"One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it... and the journey is always towards the other soul."

-D. H. Lawrence

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Cycles of the Soul

Emotion breeds Conflict

Which leads to Inspiration

Wherein lies true Enlightenment

Tony Rushing-1993

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   Okay, the chat feature is open, but despite trying to intercept several people as we moved in and out, I haven't made contact.  Maybe it's my breath.  So I'm going to brush my teeth and do a little mouth-wash and declare an online "meet-n-greet."

    At seven pm central time tonight, January 29th, I'll be hanging out in the Lounge area of the chat room.  I hope lots of you will join me.  No topic tonight - just an old-fashioned g... Read More

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Qingjing Jing, Purity and Tranquillity Scripture
Author unknown
Translation by Liva Kohn


The Great Tao has no form;
It brings forth and raises heaven and earth.
The Great Tao has no feelings;
It regulates the course of the sun and the moon.

The Great Tao has no name;
It raises and nourishes the myriad beings.
I do not know its name —
So I call it Tao.

The Tao can be pure or turbid, moving or tranquil.
Heaven is pure, earth is... Read More

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Tai Chi Chuan Ching
Attributed to Zhang Sanfeng
Translation by Lee N. Scheele

In motion the whole body should be light and agile,
with all parts of the body linked
as if threaded together.

The ch'i [vital life energy] should be excited;
The shen [spirit of vitality] should be internally gathered.

The postures should be without defect,
without hollows or projections from the proper alignment;
in motion the Form... Read More

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