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Conscious as "consciously practicing in order to achieve this result", not "doing a certain practice that may lead to that, but I'm unaware of that fact". But whatever, do as you see fit.

Those altered states are, most of the times, unavailable to people. Not to mention dangerous, as you have quoted some of the potential dangers yourself. Now, if something that usually takes conscious training and practice by someone who wants to achieve this kind of results "just sort of happens", that's a sign that something's wrong and need to be checked. Heart fire is one of the options, as well as Heart's Yin depletion leading to a lack of roots on the Shen, which goes outside too easily, leading to unexpected alterated states of consciousness, mimicking the effects of a yang qi tide started consciously, but with less impetus and quite a bit more potential for damage. That's why I believe he should get it checked up - not because of the movement, but because it "just happened" and so happens to be a dangerous thing to happen. It is a good practice, when done right. And, as I said, other forms of holistic therapy use very similar methods, such as free dance.

Press and hold the GV24 accupoint for 30 seconds, then release. The pain on your head should subside. Then, to release the energy accumulated on the rest of the meridian, practice light exercise while slowly and deeply massaging the SP-21 accupoint for 2 minutes. And yes, Mantak Chia's meditations have lot of mistakes in them. Mr. Plastic Surgery probably can't even feel Qi, what more manipulate energy with his Will. For starters, you should never focus on accumulating energy on an accupoint, except if it is the CV-6 accupoint or special kinds of energy (there are many types of Qi on one's body) on some other special accupoints. Energy accumulation has a name - a blockage. Energy must ALWAYS flow. What he probably meant was to increase energy on a certain accupoint, then move it upwards towards the other and so on, until you "drink" it as a nectar (actually, make it go through your tongue to the occult GV Meridian under the CV Meridian, not to the CV Meridian itself... anyhow, can't expect much of an author that pretends to be versed on ancient text but can't mention a single sage's teachings right). Very dangerous practice without previous preparation, as you'll be draining your GV meridian of the post-natal Jing in it, which will create a state of weakness which might persist for days, if not months. For those who are curious, from the Occult GV Meridian it goes back into your system, tem to the CV meridian, then to the Occult CV meridian under the GV meridian, then it becomes concentraded enough to be of use in nei dan. Again, dangerous and can also create massive internal blockages which no modern TCM practioneer will be able to help you with - as the occult vessels are barely mentioned in specialized literature (only those who dig for knowledge of internal meridians will even know they exist), and no appropriate technique is given to deal with them.

Good luck!

A TCM practineer might help with finding a TCM approach to this. Other types of professionals might use different approaches to deal with the same issue - for instance, a psychologist might look into your personality and a holistic therapist which specializes in free dance and spontaneous body movement might help you unlock some sort of inner experience. It sums down to looking for a specialist with the more confortable approach for you But, don't worry. Spontaneous movement is actually very common, although a sign of something to be looked more deeply on. Most people just never come to the point of interiorization needed to manifest their inner seekings through movement.

True celibacy uses Desire itself as fuel for inner growth. It isn't about not masturbating or ejaculating (that's a modern christian kink), but not having desire and therefore not producing semen in the first place. Work on your desires, and life-long celibacy is possible. Don't work on them, and you'll just start to accumulate phlegm-heat on your lower burner.

Different practices will have different requirements. Look for your teacher.

Spontaneous movement doesn't means spontaneous qigong. Qigong involves breathing, technique and a focused consciousness. If you just feel like moving your muscles around, that shouldn't cause any damage. On the other hand, spontaneous movement whenever you're relaxed is a sign of inner heat by itself (could be heart, if it is accompanied by euphoria or other yang emotions, liver if it is muscle twitching, or spleen if it is contraction). You should get it checked up.

It isn't recommended to get acupuncture more than once every two to three days if you're a healthy person who just wants to improve your energy flow. Acupuncture do use a lot of energy and punctures the skin and inserts a needle on your meridians. There are is very minimal damage which usually doesn't pose a problem, not even for those very sick, but can become a gate for disease with such constant usage. Look for techniques which are non invasive, such as Do-In or acupressure.

