A Thought Tour of the Chinese Occult
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- This video lecture was originally set to be titled “Syncretism in Chinese Occultism,” but we’re going to modify it to “A Thought Tour of the Chinese Occult.” If you’re going to watch this video, then buckle in and settle down, because it’s a long one and I start you off in extremely ambitious territory-the deepest most obscure layer of Eastern esoteric thought.
In our tour of Chinese folk shamanism, we’ll look at two specific practices: the tang ki (spirit-possessed mediums) and dreamwork. Then we’ll review a few more intersecting points of Buddhist and Taoist syncretism, such as the emphasis on meditation and mudras; how Legalist thought has had an impact on the structure and codes of conduct set by orthodox Taoist lineages; and one compelling feature of how Confucianism plays in to the occult: the master-student relationship.
After visiting Confucius, the Buddha, and Lao Tzu, we’ll discuss Chinese folk religions, the very important craft consideration of regional land spirits, what traditional Chinese witchcraft looks like, which will include brief coverage of necromancy and soul dualism (the hun and the po), exorcism, and astral projection in ritual magic.
You are watching Video #5 in a six-part video lecture series.
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Taoism is a nature-based religion, philosophy, and tradition of sorcery native to China, formed around 600 B.C. One hundred years later, Buddhism enters China and a modality of it--esoteric Buddhism--is blended in with Taoist magic. This introductory lecture series will cover the ontology, theory, history, and cultural practice of sorcery at the intersection of esoteric Buddhism and Taoism.
Video 1: Introduction to Buddhist-Taoist Esotericism
Video 2: History of Taoism and Buddhism in China
Video 3: Taoist Sorcery and Its Cultural Practice
Video 4: Taoist Metaphysics
Video 5: A Thought Tour of the Chinese Occult
Video 6: Taoist Magic in Contemporary Times
Introduction to Taoist Occultism [full playlist]: • Introduction to Taoist...
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All videos in this series are closed-captioned for the deaf, hard of hearing, or those whose native tongue isn't English. I've also made my best attempt at accommodating for the blind. If there is room for improvement in these regards, I'm open to friendly critique. Thank you!
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this is better than a lot of overpriced university courses i took. you are doing something really valuable by sharing this wisdom. thank you. 🙏
It strikes me that the veneration of bodhisattva is similar to how Catholics feel about Saints. We have a Greek term to help distinguish between veneration and worship. Dulia, or veneration, is reserved for Saints. Hyperdulia is focused on the Virgin Mary, basically veneration x 1000. Finally, Latria, the Greek word for adoration, is shown to God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit. It seems to be a difficult concept for protestants to understand, but there's a very distinct difference.
Oh I like that!
@Scorpion Moon, this is true, very true!
@@BenebellWen magus academy 👹😉
Everything is difficult for Protestants to understand.
Very poorly educated.
Jesus Christ never advocated it. What was the mission of the Christian church ?
HI. Here in Brazil there is a religion called Umbanda. Mediums of this religion also receive spirits from children, known as "Erês". Even the images of the medium with a pacifier and a bottle are very common in Umbanda's "Terreiros" around here. I loved learning more about Chinese occultism!
I am so glad I found this channel. Beautiful, spiritual work!
I could listen to you for hours, days or more you make learning this subject so easy and simple. I just watched all of this series in one go, I could not put my phone down. I can’t wait to read your book and start practicing.
Yes, it's here, another installment. Is it too nerdy to take notes of these videos? Because that's what I'm doing! I feel so much of what you're saying really hits home for me, perhaps it's the way that so many paths seem synched. .
It is amazing, isn't it, how many paths seem to synch up or connect into a grander collective pattern once we start learning about other cultures and traditions? No matter how different the trimmings of occult practices around the world look from the outside, once you get to the heart of these practices, the similarity is rather astounding.
@@BenebellWen indeed! it reinforces the fact for me that everything is interconnected.
@@BenebellWen we are after all the same "species"
Hello, i can't find the sixth and last video of the series, Video 6: Taoist Magic in Contemporary Times, is it with a diferent name?
