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Could you please elaborate on this? What about the masters that tell us they "see" their past lives when meditating? Does the sage has the same personality from before being a sage? Can you please give us some quotes? (Daoism and Buddhism)

Done. Looking forward to hear you all.

Great post! Thoughts are not intangible, I see the brain as a relay, part of the One that is Body, Mind, Spirit. Thanks for your radio and television analogy.

Are you saying that it's impossible to receive an ‘amount’ of Qi from Nature? Could you please clarify this? Are you saying that Qi is a substance in the context of a master projecting Qi? I didn't make any distinctions regarding masters or students but of course masters are more interesting/higher level. Also regarding what I asked above. If you're transferring pathogens into people doesn't that mean that they are receiving your Qi? Thanks.

This is thread worthy, no?

Does the Master also projects Qi to the acupuncture points? Also does the small universe of SFQ goes down through the Ren Mai or Central Channel? Have you asked Master Lin if he also used visualization when learning from his teachers? This is very interesting. Are you talking about opening the Laogong to give Qi to yourself or project to others? Can't a high level Master do this almost instantaneously? Have you both learned how to completely close all the acupuncture points? This can also be done right? Is it possible for the LDT to be full? Thanks

Thank you!

Thank you. Is Maoshan one of those lineages? I'm always interested. Yes my gut feeling has always been no visualization but had no way to know if it was used or not. Thanks.

Would you say that in Classical Daoist Traditions there's absolutely no visualization whatsoever?

Everyone should please stop talking about Climate Change. That's not the problem, it's a symptom, your thread title doesn't address the real issue: humans are destroying the Planet Earth.

So you're saying that the Classical Chinese/Daoist Tradition(s) is/are wrong?

Interview with Li Hongzhi: TIME: When did you learn about qigong? Li: I started to learn when I was four years old. I was very young, and my teachers taught me aspects that were very simple. TIME: Who were your teachers? Li: I do not wish to have their names known. I had masters in two schools. Prior to the Cultural Revolution people enjoyed quite a bit of religious freedom. Chinese were quite used to such things. It was like going to church in the West. TIME: When did you start teaching? Li: I am more than 40 years old, and I have been practicing qigong for many years. When qigong became popular, I did not come out in the public. I did not want to teach about stopping illnesses or keeping fit. TIME: What made you finally come out? Li: When these masters asked me to come out. At the time I said that there were too many people practicing qigong, and I said that I did not want to cure illnesses or to help people keep fit. They said, What you do will be different. These people who are teaching how to cure illnesses and teaching fitness, are paving the road for your coming out. TIME: Where were these masters? Li: They were in the mountains.

Have you seen this? How do I quote a thread? Forming Spirits for the Way: The Cosmology of the Xiang'er Commentary to the Laozi MICHAEL PUETT Becoming Laozi: Cultivating and Visualizing Spirits in Early Medieval China - Michael Puett Early Daoist Scriptures - Stephen R. Bokenkamp (JSTOR) Early Daoist Scriptures - Stephen R. Bokenkamp Celestial Masters History and Ritual in Early Daoist Communities Terry F. Kleeman

Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan; sometimes called The Zuo Commentary) is China's first great work of history. It consists of two interwoven texts - the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu, a terse annalistic record) and a vast web of narratives and speeches that add context and interpretation to the Annals. Completed by about 300 BCE, it is the longest and one of the most difficult texts surviving from pre-imperial times. It has been as important to the foundation and preservation of Chinese culture as the historical books of the Hebrew Bible have been to the Jewish and Christian traditions. It has shaped notions of history, justice, and the significance of human action in the Chinese tradition perhaps more so than any comparable work of Latin or Greek historiography has done to Western civilization. This translation, accompanied by the original text, an introduction, and annotations, will finally make Zuozhuan accessible to all. https://www.amazon.com/Zuo-Tradition-Zuozhuan-Commentary-Classics/dp/0295999152/ref=tmm_hrd_title_3?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= I would like to know if this is highly recommended reading and if there is a free translation available online. thanks

Does the ability to see Qi precedes the ability to project Qi? Can you give an estimate of the time required (with correct practice) until one is able to see Qi? GSmaster do you place Wai Qi Liao Fa also on level 1? Can you say what are levels 2, 3...?

Is it possible to study and really understand the Yi Jing without a teacher? Yes, please.

May I ask how did you come to this conclusion? This is very interesting, could you please elaborate? Are you saying strong emotional events in the future or also in the present? But what about precognitive visions that have no strong emotional events attached?

One should practice everyday but of course this isn't always possible. There's a Chinese saying: skipping a day of practice is like losing the practice/progress of a whole week (something like this).

Daoism encompasses practice and philosophy. Can we say practice is applied philosophy? Big mistake?

Go to a good acupuncturist.

Same Master?

Did you start meditating recently? Eyes open or closed? If you are a beginner like me you might want to consider to start with standing meditation with eyes open - Zhan Zhuang. If you practice indoors it helps to stand facing a window looking outside. Don't worry if you're not "meditating" while you are standing, just relax and stand. After a couple of months you'll notice your mind is a lot more quieter and not only when standing. This is a natural process and there's no need to think about it, just practice. You are in the Netherlands right? I think Peter den Dekker teaches in Amsterdam. He is an inner door student of Master Lam Kam Chuen and a TCM Dr. Master Lam Kam Chuen's books Peter den Dekker book

Thank you. I'll check those links.

Man follows the earth. Earth follows heaven. Heaven follows the Tao. Tao follows what is natural. I understood Tao follows what is natural as Tao follows Nature. Is this interpretation incorrect?

I've just tried this and it can be done with the right hand, it actually seems easier than left. Have you tried it?