Nintendao

on the Milky Way Three Musketeers set sail in Cadbury Creme Eggs

It's true! I was just imagining some fun activities for ascended bums to try out. I think they could make a good team.

now MarbleHead has a Dragon to ride

https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/49360-neiye-section-7-controlling-the-essence/

See the green comet near Mars in the night sky this week | Space Livestream starting this afternoon Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) The Virtual Telescope Project - YouTube

Just glimpsed the Venus and Jupiter alignment over SW horizon! Over the next few days they're going to get even closer. https://www.pbs.org/video/a-meeting-of-the-bright-nov-18th-nov-24th-5-mins-ysadd8/

how could you tell?

I think i recall @thelerner mentioning that it was one of the best/safest of Mantak Chia material. Singing and chanting in general are wonderful practices to have. Sound is literally vibration, can give a gentle almost massage. It doesn't even have to be mysterious. Try making any different tones and pitches and paying attention to what location in the body is engaged. Promotes good breathing too.

This thread has the video and some discussion. There's also a good interview with Steve

I often think of this image of melting ice giving way, and other ways of acting reserved. Many today consider assertiveness more desirable. The scattering of energy became a tangible thing, with practice.

gu-rue-games, Dali as we rode on Fred's trolley dollhouse teaparty

My favorite thing about Imios Archangelis books is they put a word-for-word transliteration alongside every page of translation.

That’s cool perspective how shen is seen in diagnosis. While there are significant mystical uses, right in front of us is this familiar experience of spirit. For instance if someone is said to be in high spirits, we can instantly imagine a certain animated quality. A whole crowd can share team spirit by getting hyped at the basketball game. They describe energetic patterns. If you deliberately put a smile on your face, after a few seconds you may feel rising or warming effects in other parts of you energy. By the act of smiling or frowning, have you added or taken away any substance? They are configuration changes, and then the qi catches up.

16 Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace.

"The issue is not how clever we humans are in figuring out how nature works, it is how clever nature is in following our laws!" ~Richard Feynman, more or less

神 etymologically speaking: 神 = 示(三,上) + 申(𦥔) Shén - Spirit, God. Revelation 示 shì of three 三 sān elements above 上 shàng, as Sun, Moon, and Stars, extend 申 shēn down like lightning through two hands girded as in supplication.

Right, only called it as awareness when condensed locally. For me it has a lot do with meaning and experience, the information patterns encoded within the medium of energy. Imagine how these words can be written on a paper, typed into the internet, or limitless other ways of engraving, encoding, transmitting. Merely describing those media tells us nothing about what the word actually says! It takes understanding and connection. That is part of one gateway to that realm. Again there will be so many levels to it, and as you see applied in different contexts. In some sense it just means the most refined form of qi. Like how quantum fields begin to take on capabilities far beyond what is known to be capable by classical matter. I will leave any further detail up to anyone more qualified than me

Could be.. I think it happens the more we are out of alignment with the Dao, like pushing too hard, vs being in the "flow" / wu-wei

In Tai Chi, the Three Internal Harmonies describe a progression through "shen yi qi li" 神 (1) 意 (2) 氣 (3) 力 1. Shen, a pervasive shining spirit, localizes as awareness within the field of yi, heart/mind. All things, even empty space, contain at least some fragment of consciousness. Attention on attention brings this potentiality into focus. This is sometimes called the spirit blessing the mind. 2. Yi, intention moves at will throughout the body. Like gently leading an ox with a leash, attention placed within a location then sparks up an increase of the energy reactions taking place there. This is often called the mind leading the qi. 3. Qi, the vibrations then imbue into the flesh and bone support and strengthening, li. This is called how they say "breathe into" some part or other. As I always like to point out, this is only a certain angle of looking at it.

There's also Steve Gray 🐉 https://taohermitage.com/

Probably there are some elves in the neighborhood that will be just right for the task

Blessings @kino At the beginning you really can get valid free material on youtube. There's a million qigong junks; my suggestion of the best place to start is watch every video on Damo's channel https://www.youtube.com/user/LotusNeiGong There are always mixed opinions for any teacher but pound for pound he is providing very clear and useful theory, as well as a few practices you can start right away. Just do a little bit every day and keep track of your progress. You will get there!

I heard you can learn to shoot electricity out your hand. I'm not even joking. I don't know what you'd use if for if you're not an acupuncturist. But since it builds the dantian storage, and open channels, if you go on to practice, at least you know you have the real thing instead of just a tingly feeling.

德 All dé every day