embrace more than just “king and country”, though. What if people build their lives around support for some set of noble ideals, such as “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity”? Over the last three hundred years or so millions have… -
Fear, or, Entitlement?
8 Dec 2011 | 2:32 pmI try not to follow politics all that much, but there's been a lot of weird stuff happening in politics land lately, and it can't help but get me thinking. For one thing, there's been a lot of strange stuff coming down the pipeline about gay bullying at schools. There's been a rash of teenage suicides by gay teens at Ontario schools, so a lot of authority figures have been making "It gets better" videos for YouTube. Here's one from the Premier of Ontario. This is actually more than just a platitude. The Premier is passing new rules that force all Ontario schools to… -
"War and Peace" and the Dao
18 Nov 2011 | 11:50 amI just got finished reading Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace for something like the tenth time (I've lost track.) As before, I found more to it than I had gained from previous readings. Since I know that for the overwhelming number of people it is considered an impossibly long, abstruse book, I thought that I'd share a little of why I love the book so much, and why I would suggest that the themes that Tolstoy discusses should interest Daoists. Most of my readers probably don't know much about Leo Tolstoy, but he was an absolutely amazing person. He was born into one of the richest and most… -
Environmental Vow 17: Liberal Christianity
2 Nov 2011 | 9:37 pmLiberal Christianity Many people who have problems with the “Olde Tyme Religion” of fundamentalism yet still see value in the life of faith have attempted to create liberal forms of religion. Indeed, it could be argued that these formulations are the latest manifestation of gradual reform that has taken place within religious denominations since the reformation. As I see it, however, there is an inescapable dilemma that faces liberal religion, namely, “How does one deal with the ancient formulations of the faith?” That is, how do you reconcile the modern worldview…