My father always bowed to certain people also, he would never shake hands with anyone so I learned that as a child so I never shake hands either. Yes I tune into the animal, plant kingdom when I do my gardening to find out through the devas what to plant in each raised bed in my garden and what stone to put in each bed, fertilizer etc. I definitely believe in the dream world and going to different realms to talk to ancestors, I do this almost on a regular basis at night. My dreams are so vivid I keep a journal of them since I've done since the 1970's
I say the vinegar is sweet. I drink it with water sometimes because I love the flavor.
My husband has a relationship with the wind, the wind plays with him, there will be no wind but if he says he's going to go burn the trash the wind will pick up. When he's outside and it's too windy he will talk to the wind and ask the wind to let up and it will. I've seen him work with the wind and it's amazing.
The natures spirits as I said I work with on a daily basis but especially during gardening season, but I also work with animal spirits talking to them, asking them to not eat up my garden and lets share instead. It's been working for many years for me.
I'm looking forward to the next video.. Thank you for sharing. by the way i ordered your 2nd edition of Spirit Keepers last night. so excited.
That's so beautiful, and in that little inquiry, I had chosen vinegar as sweet, too! :-D
I bet your garden is beautiful and the flora living there are happy.
@@BenebellWen I know I will love the Spirit Keeper's tarot, I've been already studying the PDF that I downloaded so when the deck comes I will be already familiar with it. Yes my garden is happy, I take photos every year and post on my Facebook page and I will be posting in Simon's The Hermit's Cave Facebook group. So if you are in Simon's group you will see the garden in progress.
Wow I'm lost for words, this is amazing. Will binge your videos when I can ! This is great
A rare and profound teaching from an unexpected source. Salute. Such clarity between esoteric Buddhism and Taoism has cleared up questions I've had for many years.
I can’t explain how I could understand every single word you said. I love your work, you have put into words a lot of the things that I always find myself pondering all the time. Keep doing what you do, this is your gift to the world.
I think the Chinese government, or the royal leaders of dynasties throughout the ages, mostly just employ the first part of the Confucius teaching - that the authority can do whatever to you and your job is to obey. I think even in schools and families, very few even know about the second part about the teacher’s responsibility.
Growing up in China, I always repelled against the Confucius tradition because how stupid it is to obey you blindly? I can’t have my own opinions? I can’t ask questions? Blah blah... and the older and therefore authority figures seems to prevent you from surpassing them rather than take it as their responsibility to make sure you do.
If not for your video, I wouldn’t even know the second part of the Confucius teaching.
Haha oh don't get me wrong there is plenty to critique about Confucianism, especially as a feminist! ;-D I also think we as a Chinese culture often conflate Legalism and Confucianism and the authoritarian do-not-question-me approach to.. um.. everything... comes out of that.
@@BenebellWen Yes. With Taoism, my experience growing up in mainland, is that it's very undervalued? em.. that's not the word, it is not even talked about much at all. Except to make some TV shows! Hahaha!
+ Lucy Chen Although I acknowledge you stance on Confucianism. But, I must admit that some of its teachings acknowledge occultism on some degree, indirectly. Themes such as "hierarchy" and "bond-ship", found in Confucian ideology, can be utilized in occult practices.
Nameless Magian I think the hierarchy and bonding with groups isn’t specifically Confusion or Occult. It’s pretty universal across the animal kingdom
@@LucyMorningstarArt This is why we have anime.
I love this series, and this video is an excellent addition! Chinese Witch Wars? Yes! You're doing a great service by explaining these concepts. I keep finding things that resonate with my own work, and new ideas to expand on what I do. Thank you so much for the time and effort you sacrifice to provide these gifts!
i am so happy to come across your channel! i have deep interest in Islam & Hinduism but i love Daoist medicine cause a family member is an active tcm practisioner. i think it is the closets way to unite body and mind with ancient knowlegde. my ''wake up'' moment was in an accpunture session. After that i was somehow more aware of my self destructieve behavior(s) in life. The combination of Yoga, Daoist medicine & Quanric texts really made every aspect of my life worth living!
trying to find a solid connection from Jack-o-lanterns with Irish American immigrants in highly Chinese populated metropolitans like New York and Chinese Occult use of soul catching gords a "houlu" can you help me?
