Steven

Just a few last comments . . .

More importantly than what bigu is, or how to do it, is
uncovering within yourself why you want to do it. What is it
about yourself that finds the idea appealing?

Spending some time looking within and learning information
about yourself (perhaps in relation to this issue) is probably
more useful in the…[Read more]

Hi Michael,

There are really two different types of bigu.

The first is what I would call “natural bigu”.
This is when bigu happens naturally or spontaneously
with no effort or real initiative on the part of the
person involved.

From my experience, this seems to happen due to
a period of prolonged practice. For instance, when…[Read more]

Hi Michael,

I have a couple books/articles you might want to
check out (listed below):

1. “Daoist Body Cultivation” by Livia Kohn

One of the most comprehensive I’ve run across
on the subject. Actually the book is a collection of
articles written by different authors on different
topics in cultivation.

Chapter 4 of the book,…[Read more]

I agree that the apparent separation is just an illusion, but
it is a powerful illusion!

Our own ego and mind at its core can not accept that we are not
unique and distinct. This generates enough fear and uncertainty
to prevent a complete merging in the beyond with the overarching
ball of light.

While part of the reason for…[Read more]

“All I personally know for sure is that there is an immortal Steven – heh sorry Steven :)”

I don’t mind being referenced as an abstract, especially when it is referenced
as being immortal 🙂

Big smiles,
Steven

At 26,000 light-years from the center, that makes the
circumference=2*pi*26,000=163280 light-years (approx.)

We *couldn’t* orbit in 24000 years, or we’d be traveling
almost 7 times the speed of light.

Most likely, it said 240 million years–which is possible.

250 million years is only a rough estimate.
Depending on the source,…[Read more]

I see what you guys are saying, and I think there is some merit to it.

As I once mentioned in a previous post, in my vision
upon death I have viewed our beings as persisting on
as a small ball of light with some substance that then converges
with a massive loving ball of light.

Due to an indesirability of merging with it, and due to…[Read more]

Our spiritual evolution has reached a threshold.
We are in a period where it is going to ramp up significantly.
The amount of spiritual energy that the lifeforce has been giving
us has increased. A whole new consciousness may be dawning.

Unfortunately, in an attempt to provide a reason for
our upcoming jump in spiritual evolution, some…[Read more]

Hi Alexander,

Can you briefly go over what is contained in this “Explorer Race”
that you’ve referred to?

During some free time, I sort of looked in a few of my spiritual
bookstore haunts over the past few days for this and
didn’t see it (one place offered to order it).

I’d consider ordering it, but if you could provide some
more…[Read more]

This is fantastic. It’s unlikely that something like
this could have gone on in the former Communist regime!

Seeing stuff like this gives me hope for better world.

Thx,
Steve

P.S. I’d suggest that we as a list do something like
this–a meditation or qigong ceremony or something–at
some time, but prior to my returning to the list…[Read more]

Hi Jason,

I agree with your comments that the evolution of consciousness
need not be linked with the attainment of immortality by individuals.

In fact, I feel that these are two separate issues entirely.

Moreover, I feel that a higher state of consciousness may be
brewing that may not even be the same thing . . .

As to the issue…[Read more]

Hi Jason,

Great to talk to you again!

As for what Michael has said about immortality, I should probably
let him speak for himself, but at least what I understood him to
say was that:

The individual spirits that reside inside each of us in our
soul/spirit team are immortal. They persist no matter what is
done here on earth.…[Read more]

Also, to add onto Alexander’s good advice . . .

In the herbal category, if you get motion
sickness take 2 ginger capsules about
an hour before takeoff.

I personally get motion sickness, so when
I’ve traveled on a plane, I take ginger
and my air sickness is greatly reduced
or non-existent.

Steve

Hi Paul,

Any number of meditations can be done that require no movement;
for instance you could do the Inner Smile meditation or the
Microcosmic Orbit meditation. If you are not familiar
with these, they are on the contents of Qigong Fundamentals 1-2.
If you wanted a guided meditation, you could get the “Way of
the Inner Smile CD”…[Read more]

>”I have a theory that the change is being fed by certain activity
>that us silly humans have been doing in the past 40 or so years.
>What do you think?”
>
>I think that’s partly true because as long as we are cooperating, albeit haltingly, we >are helping to bring it about. But this has been going on and has been planned for for >much much…[Read more]

Thanks Alexander–I’m really enjoying this discussion.

I see what you are saying about the mind.

It seems that the mind is used to being in control, and
used to being the one that gains information and experience.
When the heart (which seems to have an easier time connecting
to the source) starts to acquire its own truth, then the…[Read more]