Welcome to the World Famous:

Walkran / tao

astrology
chess
consciousness
crime
food
health
homesteading
hypnosis
infosectech
martialarts
meditation
mystery
news
paranormal
photography
psychology
religion
spirituality
---> tao <---
yoga

About

Wed Feb 27 09:42:10 AST 2019
When we went looking for hosting space for Walkran, we wanted two things: cheap and fast. Ramnode gives us that. For a pretty trivial monthly fee, we get a virtualized KVM server that has been fast and reliable. The one time we needed technical support (for our own mistake!), they were fast and fixed the problem instantly. These guys are GOOD and they are AFFORDABLE. Check them out.

BUY IT FROM ME NOW SO I CAN GET THE $WEET $WEET COMI$$IONZ!!
I mean.. Just buy it now, don't be so fsck'in cheap and indecisive.
Get that VPS you've been meaning to set up you lazy ass. Do it now.

Help support Walkran by buying RAMNODE VPS Servers!!

BUY BUY BUY!! IMMEDIATELY AND IN HIGH QUANTITY!!!
TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO BUY HERE ONLY, TOO!!!
REMEMBER: IF IT'S NOT WALKRAN, FUCK IT YOU DON'T NEED IT!!!

SPECIAL ALERT: Recently, word has been going around that I wore my hair in a man bun. This is absolutely true. However, it was for the purposes of keeping my hair out of a spinning chainsaw. An Echo CS590. So go fuck yourselves.

My friend the idiot.
So we're driving along at a fairly good clip. The road was somewhat icy but for Canada, it wasn't a big deal. I looked over at Bryce, who seemed to be preparing for something, and then back at the road. We were approaching an intersection.

And then, the craziest thing happened.

Bryce lifted his left foot and aggressively jammed on the emergency break. The truck immediately started spinning. Then, he reached over to the gearshift and jammed it from Drive into Reverse. As the truck shuddered and continued its high speed drift, he floored it. The engine whined and the transmission made some very, very bad sounds. At that point, finally realizing something was wrong, he lifted his foot off of the gas, just in time for the engine to stall. His eyes were wide with terror and he briefly looked over at me as if to say "Oh man what have I done?"

Myself, I was rather calm. You see, this sort of thing was not uncommon with Bryce. One moment, you'd be doing something absolutely mundane. The next second you'd be plunged into some adventure that, moments earlier, you couldn't have even conceived of. Although we were in danger, I felt confident we'd be fine. Bryce, although a tremendous fuckup, had an uncanny ability to escape the consequences of his actions.

Although the engine was out, we were still moving at a fairly fast rate of speed. Eyes bugged out their sockets, Bryce began whipsawing the wheel back and forth, attempting to regain control. His efforts were marginal at best, more like the actions of someone who had once read how to correct from a skid rather than someone who actually understood it. For a Canadian, it was a very poor performance, although he really did try. I actually thought he was going to break the wheel or something. It was only through his natural reserves of "the luck of the idiot" that the truck stayed on the road, and eventually slid to a stop an inch or two from the guardrail.

I looked over at him.

"And just what in the fuck was that all about?"
"I used to drive a five speed. I traded it for an automatic."

Sometimes, it's OK to cry.
Some say it's OK for men to cry; personally, I feel it's really up to the man. It's not a comfortable topic for many, though even the toughest among us have our stories: times we cried and wish we hadn't .. times we didn't cry, but probably should have.

Oh, how I remember the time I cried! I'd just gulped down a very, very large mouthful of whiskey; inexcusably potent stuff, to be sure. Moisture collected at the corner of my eye, and before I could put a stop to it, a brave, lonesome tear ran down my cheek.

I immediately skewered and stabbed out the offending eye, both on general principle and as a warning to the other eye. It hit the ground with a wet floomph, and I stomped it for good measure.

I leaned down, such that it might hear me better. "This is a hard world, and this is for your own good", I told it. It didn't say anything back but, it got the message.

Thu Jan 17 19:17:41 AST 2019
Walkran traffic stats are surging! Legitimate visitors are starting to catch up to bots and search engines. OK that's a big lie, but we're clearly on an upward trajectory. HELLO and WELCOME to all you new people, especially you channel surfers; I hope you enjoy the site and find it useful.

