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yes, very true, but I was only trying to make the distinction between meridian and organ. I edited my above post in the meantime, btw. Look up

The sounds are for the organs, not the meridians. It the Wuxing, the five phases: Lung Qi sinks and 'feeds' the kidneys which sends Qi up to nourish the liver which provides fuel for the heart and it all burns up and lands in the spleen over on the left side... What you're describing is the 'organ clock' and the grand circulation, which is a much more powerful meditation. here's a (highly truncated) wuxing meditation that can accompany the healing sounds: Breathe. Think 'Lungs', white, clean, crystal clear air, a few breaths, and when the time feels right ... On an exhale - send the focus down to the Kidneys, think black, blue, arctic, water, ocean ... a few breaths, and when the time feels right ... On an inhale - send the focus up to the Liver, think vibrant fresh green, new green life, roots that grow upward from the water ... a few breaths, and when the time feels right ... On an inhale - send the focus up to the Heart, a stem growing from the liver, think red, orange, healing fire, a beautiful bloom atop the stem ... a few breaths, and when the time feels right ... On an exhale - send the focus downward to the spleen, think gold, liquid gold, pour the liquid gold into the spleen on the left side, like a goldsmith or alchemist, you melt all the previous colors into gold, and pour it into the spleen... think gold ... a few breaths ... and when the time feels right ... On an exhale - pour the gold from the spleen into the lower belly, deep inside the lower dantian, like a goldsmith pouring liquid gold into a mold, you create a golden pearl deep inside your belly, keep the focus on the pearl, polish the pearl, perfect the pearl ... until the time feels right ... and then ... Breathe ...

The man I learned my singing bowl techniques from used to tell the story of the time people had to help him down from the ceiling. But then one day at a lunch, he went overboard and told other people that it had happened to me! I was sitting right there, in disbelief. Kept my mouth shut, but opened my eyes, to to speak ...

huh, I would say no. The bowls I would more closely compare with mantra singing and other deeply resonant sounds. They resonate deeply in the body's cells and cause waves of internal vibrations, movement. And the vibrations spread out over much larger regions. The Chinese healing sounds are a lot more specific to the organs and they emulate sounds associated with them i.e. the steaming tea pot to release pressure from the liver/gall bladder (thereby releasing anger i.e. 'blowing off steam') or the melancholic sigh for the lungs. These sounds have a way of attracting the specific organ's attention, and I'd say their effectiveness is actually quite subjective and experiential/cultural. Also, there's the aspect of passive/active. A singing bowl 'massage' is done for you, and the more passive you are, the more effective the experience. Nobody can do the organ healing sounds for you. Sidenote: In groups and for myself (for example, while driving, lol), I do a kind of humming exercise where we go through the (German) vowel sounds, rearranged to fit the area of the body they're meant to reach: U, O, A, E, I and the the classic M from Ohm, or a nasal NG sound. But German is a phonetic language and the letters are pronounced differently, so it' actually going: U = "Oooooooo" (fool) Unten, below, Huiyin O = "Oooohhhh" (grow) Bauch, belly A = "Aaaahhhh" (pot) Herz, Heart E = "Aaaaayyyy" (sway) Kehle, throat I = "Eeeeeeee" (feel) Stirn, forehead ... Mmmmmnnngg .... Baihui :-) Starts at the bottom and works its way up ... It's normally done in sitting, and in yoga classes. But because I'm a Qigong dude, we stand up and have a nice arm movement to go with it. I then do it in the reverse direction, to return to the roots and remain well grounded.

Blue light was my mind I love in pink, think in blue And I eat my greens

That's how we demonstrate the 'inconsistency' in the system when someone asks :-) Re the organ sounds, I think it's best not to combine them with meridians at all but rather do them in accordance with the wuxing. Don't think so much about direction but concentrate more on transformation. For meridians: grand circulation.

