Bai Yuzhan said, “The path of inner refinement is extremely simple and easy; just get the fire of the heart to descend into the elixir field. The elixir field is the chamber of water, while the heart is fire. When fire enters water, then water and fire mix and true yang is produced. Therefore people Call them heart and genitals, not water and fire.”
Reference: Taoist Meditation: Methods for Cultivating a Healthy Mind and Body
I have followed the young Mozart of Chees, Magnus Carlsen, since he entered the world of chess 10 years ago. Magnus is now 22 and he is currently the world number in chess. In january 2013 the young Chess Grandmaster received a staggering 2861 in rating. This is an all time rating record. Beating Garry Kasparov long time old record of 2851. There is more than 50 points between number one and two on the FIDE rating list! To put this perspective there is only a handful of players who has been above 2800 in chess history. The the current world champion in Chess, Viswanathan Anand, has mere 2772 as in rating as number 7 on the list.
In 2012 in Bilbao Masters Magnus Carlsen demolished Viswanathan Anand in the following game:
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[Event “Bilbao Masters”]
[Site “Sao Paulo BRA”]
[Date “2012.10.12”]
[EventDate “2012.09.24”]
[Round “9”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Magnus Carlsen”]
[Black “Viswanathan Anand”]
[ECO “B52”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “59”]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.f3 Qc7 10.b3 Qa5 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.O-O O-O
13.Nce2 Rfd8 14.Bc3 Qb6 15.Kh1 d5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qe1 Rdc8
18.e5 Ne8 19.e6 fxe6 20.Nf4 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 d4 22.Qd2 c5 23.Rae1
Ng7 24.g4 Rc6 25.Nh3 Ne8 26.Qh6 Nf6 27.Ng5 d3 28.Re5 Kh8
29.Rd1 Qa6 30.a4 1-0
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Update:
Magnus Carlsen further clear in February FIDE Ratings theweekinchess.com
Links:
Homepage of Magnus Carlsen magnuscarlsen.com
Magnus Carlsen wikipedia.org
FIDE Rating list january 2013 fide.com
Magnus Carlsen is going to play 5 of the top 10 players of the world in The 75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 11 – 27 January 2013 in Wijk aan Zee
Garlic
To treat the early stages of the common cold, take 50 gr. of garlic, the white heads of green onion, and fresh ginger, and boil in water; drink hot and cover yourself with a blanket so that you transpire.
Ginger
When fever and chills are present, grate 30 gr. of ginger, boil it in water, add one teaspoon of brown sugar. To suppress coughing due to the common cold, grate 50 gr. of ginger and mix with 2 teaspoons of maltose, boil in 3 cups of water until the water is reduced to half a cup, and then sip slowly.
Reference: Chinese Foods for Longevity
There is a whole book written on the wonders of ginger, garlic and green onion based on Traditional Chinse Medical (TCM) Food Therapy claiming to cure all most any kind of imaginable disease in man. The book includes more than twenty different recipes to cure the common cold with ginger, garlic and green onion!
Reference: Curing Diseases the Chinese Way: With Ginger, Garlic and Green Onion
Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa is a Chinese natural herb medicine (TCM) against lung disorders including cough, hoarseness, loss of voice, dry skin, sore throat and colds.
Reference: Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa wikipedia.org
Mind does not know mind;
having a mind, one does not see mind.
Producing thought is confusion;
no thoughts is nirvana.
The Buddhas attain liberation by way of mind;
the mind, without defilement, is called pure:
immaculate in all states of being, it does not take on form.
Those who understand this attain the great Way.
Reference: Stopping and Seeing: Comprehensive Course in Buddhist Meditation
Health Promotion Exercise
Functions
Reinforces intrinsic Qi and promotes good health and the ability to prevent and cure disease.
Methods
Natural respiration or reverse breathing techniques can be used in the practice of this exercise.
1. Natural Respiration. Sit cross-legged or take a standing posture. Gradually regulate your breath so that it is quiet, even, fine, and slow. Concentrate the mind on the Dantian.
2. Reverse Breathing. Sit cross-legged or stand using reverse breathing while concentrating the mind on the Dantian. Pull in the abdomen and contract the anus during inspiration to pull Qi into the Dantian. Expand the abdomen during expiration to allow Qi to move throughout the entire body.
Application
Health Promotion Exercise improves health and treats hypertension, neurosis, coronary heart disease, and arthritis.
Points for Attention
This exercise can be practiced 1–4 times a day, 10–60 minutes each time. Fine, even, deep, and long respiration can only be achieved through long-term practice and should not be pursued forcefully or by suppressing breath. Stop exercising before you get tired.
Reference: Qigong for Treating Common Ailments: The Essential Guide to Self Healing
Is Amazon’s new music cloud the real deal? This is what Amazon CEO and Founder, Jeff Bezos, is offering you:
“Dear Customers,
Managing a digital music collection can be a bit messy. You can buy music from your phone, but how do you transfer it to your home or work computer? Also, if you’re not regularly backing up your music collection, you can lose it with a disk drive crash.
