Steven

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168938

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168938

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168938

You’ve been away far too long.

Hope to see you again . . .

Welcome back 😉
Steven

Check out Frank Allen’s webpage, and contact him directly
if you have any questions. He teaches at the Healing Tao Retreats
every year, and is our resident expert on all things
having to do with Bagua and Xingyiquan.

Best,
Stevenhttp://www.baguanyc.com/

Wow, adel!
What a deeply personal and intimate sharing!

As a forum reader, I feel deeply moved by your sharing,
and can appreciate–if only from an outside perspective–
just what such a sharing means.

I am sorry you had to go through such a trauma.
For that, I offer a hug.

Your reaction, in the moment, was a natural one,
and very…[Read more]

Adel’s question is relevant.
Let me give you a short informal primer on Chinese astrology,
and then you can go back and answer adel’s question:

Everyone is familiar with their “Chinese animal”;
each Chinese new year (end of Jan/beg of Feb) designates
a new animal.

What most common people don’t know, is that you have not
only an…[Read more]

At your level of smoking (assuming you don’t increase the level),
your attributed health risks are almost zero.

Small story:
One of the times I quit in the past and consulted with a doctor,
the doctor told me that you don’t start to show any risks at all
until you reach 10 pack-years and then docs start to worry at 20 pack-years.
This…[Read more]

I do.

But I think it would be more fun
if you revealed your theory before I say.

S

>>>Yes i know what you mean, but for me, my connection to the
>>>watcher gets lost as the emotions spiral out of control.
>>>The mind overtakes playing it over and over again
>>>and so much energy gets caught up in it even if i
>>>can reconnect to the watcher again, which isn’t really
>>>too hard to do for a moment, it is lost a moment…[Read more]

Smoking is just a chemical means to suppress anger.

They have done studies that show that nicotine
reduces the natural anger response. The way they showed
this was through double-blind studies where they
had people wear a nicotine patch and then create
scenarios where a normal person would feel stress-induced
anger. One such example…[Read more]

>>>I keep having those body
>>>memories of when I was in a crib
>>>coming back. In those memories I don’t know
>>>my name I have no thinking mind but I have
>>>huge feelings of being both one and
>>>separate with everything.

One can argue that part of the goal to spiritual
practices is to alter your perception to one where
you can…[Read more]

>>>That is where I want to go…..
>>>able to take in the outside without being
>>>emotionally thrown all over the place.
>>>I feel closer to it, every day closer
>>>than the one before and in the process I am loving
>>>myself more and more…

This can happen through continually becoming
more deeply grounded into your core…[Read more]

Some random musings on your post:

I suspect that times have been uncertain
and erratic to break down artificial
external constructs that we all use to
maintain our level of trust.

When these break down, the only thing
left is what you have on the inside, and
it points to all the rough areas we have
inside ourselves where internal…[Read more]

Not having qi flow *at all* is more stagnant than
occasionally stopping the flow due to losing focus! 😉

No, one can start with the orbit practice straight away,
and develop focus through continued practice.

If you want to do preparatory practices,
usually in the Healing Tao, we have the
recommendation to do the Inner Smile and
Six…[Read more]

Hi,

Before I address your “actual question”, I want to mention
some other things first . . . which you can feel free
to use/abuse/ignore. Reason: In my experience, sometimes
what people want to hear–is not always in resonance with
what they *need* to hear . . .

I just want to first say that I’m sorry to hear about
your social…[Read more]

>>>”When pursuing knowledge, something new is acquired each day.
>>>But when pursuing the way of the Tao, something is subtracted;”
>>>–Tao Te Ching, Chapter 48, Part I

>>>I have simple question based on this Tao Te Ching citation.
>>>How Taoist these various Taoist systems of energy formulas
>>>are if one is practicing them as they are…[Read more]

>>>SO actually only thing one needs to take care
>>>is to have as much time to practice.

Sounds fine to me.

The only issue is:
What constitutes practice?
And what are you practicing for?
What is the purpose?

I would maintain that, whatever you do, it is
to help you live your life more in harmony
with what actually *is*, rather…[Read more]