I am speaking, my name is Thomas, nice to meet you
The material is intended for my own pleasure and whoever may want to bother to take the time out of their day to read my rants
Swimming in the dark - can be exercise description itself
I follow my self made way of practice, as does everybody else. I don't really care about names when it comes to training systems or whatever. However I believe there is something like a Yin Yang Dragon that pierces the void like a spear. A sort of meta approach to Xin Yi, Tai Chi, Bagua. Some other stuff I picked up here and there.
Why is it important to know who I am and who is called the listener? From where stems the desire to split that up?
I'm trying to think of a few reasons why you don't seem to like what I wrote, and come up with several, yet I can't exactly get the message from your post.
If I appear to be trolling or my posts aren't helpful to some - ok, I guess? I simply write what I want to write.
That being said - cool, you seem to have a different definition of Jing than I do. Perhaps we can combine our definitions? I don't think there are people who can claim they know the whole picture when it comes to these things - neither do I.
Recipy book - yes, I like cooking
Spirit, Shen isn't a mystery... But we can argue about our progress in training and make a pissing contest, if you want to? Very productive online and virtual, with no way of physically touching. /s.
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How can we know truth?
My opinion is
The Way is purposefully made in such a way that avoids it being precisely defined from all angles within all possible realms of meaning
There is always an exception or something that doesn't fit - yin / yang - something unfitting / all fits
So that nobdy can claim they found the "One True Way TM", bringing lots of confusion and trouble
At the core it's basic human business - be decent to each other
Following a teacher that is incorrect - happens
First wrong assumption is believing they know everything or aren't just regular persons
Like a ranger knows their territory pretty well, but surprises can still happen even after 10 or 20 years
But no need to put unneccessary blame on the teacher - happens to the best of us, literally and thankfully
If I thought my teacher was Incorrect about something
I would damn well make sure to 1)understand why I believe they're wrong in terms of underlying personal self motivations
2) know what it is I'm trying to critique, being vague isn't enough - but that's why a sort of proof for a thesis is a long undertaking
3) what I learned in hindsight - not make a teacher responsible for your suffering in practice. Depends on circumstances
4) not make myself subjugate to them, but maintain my own space and training, then see what I can add that is beneficial
-----> not saying listening is wrong. Just a matter of respect and reality of modern teacher-student relationship - expecatations.
I hope we're good