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Let's think about what it actually means to be in perfect balance with your environment. Picture a rock floating through deep space. Eventually, that rock will cool down until its temperature is close to absolute zero. At that point, the rock is perfectly balanced with its freezing surroundings, but it certainly is not alive. To be alive is to constantly fight against being in balance with your environment. Think about how energy flows to make this happen. Plants harvest sunlight and store it as chemical energy. Then, we eat those plants to borrow that stored energy for ourselves. We put that energy to work in all sorts of active ways: To repair old cells and build new ones. To keep our bodies warm. To fuel our brains and muscles so we can think and move. If we ever reached perfect balance with our environment, all of that active work would stop. Just like the rock in space, we would have no energy left to keep going. Imagine pushing this idea even further and pulling in vastly more energy than a normal organism ever could.

I think he is referring to mental massage, letting the tension from every muscle and joint go, and completely relaxing the mind and body.

Probably not.

We build up a huge amount of Chi at the LDT, and running this in an orbit has lead to cases of psychosis, and suicide even. My teacher was almost kicked out because he started practicing MCO, he was forced to start over from scratch to undo it's effects and it set him back several years in his training.

There are far weirder things than that even.

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I can't speak for Spring Forest Qigong specifically, but in my tradition, we're actually taught to avoid the Microcosmic Orbit (MCO). We believe it can cause energy to get stuck in the head, which can lead to severe mental imbalances or even psychosis. We aren't allowed to practice it, and if it starts happening on its own, we're taught to shut it down. If you're feeling off-balance right now, my best advice is to hit pause on all your energy practices and just focus on grounding yourself. Try to stay calm, get a solid 8 hours of sleep, and cut back on caffeine. For food, try leaning into heavy, grounding things like warm, high-protein meals to help pull your energy downward. Spending some time outside can make a huge difference, too. If the weather allows, try a little 'earthing' just walking barefoot on the grass or dirt is a fantastic way to physically draw that excess energy out of your head. Aside from that, it might also help to shift your focus to some gentle loving-kindness (metta) meditation, just to give yourself some grace and care right now.

Kati, Here’s my two cents. Before anyone can decide if a system or lineage is right for them, they really need to figure out what they’re actually trying to achieve. Most people can't clearly explain their goals simply because they haven't spent much time thinking about them. So, step one is defining exactly what you want. Once that's settled, step two is looking for proof. You need to find a system that actually has evidence it can help you reach those specific goals. A lot of lineages have tons of personal testimonials, but very few have real evidence backing up their claims. It just doesn't make sense to dedicate your life to something based purely on stories without any solid proof. Figure out exactly what you want to achieve, then find a system with real evidence that it works.

That would be cool if so.

Gato Malo

I asked for moderator permission to respond to that link you keep posting. I was told you are allowed to post all the links you like, but I cannot respond in kind. [email protected] Please email me , we can chat over email about it if you like. Thanks.