Thank you for your fantastic and very interesting videos. I am a european leaving in Asia and while having health issues that doctors couldn' t help, I asked the help of a Taoist sifu who resolved totally my problem. I have been very interested by Taoism since that and I try to learn more. Your videos are full of resources.
Great video, can't wait to check out the rest of your videos! I'd like to mention, in Chaos Magick theory by folks like Carroll or Hine, excitation is one of the main tools for magickal work. Therefore, self-harm correlates with the goal of ecstatic frenzy for the purpose of invocation. Your example of shamanic invocation makes perfect sense in many Western theories of transcendental union!
As someone who identifies as a witch and who studied East Asian Art History, Culture and Languages in university I find this to be a really well explained introduction that I sureley needed. No course in my institution ever explained the occult and we only stayed on the philosophical plains. As someone who also plans to study about inner cultivation and shamanism this will act as my main guide. Thank you so much for sharing and I will also look into your book too!✨
WOW! What a video!!! OK, Benebell - I'm subscribing to your channel! When it comes to Taoism and Chinese magic, divination and metaphysics, it seems like there are a lot of scheisters and charlatans hanging out on the internet - but you are knowledgable, personable and articulate in communicating your knowledge. Bravo! I grew up in the Far East, and now that I have watched your video, I can begin to place some of the occult stuff that I saw when I was growing up. The fire dancers I saw in the park by the Tamshui River in Taipei, Taiwan? Oh yeah, they were the folk shamans, the servants of the diviners that you told us about. But still, even growing up in Taiwan and Japan, and absorbing a lot of the spirit by osmosis, it seems, I realize that Chinese occultism is a very vast and strange world, and that I have only begun to skim the surface. I remember that I was walking the streets of San Gabriel, California last year, I stumbled upon what seemed to be a Chinese magician / exorcist's shop, where there were statues of hundreds of different deities or Bodhisattvas lining the walls, all vigilant. The magician proprietor was very gracious in that he didn't shoo me away, but let me hang out silently in his store for a while, in total awe of everything. By the way - could you recommend a good introductory book that covers the fascinating field of Chinese occultism? And a final question: Are you related to King Wen of I Ching fame? And what is your personal spiritual orientation in relation to all you have presented in this video?
You are a wonderful teacher.
You're a jewel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏
I enjoyed your videos . Taoism practices are from the Yellow Emperors era and probably older . Hinduism and Taoism are both older than Buddhism. You state that Taoism has borrowed from esoteric Buddhism scriptures or spells , or Mudras/hand formations I would not totally agree with your inference. However I look forward to your next video about the pantheon about Deities in Taoism. Tang Ki culture is a very much diverse across Taiwan , Singapore , Malaysia , Thailand and I suppose your summary was somewhat superficial (maybe time constraint)
+Bob Darren Taoism, according to some sources, is a unified "identity" or practice. That came out of the many and various ancient mystery schools found in the Chinese/East Asiatic region, which later merged together to be Tao/Daoism.
I love your videos. Thank you for sharing!!
these similar practices happen all over the world because it is simply a phenomenon of the spiritual field, which religion names, that's all.
I read your book, it's great, now I'm the only one in Brazil who practices it.
The deities and elemental forces that are worshipped in these various cultures are all the same, but adapted accordingly and renamed.
I've been training in Neijia Martial Arts, Qigong, and meditation for like 25 years now and I have to say these videos, and I'm inferring your books (I will find out shortly), are a great link from what I've been able to learn and understand through practice and things that haven't been translated or passed down etc.
Thank you
Just want to point out that Taoism, much like Shintoism, also derive from ancient Asian Shamanism that were mixed with Buddhism
Btw I really liked your video, I currently an a psychic practitioner with no dogma applied to it, I much more believe that growing our empathic abilities are similar to growing a mental ability so we can able to see things in different perspectives
But I'm not much found of the Buddhism Religious say that you must give up your individualism to raise your psychic powers, because If anything I feel more individual than before. So it was nice to see that there were other perspectives too.
Happy Lunar/Chinese New year. Another very informative and great Video.
Just bought your book on fu talismans and sigils the tao of craft.Loving it thanks for sharing the knowledge!
love this acc. didnt want to get into this stuff at first bc it was filled with toxic positivity and repressed emotions but ty for this gem
Hi Benebell, I just finished your Taoist series, and I think it's one of the most amazing works on the internet for this topic. You should definitely expand on the fundamentals of these principles -- especially since Chinese New Year is coming up! I'm going to share your channel with my friends.