Yes, the meridians, but not the organs. You don't want your lung/large intestine Qi to ascend ;-)

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hahaha that smiley is broken but I'm beginning to enjoy the text version even better re the OP, "We must develop the ability to understand every malevolent symptom as simultaneously a benevolent symptom. I have a few ideas of how to do this, but I’d be interested to discuss this further." I can follow along with this no problem, on an intellectual level and so long as I'm healthy. But I'm admittedly a horrible patient when I'm ailing; I hate being not perfect and I take an extremely active stance when it comes to restoring my balance. If I feel an 'intruder', I immediately bring out the heavy artillery - dry brushing, specific and vigorous self-massage, sauna (alternating hot/cold), chilli in my tea ... I agree with and am convinced of the homeopathic approach of fighting like with like. What are your ideas regarding mental attitude? I do understand symptoms are not the illness but part of the body's way of defending itself. But fever sucks.

That is in fact a weakness with the US Constitution; there are no provisions for dealing with party mentality, so it's left up to the parties to create the rules as they see fit. And over time, they create rules that benefit themselves. Sounds like a familiar argument, no?

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yes, and that was more than embarrassing at the time! It was absurd. But guess what? Germans learn from their mistakes. They're constantly working on improving things, and if he were to come to this country now, his reception would look a lot different.

what? ... I'm not talking about the person in the video! lol, that video was just something I stumbled across while looking at youtube. Or do you mean Oswald Elleberger? He's moved in the highest circles in these arts for decades. Peter Schwarz, the one I'll be seeing this month, is someone I trust to be very authentic, and he's a Bagua specialist. But he's not on the internet except for his little info website.

puh, amazing! Hyper Realistic Sculpture from Ron Mück

ahhhh... you know, I actually know that, but I never think of it when I need it! Thanks for the reminder

yeah, Peter has been involved with Taiji and Bagua for over 30 years, and is a long-time student of Oswald Elleberger, who is one of the pioneers of the arts in Europe. I'll ask Peter about the lineage question when I see him And see if he'll allow me to make a little film.

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I really like the OP. I think it's something most all of us understand either intuitively or have actually learned, but it's difficult to phrase concisely as you did. I think part of the problem is vision and visual representation itself. Vision is stereo and linear. Even viewing 3D modeling doesn't give a genuine experience of what you're describing, of what's really there. Audio is maybe a better medium for this because of the 'directionlessness'(?) or the omnidirectional aspects. That said, I've seen a 3D modeling of the taiji symbol and it's pretty mind-blowing.

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Cool, thanks BKA! I did search for threads but came up blank. Gonna order two books today. :-)

Interesting. Maybe there have been sounds developed specifically for the fu organs but I've never come across that angle before. The six sounds are for the pairs though, not just for the zang organs. The yin organs play the master role in the pairings and they're the ones that get referred to in the exercises. Six is enough, the system works.

ok, a foam suit, now that sounds good! Sign me up when it gets to Kickstarter

another one, nice read: http://www.qigongdragon.com/daoist-zuowang-meditation

... it's the grass that gets trampled. I assume most everyone here is familiar with the axiom, and with the meaning i.e. it's the little people who suffer when tribes or nations go to war. But a friend posted it to Facebook recently, in the middle of a discussion about human vanity i.e. the vain powers go to war and the powerless suffer for the vanity of the powerful. I pointed out to her that taken literally, the saying is a perfect example of human vanity in itself, that only a vain human could have thought it up. And now I'm wondering if anyone here can see where I was in my thoughts.

Interesting science, but I'll eat my hat if it leads to human levitation (the body is from about 60 to at most 75% water roughly the same proportion as our planet ). Still, sounds intriguing! Also, isn't this the fundamental principle behind MRI scans? I'm pretty fuzzy on it but I think they reverse the polarity of I think hydrogen atoms, and their sensors pick the reversed polarity. It's only something like 0,5% of the atoms that get reversed but it's enough to create an image. (?)