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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.

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.

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

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