I have a complete course on the subject matter in the works! =) [It'll be released after the launch of my Western Witchcraft series.]
Hey! This is absolutely, bloody Fantastic!!! Currently Studying NeiGong and really wanting to delve into Taoist magic and Folk Shamanism and this video series has been Hugely Rewarding (the Tao of Craft is on my list of books to get next :) )
Also, wondering if you have any ideas about transfiguring the 10 Heavenly stems and 12 Earthly Branches and relating them to the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot... ? Sort of trying to grapple with the GanZhi in relation to Western Alchemy and occultism. Ha! All the Blessed. Peace!
Haha yes I did that with my tarot deck and talk about the correspondences in the guidebook to my deck. 😁😊
Haha! Cooool :)
Benebell when you comment on the "Mandate of Heaven" and the Chinese Imperial Bureaucracy, it makes perfect sense. And this is true with the Chinese nobles who were ennobled by the Chinese Emperors (Son of Heaven) to be also privy and educated into the Ceremonial magicks of the Chinese Buddhist Taoist Mystery Schools as the Chinese Emperors were believed to be in the threshold between spirit and the mortal mundane. Therefore, the Chinese Nobles (Dukes, Marquis, Counts, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons) are thoroughly trained into tapping the secrets of Heaven and Earth and were authorized by their ennoblement and grandeur thereof. I concur.
Haha I know right? But I *am* glad for the incredible esoteric practices that arise from the common classes, evening out that so-called playing field. ;-)
I'm enjoying your Holistic Tarot book, I decided in December when I bought it, that I would read it all the way through first, then use it as a reference, so far that's working out great and I'm learing a lot. Now I think it's time that I go over to amazon and order your other book The Tao of Craft, which I'm going to go do now.. I've always been interested in anything Chinese, anything Indian ( India) and African..my three favorite subjects. I wonder if it's because it's all in my DNA..lol lol
Oh that's so cool (your three cultural interests)! I tend to believe there's a much deeper reason for why we're interested in what we're interested in. =)
I've been a bit "checked out" in terms of my video consumption for the last 7-8 months, but I had seen previously when you posted this series and had it on my to do list. However, today this particular video popped up in my recommended list and so I settled in to watch. (I can never refuse a good "thought tour.") I have to say, something that you said in this video helped me to resolve a specific issue that I had personally with a conflict in my intellectual understanding of my own personal spiritual practice, and for that I am extremely thankful. Now I'm going to be good and go back to watch the rest of the videos in order. :) Thank you, Benebell. Your generous gifting of your knowledge is very much appreciated.
Outstanding presentation
I'm writing a story in an Asian-inspired world, so I need more information on exorcism and how one is to combat demons and hostile spirits. Rituals, chants, mantras, materials needed, how different elements are supposed to react with spirits, spells, ect.
Benebell, at 21:57 you posit that there is something similar about all of these practices. Yes, you are correct. There are glaring similarities between all of them. I say this as one who has studied Korean shamanism, African Vodou and Indian Native practices(Kali worship). I encourage you to use your platform to interview practitioners from other traditions, in order to tease out the similarities between their practices and that of Chinese occultic practices.
Would you have some reading or channel recommondations for your named topics?
I think we are connected without words. The way we embody ourselves, perform physical actions, our stances, postures and gaits, the actions we choose to perform, all have an extraordinary bandwidth and power, and fit within a framework of the communal sublime. The architecture around you affects the social game you play. Next to a cathedral, people might be primed with fear of the Lord and this might affect how they play the pavement-usage game. In the town centre, there is a particular style of dasein (Heidegger concept) by why other persons are stood in front of; there is a know-how to relating to persons, shops, benches, parts of pavement, beauty in building, ugliness in advertisement, etc. In the library, depending on the architecture, one might relate to others as atomized individuals to be respected through the norm of quiet, or members of a sublime communal structure busily buzzing about our business in a puritan luminous yearning towards Heaven, in a kind of collective apotheosis.