Thanks for visiting, watch this space for more colorful updates, and tell your friends. I mean it. Tell your fuckin' friends. I ultimately want to be an Internet superstar like Kloss, Torvalds or de Raadt, and Walkran.com is my ticket. If you don't do your part it will never happen.

Eventually we are going to be the new reddit/steemit/digg/fark/etc. so get on board now and you can tell your friends that you were telling people about Walkran back in the days when the orange notice was CURRENT!! [ It's not even orange anymore!! It's black! ]

What is Walkran?
Walkran is a news aggregation site. We collect headlines from all over the world, organize them, and display them for you. Walkran was built to deliver low overhead, rapid access to current news headlines. If you find a more efficient way to keep updated on the latest news, let us know. Actually, you can't, as we don't currently have any contact information posted, so just keep it to yourself.
Why is Walkran unique?
We happily aggregate conventional media, alt media, and user forums. We do so to provide an overview of what various groups, often in complete disagreement, have to say about an issue. When you visit many conventional aggregation sites, you only receive the mainstream headlines. Here, you get it all.
We provide a more EXCITING, more CONTROVERSIAL gateway to breaking news, current events and emerging trends. Lesser news aggregation sites provide you with access to only one or two types of propaganda. At Walkran, we provide access to it all. Whether it's Globalist propaganda from the mainstream media, Wikileaks data dumps, Forum Gaslighting from one of the three letter agencies or just snowflakes melting down, we grab it, sort it, and display it for you.
We are the ultimate non-discriminatory news provider: we don't care who says what or whether it's remotely true. We'll print it, regardless.
Know this: we occasionally provide access to wonderful, enlightening content, but more than not, we end up providing access to corporate and state propaganda, misguided user posts, misleading articles, biased content and fake news. Why? Because that's the world we live in.
We don't write the news. We just point you to it. Good luck out there.

Pardon?
So one time, this guy said to me "do you use PHP?" I looked at him (immediately suspicious) and replied: "No. I use PERL." At that point I just wanted the conversation to end. I wanted it to be over. I turned to leave. You know what he says next, virtually fishhooking me in the eye?

"What, is that, like Python?"

I overreacted, I admit, for sure. As the judge said and my own attorney agreed, I showed a 'remarkably disproportionate reaction to a completely benign comment', although I think that statement, while somewhat accurate, evinces a stunning lack of ignorance with regards to interpreted programming languages. I still feel if we had have been clearer on the technical and historical realities of the conversation we would have won the case but in the end I agreed to a plea deal as the legal fees were mounting and I guess I shouldn't have done it. However back to the story.

I cried out like a wounded raven to distract him, and as he looked at me in confusion I advanced quickly and kneed him viciously in the groin. As he crumpled over in pain like a man kneed in the groin, I karate chopped the back of his kneck trying to snap his spine. To his credit he survived the blow and maintained consciousness but he went down hard, literally smashing his face into the literal ground. As his cranium ricocheted off the concrete I was tempted to drop the Randy Savage flying elbow but I thought that was dirty and do what I can to set a good example for the kids. I am no Amish nor Nun but I have certain morals that I follow.

As I savagely kicked him unconscious a cacophony of obscenities poured forth and I let him know in no uncertain terms that PERL deserves a lot more respect than what he was giving and that he'd better watch his P's and Q's in the future. I honestly don't remember most of what was said but I do remember the last few words that came out of me. As the maudlin moonlight glinted softly off of this guys teeth and bloody face and just before the cops got there, I leaned in and yelled at him:

"How do you like those indentations? Everything spaced to your liking, Guv?"

