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 No.139520

In this thread, I will share with you what I believe is the most useful book you can ever read. Not only does it contain precious esoteric knowledge, but exoteric knowledge too. Here is the link to download the PDF for free.

>https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=7B0F8551868A8D8194AC1A3EDEBE324F

THE ART OF SHEN KU

>What is the book about?

The Art of Shen Ku is a very large collection of knowledge. The subjects of matter include but are not limited to: Survival, Traveling, Health, Hypnosis, Cooking, Parenting, Handreading, Philosophy, Numerology, Medication, Herbalism, Natural Therapy, Sailing, Martial Arts, Physical Training, Meditation, Fasting, Yoga… And so on.

>What makes this book so special?

Other than the staggering amount of knowledge presented in the book, it also reveals arcane knowledge that is fundamental to all intelligent forms of life, hence: The First Intergalactic Artform of the Entire Universe. It is based on Taoism, but vastly expanded upon. A way to label the philosophy, would be by calling it "Pandualism" or even "Panendualism".

>What is this Intergalactic Artform?

To explain what it is, first I must explain some concepts first. Instead of using the terms "Yin" and "Yang" however, I will be using the terms "Esotericism" and "Exotericism" respectively.

Esotericism is your ability to work inside oneself. Typically, this includes self-control: controlling your emotions and your thoughts for example. But for the more advanced esoteric, exploiting the latent mental abilities: Intuition, Hypnotism, Clairvoyance and whatnot. Mastery of Yin is defined as being unmoved by the outside world, it means to be sovereign and immutable.

<Examples of great Esoterics would be: Yogis, Philosophers, Occultists, etc

Exotericism is your ability to work outside oneself. Survival is the basics, but clearly it doesn't end there: working with other people for prosperity and self-perfection of the body are some more advanced examples for great exoterics. Mastery of Yang is defined as moving the outside world, it means to be a changer and to mutate the environment.

<Examples of great Exoterics would be: Politicians, Lawyers, Celebrities, etc

This Intergalactic Artform is the mastery of both Esotericism and Exotericism. To be unmoved, but also be a mover. To be in control of the inside, but also of the outside. This is how you achieve Godhood in the flesh, to be a master of life. Such individuals are incredibly rare, but leave such a mark on mankind's history that they are remembered for thousands of years after their departure. Other than calling them "masters of life" I call them "Panterics", those who have mastered "Pantericism". (See the pic in the OP named "what is shen ku.jpg" for greater detail)

<Examples of great Panterics would be: Jesus Christ, Buddha, Mohamed, etc

This is the main philosophy of The Art of Shen Ku. With the sheer amount of knowledge contained within, it is indeed so profound & intergalactically relevant as to boggle the imagination. Whether you are on a grandiose endeavor or on a humble quest for peace, there is something in this book for everyone. This is why I believe this book is by far the most useful book you can ever read.

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 No.139521

File: 80335139b0dbcc7⋯.jpg (472.64 KB,1294x863,1294:863,sample_1.jpg)

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>>139520

>A message from Zeek (the writer and artist) to the reader

This work is dedicated to THE MASTERS OF THE PAST & THE HEIRS OF TOMORROW and this work was written for THE TRAVELERS OF TODAY.

Greetings fellow traveler,

be your journey to the supermarket on a bicycle or another galaxy by starship. Each must start with a single step & embark on that uncertain road which is life. A toast to you who did not hide in some dark room waiting for death, but dared to set forth & face the unknown. Without such as you Magellan would not have reached Cape Horn nor Columbus the New World.

Therefore intrepid voyagers, walkers of dirt tracks & passengers on fine yachts, may this modest work contain something for you. With contributions from across our planet's spectrum I have sought this first edition to concisely resurrect the ancient skills of "Shen Ku," the philosophy of which though simple in text is profound & timeless in concept - & devastatingly applicate to absolutely every logically aware being in the universe - PARTICULARLY YOU! In conclusion, may I (your humble scribe) wish you safe passage - perhaps our paths will cross one day (the sea-shore is very restful) - God willing we might swap a yarn over a pot of Yang Yang Tea (or something stronger if you would prefer)!

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN - ZEEK (end of message)

If you have any questions surrounding the artform, or want to know more about the philosophy, I will be here to answer them. Here are a few ones I might as well answer early.

>Why is the artform deemed as "intergalactic"?

