Besides, the net is full of unscrupulous people all claiming to be masters of this or that Daoist system – when you visit their websites, the first thing to be encountered is a price-list! No. True Daoist cultivation developed over thousands of years in China and has never been dependent upon the gross nature of money. This is very much a modern disease. My advice to you is keep your money, sit in a quiet and calm place and follow your breath for awhile and see what happens.
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Email: Qianfeng Daoism and the Hua Tou (Ch’an) Method (7.8.2017)
The mind must still be ‘calmed’ before these methods work, regardless of lineage. However, Zhao Bichen considered his main masters to be two Ch’an Buddhist monks (who together passed on the Wu Liu Daoist lineage to him). Their input added the Ch’an method of ‘hua tou’ to the Daoist practice.
Email: Zhao Ming Ming and Niu Sheng Xian (7.8.2017)
in other words, a lineage descendent can be trusted not to be motivated by greed (or any other selfish distraction), and to be motivated entirely by an altruistic compassion. However, this altruistic compassion must not be confused with sentimentalism, or attachment to person or process. Obviously, you may wrote to me as often or as little a you wish.
General Qianfeng Daoist Training – Email (6.8.2017)
Dear J Thank you for your email. Yes – any form of qigong can be used to build general health. Various forms of Taijiquan or
The Pseudo-Science of ‘Dr’ Lissa Rankin – Publicity Over Common-Sense!
A peaceful environment creates a calm mind and a relaxed body. The mind can cognise and perceive, and allow the individual to pursue healthy lifestyles, or unhealthy lifestyles, but there is no legitimate scientific evidence that it can change physical chemistry by an ‘act of will’. Malfunctioning Body chemistry is altered by medicine, change of lifestyle habit, or change of environment, and nothing else. People get better because their body chemistry changes, and not because they think ‘nice’ thoughts.
May Fiddles Whilst the NHS Burns!
The British people are being conned by Theresa May and her crackpot Tories – who have increased the speed with which hospitals, healthcare centres, and emergency units are being closed down (and the premises sold-off to private developers – usually to build luxury flats). This is a national tragedy of epic proportions made worse by a politically illiterate and apathetic voting population.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 