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The sages of Chinese antiquity stood facing South

3 November 2009 Character

Today, on a walk I was taught an important lesson by some late migrating geese. In the late summer and autumn, we get a whole lot of geese flying overhead in my neighborhood. We live pretty close to a couple of wildlife refuges, one being specifically devoted to waterfowl. In general, in Portland, the autumn [...]

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A very long Chinese medicine engagement

17 August 2009 Classical Texts (general)

I want to try something new. Many of my readers have asked me to do more discussion of the Classical texts. I have been hesitant because my command of Chinese is not great and the available translations are mostly disappointing (if my teachers are to be believed). However, my need to dive into them continuously [...]

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What is a watershed?

3 March 2009 Cultivation

So, you may remember all this talk about the Awareness project.  The idea was (and is, though evolved now) that we wanted to bring all of our senses to bear IN THE WORLD as people nourished by particular types of practices to really live what the Classics tell us about.  This in turn would be [...]

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Entering the Flow

7 August 2008 Cultivation

Whither Sagely Living?
Across a divide of space spanning a continent, a partnership in exploration has opened whose wellsprings lie removed further still across a span of centuries and oceans. I am speaking, of course, of this latest project that Eric and I have conceived in the course of our conversations over the last few [...]

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Deepest Health Chinese Medicine Podcast Episode 3 : The power of self cultivation

25 July 2008 Personal Development

Hey everyone,
It’s Friday and time for another podcast.  I’m hoping to invest in some equipment to make the podcast a little more refined in the future, but for now I hope things sound alright.  This week I discuss the power of self-cultivation for Chinese medicine (and all) physicians.  I also discuss why I think it’s [...]

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