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The Tao - Remaining Still 19 y
The importance of the stillness within.
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The Tao - Remaining Still - Solala Towler
Who can wait quietly while the mud settles?
Who can remain still until the moment of action?
Lao Tzu (Chapter 15)
When people hear the term meditation, they may think of an austere practice of sitting in an uncomfortable position for an interminable time, trying very hard not to think of anything as the mind races madly and the legs and back cramp up. Or they may think of sitting high in the mountains and leaving their earthly forms behind and soaring into the realm of infinity. Others may co ... read more You've Got Some Nerve 19 y
"The Truth is: Taoists and other seekers have been achieving wonderful states of health and spiritual attainment for thousands of years without knowing any brain chemistry: Teach every cell how to smile and strive for balance."
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You’ve Got Some Nerve
John Starman
”Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind” Albert Einstein
”The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to true religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge” Albert Einstein
The Universal Tao, founded by Master Mantak Chia, is moving toward both science and spirit. We are on the cutting edge of self-development and interna ... read more The Book 19 y
In the same way, there are times when the world is, and times when it isn't, for if the world went on and on without rest for ever and ever, it would get horribly tired of itself. It comes and it goes. Now you see it; now you don't. So because it doesn't get tired of itself, it always comes back again after it disappears. It's like your breath: it goes in and out, in and out, and if you try to hold it in all the time you feel terrible. It's also like the game of hide-and-seek, because it's always fun to find new ways of hiding, and to seek for someone who doesn't always hide in the same
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The Book
Alan Watts
http://www.universal-tao.com/article/book.html
This feeling of being lonely and very temporary visitors in the universe is in flat contradiction to everything known about man (and all other living organisms) in the sciences. We do not ”come into” this world; we come of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean ”waves,” the universe ”peoples.” Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe. This fact is rarely, if ever, experienced by most individuals. Even those w ... read more Bible Critique 19 y
Christianity is a book-based religion. There is no evidence for the claims and dogmas of Christianity other than what is said in the Bible and this fact alone makes this book the bedrock of Christianity.
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A CRITIQUE OF THE BIBLE
A.L. De Silva
Christianity is a book-based religion. There is no evidence for the claims and dogmas of Christianity other than what is said in the Bible and this fact alone makes this book the bedrock of Christianity. In the past as today Christians have picked through the Bible arguing with each other over the meaning of its phrases and words and tried to convince non-Christians of the truth of a book that they cannot even agree about themselves. But one thing which all Christians agree about is that the Bible is ... read more Laughter 19 y
Laughing Meditation.
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LAUGHTER
http://www.universal-tao.com/article/laughter.html
The Transforming force of laughter,
With the focus on the
Laughing meditation
by Dhyan Sutorius, M.D.
CENTRE IN FAVOUR OF LAUGHTER.
Duivendrecht, the Netherlands
Introduction
Laughter is a very special phenomenon. Unfortunately its (psycho) therapeutic value is underestimated and the incredible transforming force, hidden in laughter, is not used to its full extent. Laughter is a very good anti-stressor and gives a profound relaxation. I like to drew your attention to t ... read more Breaking The Death Habit 19 y
Death is a grave mistake. The psychology of physical immortality: The difference between one person and another is primarily in the quality of ideas they think about. Thoughts of everlasting life produce health. The belief that death is inevitable is unhealthy to humans.
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Breaking the Death Habit
http://www.universal-tao.com/article/breaking.html
Another breathing exercise, Alternate Nostril Breathing, came to me from Leonard, who received it from Goraknath: Inhale through the left nostril and exhale through the right nostril. Then inhale through the right nostril and exhale through the left nostril. Repeat this cycle three or nine times. Make the breaths as long as you comfortably can. You can either hold the inhale, or you can connect the inhale to the exhale as in twenty connected breaths. Developing ... read more Letter From God 19 y
Here is a letter from God.
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An Open Letter from God
My dear children, and believe Me, that is all of you, I consider Myself a pretty patient guy. I mean, look at the Grand Canyon. It took millions of years to get it right. And about evolution? Boy, nothing is slower than designing that whole Darwinian thing to take place cell by cell and gene by gene.
And I have been patient through your fashions, your civilizations, wars and schemes, and the countless ways that you take Me for granted until you get yourselves into big trouble again and again.
I want to let you ... read more Sacred Geometry/Breath 19 y
Utilizing important aspects of breath as it pertains to sacred geometry.
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Sacred Geometry
http://www.universal-tao.com/article/sacred.html
Sacred Geometry is the morphogenic structure behind reality itself, underlying even mathematics. Most physicists and mathematicians feel that numbers are the prime language of reality, but it is actually shape that generates all the lows of physics. Thoth presented sacred geometry as the emblem of reality throughout the cosmos. It is sometimes called the ”language of light” and sometimes the ”language of silence.” In fact, sacred geometry is a language, a language through ... read more Gossip 19 y
The meaning byhind why people tend to gossip.
