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The Microcosmic Orbit
The microcosmic orbit is a classic Taoist practice for conducting energy using the breath. The practice awakens, circulates, and directs energy through the orbit formed by breathing down the front line of your body from the top of your head to the perineum (the functional channel) and breathing up the back line from the perineum to the top of the head (the Governing Channel) Follow the...
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In this World, but not of it
“I am in this world, but I am not of this world.” This of course is one of Jesus’ most famous statements. But what did he mean? “What does it mean to be “in” the world but not “of” it? Let’s look at the first part, “In the world.” You are in the world. That’s a fact. All you have to do is look around you to know, with some certainty that you are in the world. But, as the saying goes, you are not...
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Robert Augustus Masters and Adam Seward dive right...
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Storytelling
When we allow ourselves to truly observe the infinite majesty of the universe, we stand speechless and story-less. We recognize the futility of our attempts to contain the limitless and the infinite within our conceptual reference points. We stand in a state of momentary humility and awe. So what is storytelling? In Byron Katie’s book Who Would You Be Without Your Story? the author discusses...