By Publisher

Personal Tao

Holidays, Traditions and New Year Blessings
Link
Time to Thrive & Release Suffering
Link
Raging Kindness – The Art of Kind Fu
Link
Speaking Up – Find Your Voice & Stand Up in Power
Link
Micro Size Me! – Micro Sizing Spiritual Practices
Link
Relationship Tips
Link
Edit Your Ego – Daily
Link
Angels, Saints and Holy Days
Link
Build Bridges, Dance Down Walls
Link
Holiday Traditions and Peace
Link
Snapshots of a Good Life
Link
Walking A New Road
Link
Being Strong, Brave and In One’s Power
Link
Newsletters and Updates
Link
Patron Gifts
Link
Embracing Your Dreams and Working with Hope
Link
Magic – Learning and Exploring Modern Magic
Link
Lava, Life and Aloha
Link
Discomfort
Link
Being Mature – Exploring Maturity
Link

Wu Wei Wisdom

A Beginner’s Guide to Feng Shui At Home
Link
Yang Sheng – The Ancient Chinese Approach to Self-Care
Link
Anger Issues Explained | The Angry Inner Child
Link
Childhood Trauma Recovery + Inner Child Healing
Link
The Joy of Mindful Swimming
Link
Find Real Love: Inner Child, Mindset + Relationship Advice
Link
Positive Ageing: The Chinese Medicine Way
Link
Feng Shui & The Colour Gold In Your Home
Link
How to Deal With Negative People
Link
Success With Affirmations | How to Create Affirmations That Work
Link
The Highly Sensitive Person Explained
Link
Skin Care Solutions + Traditional Chinese Medicine
Link
Feng Shui & The Colour White In Your Home
Link
How to Rebalance Your Yin + Yang Energy
Link
Stop Caring What Others Think Of You!
Link
Grounding Exercises | A Simple Practice Guide
Link
Inner Child Healing for Love Addiction + Codependency
Link
Be Happy NOW! How To Avoid The ‘Perfect Life’ Trap
Link
Simple Guided Meditation For Deep Relaxation | Become the Observer
Link
Trauma and PTSD Recovery: Inner Child Therapy Work
Link

The Tao

On Daoist texts
Link
Don't take 'finger' and 'moon' so literally; it's whatever works
Link
The Receptive: A Reading of the I Ching
Link
Though I identify primarily as a Friend, Taoism greatly informs my practice as a Quaker.
Link
How do you cultivate the Tao?
Link
Help
Link
I like Taoism because it seems to have fewer words than Buddhism or Hinduism or even Catholicism. Don't get me wrong. Sometimes I love words. But not too many. With that in mind, watch close and listen:
Link
One of My Favorite Tao Quotes
Link
Is taking life a Yang Characteristic?
Link
I love reading the Tao, and reflecting upon a line, or a teaching for a whole day...
Link
Tao Runs Deep
Link
Taoism and COVID-19 epidemic
Link
How does, if it can at all, same-sex relationships of non-platonic variations, homosexuality, being transgender, being queer and or LGBTQ+ in the more general sense work out within the Taoist frame of dualism, of Yin and Yang?
Link
Chuang Tzu: Free and Easy Wandering
Link
I appreciate the lack of verbosity in Taoism compared to comparable western philosophies
Link
It would be amazing if we had philosophy classes in our schools but I still learn a lot from reddit and YouTube so i guess it’s alright
Link
We are launching RECOVERY MARATHON and looking for practitioners
Link
Question about political activism and Taoism
Link
Two "daoist" poems
Link
Has this been posted on this sub before? Thought I'd post this beautiful quote about the nature of enlightenment. Like a finger pointing away to the moon.
Link

Benebell wen

Elemental Directional Correspondences in Ritual Magic, East vs. West: How Do You Reconcile Conflicts?
Link
Lunar Year of the Metal Rat & Navigating Natal Years
Link
Introduction to Chinese Esotericism
Link
Taoist Metaphysics
Link
Taoist Sorcery and Its Cultural Practice
Link
History of Taoist and Buddhist Mysticism in China
Link
Introduction to Buddhist-Taoist Esotericism
Link
Thunder Rites (雷法) | Tinkering Bell #9
Link
Bloodstone for Shielding | Tinkering Bell #8
Link
Integrating the Culture-Specific Craft I Share into Your Path
Link
Seal of Changes | Tinkering Bell #7
Link
Selling Fu Talismans
Link
Harmonic Resonance | Tinkering Bell #2
Link
I Ching and the Practitioner: A Course on the Book of Changes
Link
Practica of Esoteric Craft (Tinkering Bell Series)
Link
Expelling Malefic Attachments | Tinkering Bell #1
Link
Protected: Taoist Mystic Dreamwork and Oneiromancy
Link
Moon Block Divination | Tinkering Bell #5
Link
Ku or Taoist Poison Magic | Tinkering Bell #4
Link
Architecture of Sacred Space | Tinkering Bell #3
Link

