http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/circle/ Copyright 2007 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:04:20 -0400 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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 Temples in China are joyous places. You can tell as you approach a popular one (popular locally that is, not necessarily on the tourist charts) because there is often fine red paper scattered everywhere sometimes for kilometers around the site. Like the scent-trail ants use to return to a valuable find, you can follow the red paper until it eventually literally covers the ground. As you approach,... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2005/06/all_the_chi_in.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2005/06/all_the_chi_in.html Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:42:23 -0400 It may surprise even some seasoned Taoist practitioners why chi or qi, as only one of three phases of the life force has such a predominant position in Taoist literature and practice. As one of the triad of Jing, Chi and Shen, none of which has more or less importance as part of an essentially seamless whole, chi nevertheless predominates as a focus and end of practice.... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2005/06/the_what_and_wh.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2005/06/the_what_and_wh.html Taoist Practice Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:58:56 -0400 I chatted with David Shen (Verdesi) a couple of times in the past week. This fellow is the definition of the wandering taoist. First he was in Indonesia. Then Bangkok. Next was to be China, but events got in the way and now its Korea. All in pursuit of Tao. North American Taoists among you will know David from summer retreat workshops, Tao Garden or from presentations... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2005/02/where_are_all_t.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2005/02/where_are_all_t.html Current Events Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:28:09 -0400 Taoist's are always talking about practice. Is this different from a Christian talking about prayer. The Taoist approach focuses on technique, development and mastery. None of this would appear to make sense if applied to prayer. Enlightened Taoists apply intention and concern themselves with sincerity. This seems closer but is still far from supplication. Taoists name many Gods or none. No single overreaching entity exists. The Tao... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2004/12/a_new_approach.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2004/12/a_new_approach.html Taoist Practice Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:10:03 -0400 This is what came before... http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2004/11/first_entry.html http://www.the-tao.com/mtype/archives/circle/2004/11/first_entry.html Sun, 07 Nov 2004 16:55:08 -0400