If the universe is infinite, then not only are there infinite amounts of solar systems and planets, but also there is an infinite amount of lifeforms. This also means that there exists an infinite amount of far more intelligent lifeforms, albeit they are far away from us. But intelligence is not defined by wisdom: it is defined as the efficacy of the brain in sensing things and performing tasks. Intelligence is nothing without knowledge and wisdom, and therefore: Mastery of within and of outside, is the mark of a wise creature. The moment you are intelligent enough to comprehend the wisdom, is when you can apply it. And so every intelligent being is led towards the same wisdom, or the same Intergalactic Artform.

>What are some examples of Esoteric knowledge in the book?

How to: Control your body temperature, Get rid of depression, Use a pendulum, Harness reflexology, Hypnotize yourself, Understand and enhance your Ki life force, Get energy from the sun, Control your emotions, Perform deep breathing, Perform handreading, Perform clairvoyance and more.

>What are some examples of Exoteric knowledge in the book?

How to: Grow and store food, Hunt, Make shelter, Defend yourself, Protect yourself from radiation, Treat yourself and others with Accupressure, Beat sex problems, Treat allergies, Treat parasites, Navigate, Lose weight, Remove stains, Treat skin problems, Improve eyesight and more.

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 No.139522

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Something interesting has appeared. Thanks OP. Just in time after I have finished "Hagakure". What I have got from Hagakure was the confirmation of my suspicion that the Japanese are the deranged subhumans that they are now not only since after WW2, but basically since ever, even back in the day. But the book has also good things to teach one, like not being afraid of death, being prepared to die any time, being brave and strong of will and spirit, rather dying in honor by your own hand than selling out and living a shit life as a faggot until you die anyway. I think those are good qualities.

Shen Ku seems interesting. I'm confident to have arrived at the point where I can get all the important wisdom and real guidance from my own spirit, but still I always love to read a good book for additional guidance, inspiration on the spiritual path and entertainment. I'm usually only focused on the esoteric or what you call the Yin because I see no value in this "physical" world and human society and I regard it as nothing more than a illusory shithole prison of the mind so I'm curious about what this book will offer me to maybe help me advance.

We may discuss it after I have finished it if you are still around and up for it.

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 No.139523

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>>139522

>I see no value in this "physical" world and human society and I regard it as nothing more than a illusory shithole prison of the mind

There is no Yin without the Yang, there is no Yang without the Yin. There is no spirit without the body, there is no body without the spirit. There is nothing beyond this point. You've made it, you've always made it.

If you want to escape suffering, then you'll also escape pleasure. You'll go back to nothingness, you'll reduce your spirit to it's raw form, only to be recreated again. The spirit is energy, and it must have a catalyst.

Am I telling you to go towards everythingness, to feel all suffering and all pleasure, or to transcend and embark onto greater suffering and pleasure? No. You're not God, but you're not nothing either. You're something inbetween. You're a balance of Yin and Yang, as is perfectly meant to be, as everything is.

Taoism is optimistically pessimistic, and pessimistically optimistic. Life is meaninglessly meaningful, and meaningfully meaningless. The fact that nothing matters, matters. The fact that everything matters, doesn't matter. Again, you made it. Realizing this is called enlightenment: To once be dark, and to find light. From nothingness, onto everythingness. Your roots are in hell, and your leaves are towards heaven.

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 No.139524

>>139523

>You'll go back to nothingness, you'll reduce your spirit to it's raw form, only to be recreated again. The spirit is energy, and it must have a catalyst.

Going back to nothingnes was never my goal, nor was it the goal of any true wizard or spiritual monk. Going to higher dimensions is more like it, freedom from the physical if nothing else is already a very worthwile goal. The physical is but the outermost layer of the astral as far as we know, and yang is also outside the physical. Yang is everywhere. I think I must correct myself now, the exoteric is not what I shun and despise, it's specifically this physical realm and the state of unenlightenment, the state of imprisonment of the mind.

I must also add that I find the relation of Shen Ku to the Tao especially interesting since I think the Tao is one of the best philosophies and spiritual ways of mankind, but studying it is extremely hard due to the lack of pure and uncorrupted material, at least that which is translated and aviable in the west. From the little bit that I could gather about the true Tao it seems to be "real" spirituality. Still, figuring out Hermeticism and Gnosticism for example is much easier due to enough solid works aviable from good authors and other educated men. Maybe Shen Ku will bring more pieces of the puzzle in regards to the Tao.