Church of the Churchless

Trump acts like a cult leader in his coronavirus briefings
Link
A foreigner's scary tale of being checked for COVID-19 in India
Link
Brian Greene: "Behavior is fully governed by physical law"
Link
Open Thread 31 (free speech for comments)
Link
Brian Greene: "Nothing supersedes the laws of physics"
Link
Be strong, India. Your 3-week coronavirus lockdown is a wise decision.
Link
Religion is bringing out the coronavirus stupid in people
Link
How are you coping with the coronavirus outbreak?
Link
Don't spread false information about coronavirus
Link
Excellent comments about RSSB guru's failure to be honest
Link
RSSB guru wants to keep his tax returns secret
Link
Zen circle reminds me that perfection is a fantasy
Link
Perfection is an imaginary ideal, a lifeless dead end
Link
We make our own meaning in an indifferent universe
Link
Embrace uncertainty, doubt, and open-minded faith
Link
Religious people, why do you believe in God?
Link
Physicist Brian Greene talks about the cold, cruel, wondrous universe
Link
Open Thread 30 (free speech for comments)
Link
John Oliver shows how bad India's Narendra Modi is
Link
Religious belief is an untrue concept
Link

Stephen Jones

Studying “old customs” in 1950s’ Wenzhou
Link
Coronavirus 4: household Daoists in Shanxi
Link
Coronavirus 3: temples, Sichuan
Link
Coronavirus: mourning Li Wenliang, and blind bards
Link
Religious life in 1930s’ Fujian
Link
Ritual artisans in 1950s’ Beijing
Link
Temple murals: a new website
Link
A 2019 retrospective
Link
A new volume on Chinese religion
Link
A flawed funeral
Link
Yang Yinliu: a conference
Link
What is serious music?!
Link
Religion in Chinese society
Link
A festival of ethnographic film
Link
Heritage: a roundup
Link
Chau on “doing religion” in China
Link
New work on sectarian ritual
Link
Roundup of posts on south Jiangsu
Link
Suzhou Daoists, England 1994
Link
Ritual life around Suzhou
Link

Diary of a Daoist Hermit

Internal Alchemy for Everyone---Review of a Book by Chungtao Ho
Link
Daoist China: Governance, Economics, Culture
Link
Mencius: How Much Do We Owe Our Fellow Citizen?
Link
Something About "Fate"
Link
Book Review: Daoist "Cli-Fi"
Link
Sympathy, Empathy, FaceBook, and, Cambridge Analytica
Link
Constricted Viewpoint
Link
A Request for Some Feed Back: Daoism As A Practical Philosophy
Link
Mencius: Filial Piety and the Rise of Neo-Fascism
Link
What is a Hermit?
Link
Dao, Dharma, Li, Culture, and, Eusociality
Link
Using the "Ring of Control" and Bodily Awareness to Control the Mind
Link
Sculpting Our Own Consciousness
Link
Black Lives Matter, Policing, and, Street Level Politics
Link
What does a Fake Smile Say About How we Treat Women?
Link
What is a Martial Art?
Link
Cutting Through Delusion by Holding onto the One
Link
Scary Monsters and Crazy, Dangerous Worlds
Link
The Dao is Not Sentimental
Link
How Realistic is Your Taiji Sword Form?
Link

