Steven

Points and recordkeeping and mathematical life accounting . . .
Wow, OK. That’s quite a bit of organization and self-monitoring.

Just remember to enjoy life . . . that’s the important thing ^_^

S

Hi ChiFiend,

Getting around to addressing your other questions . . .

>>>I am also wondering if, again hypothetically,
>>>you had a serious relationship and you decided
>>>at some point in the future that you wanted to do
>>>long term retention and you had plenty of time
>>>available for practices. Wouldn’t you need to do
>>>the big…[Read more]

>>>I imagine many people who read your post would think
>>>that the idea of this kind of hermitage would be repulsive
>>>and certainly not something to look forward to and yet you
>>>spend probably most of the “vacation” time that you have all
>>>year in this kind of isolation. Those people, of course,
>>>have no idea about the benefits…[Read more]

What this me reminds of, are the articles you posted previously about how
there is a breast cancer correlation between wearing tight bras and
developing breast cancer, and in particular, women who are braless have
almost 0% chance of developing it (according to prior article I remember
you posted).

In particular, it makes sense to me…[Read more]

I bet the crab was happy to see you;
a personal welcome home perhaps?

In regard to saving, what I do, is I have a separate savings account
called “Healing Tao”, which I add extra funds to
on a semi-regular basis (sort of like a “Christmas” fund),
so that I then have a reserve saved up for summer retreat fun.
I do the same thing to save…[Read more]

Hi Adel,

That’s hilarious!!!
Michael would be amused to hear about that.
I’ll have to mention it to him, if he doesn’t first read your post.

I’m glad you had a great time here ^_^

You’ll have to come back again sometime . . .

Hopefully your time here will give you some good inspiration and
food for future personal practice, and…[Read more]

Hi ChiFiend,

You asked quite a number of personal questions, which
I’m not embarrassed about answering, but you sort of
asked too many for me to feel like answering all in
one post/one shot.

So let me answer a few for you, and we can save some for later.

>>>I don’t think you explicitly stated whether you
>>>have been practicing…[Read more]

>>>Last night I had this problem so I start to describe
>>>my program against insomnia, which is a symtom against
>>>many in adreanal fatigue. If you stay awake for to long
>>>at the night say about 10 p.m. then you got something
>>>called the second fire, which means you probably stay
>>>awake untill 3 a.m. or so. And during this time…[Read more]

It’s not really a problem for me now with my current pattern of hermiting.
I do a hermit retreat once per year in the winter, and save up the money in
advance for it, and then pay for it all in one shot. It works out rather nicely.

If I wanted a more lengthy stay, I’d probably save more in advance or explore
other avenues. Note that a…[Read more]

I am a certified Healing Tao instructor, but have not yet
acquired much in the way of advanced certifications.

Note: I do NOT consider myself an expert.

I just share what I know and defer to others what I do not.
I consider myself just another traveler on the path.
Friends sharing with friends.

If you want to know my background,…[Read more]

>>>What you stated here reminded me of the importance
>>>of connecting with mother earth. I always made it a
>>>point to do that when I was doing Big Draw because
>>>if I didn’t I got noticeably overheated and out of balance.
>>>So, anyways, today I worked on exchanging energy with the
>>>earth and that was quite nice. I’ll continue to…[Read more]

>>>Basically you two have quite a different idea
>>>of how much you have to practise other stuff
>>>when doing retention 🙂 🙂

No two individuals are identical.
Each person has a different constitution.
As I mentioned in a previous post, without a LOT of supportive qigong,
I DO NOT feel good at all retaining. I feel too unbalanced…[Read more]

Hi SD,

>>>I hope this not is all to owerheling, your practise during those periods I mean!

No, not really.

I get up in the morning and do the I-Chuan and Tao Yin immediately, then take
a relaxing shower. Eat breakfast and do morning practices for a couple hours.
Then make and eat lunch. Then spend a couple hours leisurely…[Read more]

Hi ChiFiend,

Glad to see you are still having fun . . .

To answer your question, in my hermit retreats I practice as much qigong and
meditation during each day as I possibly can, some days I practice even more
than 5-6 hours per day.

During that time, I pretty much do everything I can.

A major player tends to be grounding…[Read more]

Hi SD,

>>>So basically you are sort of done with your masters degree now?
>>>In surveying?
>>>That’s really great. A huge accomplishment!
>>>
>>>…….Yes I think it is almost finished, but there might also
>>>be alot more to do with it, uncertain of which is more true.
>>>I have gone into some theories that are more deep than my,…[Read more]

Did you intend for your post to be a sexual innuendo?

I saw this post and about fell off of my chair laughing. ^_^

S

>>>It’s not easy when fate keeps throwing all kinds of obstacles in our way.

But you like a good challenge, right? ^_^

Smiles,
Steven

Hi SD>>I have been working as a teacher since about january.
>>>I´m also waiting to get my Master Thesis back.

So basically you are sort of done with your masters degree now?
In surveying?
That’s really great. A huge accomplishment!

>>>For the momnent I am responsible for a field exercise
>>>for 30 people. Surveying you…[Read more]