Rakiel
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That's terrible. Regardless, I may still purchase it. I was quoted $9.00 for shipping (here in the US). It's on sale for $39.99, so I'd hate to not take advantage of that price. It beats $300!
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Brian that's an excellent view from your porch
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So you have experience with this qigong form? I have a few other questions, if you don't mind. Unfortunately there is not much info on this style here, just bits and pieces. Should someone attend an in-person workshop to learn this style, or is the correspondence course sufficient? Do you think it is compatible with Spring Forest Qigong, or other styles?
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What are some good ways to induce sleep paralysis?
Rakiel replied to Drifting_Through_Infinity's topic in General Discussion
More than a few times: enough to confirm it is a viable method. I'd say at least 30 minutes. One time I recall it only took few minutes, but I was very sleepy. I think that is the right time to attempt this for consistent results: after several hours of sleep, so say, 3AM.- 8 replies
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I have a question regarding laogong points in relation to qigong practice. They seem to be very important and I was wondering exactly what role they play in directing energy. I suspect they play a big role, but why?
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What are some good ways to induce sleep paralysis?
Rakiel replied to Drifting_Through_Infinity's topic in General Discussion
I think the state of my mind and body were likely similar to what most people define as 'sleep paralysis', but I never felt any of the classic symptoms of SP. It was mostly the result of concentration and energy-meditation. And then, after a short while, the vibration state occurs. I don't follow Robert Bruce's methods, and I don't employ an exit method. I simply 'push' my consciousness out during the vibrations. One time it felt like I shot through my third eye.- 8 replies
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Eclair_blanc, how long did you practice the yan xin recording to arrive at this opinion? Were you able to learn and follow all the visualizations sufficiently?
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What are some good ways to induce sleep paralysis?
Rakiel replied to Drifting_Through_Infinity's topic in General Discussion
I agree. I have found that trying to remain conscious does not necessarily result in sleep paralysis either. Personally, in my projections (where I went from a conscious waking state straight to an astral projection), sleep paralysis was never achieved. The moment of separating the astral from physical body was during a state of 'vibrations' however I never felt like I was in sleep paralysis. I think that a better goal would be to achieve the vibration stage, and not worry about SP. I think that the method is irrelevant if the destination is achieved.- 8 replies
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I don't know if this is a common occurrence, but when I was practicing my qigong earlier it felt like my hands were 'moving on their own', like having traced the same path for months my body responded to this automatically. I felt like as a practitioner I was taking the back seat and allowing my body to do the set of movements on its own. Has anyone else experienced anything remotely like this?
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the same movements I had been practicing. I'm not claiming it was a spontaneous sort of thing.
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I get that too! Smoke. No clue what it is
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I see there is an active thread already about PGSG. My bad. If the moderator wants to merge this to that thread, that'd be cool
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are there any seated practices in the DVD? I saw on the website they utilize full lotus?
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Thanks sillybearhappyhoneyeater. Are you ever going to write another book?
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I'm reviving an old thread. I recently purchased some pure Camu Camu powder that I've been adding to either plain water or to smoothies. It is excellent. There is a huge difference in the amount of energy I have, almost immediately afterward. Very noticeable. Also, very sour, more than grapefruit, but not intolerable. I highly recommend it.
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there seems to be a certain strand of Martinism linked to Robert Ambelain that includes the following groups: Kabbalistic Order of the Rose Cross, Ordre Martiniste des Elus Cohens, and Eglise Gnostique. this is the same Robert Ambelain who was head of the Rite of Memphis Misraim and has a few PDF's available online about Kabbalah and Theurgy
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http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1zmigpd&s=9 I have a lot of work to do with my left leg
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Anyone here ever heard of Jack Lim? He was a teacher of Simon Blow. And, apparently, he worked with Yan Xin at some point in the 80's or 90's, according to his article. http://www.omplace.com/articles/LearnQiGong.html Also, he has a qigong form on youtube:
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Yes that is the stretch. I always do this stretch as my main prep stretch prior to getting in to half then full lotus. After a while, you feel less 'stretch' in the hips. So then you can deepen it, maneuver/'bounce' the hips, bring the lower leg (of the folded leg) toward the head. After doing the stretch for a month, I was surprised to see how quickly I could get the knee to the floor solely from the hip mobility. Prior to that, it took at least 10 minutes to get the knees to the floor. So it must be working. And when you do it right, I feel zero pressure in the knee, only the hips.
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pigeon pose forward bend. Has taken me much further much faster
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Hello there - my head feels like it is going to explode!
Rakiel replied to Vladimir's topic in Welcome
When I did my 100 day retention period (I'm doing it again now, on day 25/100) I definitely felt energy in the brow and top of head, but I never let it accumulate there. Are you bringing it back down to the LTT? During that 100 days, I made habit of doing a daily qigong practice, and nightly meditated on the LDT so that the energy never stayed 'up there'. The constant burning in your genital area could be because Mantak Chia's practices include focusing on that region. I recall a poster here recently was complaining that he was having nightly emissions because of those same practices. Personally, I try to keep my awareness as far away from my genitals during semen retention -
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Rakiel replied to timmytran77's topic in Welcome
I have not been able to find much info about Zhong Hongbao or the system, in general. It seems really interesting, and I believe that Chunyi Lin, the founder of Spring Forest Qigong, which I practice, was a student of his. I have only been able to find scarce footage of the qigong style, but it looks like the ending procedures are very similar.- 2 replies
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I found the 9 step-method on blog.sina.com.cn but it is very good to have a proper english translation. Thank you kindly for this