Essentially, it boils down to Dasein: the mode of being (which can be expressed in different styles of being) that humans/communities take that relates to other things as equipment, with readiness-to-hand or un-readiness-to-hand, or as substances, which we stand upon and just are, with their properties.
im procrastinating studying for my exam by watching this lol. very informative video, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 🤍
I really love your energy and how you explain things with clarity and enthusiasm!
When you think you’re a little whacky for getting into occultism, only to find out your ancestors were conducting astrally projected spiritual warfare against each other. Amazing.
Thank you so much for going over all these topics
Thank you - this video is much appreciated. I lived in China for a year and wanted to learn Chinese esotericism. Unfortunately I was unable to find a way to learn Chinese Buddhism or Taoism. I’m interested in Philosophy of Mind and Metaphysics. I recommend looking up “open individualism” for more. I thought this was an excellent video.
Your presentation was amazing except for audio volume in certain parts. I love your scholarship, humor and insight... I have the books👍
Your description of Taoism vs Legalism was... oh so colorful 😆 great video
I can not get enough of your Taoism Buddhism Esoteric series. Thank you so much for this.
Great work!! thank you, Maybe you know already, Carl Jung explores this and its a good way to explain why all these beliefs are in essence iqual
Been searching all over RUclips for videos on onmyodo and this is the closest I could find. Since much of Japanese occultism was influenced by Chinese occultism, this should be a good place to start.
Secret of secrets .....is ....YOU...cannot stop ..your thoughts. ( Which are obstacle to..reaching deep state Meditation...)
God must stop yout thoghts for you.. ... .... ..... .,.
Other little- er Secret is ; God is touching....the Adept with Kria' s ( lnvolentary body movement s ..and blessed hand poses..)
So , its NOT for you ,to " Imitate the hand poses "......Blessed Power Of God must pose your hands ...... ect.
So Dahrma - is essential , so student is exercising devotion... ... with all his heart.
God watches.......your devotion.
It is my understanding that Zhang SanFeng incorporated Confucians Buddhas and Lao Tzu’s theories into a wholistic approach. Are you familiar with his teachings or Xuan Wu (Zhen Wu)? I’m curious to know how Zhang taught about one’s self or Zian philosophy…
I ordered your book on my Kindle this afternoon, and I'm reading it already the Tao of Craft, and it reminded me of something that have in a frame on my desk.
Tao produced the One
The One produced the two
The two produced the three
And the three produced the ten thousand things
The ten thousand things carry the Yin and embrace the Yang and through the
blending of the Qi they achieve harmony
haha ahh-- the tao te ching.
Thank you for this lovely course! I bought your book, the tao of craft. I was raised in a Thai buddhist and Irish-American Catholic household but have always been drawn to the occult. Also, interesting what you said in the end about animism. Even Krishna held a similar wisdom as a child.
omg where is video 6:( I'm so invested! thank you for all the wonderful content, i am definitely ordering your books
I've been searching for Chinese occultism info and glad I found this!
This is fantastic. Sharing the truth of oneness in such comprehensible terms. I'm grateful. Light be upon you.
Moon blocks are not easy to find. On MLK jr. Day I find my self reflecting on Chinese human rights in history U.S.A. 🦇☯️🐁
As far as I can figure being from America and learning English... the Jesus in Christianity. When they say let Jesus in your heart ❤️ the basics. Oh Jesus...... look close you might fide a clue on a meaning that's all folks ^-^
The Cultivation Practice....was Tibetan Varjayanna an influence
In the abyss after being disconnected from creation I was frantically asking this massive two part dark energy moving inside. To get me out. The two parts moving inside were not balanced. It has a son I was reminded.
I believe the Ying Yang symbol is the closest description of God. But I think whomever drew it had a perfect reflection.
True story.
Fascinating video, the confusious master student part reminded me of the master in the kill bill movie, that actually made it make sense why he was so hard on her
33:48 As you said about teachers not wanting to teach to outsiders or non-Chinese etc… I’ve experienced it, and know many stories, from Chinese martial arts. At times the teacher is not even Chinese but he’s simply not going to tell you. They’ll openly say they will but are just egging you on. I once had a shaolin monk (Chinese all the way) wouldn’t even tell me what the color of the belt he just gave me meant. Later he’s telling a beautiful woman what all the colors mean.