This is typical Chūnibyō syndrome stuff. Many of the threads where this is mentioned were moved to the staff eyes only section, and can no longer be found via google. Here are a few examples, but these are pretty tame comparatively. https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/50649-brain-cleansing-in-the-internal-arts/?do=findComment&comment=922530 "Thats why for example, I could watch 20k+ 1000hz high quality movies, or remember past lives, or visualize a whole city projection." https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/50381-levitation-and-possibly-flight/?do=findComment&comment=922713 Question: As far as delusions go, you claim to have a harem of goddesses, shoot eye lasers, travel faster than the speed of light, open portals to other worlds to fight ancient 100,000 Naga demons, etc. Answer: "Those aint delusions, these are tiny percentage of extracts from things I have personally encountered on other planes. I have met and seen things you cannot even phantom." https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/50710-questions-to-master/?do=findComment&comment=924660 "I had brain implants and other stuff." https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/50755-divine-truths-from-master/?do=findComment&comment=926199 "I can easily capture your soul after it leaves the body, and put it inside the stone in my magic underground basement lab. You will be my guest for next 1000 years, and mb you will also learn something, but I will never let you back into "free" life. I might allow you to reincarnate in some of my lab rats." https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/50720-what-is-taoism/?do=findComment&comment=926138 "Having third Eye open I can see things that normal humans never can imagine, like a tentacle larvae crawling over an energy egg shaped field which is human. https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/49762-request-access-to-private-gender-subforums/?tab=comments#comment-926426 I am sitting in mountains and meditating while having multiple clones, and one of the clones is dreaming, and he goes internet from dreamworld without any "new age" devices like computer or phone. Old school is best school. " https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/50781-western-mopai-censorship-for-sean/?do=findComment&comment=926903 "I have passed through several galaxies in the matter of seconds, so yeah, I was travelling at a much higher speed than Light." https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/50720-what-is-taoism/?do=findComment&comment=926577 "Because to go through 1 million years of my own memories of past lives it is quite a work to do unlike googling baidu to find divine truths. When I will be 2000 times stronger than I am now, I may commit myself to this research." https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/50781-western-mopai-censorship-for-sean/?do=findComment&comment=926930 "I was never hurt by people making fun of my levitation ... or portal opening ability. I have had too much of these experiences to be able to doubt it or care about someone else opinion on the topic."

Dear Staff, I do not envy your job, I am certain it is not easy. There is a rule in effect which states that certain topics are off limits. Currently there are members which are posting derogatory comments which go against this rule on their personal website, and linking to that in their posts. The discussion does not happen here in this forum, but they are linking to it in their posts for all to read. I feel that this defeats the spirit of the rule. My question is if they are allowed to do this, will we be allowed to do the same to counter it?

Thank you, Apech. I understand that you judge things case-by-case. However, leaving this gray area creates an unfair situation. Right now, one side is allowed to link to a page calling us "mentally disabled schizophrenic cult member parasites," while I am afraid to post a defense because I might get banned for it. This results in selective enforcement: one side has a voice, and the other is silenced by fear of the rules. I am asking for a simple Yes or No regarding this current situation: Is the link attacking us allowed to stay? If Yes: Then I request explicit staff pre-approval to post a link to my response so that I am not retroactively suspended for doing the exact same thing. If No: Then the link needs to be removed immediately. Which one is it? I just want a fair playing field.

As long as everyone is treated equally, I don't see a problem. My concern is selective enforcement. I am worried about allowing one side to do it while stopping the other side. Can we get an official statement on this? I want to make sure the ban hammer doesn't come down on me or my group when we do the same thing.

When I was younger, I was naive. I projected my own mindset onto everyone else, assuming they used the same logic I did. Now I realize what a mistake that was. There are people online who are completely disconnected from reality. They are living in a total fantasy world. When you go to a forum to find the group consensus, you expect the answers to have merit. But you have to understand that most of those people aren't qualified to speak. Here is a tool to slice through the BS: Ask what hard, objective evidence exists to back the lineage. If all they have are opinions and stories, then that lineage only achieves subjective goals. It might feel real to them, but they cannot provide evidence to back that belief up. It’s the difference between asking for fashion advice versus measuring the physics of a 50-caliber slug hitting ballistic gel. One has subjective value (personal preferences). The other has objective value (what actually happens).

You speak about objective reality and truth. If I recall correctly, you are the same person who claimed to be able to shoot eye lasers, fly faster than the speed of light, fight ancient Naga demons, have a bunch of anime style elf girlfriends, inject brain power upgrades, and have a real life Rick and Morty portal gun to open portals to other worlds. If that is correct I am not sure your definition of objective is the same as the Merriam Webster.

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Thanks!

How about year of the Bee Gees? That would be the Bee's Knees.

I vote for the hand drawn horse it is my favorite!

I tried that but it lost something when I did it. So I went back to this. I still like it though