tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post7300645899957084432..comments2024-03-27T20:10:46.984-07:00Comments on The Rambling Taoist: 238 - Bodily ExperienceThe Rambling Taoisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-7196592573340512142010-02-01T15:26:06.134-08:002010-02-01T15:26:06.134-08:00i agree, and it's the main reason why i used t...i agree, and it's the main reason why i used to practice kundalini yoga. it was basically body stretches, breathing excercises, and spiritual experiences rolled into one. i have always experienced spirituality by not doing, just being... and by doing... and by not doing and sometimes not being, either. :) basically i think that the more you are able to find value in, the more you learn. it was amazing some of the things i realized about myself when i practiced kundalini yoga.Iktomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06764173102454691516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-51790951602803248602010-02-01T12:45:04.439-08:002010-02-01T12:45:04.439-08:00To go beyond the body is simply to see beyond. To ...To go beyond the body is simply to see beyond. To see how we are as much our environment as our local body, we are Tao itself we don't stop at the hair on our arms. <br /><br />To discount the body is a misreading as everyone sees the body is useful and necessary. It would hardly by Tao if we removed a bit. <br /><br />So see beyond and embrace all. <br /><br />Limited to the body your perspective is contracted. That does not say the body is at fault here.Ta-Wanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123753659706310015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-81161022747541251292010-02-01T07:34:59.134-08:002010-02-01T07:34:59.134-08:00"Why are the sins of the flesh viewed as wors..."Why are the <i>sins of the flesh</i> viewed as worse than any other type of <i>sin</i>?"<br /><br />My thinking on this question has been that sins of the flesh are more difficult to control - i.e. you can stop people from committing most crimes by making laws, but "victimless" crimes such as adultery or the partaking of intoxicants are very private choices, less easily controlled by the powers that be. So it becomes necessary for power hungry elitist types to come up with some terrible "sin" against "God" or nature to instill enough fear among the "pea brained" - as they see us peasants - to keep us in line.<br /><br />Most religions have and always will be nothing more than glorified methods of crowd control.Thurman Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270247618439240413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-76851771732112522412010-02-01T06:06:47.679-08:002010-02-01T06:06:47.679-08:00Good post...this body is the vehicle for 'enli...Good post...this body is the vehicle for 'enlightenment'...for the universe to find itself.<br /><br />What I have learned over the years is that my thoughts wander into the past and future, but my body is always here and now. So when I get 'lost' I return to what my body is doing and my purpose of the moment. It helps me stay here and now and flow with what is.David "Shinzen" Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361987240669832512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-11124613859040494852010-01-31T20:03:50.455-08:002010-01-31T20:03:50.455-08:00Thinking back to a comment I made a few posts earl...Thinking back to a comment I made a few posts earlier, about the body being a tool in Taoist enlightenment, rather than an impediment, even if we "just die" in the end, it is certainly nicer to die in old age, peacefully, when we're done living, than succumb to the painful lifestyle diseases of affluence (diabetes, cancer, heart disease, obesity, alcoholism) or poverty (TB, AIDS, malaria, measles etc.).baroness radonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593108634484542286noreply@blogger.com