Astral_butterfly

Monk Holding Pearl is such a precious gift, and the figure of 8 movement it brings is so therapeutic. Does anyone think that I should start again with the warm-up if I do other meds afterwards? I followed up with another med (without warm-up due to time constraints) today and it was sublime. By the way I think that thanks to MHP I have gone up a notch in the quality of the meditation. It did something that unblocked a previous hurdle. The only thing that stops me from continuing this blissful MHP for hours is time constraints.

Dear Cihan It has been 2 years since I was told in a few different visions that I needed to focus on the heart. And I did, I went through an amazing spiritual metamorphosis as a result. Yet, when FPCK came into my life, with time constraints I just focussed on the start of DVD 1, limiting myself mostly to Monk Gazing at the Moon. Cannot say the third eye was not a big motivator for me, but I have always felt doing the whole DVD every day would have been fantastic. I came desperately looking for help here back then, and just look at your answer above, which I was grateful for at time of receiving, but not absorbing the reality of it as applicable to the practice. My question was a cry from the heart and you answered. Today, after all this time, I suddenly realise I should be focussing on the second meditation, especially since this is what yielded the most dramatic results during practice. The heart meditation. Many extraordinary paranormal events, of an unprecedented force, have also manifested in my life to bring me back to this realisation. This may have been accelerated thanks to the third eye work though. I am no longer interested in discussing my experiences for now, suffise to say I need to work on a major spiritual matter that has recently been revealed, and FPCK is indicated as one of the major ways of achieving this work, so since it is now more a loving duty than a pleasure, I am going to commit to my daily practice assiduously. Without the amazing people I have met on here, and without my beloved travel companion (Earl Grey) documenting his progress in his journal , I would not be today in the amazing light that has been shed onto the meaning of my life. Thank you again Cihan my friend for your loving insight. And thank you Sifu Terry for illuminating my path. A_B

You know, your question is really interesting. I was looking back at your original question and you were speaking about the misinterpretation of your experience. I will approach this from another angle. You can never know how "real" your experience is in relation to what it "should" be until it happens. It is like someone asking "when do I know I love someone for real". You ironically using your mind to interpret "no-mind" is the start of a process. You have identified that your awareness was not where you thought it was. In my experience of meditation, with practice, we move in stages like this and each time we reach a new level of understanding, we get frustrated at not having grasped something fast enough. We think "next time might be the right time". But it stays just relative to the previous stage, at best an awareness of yet another flaw in our perception. Until the day we stop caring about the outcome and we just let go. Then boom! We forget we are a person and we realise the control center does not exist at a level that our mind can perceive. Even the non-physical bodies are dependant on a collective ensemble of much more powerful energies. After that either everything matters or nothing matters and that is where the real work kicks in and we have to find a reason to appreciate the physical body we are in so that our mind can survive. After all, it is the precious tool that allows us to interpret our environment. As long as you think no-mind is something you need to perceive with your mind, you will repeat the experience you had. No-mind is not an experience, because the you that you think you are is not the active party. No-mind is surrender.

Nailed it. Real is only a prejudice based on past experience (conditioning).If we truly accept the now, we do not question its validity. I think that the basics of growth/actualisation start with self-trust. If you accept ALL of your mind's constructs as part of your reality, you will start seeing a pattern in the relationship between the events in the different dimensions and get a stronger hold on the "tangible" world, as well as integrate your various bodies. My first question to you regarding the "is it real" question is this: why does it matter so much to you? Could it be a question of the illusion of the location of your control center?

In my humble opinion, the question is not "is it real?" but "how is this relevant to me?" "Is it symbolic in the very least of something I need to pay attention to?" You know, the mind plays many tricks and even the most "tangible" elements we perceive only matter in the sense that it applies to us and our growth. So even the most "unreal" experience is here to teach us something. Real has stopped mattering to me because I have found it more important to ask "does it matter?" And if so, "why?" Real has even almost lost its meaning to me. Because I can perceive it, it is real. Now, in which dimension is it real? Who cares? Hope this helps.

Thank you Sifu Terry. I had not planned this at all and am very lucky with vivid dreams as well as projection, it is so clear and real that this morning was the first time I really knew I was dreaming. Before I was only lucid in projections, not in dreams. As concerns dreamwalking, I did it as a toddler but never tried as an adult. My mentor is deceased! But I am looking forward to one day trying again All my best for the holiday season AB

It was exhilarating because I could really feel the qi buzzing very strongly. I wanted to add that the FPCK energy stayed intact through 6 weeks of neglect (three weeks of holiday so four-year old constantly by my side then fixing up the backlog from my absence at work and hitting year-end). I was fine for all that time! It only waned in the seventh week.

Ok so I have been awful at keeping up my practice but it is constantly on my mind and stresses me a bit (especially since my pain is creeping back). Financial year end has me on my computer at 5am... This morning I had a lucid dream, in which I found myself spontaneously cupping my hands opposite each other at a "Monk gazing at the moon" distance. I was sitting. I noticed my hands were suspended in the air by themselves as if being nestled into the surrounding air. In the middle was a small white ball. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Thanks a mil Sifu Terri. You have confirmed my intuition

Somebody please elaborate on the warm-ups and how their importance may or not fluctuate with time. To be safe I generally do the full ten minutes but sometimes I am so desperate and have so little time that I skip it. How will this influence the progress? I sometimes abandon the warm-up when I feel the heat increasing to a sufficient level to get me satisfied enough to leap straight to the exercises. Please advise?

