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Category Archives: Bio
Mantak and me – Part 13
June 1993 When I left Pattaya after the Fusion week I had been training with Mantak for over a year and pretty much decided that was the way I wanted to go. It wasn’t just the learning: he seemed to … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 12
8th February 2013 Back in Pattaya, spending our days learning about raising the sexual energy and our nights practicing. No sex in class, to the disappointment of some and the relief of others, led to such a charged atmosphere it … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 11
Winter 1992/Spring 1993 Back in London it didn’t take me long to realise that wanderlust or just lust had taken me a long way and I wanted to get back, but not to the dreary life in pursuit of profit … Continue reading
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Tagged amsterdam, maneewan chia, mantak chia, pattaya, Taoist secrets
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Happy Birthday to Me Me Me
Yes, last week I passed the 76 mark – someone even thought I was born in 76! So well done Me, for keeping myself alive and relatively well preserved since conception on or about Valentine’s Day 1940: a pure Golden … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 9 : Chi Nei Tsang
Pathwork Center July 1992 I wasn’t going to the afternoon classes and after a few days Mantak asks me why not. ‘Not sure I’m ready for the Healing Love stuff,’ I answer, ‘we Brits are a bit inhibited.’ (Plus I … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 8: Conspiracy
Pathwork Center July 1992. We’re a rowdy bunch, we Young Taoists, full of fun and belly-laughs, too noisy for some in this strange and beautiful place nestled in a steep valley covered in woods, a stream running through the middle, … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 7: America!
Now I had to find the money to pay for the training. I already had my round-the-world ticket and arrived in Los Angeles to find it smoking. The airport people advised us not to go downtown because of riots over … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 6: The End of the War
January 18th, 1992. We picnicked on a a pretty coral island off Pattaya, not a scrap of shade but a soft breeze kept us cool and the mosquitos at bay. Most of the other men were clustered as usual around … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 5: Follow the Money
‘Make friends with money energy!’ finally resolved my issues with filthy lucre, from the childhood program ‘We don’t discuss money. So vulgar,’ to the grown-up riches-and-success program that had me chasing after it in a constant race to make it … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhism, maneewan chia, mantak chia, monks, pattaya, religion, thailand
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Mantak and Me – Part 4: Training
January 1992 continued. I found it hard to believe it was happening. I’m going to lectures, talking with, eating with, hanging out with the man who has made fundamental changes for the better to the lives of so many. I … Continue reading
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Tagged chi nei tsang, chinese, kris deva north, mantak chia, masunaga, saul goodman, shiatsu, taiwan, zen shiatsu
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