Today, we’re introducing an important new service to give you a simple way to keep your music safe and have it with you, everywhere. It’s called Amazon Cloud Player. MP3 songs and albums you purchase from Amazon.co.uk, even those you purchased in the past, will be available in Cloud Player, which means you’ll have a secure backup copy of the MP3s you buy at Amazon, free of charge. We’ve also made it easy to get the rest of the music that’s on your computer to Cloud Player, even music purchased from iTunes or uploaded from CDs. We’ll match the songs on your computer to Amazon.co.uk’s catalogue of over 20 million songs. All songs we match are instantly made available in Cloud Player and upgraded to high-quality 256 kbps audio. Music we can’t match will be uploaded to Cloud Player, so your entire digital music collection will be available.”
Yes, managing a digital music collection can be a bit messy at times. So it might be sensible and practical with the security that amazon offers your precious music collection. Just remember its only a backup solution for the music you purchased at Amazon. For Amazon there is no need for more hot air in the cloud. All Jeff Bezos is offering you is a link to a music file in the Amazon music archive.
Reference: Amazon Cloud Player
Yesterday evening I went to Center for Visdom og Medfølelse ( Center for Wisdom and Compassion ) in the central of Copenhagen to attend the weekly after work mindfulness meeting from 19.00 – 21.00. Essentially it is just a bunch of people from every direction in life sitting quietly together. Just being is a wonderful way to spend time with other people. Stephan Pende Wormland is the residential teacher and he is normally the person who conduct these sittings. Stephan started the evening with saying that if you only where to read one book on Buddhism it should be this one:
The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying
A bit later with a smile on his lips, that eventually turned into laughter, he said that if there was room for second one it should be this one:
Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire
So here it is / here they are!
when I look up
and see the wind move the leaves in the tree tops
with soft and happy sensations
I close my eyes
and smile
this sense of life
inside of me too.
Somebody That I Used To Know lyrics
Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it’s an ache I still remember
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end
Always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I’ll admit that I was glad that it was over
But you didn’t have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don’t even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
You didn’t have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don’t need that though
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I’d done
And I don’t wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn’t catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know…
But you didn’t have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don’t even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
You didn’t have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don’t need that though
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
I used to know
That I used to know
It seems like all the cool chess programs and databases are developed for windows only. Is there really no Mac OS Chess Programs and Chess Databases available?
I have compiled a basic list of free Mac OS Chess Ressources:
Chess Database: Scid: A Free Chess Database App
Chess Engines:
Critter
Stockfish
Crafty ( port install crafty MacPorts )
Chess engines wikipedia.org
Chess Apps
xboard – X graphical user interface for chess (port install xboard, see MacPorts – requires X11)
Chess Games
The Week in Chess TWIC
Chess Server
FICS – free internet chess server
Water drizzling down the mountain wall
glittering in the sun
mist rising to the top
birds and green
everywhere life is seen
drifting in the clouds
standing like a giant
reaching to center of the earth
stretching up towards the heavens
unmoved yet alive
standing here
how am I different?
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Vipassana Documentary from India
Personally I took a 10 day intensive Vipassana meditation course in Nepeal just after New Year 2012. 10-11 hours of meditation every day, keeping the buddhist precepts of a strictly vegetarian diet, refraining from sexual activity and keeping to silence and non communication. As many of the prisoners in the movie “Doing Time, Doing Vipassana” I had no real prior experience with meditation.
The first 2-3 days was a refined form of physical and mental torture as my body and mind constantly rebelled against the rigorous training. After the first day and second day I felt like screaming and running away. Actually it was only by the kind and loving intervention of one the foreign volunteers at Dharmashringa that I managed to overcome my desperation. I remember thinking I would have preferred going to a Nepalese jail instead.
As the days went on my struggling body and mind started to settle by themselves. I began a profound journey towards my self – a journey that trancends language! First everyday problems and worries started to wane, then old stuff started to emerge and go from the depths of my mind together with injuries and bad habits of my body. Then something happened. I adjusted to the situation.
Not all was perfect or even good – but somehow even the most troublesome moments was okay! An immense presence slowly manifested it self.
For me it was a life altering experience. To this day I am not sure that I would do it again. But I will recommend this journey towards liberation to all!
I am still struggling in this very moment: Innica Innica – maintaining equanimity!
Links:
Vipassanā wikipedia.org
Nepal Vipassana Center Dharmashringa www.np.dhamma.org
Vipassana i Norden Dhamma Sobhana
www.pariyatti.org Vipassana Shop
The Vipasana Meditation Technique neigong.net
Videos:
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana 1/4
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana 2/4
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana 3/4
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana 4/4
Books:
The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation as Taught by S.N. Goenka
Discourse Summaries: Talks from a Ten-day Course in Vipassana Meditation
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