That is the beauty of Taoism focusing on Here & Now. Not Next Life in Buddhism, Judgement Day in Abrahamic Religions.

My dad’s elder brother rested during childhood. Hearsays someone tossed him when playing & accidentally broke his neck before my dad was born.

When I was 5y old, he asked for a tablet 靈位 via a possession where my dad don’t even know he existed. After much effort & searching with Chinese relatives, it was confirmed such person existed.

When I was 12y old, he claimed that following a teacher going for Ghost Immortal & need not his tablet anymore.

1. Accurate Data transmission & communication even 35y after he rested.
2. He needs Tablet 靈位 to collect Energy.
3. He practices Ghost Immortal 鬼仙 after 7y of Energy Cumulation.

Since then, my dad could not summon his soul anymore.

Immortal seems that is Spiritual Being beyond the Reincarnation cycle.

This post has been edited by JasonAubama: Mar 31 2018, 10:56 AM

I have long suspicions on Karma but thanks to Dr M bringing back our value.

Kleptocracy coupled with China’s One Belt, One Road (一帶一路 or HongKie call 一仆一碌) initiative, we shouldered huge debt enabling dumping ground for China excess production capacity on top of potential military or colonial expansion into our home.

This post has been edited by JasonAubama: May 19 2018, 03:51 PM

The Three Treasures

The first of the Three Treasures is ci (Chinese: 慈; pinyin: cí; Wade–Giles: tz'u; literally: "compassion, tenderness, love, mercy, kindness, gentleness, benevolence"), which is also a Classical Chinese term for "mother" (with "tender love, nurturing " semantic associations). Tao Te Ching chapters 18 and 19 parallel ci ("parental love") with xiao (孝 "filial love; filial piety"). Wing-tsit Chan (1963:219) believes "the first is the most important" of the Three Treasures, and compares ci with Confucianist ren (仁 "humaneness; benevolence"), which the Tao Te Ching (e.g., chapters 5 and 38) mocks.

The second is jian (Chinese: 儉; pinyin: jiǎn; Wade–Giles: chien; literally: "frugality, moderation, economy, restraint, be sparing"), a practice that the Tao Te Ching (e.g., chapter 59) praises. Ellen M. Chen (1989:209) believes jian is "organically connected" with the Taoist metaphor pu (樸 "uncarved wood; simplicity"), and "stands for the economy of nature that does not waste anything. When applied to the moral life it stands for the simplicity of desire."

The third treasure is a six-character phrase instead of a single word: Bugan wei tianxia xian 不敢為天下先 "not dare to be first/ahead in the world". Chen notes that

The third treasure, daring not be at the world's front, is the Taoist way to avoid premature death. To be at the world's front is to expose oneself, to render oneself vulnerable to the world's destructive forces, while to remain behind and to be humble is to allow oneself time to fully ripen and bear fruit. This is a treasure whose secret spring is the fear of losing one's life before one's time. This fear of death, out of a love for life, is indeed the key to Taoist wisdom. (1989:209)

In the Mawangdui Silk Texts version of the Tao Te Ching, this traditional "Three Treasures" chapter 67 is chapter 32, following the traditional last chapter (81, 31). Based upon this early silk manuscript, Robert G. Henricks (1989:160) concludes that "Chapters 67, 68, and 69 should be read together as a unit." Besides some graphic variants and phonetic loan characters, like ci (兹 "mat, this") for ci (慈 "compassion, love", clarified with the "heart radical" 心), the most significant difference with the received text is the addition of heng (恆, "constantly, always") with "I constantly have three …" (我恆有三) instead of "I have three …" (我有三).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Treasures_(Taoism)

Daoism is a traditional cultural aspect of the Chinese pagan religion.

Incorporated with some of confusious and Buddhist practices.

Some May see them as religion
But I will always refer to the temple for cultural guidance
Such as the protocols required when attending or holding a marriage ceremony and funeral ceremony.

Like when I die, my eldest son will be required to hold 3 joss sticks and walk while my coffin are being carried.
Otherwise according to pantang or cultural protocols, I will haunt a distance relative so my distance relative from China would call my son in the middle of the night

Hahaha

will be quite mafan if a person has no son ...

道家 is different from 道教 right? I see people mixing it up here.

Are you suggesting that above 99% of Human Beings not holding joss stick should experience those supernatural phenomenal?

It is just a “Formal” ceremony by respective organizer in-charge, like our TDM sworn in as Prime Minister. There are some 100,000 Denominations of Albrahamic religions, 10,000 Denominations of Buddhism, 1,000 Denominations of Taoism on top of variations of geographical localities, no one is far more superior than others.

We have very little knowledge about Spiritual Beings, Consciousness, Quantum Mechanics, Dark Body & so on. Keep an open mind to observe & utilize our wisdom to gauge our experience of reality.

This post has been edited by JasonAubama: Jun 14 2018, 11:36 PM

Good thing your uncle can find a teacher to teach him 鬼仙 even after passing away so long.

阿彌陀佛

From Social Politic background way back in Buddha’s age, Royal Family is the 2nd rank in Caste system whereby a Prince proposed “Re-incarnation” concept to break such habitual rulings.

India is well known of Democracy today but 100% of the MPs below 30 are hereditary, ie. inherited from Political Dynasties.

It seems that “Re-incarnation” in Social Political perspective is yet to be happened in South Asia, the origin of Buddhism.

This post has been edited by JasonAubama: Jun 15 2018, 02:22 PM

By the way, is Buddha indian nepalese or Chinese nepalese?

Indian Nepalese

Indian Nepalese

We are on a very long journey of the soul, however we can’t move forward on this endless path without an open and free mind. As soon as we close our minds, because of religious dogma, fundamentalism, orthodoxy, misguided sense of spiritual elitism, or an enslaved sense of self (a mind that is enslaved to a guru, a sect, a god or deity) we stop evolving.

Try our best to divert Ego-Self towards Soul Evolution 😅

How would we interprete this:

The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and
unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and
unchanging name.


First reading and even subsequent readings make no sense. Does it mean that we can never understand the Tao?

As a Mainstream Taoist Priest, my Ego-Self should defense until the Cow come Home.

I have Chosen Taoism instead of Buddhism, because I could read the original text without translation that may distort the ultimate meanings.

道可道 非常道
Literally Contradicted.

I don’t know the real meaning, so I’m seeking Tao with open mind & my mind kept evolving.

This post has been edited by JasonAubama: Jun 17 2018, 11:19 AM

The Tao that can be explained is not the real Tao. The name that can be named is not the real name.

Sifu, you are absolutely right.

1. Can I perceive that you are refusing to teach me?
2. Since Tao can not be explained, could you please enlighten me how to introduce Tao to 99% of Human Beings not subscribe to Tao?
3. ...

This post has been edited by JasonAubama: Jun 17 2018, 10:10 PM

Bro, I am not sifu la. That is what I read somewhere. Ha ha... so I just share what I read lah... but it makes sense la... the Tao must be "known" but cannot be "taught"