Another dynamic is that the master doesn’t know (maybe then he’s not truly a master??) but he’s just parroting what his master said. He’s never reached that height, or mislabeled it with a lower state, eventually leading to a broken lineage.
Or, as in the Vipassana tradition of U Ba Khin taught by SN Goenka, it is actually documented Goenka yelling at a senior meditator (AT) because he was attempting to go all the way to reach enlightenment. Goenka yelled ‘we are not here to reach enlightenment, we are here to serve.’
...just discovered your channel...very nice, and informative. I didn't see this topic specifically addressed on your playlists, so I'd like to suggest maybe you could do a vid. on occult (esoteric) practices within Chinese martial arts.
14:41 This reminds me of: "When faced with an impossible choice between two ways, the best course to take is always the third." super curious if there are any traditions which focus that part? I have seen many which are one vs the other as you described instead of both.
Spirit is what we call a soul in western culture. Would you consider a spirit an energy source?
Wow 5 years ago that you made this video. That's when I started to really understand enlightenment and landing on your video is so on point. My nationality is Hmong the real ancient people of china. Lao zi is Hmong. Chi you is Hmong Huang di is Hmong and yan di is Hmong. Hmong people are the first to do shamanic rituals and many others rice, swords, gun power etc etc. All your words makes sense, no it makes money. 😊 History is rewritten more times then you can image. The Bible, history, calendar, etc etc. So if you really think about it, nothing is really accurate it's what you believe makes it come true.
Judeo-Christianity believes only humans and spiritual creatures and God are spirit. Animals and plants and inanimate creation do not have a spirit. They are connected with God though, and do have souls, but not rational souls. God gives them generative life in their souls.
So Chinese occult thinking is pantheistic and polytheistic? The difference is only how they are prescribed. Judeo-Christianity considers all gods and goddesses to be demons. And the connection with nature and the world is panentheistic I think. Very subtle. Just an extra 'en'.
At the essence of all religious teachings is the Tao that is felt intuitively in the give and play of Cosmic Resonance.
To Follow the Tao is to dance like Shiva. Yielding to the Tao. Which is gravity moving through resonance and Consciousness moving through life.
As someone that has had many ghost/spirit encounters, along with having a soul entity attach to me for 10 years, then having it removed with the help of hypnotherapy (to discover what the issue was initially). I can ensure you that exorcisms are very real and a big problem. A lot are plasma parasites that are attracted to empaths. I truly hope you get to encounter some of these entities, beings and lost souls for your own personal growth in your practice.
"We don't bow in submission or in idolatry. We bow to show respect, to show that we hold who we're bowing to in high esteem" as a Descendant of Flame and Yellow Emperors, I didn't know this either!
I stubbed my pinky toe the other day, and i shouted something loud and unintelligible.
Proof, I'm divine.
In brazil we have traditions where the gods dont speak just channel energy when incorporated in a medium. But there are other traditions where that happens but with ancestors that do speak coherently in portuguese. Its not "tongues". Some other traditions altough speak portuguese also use these certain "proofs" of endurance to show its the entity not the person. Very interesting.thank you do much
I like the way you put it of consciousness existing beyond the body as other occult ideas specifically talk about consciousness surviving the body's death...this would also be the same but being able to conceptualize and use this language is good to keep in the consciousness and program the subconscious
Hong Kong people seek a welfare system reform provision! Why high cost of living, gambling Macau, low wages and new technology Ecommerce . How do we survive Higher Education University coast? We need a economic stimulus plan for next generation jobs? " Hong Kong Students would like too (articulate).🦇☯️🇨🇳
Thanks for this amazing video and sharing your knowledge and voice
Oh how interesting, this notion of, tang ki, these peasants that speak for the gods, this seems to be very similar to the notions put forth explaining how and why societies fail, by Andrew Łobaczewski, in his study 'political penerology'. Or in the indian tradition, the rise of kundalini.
shamanism is fun I like rubbing fuzzy energy on people, especially loyal friends that stick by me and help me grow
Understanding Buddha's mind is hard unless you are on the level. Otherwise, it's like an elephant description by the blind men.
