Steven

One way of doing the microcosmic orbit that
is less forcing than focusing on points is to
learn the orbit form from QF2. Then after going
through the form, you just sit and allow the orbit
to begin to flow on its own without doing anything.

Of course the Wudang method is probably the most
powerful of all, but that is a little more…[Read more]

Yeah, maybe the earth is performing a little water-and-fire
alchemy here. 🙂

Oh, by the way, Dog, here is an article I just ran
across that I’m sure you’ll enjoy, heh heh:

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States suing EPA to move on global warming
Citing Supreme Court ruling, allies want to force rules within 60 days

Vehicles…[Read more]

Hi SD and Dog,

Here’s another update on the weird:

The temperature in my apartment barely dropped below 70 all night,
and it was in the lower 20’s outside.

The maintenance guy just came to the apartment building again
a few minutes ago to check on the boiler, and to continue
to address the problem. His intent was to change the…[Read more]

I don’t know; I think you’d have to release a lot of “buried” water
this way to affect sea levels!

I somewhat wonder if this is just the returning of water that
may be subducting into the earth at different locations where
one continental plate is sliding down under another–carrying
some water with it.

S

Hi SD,

Glad to hear about your progress!
Now that you’re finishing your book, what’s next on your agenda? 🙂

Best,
Steven

One thing I like to feel when doing the Inner Smile
is to silently project the following feeling
to each organ area as I visit:

“How are you doing? It doesn’t matter how you feel;
I’m just dropping by to say hi and let you know that
I’m there for you, and care for you REGARDLESS of
what you’re feeling right now.”

That is, project…[Read more]

Also keep in mind that no matter where you are, whatever
you are standing on is in constant contact with the earth.
In other words, your “separation” from it is just an illusion.
It is beneath you and supporting you all the time–it is
only your awareness of it or lack thereof that creates a
feeling of separation.

I live in a third…[Read more]

I concur with everything that’s been said so far,
and it’s good to hear that you’ve been noticing
improvements.

Nothing wrong with starting with Deep Healing Qigong before
the Fundamentals. Actually, when I originally began the HT,
that’s what I started with!

S

I can see both sides to your arguments.

I agree with you Dog about not throwing the baby out with the bath water;
at the same time, you’ll have to forgive SD–we scientific types tend
to get really riled up and defensible when we smell scientific inaccuracies,
since it acts as a source of misinformation about the field we
spend our…[Read more]

The Inner Smile is the foundation of all of the practices.
It is important to–if not learn first–learn among your
first practices. The Inner Smile can make the 5 Animals
and 6 Healing Sounds practice much deeper. There’s no hard
and fast rule, but I’d recommend learning it before the
microcosmic orbit, as the Inner Smile is about…[Read more]

There will only be an apocalypse if enough people believe in one
enough and desire one to happen. Taoists like to focus on life
because that’s what they want to create.

S

Well, they weren’t old growth trees, so at least the ancient
power of an old tree wasn’t cut down.

If he installed the solar panels FIRST, then the neighbors should have
respected his calling for the sun and not done something stupid to block
it. It was kind of disrespectful on their part.

It’s not like the neighbors can’t have trees,…[Read more]

Glad to hear about your continued spiritual travels . . .
Look forward to catching you next summer!

Best,
Steven

People are shifting to good ol’fashioned water, because
it’s better for you.

They can try whatever they like to change soft drinks, but
they are still what they are.

Interesting to hear about your experience with the Po soul;
I think that it–for most people–tends to be a “troublemaker”.
In my experience, it tends to be a selfish, but misunderstood,
spirit–where it tends to feel like it never gets enough–enough
attention, enough chi, enough love, enough importance–or whatever.

I think the key to…[Read more]

Good to hear that you find these sharings as useful as they
are to me . . . I also think that “bearing your soul”
and revealing such intimate details to others sometimes can
act as a tool to keep such revelations out in the open.

Since they become so revealed, there is less likelihood
that you end up reburying the issue–and so (at…[Read more]

Agree totally!

By the way, the rumor mill has told me you’re going on the China trip 🙂

You lucky Dog (pun intended)

Peace,
Steven

Wow congrats on the new girlfriend; I can understand
wanting to visit her in that case!

I wouldn’t be surprised if there were something down
there, HT-wise. I don’t know about the specific location
in Brazil, but–although I could be wrong–I seem to
remember Michael W. saying something about teaching
a Lesser Kan and Li workshop down…[Read more]