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Please no one mention Mo Pai hehe

That altar is pretty cool if you get rid of the little Minecraft god

Check this book out: Let the Radiant Yang Shine Forth: Lectures on Virtue - Yiu Yousheng

I would be aware of someone who claims they can bend spoons. It’s such a simple and common magic trick. Unless they can bend it just by looking at it without ever touching or holding the spoon at all I wouldn’t take their claim seriously.

KOREA!!

Ok now my favourites are Japan and Morocco, the giant killers

It is well worth it to learn from him. Simple and straightforward.

Here’s a nice interview with Rudi about neigong in his system

A good online teacher is better than a bad real life teacher. Online is a good starting point but only if you have direct communication with your teacher for corrections, and eventually meet in person.

I also recommend Flying Phoenix as a qigong system, and Authentic Neigong by Rudi for your neigong.

I hope not, will be amazing to see an Asian or African team win this year. Now if Iran can beat USA that would be an epic result! Morocco thrashing Belgium was delicious.

Amazing World Cup so far. I’m enjoying seeing all the big teams get thrashed.

Ok, I wish you all the best with your practice.

Then wouldn’t it be better to learn the practices that do work from someone who has had tangible results from those practices and then figuring out how they work? Saves you a lot of time instead of trying to figure out every practice, many of which will do nothing at all.

No. All the knowledge in the world won’t help you if you don’t know how to do practices that actually work.

Find a teacher

Ok you can do it your own way. But if you mess your self up, who is there to fix you? Strangers on an Internet forum who all have different traditions and opinions? Sometimes it takes sacrifice to really learn something valuable.

Since you want to go further with Flying Phoenix, ask Sifu Terry for help. He knows some good tips.

Correct, but emitting qi is just a signpost that you have developed to a certain level. A very useful signpost that can be used to help others. However if you don’t want to be an acupuncturist you can do whatever you like with an active LDT, the qi you’ve built up and learned to replenish quickly. You can use it to go into deeper meditation if you like.

When I started off with qigong and neigong I couldn’t sit cross legged comfortably for a long time. My legs would always get pins and needles or go numb after a while, but after months of daily practice I do it no problem now for extended periods of time. I can also half lotus too in the last month or so, but not as long. Try it slowly, don’t rush. As for half lotus and full lotus, what my teachers have said is the purpose of them are to send energy upwards into the upper body. Half lotus will send more than sitting cross legged, and full lotus will send the most. But like others have said you don’t have to use full lotus for everything, some practices don’t need it at all. In my case the seated qigong practices I do all require half lotus, but I started off doing them cross legged until it was possible for me. At the end of the day what matters is if it’s needed for that particular practice or not. But learning how to sit cross legged and eventually half or full lotus is good just so you are able to do it if needed. However know your limits and go slow.

From what my teachers said, cross legged is better than sitting in chair. But chair is still a good option if you can’t sit cross legged. It’s not bad, just not as good as sitting cross legged.

The abilities are just a side effect, but the main point is to show that the practice actually works. In this lineage it’s seen as a marker that you have developed enough to be able to do it. It just coincidentally happens to be a useful skill!

Check out the videos of the masters he learned from and see if it interests you

Na, I don’t want the thread to get derailed any further. If you really want to learn you can do the research yourself. I’m more interested in the topic at hand.

Your posts are very good, I wasn’t directing the criticism at you. I do believe in every religion there are overlaps and pieces of the puzzle, but I wouldn’t go so far as saying one is the best. They are just different. If everyone had a supremacist view on their own path then the world would be a much more violent and worse place than it is. It’s good to learn from and share with each other.