(Continued from Thất Sơn Thần Quyền 1: Secret Powerful Vietnamese Martial Art) A WHAT??? A Vietnamese Taoist Martial Art??? You heard me. Thất Sơn Thần Quyền is a form of martial arts that follow the ancient teachings of the deity-based Taoist practices. Remember one of my previous post on the Difference between Taoism and Taoism, where I... Continue Reading →
How It All Began If you have ever watched a Kung Fu movie, you will have seen organized martial arts fighting in the most fundamental and truest style of fighting. The movie may be fiction, but the organized fight scene is a re-enactment of real events that occurred on a regular basis throughout the lands.... Continue Reading →
(Continued from Taoist Shrine in Ancient Hội An) The first time I visited this temple in Hội An, I had no idea it was one that venerated a Taoist god. You must forgive me. All temples look the same from the outside. The architecture might have been one type of construction but then, over the years,... Continue Reading →
You may ask yourself: Is she descending into dementia due to old age? Is she losing her critical thinking skills? Can she not tell that she has written the word Taoism twice in the title? That should not be the question that floats around in your mind. The question should be: Is there a difference... Continue Reading →
I was sitting on my favorite chair outside in my backyard the other day, minding my own business, enjoying the winter sunshine when something happened which caused me to rethink a very boring subject--geometry. Since it's almost spring here, and I live in a very mild Mediterranean climate, the flowers were starting to bloom and... Continue Reading →
(Continued from Human CCC 1: On the Confluence of Crows and Monkeys) You all know me by now. If there is anything I love about Taoism, it's that much of it can be backed up by science, with the rest of the more esoteric stuff, still yet to be proved, not because it's not based... Continue Reading →
Today, I am going to talk about nothing. Literally--NOTHING. In fact, I have a lot to say about nothing. Since Taoism has a lot to say about NOTHING, I'll start with Chapter 14 of the Tao Te Ching, translated by Derek Lin Tao Te Ching: Chapter 14 Look at it, it cannot be seenIt is... Continue Reading →
Ever since Old Dude charged me with being a Tower, I have been trying my best to act like a bona fide, certified Tower. In my mind's eye, a Human Tower should be someone standing tall and proud, eyes slightly closed and facing into the stark cool wind of a fluctuating summer. I imagine myself as... Continue Reading →
So, I met up with the Old Dude again a few nights ago, as I was going through my usual dream life stuff. Now, I know what you're thinking. Sheesh, Taobabe is writing up another one of her boring tall-tale dreamscapes again--but let me hasten to assure you, it's not the usual suspect. Bear up with me here.... Continue Reading →
***Note: I was having a bit of trouble trying to find a good spot for the words, because although this photo has plenty of dark, relatively star-free areas, the words didn't seem to quite fit anywhere, and I was randomly moving it around, hoping that it would find a nice comfortable spot to be placed.... Continue Reading →
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