Taoist Meditation

Compassion and Zen meditation
Link
How to breathe in doing tai chi
Link
To practise in order not to practise
Link
Mindfulness in tai chi square form and round form
Link
The three elements of Buddhist enlightenment in a triangle
Link
Follow my dream - another story of no significance
Link
Koan analysis, meditation and dream-healing in Zen
Link
Mother's Day Sonnet
Link
Developing one's personal myth
Link
The three ways to do tai chi forms
Link
The primacy of finding resistance
Link
All structural problems can be solved...almost!
Link
In search of Zen
Link
Zen - poetry or inner experience?
Link
Immortality
Link
The myth of astral travel
Link
Awards - Thanks to everyone's support, not the least my dear readers!
Link
The concept of touch in coaching
Link
Zhan zhuang as diagnostic tool
Link
Protect your knees – revisiting this important issue!
Link

Ancient Chinese Magic Blog

Why Some FU Talismans Don't Work (Paper Talismans)
Link
Are You a Blind Believer or True Believer?
Link
Sword Finger in Taoist Magic Explained
Link
Powerful Hand Seals in Taoism
Link
The Five Elements and Direction Meaning in Taoism
Link
True Meaning of Tao Te You Don't Know
Link
Talisman FU for Good Luck 101
Link
Using Beads in Taoism Practice
Link
Taoist Rites for Cleanse and Energizing?
Link
How to See Ghosts with Taoist Magic
Link
Bath Cleansing with Taoist Magic is Not Simple
Link
Difference between Reigious Taoism and Philisophical Taoism
Link
Statue Consecration for Taoism
Link
FU Talisman in the Wallet - Taoist Magic
Link
Learning I Ching Without Books
Link
Kau Cheem - Decoding Divination Numbers
Link
Fake FU Talismans Versus Real
Link
Feng Shui Secrets in Taoism
Link
FU Talisman Consecration in Taoism Magic
Link
You Might Be Wrong About Lao Tze - Taoism Facts
Link

The Rambling Taoist

Cock-A-Doodle Doo
Link
Acceptance
Link
Sneaking Up From...
Link
Graham on Confucius V: Likening-To-Oneself
Link
Learning Again To Walk the Middle Path
Link
Big Business: Capitalism & Religion
Link
Graham on Confucius VI: Doing-One's-Best-For-Others
Link
Scott Bradley Follows in Zhuangzi's Footsteps
Link
Never (?) Say Never (?)
Link
Teachers
Link
I'm Still Bopping Along
Link
Backing [Yourself] Into A Corner
Link
Here, Gone, Back
Link
Betrayed
Link
A Deafening Silence
Link
Graham on Confucius IV: Humanism
Link
The Cat's Me...Ow...Ow...OW!
Link
Graham on Confucius III: Wu Wei
Link
Graham on Confucius I: Graham First
Link
Ziporyn on Zhuangzi XIV: We Are the Same
Link

What's This Tao All About?

Show 65 — Alan Watts’ ‘Backwards Law’ and Chapter 65
Link
Show 64 — Gratitude and Chapter 64
Link
Show 63 — Chuang Tzu’s Self-Transformation Through Oblivion
Link
Show 62 — Listener Mail and Chapter 41
Link
Show 61 — Karmic Footprints and Chapter 48
Link
Show 60 — Desire and Chapter 29
Link
Show 59 — Tao of Anxiety, Chapters 58 and 63
Link
Show 58 — Lieh-Tzu and Chapters 50 and 56
Link
Show 57 — The Empty Boat
Link
Show 56 — The Tao of Happiness and Chapters 46 and 47
Link
Show 55 — The Tao of Carl Jung and Chapter 44
Link
Show # 54 — Feeling the Tao, Dude and Chapters 35 and 43
Link
Show # 53 — The Environment and Tzu-Jan
Link
Show # 52 — Taoist Morality and Chapter 28
Link
Show # 51 — Psychic Cleansing and Chapter 45
Link
Show # 50 — The Meaning of Life and Chapter 38
Link
Show # 49 — Your True Self and Chapter 27
Link
Show #48 – 10-Day Gong and Listener Mail
Link
Show # 47 – Peace in Chaos, Chapter 10, More Alan Watts
Link
Show # 46 — Alan Watts’ ‘Tao: The Watercourse Way’ and Chapter 9
Link

Latest Headlines
[ Generated Sun Apr 5 09:54:41 UTC 2020 ]

On Daoist texts