http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/circle/ Copyright 2011 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:47:55 -0400 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Question: Hi James, hope everything is good with you. I just wanted to ask you in all your years of training, have you found there is a particular sequence that is best to do the exercises in order to extract maximum benefit? For example, doing supplementary practices [walking,trees] followed straight away by sitting, or the other way round. Would apreciate any advice you could give me in... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2011/11/question_and_an.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2011/11/question_and_an.html Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:47:55 -0400 Days 1-3, Establishing the Field and Ziran No question that on looking back, the first 2-1/2 days of the April 2011 retreat were the most difficult. Students arrived from all over the world, with widely different levels of practice, some with little or virtually no experience with the type and form of practice we were doing. Master Wang expended great effort devoting the time to build and... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2011/06/10_days_with_wa_1.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2011/06/10_days_with_wa_1.html Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:25:19 -0400 Arrival The 10 days at Tao Garden was a waiting experience. I got over the 12 hours of jet lag, and found some time to disconnect from the hectic pace of the last few weeks of disposing of 64 years of personal accummulation. Tao Garden had transformed itself from a Taoist Retreat Center to a Thai spa. It was busy and evidently successful in it's new form.... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2011/06/10_days_with_wa.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2011/06/10_days_with_wa.html Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:46:18 -0400 Preparation In December 2006, David Verdesi, a close friend of many years and an accomplished Taoist teacher, hosted a retreat for a few of his more senior students on the Island of Ko Samui, in the Gulf of Thailand. I knew from David that he had already at that time made contact with Master Wang Liping and had been studying privately with him for close to a... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2011/06/0_days_with_wan.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2011/06/0_days_with_wan.html Taoist Practice Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:30:05 -0400 I was so taken by Roger Elliott's elegant 1/2 right angle rule that I built a demonstration site to show what it 'looks like'. OctagonalUniverse.com sounded general enough and was not taken, so there is where you will find it. A clear rendering of the first order results of the 1/2 right angle rule, showing the integration of the rotation all solar planets with Erth's orbital period,... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2010/08/paqua_insights.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2010/08/paqua_insights.html Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:31:46 -0400 Roger Elliott and his Half Right Angle Rule ( 1/2 right angle rule ) do indeed offer a significant challenge to modern explanation. http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2010/06/the_half_right.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2010/06/the_half_right.html Current Events Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:19:28 -0400 each planet performs a certain number of spins on its axis, and then rotates a further additional angle which is always very nearly a multiple of 45°."]]> http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2010/06/on_the_harmony.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2010/06/on_the_harmony.html Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:15:11 -0400 Daoism (Taoism) and the transmission of Daoist practice has been shrouded in secrecy throughout it's 2500 year history. The classics record that the Dao is not hidden from humanity, but that humanity has hidden itself from the Dao. Conceptual thinking and study are not the Way, nor the way to reach the Dao. Only by dropping ideas about the Dao can one reach it. Upon meeting Wang... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2010/05/wang_liping_tea.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2010/05/wang_liping_tea.html Taoist Practice Tue, 11 May 2010 11:24:36 -0400 It was just a little over two years ago when David Verdesi ( also known as David Shen ) brought a small group of his students, 12 in all to Dalian China to spend an incredible 10 days in front of this modern Taoist Wizard. This was a seminal experience for me, and for everyone present. This man is a living master in every sense of the... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2010/04/wang_liping_dra.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2010/04/wang_liping_dra.html Taoist Practice Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:19:17 -0400 Miao Tong Dao with Daoist Teacher David Verdesi November 14-20, 2009 Dear Friends of the Dao, Save these dates! November 14 - 19, 2009. You are invited to attend a special event in New York City with Daoist teacher David Shen Verdesi. We, David's students, have been urging him to teach in the U.S. for years and it's finally going to happen this year! This comprehensive training... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2009/08/david_verdesi_t.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2009/08/david_verdesi_t.html Current Events Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:20:13 -0400 Tao Master Mantak Chia in New York City May 29 - June 4, 2009 Register at www.healingtaonyc.com or 212-243-6771 Friday evening, May 29 - Introduction to Taoist Secrets of Love at the New York Open Center. Call 212-219-2527 to register for this seminar only or click here. Saturday and Sunday, May 30 - May 31 - The Tao of Sex - Healing Love Practices for Health and... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2009/05/mantak_chia_in.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2009/05/mantak_chia_in.html Mon, 25 May 2009 10:41:15 -0400 It's now Week 2 of what David calls Foundation Training. See the forum for some idea of the scope of the theory and practice involved in this phase of the work. Make no mistake, this is not Qigong and serves a completely separate purpose. Not that qi is not involved. It's the purpose and method that is different. It's not about physical health, or healing or augmenting... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2007/07/taoist_alchemy_1.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2007/07/taoist_alchemy_1.html Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:04:20 -0400 David Verdesi (Shen) is one of those rare teachers with all the qualifications to truely transmit the Tao. I mean really really rare. As in actually qualified. And not only qualified, but actually teaching. Not often, and not easily accessed, but nevertheless, accessible. It's week two of a four week series of seminars covering foundation practice and theory in Taoist Alchemy, as transmitted to David by a... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2007/06/taoist_alchemy.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2007/06/taoist_alchemy.html Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:58:05 -0400 OK. I splurged. With a ready rationalization, it took little to convince myself that the time was now for a real video camera. High definition is here, so that was the choice. Review surfing definately overloads the input buffers. The biggest benefit of HDV at this moment is that it cuts down on the choices. Otherwise, it's a problem of oversupply. It was the Canon HV10 or... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2006/11/great_new_tool.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2006/11/great_new_tool.html Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:41:16 -0400 I've promised myself (and others) that this winter's excursion to asia will be documented daily in this blog. Daily? Very unlikely, but one should at least aim high. And, armed with a high resolution video camera, (Sony HDR HC3) it will be illustrated as well. Flight to Bangkok via Bejing is Wednesday, Nov. 9. Until then, it's Ottawa, Kingston and Toronto, visiting old friends and generally winding... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2006/11/off_once_more.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2006/11/off_once_more.html Taoist Practice Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:19:29 -0400