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Article taken from:
http://www.universal-tao.com/article/pearls.html
I wonder why we gossip?
Is it because it reveals others to us? And why should others be revealed to us?
Why do you want to know others? Why this extraordinary concern about others?
First of all, why do we gossip? It is a form of restlessness, is it not? Like worry, it is an indication of a restless mind.
Why this desire to interfere with others, to know what others are doing, saying?
It is a very superficial mind that gossips, isn’t it? - an inquisitive mind which ... read more Cosmic Healing 19 y
How to combine three minds into one.
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Cosmic Healing by Matt Gluck, the info below Taken out of Mantak Chia website.
Three
Minds Into One
The Three Minds
correspond to the Three Tan Tiens or major energy centers within the
body. They can store, transform and supply energy to and from each other,
the spinal cord, sexua| organs and other major organs. The Upper Tan
Tien is located within the Upper Brain, the Middle Tan Tien is located
in the heart and the Lower Tan Tien in the abdomen.
If the Upper ... read more Amazing Dark Room 19 y
"The dark room experience is an experiment in one or more senses being inhibited and deprived. Living days and nights without light (light totally blocked out), with optional ear plugs to bring outside noise to a halt. Zero outside interference with the inner listening and feeling of the visceral mechanism of the body."
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Dark Room Experience
Mony Vital, Ph.D.
I recently visited and participated in a dark room retreat in Thailand . The moment I heard of the event, I knew it was a must to experience; living in a dark room for about two weeks. The retreat was held at Master Mantak Chia’s Tao Center .
The idea of a dark room is to simulate more or less the conditions of living deep in a cave in total darkness for a long period of time without food, the main objective being meditation and inner transformation. Advantages of doing this type of retreat in a more ... read more Immortality 19 y
"The belief in death is the deepest and most profound belief we ever take on. Once we accept this, it becomes part of the blueprint of our bodies. Every cell, every action we take, is connected to this belief. So basically, what’s happening to us is that we are not able to function as alive humans. Instead, were functioning as dying beings. That itself promotes decay and dysfunction in the body, whether its mental, emotional or physical."
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How to Live as Physically Immortal
An Interview with Mony Vital, Ph.D.
by Kirstin Miller for The Psychic Reader, March 99
We talk about time a lot. Usually, were complaining to each other that we don’t have enough of it. In the back of our minds, we cant see how well ever be able to squeeze in everything we want to experience before our time is up and were, you know, dead.
If we enjoy living, time keeps getting more precious as we march on towards the grave. We don’t want to waste it. On the other hand, if we don’t particularly ... read more Spiritual Expansion 19 y
A series of revealing interviews concerning the expansiveness of a broader spirituality.
This is a link to some great interviews with a former Fundamentalist Christian who now sees the wider spiritual view.
Start at the bottom and wokk your way up at this page
Cheryl Wilker Interviews visit the page Deepest Fear 19 y
A brilliant quote concerning fear.
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”Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a Child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyon ... read more Wayne Dyer Speaks Out 19 y
"We're told by those who represent us that the insurgents and the average Iraqi and Middle Easterner hate us because we stand for freedom and democracy. It's my contention that we have it backwards."
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My Turn
The war in Iraq, specifically America’s role of leadership in this war, is a painful invitation to ask ourselves what, if anything, we’ve learned from previous wars. I, like you, am revolted by the brutal killing of hundreds of thousands of innocent people during any war. And, like you, I’m saddened by the apparent inability of human beings to find less violent solutions to conflict and terrorism. What can we learn from previous wars? Are there lessons from past experiences that can help reduce or minimize the likelihood of excessive ... read more Ram Needs Our Help 19 y
"One of the truly great men of our time needs our help. I write these words to encourage your generosity and support."
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BE HERE for him, NOW
One of the truly great men of our time needs our help. I write these words to encourage your generosity and support. Back in the 1960’s a Harvard professor named Richard Alpert left behind the hectic world of academia and traveled to India - there he was to meet his spiritual teacher who gave him a new purpose to fulfill along with a new name. He of course is Ram Dass.
His guru told him love everyone, feed people and see God everywhere. Ram Dass became a person who lived out this mandate - he did what so many of us cou ... read more ...Connecting Dots... 19 y
My friend Owen sent this to me and it needs to be shared.
It is a compelling speech made by Steve Jobs, one of the founders of Apple computers concerning trusting your instinct.
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This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005, at Stanford.
”I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories.
The first story is about connecting the dots.
I dropped out of Reed Colle ... read more |