Steven

>>>I wouldn’t too seriously try to proclaim
>>>what is the purpose of life on this planet.

I am not you.

>>>Spiritual practices and development
>>>should be the way to find an answer;

This is how I found my answer.

>>>not somebody telling it’s this or that way.

Verifying things for you is not important to me.
You need to…[Read more]

>>>…NO ONE is complete. It’s why we are here.
>>>It is the purpose of life on this planet. To get completion…
>>>
>This is too simple.

People often overlook the simple, I find.
Yet often in the simple may the truth be found.

>>>I agree, but I also think that more important
>>>than knowing Daoist or Hindu model,
>>>is to learn solving problems by oneself.

This is called DOING the practice, rather than KNOWING about the practice.
Many folks, even in the Healing Tao community, or for that matter ON THIS FORUM, preach all kinds of theories (either things they…[Read more]

To be honest, taking a live course from a Healing Tao instructor is really your best bet. If you are not able, then an audio recording say of Michael’s homestudy is second best. There really aren’t alternatives that are better than this.

Yes, there are a number of other “Daoist books” out there, but in reality, they aren’t of much value:…[Read more]

Relax.

The reason for the warning about powa was exactly what I said, and it was not about losing qi. It was about your consciousness/essence contained in the qi ball getting lost in the universe. M. Chia used to play with the powa practice many many years ago, and one time he got lost. This is the reason for the warning. Chia’s wife…[Read more]

Your assessment is correct, and I think this is another good suggestion.
It would be worth trying, especially if he is not already doing it.
S

“bridge and regulator channels” somehow got altered via a hidden ASCII code to the restricted trademark symbol . . . not sure how that happened. LOL.

Do you know the Deep Earth Pulsing from QF3?
It’s not covered on the DVDs from either QF3 or QF4, but it is covered in the live class.

There is a version of it (with a sexual energy add-on) shown on the Sexual Vitality DVD. I recommend you get that and practice that form. Not only is it grounding, but it helps balance out…[Read more]

This is going to be a little bit of a political post, but it is entirely relevant to the situation and discussion at hand . . .

It’s easy to not be materialistic, when you have no actual money to spend.

How many times do you hear the lament from folks, millennials or otherwise, “I don’t have any money?”. NOBODY has any money. People can’t…[Read more]

>>>I’m not looking to harm animals if that’s what you guys see thinking.

Let’s not make assumptions about what others may or may not be thinking.
I don’t believe anyone has made any judgments about you. 🙂
People have all kinds of sidebar discussions inside forum threads, and it is not any commentary on the original poster.

>>>I’m looking…[Read more]

I actually gave you the answer in that post.
Please re-read.

From that post:

>>>Yes, there are folks that can connect the physiological qi
>>>to themselves in such ways. It’s not any kind of technique
>>>that we would encourage in the Healing Tao.

Here is your answer from Healing Tao perspective:

As stated in that post:
>>>If…[Read more]

>>>So is this what takes place in those Mo Pai videos?

I don’t know what you mean by “those videos”.

Many videos, those that people can find via digging, are just documentaries, or they are videos showing beginners that are learning parlor tricks like being able to break bottles with qi . . . a combination of magic tricks and circus-style…[Read more]

If he is a smoker, he needs to quit.
Smoking puts the liver to sleep and causes impotence.
You need to have wood to get wood. (pun intended)

First, I’d rule out the big three: heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
If a person gets one of these, it shuts the penis down.

In particular, usually the easiest indicator that the arteries around the heart are getting clogged, is that the penis loses its ability to get an erection (because likewise the blood vessels going to…[Read more]

Bone breathing is a nice practice.
It allows you to bring fresh qi into your bone marrow.
It’s nice to get the toxic qi out, via the bone beating, but it is just as nice to bring fresh qi in. Fresh vibrant qi can stimulate the bone marrow to create fresh new healthy cells, with a fresh new pattern rather than some toxic one that may or may not…[Read more]

If you are only doing the DVD version, you are only sending your consciousness to the sun or the earth, not a concentrated qi ball (which contains your essence), so in that form, there is absolutely zero concern. It’s really not much different than doing an expanded Inner Smile/Lotus Meditation, where you extend out into the universe.

But…[Read more]

Wonderful! Wonderful!
It’s one of the great things about that form, is that it gets deeper over a long period of time.

I did it for a little over 3 years, every day, so you are slowly but surely catching up to my record. 😉

Some summer you’ll have to come to the Healing Tao Retreats and take my Deep Healing Qigong class. There have been…[Read more]

>>>I suspect that if one is already relatively healthy
>>>going into the practice one can proceed more as less
>>>as you’ve outlined: get grounded directly, experience
>>>neutral witnessing of one’s emotions, interrupt the
>>>story lines, and thus potentially dispose of a whole
>>>raft of emotional issues. In my experience, the process…[Read more]