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David

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About Me

21st century monk. Professional computer geek. Practitioner of tai chi and kung fu. Lover of my friends and family. Appreciater of music. Devourer of wholesome, natural foods.

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"Tell me this, are you prepared to live? Energy that we exchange is imparative. Intricate so simple. Life is the spirit and, the body is the temple. One life, one love." -Hieroglyphics

"If I only meet three people today, one of them can be my teacher." -Daoist proverb

My Blog

Mind Control

http://lbdaoist.blogspot.com/I have spent so much of my life focused on what I considered to be my mind, and attempting to calm it, focus it, center it, and otherwise master it. A moment of clarity fi...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 12:02:00 GMT

The breath

It seems to be the guide for the mind, in that when I place my mind upon my breathing, I become aware of everything that influences the breathing.  The body will breath just as the heart will beat, on...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 12:27:00 GMT

Just to see what happens..

The mind set into motion keeps going along its way, held to the path by focus on that which rests in front of itself.  To which side of that which rests does the other that isn't doing that, doing wha...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:32:00 GMT

And then one day...

...it just becomes clear.  The fog dissipates.  The mind recognizes those thoughts taking place like a person in a theater recognizes the movie on the screen... external to the watcher, to the perceiv...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:50:00 GMT

Reflections

These blogs that I post serve many purposes.  Perhaps most importantly they allow me to reflect back upon them at a later time.  The cultivation of awareness in the now brings about great th...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:47:00 GMT

Meditation

I have developed a routine of meditating regularly and have had some insights into the practice that were different from my original intentions or what I had imagined it would be like.  I'm shari...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:57:00 GMT

The empty mind

Quieting the mind, relaxing the body, letting going of mental obsessions with sight and sound, form and experience... Lonely, distanced, disconnected and seperated from the buzz, the comings and going...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:28:00 GMT

The message

There is a message manifesting a form inside of my mind.  A string of words tied together by a theme emerging from the perception that all which could be right has been side tracked by that which...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:07:00 GMT

The morning

The world is still quiet, draped in the last vestiges of darkness left by the lingering night.  The night with its tranquil energy, night about to fade as the sky grows brighter and the world beg...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:05:00 GMT

Whats really going on PART TWO

There is just too much information scattered all over the place and provides insights into what is really going on with the world we live in todays.  Washington Post article about what is really ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:13:00 GMT