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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.