What do you mean when you give your durations? Do you include the warm-ups? I literally do 10 minutes warm up with up to ten minutes of one or two standing meds per day as, as I have mentioned before, I have very limited time. From time to time I do more as I can manage to fit in. However I do feel the connection and the energy. This is why I am amazed at how powerful the system is. Sometimes I really only have time to just about start a med when my daughter starts yanking at me but just having been able to touch the energy is a consolation.

Hi there To clarify Smallsteps's question if I may, and he will correct me if I am wrong, I think I would like to make as few points on what has been observed. - It has been mentioned by Sifu Terry that FPCK is linked to a deity - someone posted that without prior interest in Buddhist deities, they had appeared to him - the energy is dependent on neither the rhythm of inhalation and exhalation (I have seen this, the qi I saw pulsating had its own regular pattern which did not match my breathing), nor the drifting of the mind so it has a mind of its own, so we surmise that one is not cultivating one's own qi, it is a blue qi coming from its own source. I have observed that it is not necessarily linked to good posture either, as this came later for me, without instruction. It definitely has its own intelligence. - I think I understand that the FPCK qi does not get depleted from everyday wear and tear like in other qi gong. One cultivates and stores it without it being affected by our emotions, by fighting the cold or any such effort. - the qi does not come from the immediate environment either - I had cleared that point myself with Sifu Terry (I was concerned with absorbing residual environmental qi that was not necessarily beneficial to me, and which made me weary of other systems) In the light of all this, I believe it is reasonable for Smallsteps to pose the questions as done. Anyone cultivating an energy which is neither environmental nor originally personal would wonder what would happen to his personal energy body and what he is filling himself with and how this would impact his personal spiritual hygiene as advised by his existing belief system. I have my own reasonings which I have shared with him privately, which allow me to pursue the practice with confidence. However, I am certainly not the expert in this matter and I feel it is legitimate that he should approach long-term cultivators for the answers to his questions. It is wise to want to know what type of entity one is inviting into one's most intimate abode. Just my two cents for what it is worth. Please pardon the long sentences.

There is such a great mix of personalities on this thread and you are a worthy part of that mix

Thanks, I realise this ☺

It has now been exactly two weeks since I started and whereas I only wanted to do it to a certain level before, I have finally understood the value of the system in its entirety and I am keen to trod on and learn as well as I can to fulfill my personal potential. The road ahead is long but I will always be in a better condition than I was ever before. I know this is the way every skill I had spontaneously in the past will come back and be useable and controlable. And that is saying a lot. I have just had a glimpse of what I have been wasting by not cultivating. That mere glimpse is "eternity in a grain of sand". Finally after trying hundreds of things, something has arrived of sure outcome. If I don't grasp onto this I should give up on what I know I am. And what nice melodies I hear since I started. It is like the blue light in musical form.

I have just tried it. It is complex but comforting and I will definitely add it to my routine. Thank you Sifu Terry again!

Thank you for the encouragement Sifu Terry! I already never got sick since many years, just that ache (I believe it comes from an old anger issue that I have since turned around completely), so I am really looking forward to even better immune functioning! Didn't think I would do this with so much enthusiasm I just wanted to work a little on my trance skills so everything is a bonus ☺

Thank you Sifu Terry, at this stage getting rid of this pain is my main objective though it has already subsided somewhat!

No I was looking forward to responses. I am disappointed that you deleted it.

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Hi Bums I have had the first truly remarkable experience since the start of my practice! (and not even two weeks have elapsed) Nothing happens by accident, does it? I still have the lower abdomen ache and it helped to do Wind above the Clouds yesterday till my hip joints snapped pleasantly open. Well, today I was determined to do the three dan tien exercises for 10 minutes each, as I am eager to store FPCK energy. So I went into the meeting room just before lunchtime, did the warm-up, did Monk Gazing at the Moon, then Monk Holding Peach (heart center). Well when I do Monk Gazing at the moon, I get a very faint swaying, nothing to write home about, very easy. BUT AS SOON AS I FINISHED MY BREATH CONTROL SEQUENCE with Monk holding Peach, I swayed like mad! This side-to-side movement took me to my left and I was totally shocked (and laughing inside) to find that my legs were facing the front and my torso the back! This type of contortion should take years to achieve! I mean, I can't even do the warm-up wu-chi completely to the side! The funny part of this is that as I was made to sway to the left, it was working the part of my right lower abdomen where my ache is! So now I know how to cure that ache! I must just concentrate on the heart center for now because my head doesn't need that much attention, then I will proceed as needed. OMG this is too much! I am totally elated

Just wanted to say that my first two weeks are not yet over but my skin is looking fantastic, I cannot stop staring at it in disbelief

Try a Skype session with Eric Isen.

Interesting, I read about a Chinese Muslim who would get spontaneously (involuntarily) moved in his salat (prayer) which worked like a form of qi gong.