Jesus Christ went to Hell judgement of God: Forr his chasing to have Gay forgiven.recent !
I don't know why im here but I do use my figglywigglies and tingly wingies to feel shit out, it feels like an extension of your natural senses, you just listen to your gut more? instinct? I don't know but thank you im bored and curious
Benebel, when you say Collective Conscience are talking about Dao?
Wow, finding all this and learning about it really makes me feel like most Eastern spirituality is really all connected by this central thread.
Ling, make a bunch if not all my decisions on everyday plans. A Gua from a Hell incidentally we knew one another a well known person of film. Ladies of their former self. ☯️Korean and Chinese, fifteen unknown. What is the balance between ones done mind and mentality ill. Self Control of Para Psychology!
Having enlightened Siddharta Guatama Buddha became a Man No. 7.
What I think is interesting is that every time I listen to one of your episodes my girlfriend walks and takes my attention away from learning from you, like it's weird.
very interesting material, especially in light and contrast of western philosophies
These words are extremely beneficial. Thank you
What is number 44 in taoism ,i think that number 44 is yinyang number because evrytime i visited my phone in look what time is all is ended with 44. Example 7:44or 8:44,9:44 all the time ended with 44and my sign number is always 7,77,777,7777 it is appeared in evryday of my life like a rice on my plate while im eating they form as 7,or 77 and sonetimes 4
Jesus is the greatest Bhuddha of all time. So anyone can try praying to Jesus and see how things happen. Also try using scriptures from the Holy Bible as mantras. For ex. If I want healing I simply search for all verses that says I am healed or will be healed and keep chanting it several times a day.
Stop illuding yourself about the bowing part. People do this because leadershits dureout time expected us to bow.
Today people say it is a sign of respect but it is actually from fear.
For if you did not bow you where seen as 'one that does not show "respect" '
They always got killed left and right.
Shit the people on that side of the ocean calls it a sign of respect because dureout ages of time if they did not they would be forced to act sepuku.
But ok. Lie yourself about respect
The Tong Ji remind me a lot of the pentecostal tradition I was raised in. I'm thrilled you made the connection as well
I never tasted vinegar before but I think I'm closer to Taoism than Buddhism, I'm terrified of loosing my identity and what makes me me.
Maybe I'm not selfless enough or I'm not able to fully grasp the concept yet?
Anyway thank you for the great video!
omg, this series is making me fall in love with you
In the light be the darkness that gives it meaning, in the darkness be the light that guides the way., to walk a path that though well lit is not too bright. The secret that is not a secret is to be here now, and in that you will know the Tao. ❤
I speak 7 sacred languages - glossiola its been a hard souls journey Indigo of wll 5 tribes im a seer oracle shaman tarot readin martial artists
Aah thank you so much for this series. As a chinese immigrant living abroad, I feel very disconnected from my own culture and really struggle to learn more about chinese spiritual work.
lots of words, easy to do. kuddos to words doing. not to be compared with..
book recommend: TAO TE CHING/red pine.
Benebelle thank u for being u
I have learned soo much from u
Woah, that's really cool, I didn't know that there was a Chinese practice that used speaking in tongues. My parents followed the rural Christian practices that did that (I mean technically I know how to do it, too, but I don't feel comfortable channeling the Christian Holy Spirit now that I don't follow that path anymore), and I agree that it's really interesting how it parallels in giving the common people a direct line to divinity, given that Christians aren't usually allowed to use any form of divination or channeling. What often happens, though, is that if a church group gets too adept at the practice, they will eventually cross a line where a bunch of the church members will be like "Wait a second! That's not in the Bible! This is heresy!" and it'll all fall apart and everyone will have to go find a new church. Some real, magical stuff can happen before it gets to that point, though, like healing miracles and exorcisms. I personally don't believe in Christian doctrine at all these days, although it can be a legitimate pathway to divinity, because that same dogmatism that often holds them back from getting too far also has a lot of other negative things about it that I don't agree with (like being against other gods and religions, or its other hyper-conservative social stances).
Oh, that is really interesting! Especially how when it starts to get too "real" (in a manner of speaking), everyone dismantles the whole thing and moves on. That's fascinating!
partly through the video and my kinnie ass is screeching in happiness