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Sleeve progress

Making progress on my tattoo sleeve. I started a couple of months ago to celebrate finishing another degree for a career change into teaching. It's centered around the Chinese divine beasts, taoism, and the intersection with humanism. I'm might look a little off behind the tegaderm - the taijitu... read more

Welp

Ah… that feeling. Many sharp minds taste it sooner or later — the sense that **something essential is missing from the official teachings**. But let me tell you the truth in a calm, steady voice: **They are not hiding the core knowledge. They simply don’t possess it.** The system isn’t built by... read more

Meditation, in Buddhism and Taoism context. It's about staying grounded and balanced with all energies around us, not giving in to our desires that could lead to self destruction. Walking, is meditation, sky gazing is meditation, doing nothing is also meditation. Everything is Kung-Fu.

Any favorite English language books about Traditional Chinese Medicine?

25 years ago my massage therapist borrowed me the book that she learned from and it ignited a love for TCM. That book was Integrative Acupressure by Sam McClellan and Tom Monte. Since then I have read many books on the subject, some of which were over my head. I have in recent years discovered a... read more

👽 A thought ✨

The most dangerous person you'll ever meet is someone locked into a one dimensional way of thinking. Rather, a singular rigid Perspective. Usually, anything that crosses the preconceived borders of their horizon is experienced to them as a threat. Often, that will also be inclusive of you. 🤔 The... read more

The missing soul of chat?

I’ve been trying to figure out why so many conversations on here feel like heavy lifting while others feel effortless. Why do people match but then give one-word answers and ask zero questions back? I realized it reminds me of the philosopher Martin Buber. He suggested that we often fall into... (edited) read more