rldawson

Quality over quantity:

Breathe

Let the waterfall

Circulate

Cleanse in

Thread the needle

Sew

Cleanse out

Breathe

Never heard of him and chasing after these types can be a full time job.   That being said, I take your word for it. 

Thank-you for the heads up.

If saliva is building up, maybe try relaxing the "weight" of the tongue, while it is gently touching the roof of the mouth. This typically allows the saliva to travel successfully down the throat  without the need to swallow.

Over time I have found that any meditation that involves holding the arms in a "Monk Gazes at the Moon"posture activates the third eye, moreover throughout the day, and randomly, this wonderful sensation revisits. Meditations that seem to offer a similar activation are: MSW#2, PREP#1 (as BluePhoenix133 mentioned), and Monk Gazes at the Moon.

One of the most enveloping experiences that I encounter was MSW#2 because not only does it activate the third eye, tingle the arms, and warm the dantien, but is also offered a sensation of exiting the body while still being attached. Since I can only describe it as a gradient laying of increase in size while looking into self while inward rocking.

Not sure about other peoples experiences, but to fully achieve these, and other experiences, I need to perform the meditations very, very, slow and have an open and relaxed mind. Most standing meditations being twenty minutes up to thirty minutes, while seated meditations ranging anywhere from twenty-five minutes to one hour for the advanced meditations. A typical experience, while five to ten minutes into any meditation, is blue light globes/orbs moving from side to side and periodically centred coupled with warm body flushes.

Amazing insight into the Crowley matter and thank-you very much. Never would have thought, and perhaps my viewpoints have evolved from the taboo and dark images of him. Believing that the Aleister Crowley was more of an icon, and contributor, to the new age movement, further study has been deemed unnecessary. Perhaps in the future I will explore his works.

Aleister Crowley had a translation for the Tao Te Ching? What a miss fit for such a wayward deviant. lol

A few weeks ago the fourth AMSW meditation has been a welcomed addition to my routine; almost feels like a missing piece of a puzzle. Also, throughout my morning routine the first three meditations from volume five, after warm-ups, have been very helpful getting things quickly moving.

Glad to hear that you are mending successfully.  

home from hospital/surgery last thurs couple days in hospital  ...  first attempts at FPCK  were less than great.   Breath is short and still lots of internal pressure from the CO2 in my abdomen.   Today  I did  ASMSW 4  pretty fast as my breath stayed short.   I hope to keep doing a little more each day.  Still not up for the long form and certain I will have to go pretty quickly the first few times I do practice it.

 

good to be back at practice even if it is short and modified significantly 

Get well soon.

The other day I applied Bending the Bows for eighteen repetitions and the experience was most enjoyable. This set, sped up a little bit, used up about an hour. Normally I apply five extremely slow repetitions, taking about thirty minutes. Would it be wise to slow the eighteen repetition format down?

Thank-you Sifu Terry for the preparation guidelines for more advanced teachings.   This structure is most helpful.

This is the same for me as well.   In fact, all of these meditations energize me and leave me alert for many hours. However, the alert nature is not alarming, but a feeling of calm relaxation, comfort. This is also true if a basic Wu Chi meditation is performed, or other postures, such as the seated Earth posture, Sky prayer, etc, are executed.

 ... it is strange that the big sleep med 50 20 10 is a wake up for me if i do it late in the evening . 

For almost a year now I have been enjoying the long form, almost daily, along with the first three advanced monk serves wine meditations, with much enjoyment. Even though the other meditations are still important, when the time in a day is limited, the long form seems sufficient.

In my routines each meditation is started and ended with the three deep breaths, also between each repetition three regular breaths are applied, not exceeding seven, or whatever is instructed by Sifu Terry for the particular meditation.

Personally, when I deviate from the said course, benefits are not the same. An understanding of opening a door and then, once completed, closing the door to each meditation offers a sense of a entering a room and then exiting. Moreover, when I begin a session seven regular calming breaths, or sometimes more, are used to still the mind. This is also used between each meditation, therefore offering a smooth transition between meditations.

Here is a direct link to Sifu Terry's site:

http://www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html

 

• On a couple of occasions, I have  experienced the visual sensations of blue light against my closed eyelids others have talked about. One time I got the distinct impression I was looking at a blue ball of fire hovering over the surface of water. It was quite beautiful, and I must confess I've probably spent too much energy wishing for more conspicuous signs like this one.

This is a wonderful experience and is present in all the meditations that I perform. It is much like having an old friend come and visit.

Moonbeam Splashes on the Water is one of my favourite standing meditations as well, and was the beginning for my time shifting experiences as well. Now most meditations have the time shift feel (30 min feels like 5 min).

Thank-you very much.    This clears it up and wanted to avoid "(and worried about it    a good deal)". lol

When practising a mirrored Long form, does the hand cradling become reversed as well? (Left hand resting in the right hand)

When a particular meditation becomes less effective, moving onto a different meditation can be very helpful, later returning to the previous meditation. Reducing the speed can also be very effective.

have had more mirror practice both sides have ramped up. a break through after a long pleasant plateau.

 

sometimes we get stuck because the form seems to be working very well, in this case practice on both sides intensified chi noticeably on each side with each alternation. A couple of days doing mirror then when I switched back to normal, there was a surprize with that practice. Moving back to left (mirror) side again intensified. Then I had a couple of rather routine practices untll this morning's normal side ... big energy surge ...

 

Also my TCC practice intensity has increased. And finally the standing still nei gong I do occasionally ...

 

so now i expect a plateau soon LOL

Fascinating. The mirroring principle is something that is prevalent in my TCC session, however it is yet to be applied to my chi kung sessions. Often I will extract sections of a form, such as the press and push movements from Moonbeam Splashes on the Water, and circulate it from the right side to the left completing about five to ten repetitions. This mirroring concept for chi kung forms is inspiring.

AMSW #3 is an excellent meditation and learning this meditation came easily. Pairing AMSW #2 and AMSW #3, was very enjoyable and the total duration was about one hour.

tea ... Jaio gu Lan seems like a broad tonic that I tolerate well it's stimulative property effects me intermittently

Very interesting. This site offered information regarding jiaogulan: http://www.herb.com/jgl.html.

Thank-you for this insight.

Moonbeam Splashes on the Water is a very enjoyable meditation and seems to couple nicely prior to the Advanced Long Form from Vol 4. One of my favourites.

Looks like some simple amendments need to be applied to the original, http://thetaobums.com/topic/12639-flying-phoenix-chi-kung/page-9#entry180930, post, however, what informative compile of the five volumes.

Even though there are some discrepancies on some matters, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sifu Terry for sharing his knowledge and experience with us. Thank-you very much for your time Sifu Terry.

Btw. the summary post on all the breathing percentages: http://thetaobums.com/topic/12639-flying-phoenix-chi-kung/?p=180930

mentions 90 60 5 40 30

There seems to be a typo on the first of the Monk Serves Wine from Volume Two. The above link indicates that the breathing sequence is: 80-50-40-30-10, however the video indicates 90-50-40-30-10.

I practiced the Long Form Standing Meditation (taught Vol.4) twice at very, very slow speed.

 

90 80 60 30 40 5 50 10 goes the percentage breath control sequence.

Some confusion regarding this breathing sequence. Is the breathing sequence suppose to be 90 60 5 50 40, or is this a different sequence applicable to this form?

"The Essence Of Tao by Pamela Ball" is an interesting overall view of tao. Also, "the Tao of Pooh" and "The Te of Piglet", by Benjamin Hoff, are nice starter books about Tao.