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 No.139525

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>>139524

>Going to higher dimensions is more like it,

The higher dimensions allow your spirit to embark onto greater suffering. Think of it this way: An ant is only able to feel a minuscule amount of suffering compared to a human being, however the ant is a lesser creature, and therefore the ant's spirit is weaker. So the stronger the spirit, the greater sufferings the body must be able to feel.

If your spirit is too strong for your body, then your spirit will naturally seek to go to greater dimensions. If your spirit is too weak for your body, then your spirit will naturally seek to go to lesser dimensions. Yin attracts Yang, Yang attracts Yin. To escape suffering is to regress backwards, back to a form where your spirit can withstand the suffering. To embrace suffering is to advance forwards, towards a form where your spirit can withstand more suffering.

Both of these paths are perfectly fine. It's just the primordial balance doing it's work. Everything is preordained. You're not doing anything wrong, you're doing just fine. You made it.

>but studying it is extremely hard due to the lack of pure and uncorrupted material

What's there to study? You say the Tao seems to be the "real" spirituality, and that's because it's the simplest. Everything is self-explanatory. All it takes is the realization. After that, no word or language is ever needed. All that's left is the here-and-now, and the true peace of living in harmony with the balance of nature.

There is Tao mythology (most likely borrowed from Hinduism, especially the stuff about the serpents which are basically a different interpretation of the Kundalini serpent), but it's not needed. It's all commentary. This is why so many orthodox Taoists are obscurantists: because the silence and peace of the here-and-now is all there is.

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 No.139529

>>139520

>04/24/21

major deja vu from this thread wtf

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 No.139531

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>>139525

>chad taoist

>makes daoism obsolete

What the fuck?

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 No.139532

Finally, the decay of /fringe/ nears its final form with the appearance of /x/-tier threads like this. Welcome, welcome! Have a bump.

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 No.139533

>>139531

Taoism is the way of life, whereas Daoism is the religion that spawned from the philosopher Zhuang. As I said in a post earlier, no studying is needed. Everything is self-explanatory, this is what the meme pic meant by saying "makes Daoism completly obsolete".

>>139532

What exactly makes this thread "/x/-tier"? I thought sharing a very rare yet useful book and talking about it's arcane knowledge was enough to deem the thread worthy of /fringe/, if I'm blatantly wrong, please do correct me.

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 No.139534

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>>139533

>What exactly makes this thread "/x/-tier"?

Just ignore all the contentless, braindead one word or one phrase posts. Ever since it's revival last year fringe is in a very bad state indeed but your thread is alright. There is basically just nobody left here to post anymore, except for bots.

>Taoism is the way of life, whereas Daoism is the religion that spawned from the philosopher Zhuang.

It's basically the same with the teachings of Christ/Buddha and the degenerated religions Christianity and Buddhism. Maybe the same with Mohamed and Islam but I'm not educated about those….tough it wouldn't surprise me.

>>139525

>The higher dimensions allow your spirit to embark onto greater suffering.

Yeah, allow but not necessary and not force as far as I know. You have much more freedom and more tools to deal with it too. I have contemplated at lenght if the suffering increases the more advanced you get (and after enlightenment and attaining immortality) and how different it will be compared to the suffering of the regular human. I believe no matter what happens, nothing is a shitty as being unenlightened with a weak spirit and trapped in the physical human realm.

>If your spirit is too strong for your body, then your spirit will naturally seek to go to greater dimensions.

That is obvious and makes perfect sense. Some other things in your post I can't agree with, because you make it seem like everyone already made it by default and everything is perfectly fine and balanced by nature, there is no need to do any work or attain any enlightenment. This is a misunderstanding of the Tao and of Wei Wu Wei imo. It seems like a stagnant, spiritually dead state. This thinking comes from the corruption of the spiritual truths. It's anti-enlightenment as pushed by new-agers and religions. It's not much different than just returning to nothingness. Quite frankly you still have to do all the work and put in a lot of energy and mind-effort to reach enlightenment and reach a state of liberation. Liberation is the keyword here. Otherwise the buddha wouldn't had have the resolve to sit under the biddhi tree and meditate until he breaks through, or dies. Otherwise there would be no /fringe/ and nobody would know of the Tao, nobody would meditate and study right? Since everyone is balanced and everyone made it. The reality is is you just stay a fool trapped in this plane and then die. Real spirituality is the quest for immortality and for liberation and involves work. Work of the mind and spirit. Now if you are fine with just navel gazing and not achieving anything and seeing yourself as already enlightened, it's fine because in the end everyone must give life their own meaning and do what they think is right. Because even liberation, enlightenment and immortality only carry the meaning that you give them. In the end, nothing actually matters and nobody cares but yourself.

