Steven

What more did you want to know?
I thought my comments were pretty comprehensive . . . S

Congratulations on your newfound energy.
It’s always exciting when we make breakthroughs.

Not surprised that you got tired after weight lifting . . .
usually when we get the gift of more energy, we
enthusiastically spend it, just like a kid in a
candy store spending his allowance.

So much of our energy gets eaten up through
our…[Read more]

In large part I agree. In particular, monasteries I think
are far too limiting. Usually they have one particular vision, and
you have very little breathing room for creating your own vision.
You sort of have to fit a certain mold and do so under the belief
that “it’s good for you”.

It’s not necessarily bad though to change society…[Read more]

One more comment here on my point-of-view
with regard to the Iron Shirt practices.

People come to Iron Shirt for a variety of
different reasons, and was originally used
for martial arts to toughen the body
to iron–as in wearing an “iron shirt”.

If you are martial artist looking to develop
unnatural super abilities, then…[Read more]

>>My kundalini yoga teacher say alwais that the
>>exercises you have moust problems with might end
>>up as your favorites in the end. Beacase they might
>>contain exactly what is your own problem area.
>>So working with them makes you achive much progress with yourself.

I agree totally with this, and have certainly found it to be…[Read more]

I’m just kidding, LOL!

A sad commentary on cult mentality.

S

I’m not so negative to the idea as Dog is.
Your suggestion sort of sounds good to me; of course, you’d
have to get a number of highly motivated people and someone
willing to devote a lot of time to running the thing.

The reality is, is that if you have a strong desire for
a long period of dedicated practice, there are ways to make
that…[Read more]

If your method works for you, great. I don’t want to knock it.
However, in my opinion, there is a very delicate balance
between doing the Inner Smile of acceptance and relaxation, and
trying to *force* a state of feel-good upon your body when it
clearly is unhappy with its level of discomfort.

Personally, I don’t like to use the Inner…[Read more]

Re: Zen monks of long torturous practice . . .

I’m not a fan of that either.
Extremist views in any end are not healthy in my view.

S

>>I think you have to practise this method a bit different
>>depending on wich level you are at.

Of course.

>>So at the beging before having earth energy enough
>>it might be wise to for instance lower the arms from
>>time to time. Then after some more practise you might
>>achive more if you put yourself on a litle more…[Read more]

I’m going to break ranks here and say listen to your body.

What I like to do is to get into a standing posture and
whenever I *start* to feel discomfort, drop the arms, dump the toxic
junk, and then casually re-raise.

*Occasionally* when I do standing postures, I do
an active meditation like doing the microcosmic orbit
or trying to…[Read more]

You really are putting someone else inside you . . .http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24001110

Thanks for sharing . . .
Sounds like Lesser Heavenly Circuit = Microcosmic Orbit, hmm.

How many of these courses are you taking in July?

You’ll have to give a report after you take them, and tell
what you think.

Best,
Steven

>>…Well I don´t either know.
>>I just have a working plan for now.
>>If I not stop it then I will search for some kind
>>of help, and then I think such things you are describing,
>>such issues as self-love, love, my inner real needs,
>>might come into focus instead. Pehaps I just stop it without
>>help also, just by will…[Read more]

>>…Yes it feels wery good to regularly meet this practioners.
>>We meet about two times a mounth. I was the one starting the
>>group and was the one that introduced all the exercises from
>>the begining. I am the leader in that sence that I take the
>>responsibility to plan what we shall do and when to meet and
>>always take care of…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing your perspective Wendy.
It’s interesting to hear from your point of view.

I’m a water person–my five element makeup is
almost all water and wood, with wood a very close
second to water–so as a result I have a lot
of issues with fire and the heart. Hence my
accumulation of “fire techniques” that I posted
awhile…[Read more]

Finally getting a short break to respond . . .

>>I feel a litle bit that it isn´t much I
>>haved achived in my Iron Shirt practise,
>>during the 8 years of practising this method.
>>But then I think everybody have it´s own path
>>and with endurance I will progress even in this
>>area. Perhaps this is a good beginning, we´ll se…[Read more]

Yeah, this has been very bizarre.

I sort of was chalking it up to coincidence, but it has
happened so many times now, and under very strange
circumstances–where the “cause” is unknown and seems
to violate expected physical laws–that I’m really
starting to wonder.

I haven’t had time recently to process much, as the
exam looms too…[Read more]

Not sure why I inspired Queen, except for maybe the alarm clock catching
on fire in video #2 . . . Of course, who doesn’t like Queen 🙂

Short sidebar: I heard the third song for the first time when I saw
Highlander 20 years ago, and it was so aptly timed during the movie
that I was moved to tears.

S