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Doc, How old is buddhism.
Because I have studied the occult, and the chakras are in kabalism to my knowlege.
and kablalism is thousands of years old from what i know,
P.S-Jesus died on the cross.
And he rose again.
Where would we be without him? Uh, he rose.. to heaven. Right? We are here without him. I guess we'd be right where we are. Risen or not. He did what he did, right? So it's not the rising again and going to heaven waiting for some big return. It's about what he did with his life while he was here and his sacrifice for all people. I don't understand that religion much. But that's the way I look at it. I'm just a simple buddhist anyway.
a lot of kabbalism as it's taught today is not strictly kabbalism, and incorporates good ideas from all over the place, like, for instance, the idea of chakras. what is found in traditional kabbalism is something called the "tree of life", which consists of 10 different points in the human body that are pretty chakra-like (but in different places than the yogic chakras).
i used to be really into this stuff, and then i dedicated my life to rock and roll.
It is written that Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was crucified. Perhaps he appeared, to other people as well. I don't think he came off the cross alive. First of all he was beaten before he went to the cross. Then after he was on the cross, he was taken down, his body was inspected, and centauren's guarded his tome. Would the romans let him live? To them, he was trouble, if he did so he might start a revolution.
One thing the bible teaches is that to test spirits. Not all angels of light are good. Perhaps one appeared and said it was Jesus.
There were written records surrounding his death from first hand witnesses, namely his disciples.
I don't want to offend anyone. If so I apologize. Well, yet. I thought since this topic got into the subject of Jesus, I should talk on it.
question two how do you see chi? I think it's quite possible that we have chi. But what is it? I think it's problem a more powerful brain muscle.
We can't see Qi. But we have proof of it's existence. Only we can't see it. Just like air. We can't see it. But we believe it is there. There is proof that you can find on your own. It's there. They are pretty much the same anyway. But god, we can't see. And there is no proof of existence of god. So to people who believe in god but don't believe Qi, how do you explain that? Believe something that can't be proven. But don't believe something that can and has been proven? I don't get it....
I agree with you one doesn't need to know that air is there by seeing it but by it's effects. Personally, some of what people talking about when they talk about energy is chemical balance. I believe if it's science then everyone can believe it.
"Qi" in Chinese language is in the word "kong qi". Meaning air. "Tian kong" means sky. "Tian" meaning the sky and "kong" meaning vastness, empty space. So then "kong qi" is from two characters. "Kong" is empty space of the sky and "qi" is gas or air, like oxygen. Making "kong qi" mean the air that is all around us. "Qi" air, gas, vapor. We breathe it in and it's in our body. Oxygen flows in our blood. And we can learn to control the flow of it within our body to concentrate one point. Which is used for Iron Qi Gong. Qi Gong is translated as internal energy training. So here "qi" means internal energy. When we breathe in the air it is used as energy. Without oxygen in our lungs and flowing through our blood, our skin will loose it's color and we become weak and lose our energy. So there, "qi" is the air breathed in and used as energy within the body that we can learn to control. Proof of that is the Iron Qi Gong skills of Shao Lin.
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