Such concentrated gold is too much for my puny eyes to take in. Goddamit this is GOOD advice! (I'm serious here, really good advice). With this schedulle, I would recommend focusing on keeping a healthy (as much as possible) lifestyle for now. The first foundation you'll build will be on Jing - you need to have a good and healthy body before advancing on energetic practices such as nei gong. See keeping your health as building your first foundation. Make your daily routine as healthy as possible (in a TCM way) and you'll have what is needed to progress fast and secure on your cultivation practices. Your current level of practice seems to be related to a begining of Shen cultivation - moving energy with your heart/spirit/consciousness. It is all good and joyfull while you still have an innately strong Jing, but this "med school routine" of yours will be a heavy drain on your Jing, so focus on preserving it before trying to advance on Shen practices. You'll need it.

They don't have an ego, so "they" cannot generate karma, obviously But not everything about them is free of karma. Their bodies still need to eat, for example. So their bodies still experience karma. Then it won't be "you" generating karma, because "you" will cease to be. Your body will still be generating and living through karma, though.

Interesting thought: Karma is "the consequence of actions". So everything is karma as long as you do it because something else happened. A thought made you do something? Karma. A reflex act because the doctor poked your knee? Karma. Getting a soul-sucking job because you're afraid of dying of starvation? Karma. The only thing that isn't a product of karma is something that happens without a cause. And the only thing that doesn't generate karma is something that's self-contained, not generating absolutely any repercussions in the world. So, there is no "action" without karma. There's no "thought" without karma. There's no "existence" without karma, since "existing" is a product of things that happened to allow you to exist in the first place. Getting beyond karma means going beyond Maya. To cease even existing in the first place. Pretty difficult stuff my dudes :v

When you recognize your ideas are a ressignification of the original and add to it, not substituting the original meaning. Take english words. "Swear" mean both "making an oath" as well as "using offensive words". That happens because "swearing in the name of god" some kind of curse for someone was the origin of the idea that "swearing" means "offending someone". Both meanings exist simultaneously. There is no substitution. There's addition. That's how you honour what comes from other cultures and/or languages. By adding your own idea without trying to say that is the real meaning - just that you like the word and use it as such.

edit: I said something stupid, sorry.

Then please don't try to appropriate words which already have meanings. Use your own and build your own system of beliefs and practices. Not only will that be more concise and practical, you'll also be able to get your point across better, as those who already know those words with other definitions won't have to create a whole "Limahong dictionary of words with definitions which aren't the consensus".

A small point : If you subdue your yang during winter, you're probably catch a cold or pneumonia, as Yang also means Wei Qi and that's your defence against Xie Qi, the invasive cold of winter. Besides, warm foods themselves tonify Yang. So you don't need to subdue Yang, but nourishing Yin is amazing indeed

There's no snow and great cold in my country, so that definition is still appliable in a certain sense, but not completely accurate for the region I live in. One must before all know the nature around oneself and adapt to it, after all. Besides that, it is great advice, indeed.

And your definition comes from which source? Or are you just "following your intuition"? Worst still, are you saying "Qi can't be defined" when the people who INVENTED the world and crafted it at the first time GAVE IT a definition? Because appropriating on words and cultures in order to describe your own ideas is just a jerk move. You're destroying a whole mental reality and substituting by your own without any care and value to that mental reality. Make your own words instead of stealing others'. Obs: If you're saying there's some kind of "undefineable Qi", then you're creating a logic paradox. If it is undefineable, it isn't "Qi", as being "Qi" means something has a definition - it is a word, after all, and words are words only because they have meanings associated to them. Yes, we can use poetic license to say there's some kind of "undefineable Qi". Even the tao te ching say there are "two kinds of Dao", one that's defineable and one that's not. But that's poetic license, not "the truth about what Qi is". There's no truths and no lies in the transcedental. Something being transcendent doesn't mean you can say it is anything you want and get away with it. Just that saying it is something at all means you're using something limited (words) to try and contain the unlimited (undefineable). Do it with parcimony and respect to the word itself and the culture it came from if you want to, but do keep in mind that that's not the "one true definition" of that word. Indeed, it is at best a metaphor, just like saying "god is onions". It technicaly isn't wrong in a purely phylosophical term, as god is undefineable so it could be called "onions". But onions keep on being roots you use to cook, as long as you use the official english language and not a resignificated version created by yourself.

