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Hello Snowmonki, I can't find a link to this correspondence course you mention on qigongamerica.com... I'd like to check the syllabus, price, etc.

Hi Yangluchan, Did you try this course?

Hello Lataif, Yes, I've been giving some thoughts to Mantak Chia's teachings lately. I've been watching some of his videos in YouTube, a very interesting teacher indeed. I've searched his websites, books on Amazon, etc and I can't find systematic approach to his teachings. I don't know where to start if I finally want to try his method. Yes, I know it would be better if I travel to a workshop for beginners, but I prefer to start by myself (with someone helping if possible, just to clear the initial doubts) investigating its validity and if I find out this is the right path for me, I will not mind spending money and time committing myself to it...

Anybody else has completed this course? It really looks good, but I'm new to all this Chinese knowledge, qi gong systems, etc. so my judgment doesn't count...

Hello, Did you follow this online course eventually? I'd like to read any insight about this free online course. Regards, Newman

Thank you guys for the suggestions so far. I'll check them all but, please, keep them coming

Hello all, I hope this is the right section for posting this Few weeks ago I attended a weekend workshop about how to have Out-Of-Body experiences as a way of self-realization, for spiritual growth. The teacher showed us some techniques for charging the Tan Tien centre. If we have this centre fully charged -he claims- it will be easier for us to have OBEs. He explained us some stuff about Qi Gong's and Carlos Castaneda's way of working with the energy within to get this goal. I got quite interested so, when I got home, I surfed the net to find out more about this soft qi gong practise and I've read different comments by people talking on how the practice of qigong has made them experience OBEs (regardless they wanted them to happen or not), spiritual experiences, etc, so I'd like to know more about this way of working with one's energy system in order to grow spiritually. Since it seems that there are hundreds of qigong styles out there, according to the experts and senior qigong practitioners from this forum, what's the best qi gong style for this? Newman.

Good evening! Some people say it is possible, others say it is not. Our teacher said that, even if it was possible, it wouldn't be wise to do it because we don't know the spiritual level of that person and s/he can have a terrible experience. They say it all depends on your inner energy system, the level of the conciousness that you have acquired through your inner work, the level of the energy your dan tien has. In the workshop, an advanced girl told us that one day she was able to get a friend out of his body, but the next morning he couldn't remember anything but being flying all night. It seemed that his level of energy was not optimal, the same with his level of conciousness. It seems that the more energy, the more consciousness, the better we can remember and control the experience when we have an 'out of the body' (or 'in the mind' if you like) experience.

Hi, No, this teacher have taught us to work with our emotions first, to face those inner conflicts we sitll have in "our backyard" in order to dissolve this blockages you talk about. I'll have a look at Michael Winn's system, thanks for recommending it.

I Brian, Exactly

Hi VonKrankenhaus, I have read A LOT about this topic and most of the authors agree that one might not be traveling 'out' of the body but 'in' one's mind, in one's inner universe. Some say there is not time nor space so all might happens in the very same moment, very same place. I'm ok with that.

Hello All again, On David Boles' blog there's an entry where he makes some questions to Master Wen-Ching Wu on his book Qigong Empowerment. Here there is a very interesting answer given by Master Wen-Ching Wu concerning astral projection: BOLES: When I first practiced Fangsong Gong (Basic Relaxation Technique) on page 32 of Qigong Empowerment, a curious thing happened to me. My body became a shell and the essence of me was liquid and swimming around the shell of me and I was peering outside at the world through my ears, mouth and nostrils. I was in a floating, trance-like state and it took me a good half hour to “wake up” and “come out of the trance” by opening my eyes. What happened? I can repeat this experience at will, but do I want to? Am I messing up my Qi or am I discovering it and managing it? When I am in this trance-like state, what should I be thinking and doing? Right now, I’m just kind of floating around the world, which seems aimless and unimportant. WU: In Qigong training, it is understood that one needs to enter into a steady state. From the steady state, one can then enter into a calm abiding state. From the calm abiding state one will then be able to enter into a tranquil state. Once the body enters into a tranquil state, the body will have a chance to readjust any imbalance in the body. In Medical Qigong, a tranquil state also provides a favorable condition for the mind to assist in adjusting the energy balance in the body to assist in its healing. When you enter into a deep tranquil state, it is possible for your Yuanshen (Original Spirit) to leave your body. It usually doesn’t happen to most beginners in Medical Qigong training unless that is their objective. This happening to you on the first attempt suggests to me that you must have meditation background. Being a healthy vegetarian would also provide a “purer” body for housing the Original Sprit and allow it to experience an out-of-body experience. Incidentally, in Buddhist and Taoist Qigong, the higher objective of the qigong training is to work on one’s Original Spirit. In the training of the Original Spirit, light-qi (a higher form of qi not restricted to the physical plane) is the fuel, the medium, which assists the Original Spirit to go beyond the confines of the physical body. In the training of the Original Spirit, we want to purify the physical body so that the component of the Original Spirit is not restricted to the material world and be able to travel to the higher astral planes to learn and evolve further and quicker. Please refer to the Taoist Qigong chapter in the Qigong Empowerment book for more details on this subject. Your experience is not necessarily bad. However, it is possible to do too much. How much is too much will depend on your individual condition. When you are in a “trance-like” state that you described, you are in an out-of-body experience supported by light-qi. The experience you had is like a young toddler learning how to walk. You are experimenting on walking short distances. Gradually, as the toddler grows up, it will be able to travel further. It is important to practice advanced qigong or other proper energy work to sustain the demands for astral travel. Individuals only interested in the health and healing part of qigong need not be concerned with this topic. In Medical Qigong, only the Vitality of the Spirit (the manifestation or expression of one’s energy and life) is of concern.

Hello all! I'm new to all these topics so, please, bear with me. Trying to know more about Qi Gong I found this forum; I've just read I good number of posts here and I've enjoyed them, I found very good answers, it seems there are good people here so, thanks for having me. I hope to keep on learning with you all. Thank you again! Newman