Steven

Qigong Fundamentals 1–2007 – Audio

Disk 1: Track 1 – Title
Track 2 – Fun in Fundamentals; Navel and Dantien;
Ocean Breathing background; Opening dantien
is key; getting out of your head; serves
many paths; Shake the Tree; Stillness/Inhale
Earth Chi; mov…[Read more]

>>Regarding the leaks I would assume that placing the tongue
>>on the roof of the mouth would slow down that mouth leak source.
>>Can the perineum be closed by the will or does it require
>>squeezing? Is this also true for the genitals and the anus?

If you keep the tongue on the roof of your mouth, it will
help to redirect some stuck…[Read more]

1. It’s leaking out.
From locations that Taoists believe can contribute to leakage . . .
such as Hui Yin (perineum gate), anus, genitals, mouth, etc.

2. You are spending it externally.
As a consequence of building up energy, you feel better and
more eager to take on the world. You energetically spend your
chi through actively living…[Read more]

The title of this post being my personal favorite explanation of
insanity . . .

What is desperation?

It is an intense combination of sorrow and fear.

Left unchecked it leads to insanity.

Of course this explanation applies only to insanity that
developed from someone not originally insane, so the following
discussion is, in some…[Read more]

Here’s my opinion:

Philosophy of the detached meditator:
I’d like to help others, but I can’t do that until I help myself first.
By blocking out the feelings of the outside, I can better focus so
that I will improve. As I improve, I will be able to connect with
the collective and humanity in a more loving way.

Philosophy of the…[Read more]

Is this actually true?!! Women going to the doctor’s office
to be sexually stimulated 100 years ago? I’ve never heard of this before!

If this is actually true, this is a sad commentary on
how repressed this society actually is.

Interesting . . .

Of course now the question is, are we intentionally
doing things to possibly accelerate the natural cycle
of our planet–out of an unspoken subconscious need to
force a change in our existence?

S

I’ve attached a link to the National Candle Association,
and their opinion on the safety/health issues with candles.

http://www.candles.org/about_faq.html

For the most part, they say candles are safe.
They argue that lead wicks have been banned in the US since 2003,
and that a properly burning candle should not put out much
in the way…[Read more]

Hi Wendy,

I’m a big candle fan as well. I have probably have 20 jar candles in my
apartment. Meditating or doing qigong by candlelight is quite powerful.

As to refusing to use CFLs, we may be screwed.
The following is taken from Wikipedia:

Government efforts to encourage adoption of CFLs

Australia

On 20 February 2007, the…[Read more]

Hi Julian,

With reference to “making people use different light bulbs”,
this is the one environmental issue that really makes me
uneasy, and the one issue where I would break rank with
the environmentalists.

There is a movement by some to force everyone to change
the type of light bulb they use from the standard
“incandescent” to…[Read more]

>>Just to be clear, the hypothesis my brother Peter (Geologist)
>>does not accept is that global warming is caused MAINLY by
>>human activity and C02 production, rather than warming caused
>>by natural cycle.

Thanks for the clarification. This is a more reasonable position.
Of course, it highlights the need for further scientific…[Read more]

I’m not sure how many people are going to see this, since it
is so far down the main page and under a thread that is a month old.

At any rate, best wishes to your situation . . . Steven

Thanks Chris,

I couldn’t have refuted it better myself.
The NCDC site is a good one to bookmark.

Steve

AS FOR PRACTICES:

I’d recommend practicing the Belt Channel–which is
protective channel around the waist. It is designed
to help act as a shield from outside influences.

Since you feel like your boundaries are being invaded and assaulted,
I’d recommend practicing a lot of other Earth exercises in
addition to the belt…[Read more]

Looks cool.

Q: Approximately how big do you expect each journal to be?
(I didn’t see that it had been added on the website you listed yet.)

It of course all depends on the type of music and
personalities involved in the practice.

If everybody’s a classic rock fan, why not?

As for me, while I like Led Zeppelin, I wouldn’t
want to hear it while doing Tao Yin . . . but
then again, personally, I wouldn’t want to
hear much of anything while doing any practice.

But then…[Read more]

It’s ironic that you posted this.

Somewhat of a related tangent . . .

Last night, while sleeping, I dreamt I was
at one of Michael’s qigong workshops, specifically QF3. It
was a pretty long detailed dream, and it felt like I was
actually at the workshop for several hours
practicing qigong!

When I woke up this morning, I felt…[Read more]

(I’ve responded to your attachments in the body of the email)

You can not leave *everything* up to individuals.

Government is necessary to

1. Do tasks that are too large for individuals to do
(make roads, bridges, maintain a police force, etc.)

2. Prevent individuals or larger entities
(i.e. corporations) from taking self-serving…[Read more]