Psionics March Forward - Awareness Talent In Action
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This is pretty much my idea of what an Awareness Master is like - you'd have to go into the desert to catch him, because the first thing he always does the moment he gets planetside is swan off to the nearest wilderness area, remove almost all of his clothes and just hike around barefoot in shorts, a scrawny bearded figure with a hard body, all ribs and muscle.
They'd be very hard to persuade to join them in any sort of venture, too, because when they carry all that they need with them in their backpack, what use would they have of a starship or money?
That actually makes them kind of insufferable, really.
They'd be very hard to persuade to join them in any sort of venture, too, because when they carry all that they need with them in their backpack, what use would they have of a starship or money?
That actually makes them kind of insufferable, really.
Condottiere
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Interestingly enough, an apparent master came up in a recent conversation.
He lives in Thailand in a hut that he rents for five hundred bucks in a remote mountainous area, runs around buck naked, and supports himself by art works.
My brother, sister and myself were invited to a rather incredible Chinese private tea ceremony, where the discussion was how different teas can open up chakras and awarenesses, though not commercial ones.
He lives in Thailand in a hut that he rents for five hundred bucks in a remote mountainous area, runs around buck naked, and supports himself by art works.
My brother, sister and myself were invited to a rather incredible Chinese private tea ceremony, where the discussion was how different teas can open up chakras and awarenesses, though not commercial ones.
alex_greene
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They generally don't. Though I can understand people's cynicism.Nobby-W said:
Condottiere
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Never been really tempted, despite some interesting feedback from those that have tried associated products.
Drinking teas from picked from a nearly two thousand year old tree, and various other dried plants collected from all over China, brewed in antique and new pots is an experience that I suspect not even the Japanese can replicate.
Drinking teas from picked from a nearly two thousand year old tree, and various other dried plants collected from all over China, brewed in antique and new pots is an experience that I suspect not even the Japanese can replicate.
alex_greene
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It is one of those "acquired taste" things I hear about.Condottiere said:
FallingPhoenix
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alex_greene said:
Like "Thousand-year-old" eggs?
alex_greene
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And BASE jumping, free climbing, hiking in Tibet, eating fugu, attending Burning Man in the middle of the desert and a hundred different activities that are attractive to a certain adventurous mindset.FallingPhoenix said:
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
If these teas open up any gateways to consciousness, it would have already been present.
One theory is that associated memories surface from the exposure of the aroma and/or fragrance.
My sister claims it cleared up her congested lungs, and my brother his stiffened shoulders; it was in part an internal cleansing treatment, which not suffering from any obvious ailment at that time feels true.
One theory is that associated memories surface from the exposure of the aroma and/or fragrance.
My sister claims it cleared up her congested lungs, and my brother his stiffened shoulders; it was in part an internal cleansing treatment, which not suffering from any obvious ailment at that time feels true.
alex_greene
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I never know what people expect when they speak of opening gateways of consciousness. Presumably, mandalas opening and exotic music playing as Ganesha comes down and offers a benediction on your foreheads or something, and an inexplicable desire afterwards to have a really big curry.
I've had my consciousness expanded - and when I came out of the sweatlodge, I didn't feel particularly grateful or enlightened, or want to dance with spirits. I didn't actually see anything that wasn't supposed to be there. There was a dead bird at my feet, actually. Headless. A cat had just killed it. I did enjoy having the rain pour on my face, though, and I became aware of one thing which has stuck with me all this time.
Life is pain. If you're suffering, you are alive. The moment you stop suffering, that's it. That's death. Failure of your survival roll.
And some people not only seem to enjoy pain - they only seem to come alive when there is pain, almost as if they grow strong from their own pain.
I did wonder whether that is what enlightenment is about - to suffer is to know that you're alive. But beyond that, no Ganesha.
Bob Pirsig said it best - "The only Zen that you'll find on top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you."
I've had my consciousness expanded - and when I came out of the sweatlodge, I didn't feel particularly grateful or enlightened, or want to dance with spirits. I didn't actually see anything that wasn't supposed to be there. There was a dead bird at my feet, actually. Headless. A cat had just killed it. I did enjoy having the rain pour on my face, though, and I became aware of one thing which has stuck with me all this time.
Life is pain. If you're suffering, you are alive. The moment you stop suffering, that's it. That's death. Failure of your survival roll.
And some people not only seem to enjoy pain - they only seem to come alive when there is pain, almost as if they grow strong from their own pain.
I did wonder whether that is what enlightenment is about - to suffer is to know that you're alive. But beyond that, no Ganesha.
Bob Pirsig said it best - "The only Zen that you'll find on top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you."
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
The Zhodani upper class may be great enthusiasts of High Tea.