Anyhow. As I said, Qi has to do with what you're calling it. TCM has a certain approach (as I used above), different schools of mysticism use others, and so on. It's a widely-used word and has LOTS of meanings, which only make sense inside the system of thought they are given meaning to. There isn't a single definition of "Qi" because it means different things in different contexts.

Yeeeeah... no. I'm a TCM practioneer, and I can say that, what is DESCRIBED on the documents which DEFINE what Qi is (let's remember, "Qi" is a WORD, it has DEFINITIONS, not "feelings about what it is") describe it as having multiple kinds and being of different qualities. If you take someone with Kidney Qi deficiency and try to use moxa on Heart 7 because "moxa increases the production of Qi", it will be useless. The same things with other kinds. Xie Qi (infectious/toxic Qi) is VERY different from Heart Qi. Now, what will happen if you take someone with a bad cold and use TCM protocols to make the Xie Qi go deeper inside, because "it is all Qi"? You'll fack them up. Now, going on the "feeling" approach. Xie Qi and Xin Qi, for instance. Is it all "Qi"? Then why making incorrect breathing exercises near a polluted swamp on a hot and humid day bad for you, while doing it in a clean environment and with the correct technique good? It's all "qi", isn't it? No, it's not.

Because they are views. Building a "view" of the world requires for things to be right or wrong. Taking an approach of "this is a different view and equaly valid" doesn't build a view of the world - it makes one float randomically on a mental space of indecision and refusal to commit to analisys and deductions about the world around them. Even worldviews based on this kind of mental act of "let's relativize every kind of analysis of the world" can't stand their own trial and end up having to say that relativization is the correct path - for instance, you're annoyed that people don't do it themselves. Any kind of "view" of the world will intrinsecaly mean you're judging the world and assigning values to things - be it "right" or "wrong", or "kinda right", "kinda wrong", etc. To go beyond that you'll need to stop judging, and that means stoping to have a certain "view" of the world. You'll have to enter a state of not having any kind of opinion or taking any kind of deduction about things around you. So if you see an apple falling from a tree, on such a state you do not deduce that other apples on the same tree will also fall to the ground. It is both a state of bliss and a state of ignorance and uselesness. Bliss if you use it to expand and fluidify your own mind, being able to enter and exit this state and learning how to enter and exit worldviews. Uselessness if you can't return once you've reached that, as you'll basically become a 2 months old toddler after forgetting things like "if I push certain muscles I can roll on my back".

Chi can be anything, as it is a widely-used term for a lot of different things. What you're talking about seem to be Ying Qi or Wei Qi. Since you posted videos with people using chi such as in NeiGong or QiGong, then it probably should be a mix of both. However, it can also be understood as a concept, a basic universal principle, the ritmic movements of destiny, fundamental particles, etc. Ancient philosophy doesn't correlate entirely with modern science. I'd say it almost has no correlation at all. For instance, a simple migrane for an ortodox doctor can be a number of different pathologies for a TCM practioneer, while mostly all infectious diseases would be one or two for the same TCM practioneer. It's a different look on reality. It cannot be conformed with the principles of categorization and understandment of the world modern science has.

I've done qigong wrongly in the past and it facked up my energetic system. Luckly I've stopped before things get really serious. Meditation is the same - if you do the practice wrongly, at beast nothing will happen, at worst you're going to screw your own head and emotions. That said, it can also have really "problematic side-effects" if you do it right - after all, it is a practice meant for releasing oneself from mundanity and achieving new levels of consciousness. This will make you almost an "alien" to people and the world around you, destroy and rebuild your ego and psiche and rework your entire existence. There's a reason why asian monks and priests meditate, but not common folk Effectively reaching new and new highs in meditation will make you go through your own "inner hell" and back multiple times. This process can lead to serious depression, awakening of psichosys if you're prone to it, development of mediunic skills, awakening of many kinds of spiritual inner tools and so on - things that a regular, uninstructed person will most likely be unable to use and shoot themselves at the foot with them. So, yeah, spiritual practices can do a hell of a storm on your life. That's the basys of the saying "wisdom and insanity wake side by side". Inner experiences are powerful and may change you in ways you cannot imagine without them. So you must be very careful (and optimaly have a guru, master or other form of senior to guide you), or suffer the consequences.

Most in the sense of "most that deal with sexual alchemy". Sorry for the misunderstanding.