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About Julia Cobbett
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Iâm not sure what you are talking about, but Good Morning to you too! -Julia
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Good to know. Yes, relaxation is indeed the key to many things. It took me many years just practicing that before I could access deeper states of meditation. Many thanks. đ -Julia
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No apologies necessary. You have given me much food for thought. I will take your advice to heart and start applying it to the best of my ability. Live long and prosper, -Julia
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You have spoken Wisdom. Very good analogy with graphs to explain. Thank you Starjumper! đđđ -Julia
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You sound like an advanced practitioner who can connect directly with deities and higher energies. I am happy you and others are here to explain some things to us newbies. Please excuse my neophyte ignorance. -Julia
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Thanks. I received my moving form correspondence course in the mail yesterday and started practicing Pangu Shengong last night for the first time after watching the DVD. I did feel the Energy strongly as it accumulated and circulated in me and I slept like a baby afterwards. Itâs quite marvelous actually considering itâs simplicity. -Julia
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Yes, I think that I have been using stepping stones, which is fine for a beginner like myself. Direct access to deities or higher energies without mantras/passwords Iâm sure is possible but itâs more advanced and one probably has to build up to that level, preferably with a good mentor to guide one. Iâm working on that! đ -Julia
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Lee Holden was a good intro for me to Qi Gong, but you are right that it was kindergarten level, which was perfect at the time I started because I knew very little as a beginner. Now that I have gotten my feet wet iâve been looking into deeper and more powerful methods. Iâm not going to comment on the money grubbing or self-promotion you state about him since I do not know him personally. His DVDâs were easy to understand and reasonably priced so it was a good start. But we all have to grow up sometime, and I think itâs time for me to do so also as far as my practice of Qi Gong. đ I am grateful to him for getting me started. -Julia
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The person I was 12 years ago before practicing Buddhist meditation seems very different than who I am now. For one thing anapanna satti (breath watching meditation) and vipassana (observing the sensations in the mind-body as a witness) has helped me develop concentration and the ability to focus fully on any task I am doing with mindfulness rather than being scattered-minded as I was in the past. That in itself is very useful in life. I also feel more loving and compassionate due to the practice of Metta (Loving-kindness) meditation and I sleep better. I am more relaxed. Certain insights about the meaning of life have dawned on me through my practice. I am still practicing, one day at a time. The position I normally meditate in? Well itâs usually the half-lotus (sidhasana) and when Iâm feeling really enthusiastic then itâs the full lotus (padmasana) position. I find that I get my best meditation experiences in these two positions. As to why some students get it or not, I have no idea. If I ventured to guess, Iâd say their personal karma comes into play and how much merit they have accumulated in the past as well as the development of their morality/ethics. Theravada Buddhism teaches that all these things are a necessary foundation for meditation and students will often engage in charitable acts to build merit as well as try to live an ethical lifestyle according to the eightfold path taught by the Buddha. -Julia
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Thank you. I already am sensitive and feel the movements of chi. It would be more accurate then to say that Iâm interested in developing chi power, but doing so using moving forms (not standing still or sitting practices). I already get a lot from my Buddhist sitting practices, but you are right in that they are not focused on developing chi power. For me the Buddhist sitting practices have developed concentration, mindfulness, sensitivity, compassion and insight. That is why I am looking into Taoist methods for developing chi power as that is mostly lacking in the Buddhist methods I am familiar with. -Julia
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Can you explain to me the difference between developing chi and developing chi power? Thanks!
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Thank you Earl. Flying Phoenix Qigong sounds wonderful. Can you tell me a bit about the background of the founder of this tradition? Also, can one learn it through DVDâs and where can I purchase them? What have you personally received from utilizing this method? -Julia
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I agree that an open heart is very helpful to attune to a deity but if that were the only element that is important then we wouldnât have the tradition of mantra yoga in all the major traditions of spirituality and religion including Buddhism, Hinduism (Santana Dharma), Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity, Islam, Judaism and even in several sects of religious and spiritual Taoism. These mantras (or âpassword phrasesâ) have been designed and transmitted by the deity to open up a pathway of communication and reception of said deityâs energies. They serve like a telephone number to the deity. A mantra is nothing more than the essence of a deity translated into words. In Hindu Tantra it is rightfully stated that the deity and its mantra are one. -Julia
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There are several differences between Winnâs method and that of Master Wei as far as I have been told by other Pangu Shengong practitioners. Pangu Shengong was transmitted/channeled to Master Wei according to his own account by Pangu himself who transmits Yuan Qi to formal students. Without transmission you are working at a significant disadvantage. It would be like someone trying to do Reiki healing without a traditional Reiki initiation. Yes I believe my friend and others I have spoken to. The password phrases help to activate the energy. So yes, they are necessary. Otherwise he would not teach them. So are the sun/moon visualizations that are taught with the method, but which Winn omits entirely and infact says are not necessary, which totally contradicts the founderâs own teachings. As an example in Tibetan Buddhism there are the âempowermentsâ (in Pangu Shengong the Yuan Qi transmission) to do a Tantric practice, along with a Mantra (in Pangu Shengong the âpassword phrasesâ) to invoke/attune to a deity, along with visualizations (in both traditions) to receive the purifying Light of the deity, and hand mudras, hand movements or body positions to create a pathway for the chi and anchor the energy in the practitioner. To do only the hand mudras/movements for a Buddhist Tantric deity and claim that you are practicing a Buddhist Tantric sadhana of a deity would be a half-truth in that your practice is missing many other necessary elements. If someone is getting something of value from Winnâs method, then good for them. But it would be intellectually dishonest to call Winnâs method âPangu Shengongâ because it is missing several important pieces. And I do think they would be getting much more if they followed the complete package. -Julia
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Good to hear you are getting something out of it. -Julia