Clear'Waters

I appreciate everyone who commented on this thread to help me further understand what significance virtue and merits have.. Thank you...

Kind of.. Its like taking yourself out the situation without any emotional or opinionated biased to evaluate it a different way in the present tense.

I have to write this down

Its not necessarily the questions, but the certain thought process that one uses. It like changing yourself from first person to third in a sense.

Yes I agree.. Thats why in northerner lineages they generally practice with the Xing before Ming.

When practicing continuous days, is there ever such thing as 'over doing it'? Many times I go by feeling, i.e. if I'm not emotionally ready to practice, I would first sit or do some activity to clear up my mind. As well if my physical body is fatigued I would go and rest. But is this a time where meditation would be beneficial? To calm the mind and body from external stimulus?

Ben Howard- Oats in the Water

Hello fellow practitioners, I am new in the daoist community and have only been practicing for 8 months with the Ling Bao Tong Zhi Neng Nei Gong Shu by Wang Li Ping translated by Richard Liao. I am interested to learn new things to help supplement my practice. Currently, I have been practicing Yin Xian Fa in mostly full lotus (because im a try hard) recently. A lot of times my knees would not cooperate with me so i would go half lotus. Besides that, i have also tryed the first section of Tai Yi Jin Hua. Other than practice, I am currently in highschool, finishing my junior year. If there is any advice to anything from meditation, sitting, or even school, I would be grateful for someone to reply :-D

This definately makes more sense.. Usually if i get deeper into meditation, my breathing would feel light and as one continous motion.. I will be sure to implement this within my practice as soon as possible.. Thank you once again for your knowledge and advice...

I appreciate your advice.. I have been having a little trouble with constituting equal inhales/exhales. I seem to hold my inhales longer and when it is time to exhale i no longer have any breath. Also i will work on opening my hips.. Thank you again

Thank you alot.. I will make sure that I search her up..