Wei Wu Wei implies action without action, but it means invisible action of the mind/spirit instead of visible action of the physical body.

Btw, do you have a good english translation of the Tao Te Ching that you can recommend me?

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 No.139536

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>>139534

>you make it seem like everyone already made it by default and everything is perfectly fine and balanced by nature, there is no need to do any work or attain any enlightenment

I meant "you made it" as in you are perfectly the way you're meant to be. Clearly, your spirit is strong, and so it seeks liberation, it seeks more tools. Everyone who seeks enlightenment/immortality/self-perfection/whatever you want to call it, is in accordance with the balance of nature: Their spirit is strong, and so it is reflected through their actions. Everyone made it, in the sense that everyone's heading exactly the way they're meant to. That's preordainment.

Some are content with their current existence, and so they do not seek to regress or evolve, their spirit is just where it needs to be. Many others cannot handle the suffering on earth, and so they seek to regress through hedonism or other "anti-enlightenment" practices. Both of these cases, too, are perfectly meant to be. They, too, made it. They're just where they're supposed to be and they're going just where they're supposed to go. Do I wish that everyone seek enlightenment? Of course I do, but that clearly isn't the case with the balance of nature.

Honor those who have the spirit strong enough to seek self-perfection. Respect those who are just fine where they are. Accept the fact that most people are just too far down the road. In Gnosticism, these three kinds of people would be referred to as: Pneumatics, Psychics and Hylics respectively.

A fundamental rule of thumb is this: If something is/exists, then it's meant to be. In some way or another, often incomprehensible to our human mind, the balance of nature meant it to be. Else it wouldn't be. This is part of this peace of the here-and-now that I talked about: Acceptance and humbleness are the virtues that mark all the wise of wise men.

>do you have a good english translation of the Tao Te Ching

The best one I know of by far is the Gia-Fu Feng translation. Here's the PDF in this post and the libgen link.

https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=86CC2692299F61A254AEE15E94AA3A87

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 No.139539

>>139533

>Taoism is the way of life, whereas Daoism is the religion that spawned from the philosopher Zhuang

Whatever you say. I speak Chinese and "Tao" and "Dao" are just two different ways of writing 道 using roman characters. Teenage-brained retard.

>>139534

Beep boop, motherfucker.

No, this is /x/-tier because /fringe/ used to be about actual enlightened individuals sharing knowledge. Individuals who had the esoteric and exoteric knowledge. Who knew the profane science and also the spiritual teachings that complemented it.

You two are ignoramus because, while you got a whiff of the spiritual knowledge, you are completely uneducated in general, exoteric knowledge because "muh bots" and "muh mainstream bad", and thus completely confound said spiritual knowledge and fail to understand and apply it.

>2001 russian autist RPG "handbook"

>arcane spiritual knowledge

I'm bitter as fuck because you shit all over this community's memory with this childish pseudointellectual knowledge. But by all means, continue. I'm just a wraith. The board is yours to cum all over.

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 No.139541

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>>139539

If we are so clearly uneducated, why not educate us? May the mouth of wisdom open to the ears of understanding. Or are you so defeatist and ignorant that you'd rather see us rot in our unawareness? I did not mean to "shit all over" this community's memory, for as you've said: I am a Teenage-brained retard. I don't know any better, will you help me know better? Or shall you passive-aggressively complain some more?

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 No.139542

>>139536

That makes more sense. I think I can agree with your view now that I see what you really mean. Thanks for the wisdom and the books. I feel like this thread was already an enrichment for me and I haven't even started to read the book which the thread is about. Guess anons who can write proper on-topic posts and are educated on spiritual matters still do come to this board.

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 No.139546

>>139539

I await the day when fringe starts propagating the retarded *inbarr books.

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 No.139547

>>139520

Have an actual useful handbook instead of the children's comic book OP posted: https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/newparadigm/newparadigm01.htm

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 No.139549

>>139547

I appreciate the contribution, despite the passive-aggressiveness. At least you tried to educate us, in some way.

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 No.139554

Thanks for posting this, appearantly this is where the monk's isometrics is from, no one I talked to had any idea.

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