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Posted by Steve on 6/19/2009, 8:38 am, in reply to "Re: An Unforced Response Has Occurred."
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: No master, no book, had to teach you what
: you already knew there.
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: Steve,
:
: Fact is most people are trying to control
: the situation. Cultivation is about letting
: go and going with the flow, not about
: gaining control over natural processes.
:
: Most people have lost the natural deep
: breaths they took when they were a small
: child. Most people are shallow breathers. To
: learn to breathe from the heals takes
: practice. Takes conscious effort.
:
: Butcho
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You had to learn how to breathe, Butcho? You needed a master to show you how?
Not me. I find what Laozi found--that sometimes breathing is easy, sometimes not. Sometimes things go well, sometimes they don't. Sometimes I'm wise, sometimes I'm foolish. The arrangement seems just peachy to me.
Your breathing practice makes you feel healthier and wiser, and that's reason enough to continue doing it. I exercise everyday, because that makes me feel better too.
My breathing can take care of itself.
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