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I know that this is not the time you’d want to hear, “we told you so (there would be ups and downs)”, but I mean it in a good way. There is work to do: rooting, and consequential nourishment, that will just take some time. Expect some bumps in the road along the way, and they won’t be quite so much of a freak-out.

> Pain in my heart and solar…[Read more]

I know that this is not the time you’d want to hear, “we told you so (there would be ups and downs)”, but I mean it in a good way. There is work to do: rooting, and consequential nourishment, that will just take some time. Expect some bumps in the road along the way, and they won’t be quite so much of a freak-out.

> Pain in my heart and solar…[Read more]

I think that its natural for strong enthusiasm to arise as a person hooks into a path that resonates for them; there’s a deep deep triggering of will, heart, mind and Spirit. And its natural to want to share that, and – if you feel its the ‘right’ way – to want to include others. Basic human nature. (Ain’t just Christians.)

Of course,…[Read more]

I think that its natural for strong enthusiasm to arise as a person hooks into a path that resonates for them; there’s a deep deep triggering of will, heart, mind and Spirit. And its natural to want to share that, and – if you feel its the ‘right’ way – to want to include others. Basic human nature. (Ain’t just Christians.)

Of course,…[Read more]

e> The internal arts are what first brought me into this “game” and now that I am playing I NEVER wanna stop >

Sounds like you’re having fun, and making some progress. That’s all good. And, a lot has been sorted out over the last couple of decades; clearer knowledge is more available than before. My feeling is that we are on the cusp of…[Read more]

e> The internal arts are what first brought me into this “game” and now that I am playing I NEVER wanna stop >

Sounds like you’re having fun, and making some progress. That’s all good. And, a lot has been sorted out over the last couple of decades; clearer knowledge is more available than before. My feeling is that we are on the cusp of…[Read more]

I’m being over-estimated again. While xingyi does produce… power, i’ve had to go v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y in my xingyi studies, cause my body ‘s been so jammed up by illness and whatnot. And power doesn’t mean mean; my teacher is one of the funniest nicest most forgiving guys that i’ve ever met. The kind of heaven-body-earth integration that is…[Read more]

I’m being over-estimated again. While xingyi does produce… power, i’ve had to go v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y in my xingyi studies, cause my body ‘s been so jammed up by illness and whatnot. And power doesn’t mean mean; my teacher is one of the funniest nicest most forgiving guys that i’ve ever met. The kind of heaven-body-earth integration that is…[Read more]

> you sure..could teach the basics >

Honestly, no, not at this point.

It brings up all sorts of ?’s that i’m not entirely clear on (and i’m only posing these rhetorically, not really to start a conversation): What are the basics? What attributes, alignment, level of accomplishment makes someone competent to teach? I mean, in one sense, any…[Read more]

> you sure..could teach the basics >

Honestly, no, not at this point.

It brings up all sorts of ?’s that i’m not entirely clear on (and i’m only posing these rhetorically, not really to start a conversation): What are the basics? What attributes, alignment, level of accomplishment makes someone competent to teach? I mean, in one sense, any…[Read more]

… and looking into it (beatiful, beautiful), (which is why i was able pop off all that earlier info), but have some obligations that might keep me in the L.A. area.

… and looking into it (beatiful, beautiful), (which is why i was able pop off all that earlier info), but have some obligations that might keep me in the L.A. area.

thanks Michael.

thanks Michael.

Chris,

> I like your “translation” >

Thanks.

Good comments about the importance of relationship with live teacher.

Keith

Chris,

> I like your “translation” >

Thanks.

Good comments about the importance of relationship with live teacher.

Keith

> there should be a REAL university where we can study the dao >

Colleges of Chinese medicine are where a lot of that is happening. Beyond Chinese medicine, they generally also offer qi gong training and some internal martial art. To take qi gong to… to improve the general level of qi gong in the west, there needs to be more practitioners…[Read more]

> there should be a REAL university where we can study the dao >

Colleges of Chinese medicine are where a lot of that is happening. Beyond Chinese medicine, they generally also offer qi gong training and some internal martial art. To take qi gong to… to improve the general level of qi gong in the west, there needs to be more practitioners…[Read more]

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