Forum: The East

How does one intuitively know which of two poles is Yin and which is Yang? For Example there are opposites such as: Left/Right Hot/Cold...

There are a few spiritual paths that I "follow; alchemy, gnosticism, anarchy... and sufism. Today I discovered an interesting "fact". Sufism, or...

As it is well known it is forbidden to portray Allah (God) in Islam. But IMO they portray "him" all the fucking time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYdX5IP7lOE&feature=youtu.be&t=375 not sure that youtube embed video worked so here is another link. ...

Da Mo Breathing Lesson for initiation into Internal Alchemy : Step 1 Allow your Breath to move inwardly and outwardly on an even and level...

I want to read this book but I cannot afford the 99$ http://www.chinamantis.com/hsing-ming-chi-kwei.htm However I think its actually already...

A very interesting piece from the Dao De Jing. This is taken from the translation with commentary by Roger T. Ames and David L. Hall, the...

This is a spin-off thread from: (non)Mineral (non)Metal (non)Magnet. Did 2 pages of this thread just get deleted? Heres what I can copy paste...

You know when you hum a song in your head without thinking about it? And then even when you notice, you keep doing it. After some time of this you...

This is a spin-off thread from (non)Mineral, (non)Metal, (non)Magnet. The idea was based on your statement that you would be able to assume...

Some quotes from legendary guru Neem Karoli Baba: Hare Krishna. :) :cool:

Here is a beautiful sung version here with poetry on top). Who is Lord of Parvati? She is the wife of Shiva and a goddess of love. In other...

Surprised we don't have a dedicated thread on this topic, so let's get it going. Some people channel surf... watching TV skipping from one TV show...

I personally think Muhammad was tripping (by substance or will) in the Hira cave. When Muhammad met the angel Gabriel, it told him to recite this...

I have been reading this book on waidan alchemy and have found it very interesting. Contains the translated text of the 'Scripture of the Nine...

This is a Phoenix-thread from the old site created by simonv. When I mentioned chinese alchemy I really meant the kind of fusion of taoism and...

It is very difficult to classify the I - Ching as it is part of the Tao which cannot be known, and thus it is posted here. I have used and learned...