Seth Ananda

Very cool Gary I have a heavy thick tea tree post {heavier than a sword} that I do wrist strengthening exercises with, but I pick a point in the air and then strike/swing the post at it, but try to stop the post right at the point without passing it... I do it with both sides, till my wrists are two sore to continue... The result of this is that I have much better control of a blade and how it moves through space than I used to... I had not realised how many other clips you have up. Awesome! Congratz

Really interesting Serene Could you give a general breakdown of how/what to practice/eat/not eat, and why from the books?

Never means never mate and if he meant before Jenny would he not just write it like that, its only a few extra words... Didn't want to strain his didgits? lol also Jenny did not learn it in a Monastery either, she learned it in her teachers house... No, if he meant that he could have just said it. truth is truth. stop trying to twist it or make it more malleable than it is. Max has been directly dodgy with this sentencing. It is deliberately misleading, painting a false picture... more redirection Scotty? taking the spotlight off max and pointing it at me? but Jenny really does not need any help looking legitimate, no its more that Max not being Honest annoys me, and his students who still try to pretend that he is not dodgy despite all the facts annoy me, and I want people to know the Truth. I completly don't mind people being his students, just don't try to re write history to make him a faultless saint... accept that he has been dodgy and move on... I don't mind. I am out shortly to Occupy Melbourne...

It would be even cooler if Max would teleport over here and Hadouken me to the ground! I really would become his student... Lies and all

Wow, here is a direct lie from Max. Page 25 of pillars of bliss, paragraph 2. "This ancient method has never been taught outside of monasteries" lol, he learned it out side of a monastery, down the road with Jenny who teaches it out side of a monastery! and more, page 26, paragraph 1: "I have promised to reveal these teachings only when those who taught me said the time was right" That is even funnier, as he never asked Jenny if he could teach her system, that she is the Lineage holder of, let alone promised her anything or had her tell him that 'the Time is right!"

If I understood rightly she went back and got filled in on these details, after the whole Max thing flared up, and it is different to his claims...

Its quite strange how you seem to be trying to shift blame from max and his dodgy actions over to jenny! Are you sure you don't work for the Media? You would make a great propagandist engineer... You seem to be implying that If someone lies, their friend and teacher who is Totally committed to Honesty, should just play along...

She doesn't care about looking good, she cares about honesty. In her description, her Spontaneous Adjustment master was one of those crazy teachers who just did practice practice practice, and even when he did the Rituals to Install her as a Lineage holder, he did not give her the History, or even tell her that it was a secret practice. So she showed max, max showed the world, turned a large profit, and lacking a history to help sell it, just made one up. As far as I understand her, she went back after all the Max muddle started and got the real history, which is not what max presents...

Pretty much. Total Fabrication did it for me...

No i am not Jenny's spokes person, but she did emphasise several times in front of the entire workshop, that he asked he to sign off on, in her words 'Total Fabrication' a history that not even she had been taught... And to me she seemed genuinely Sad...

Also, if someone makes an accusation, instead of asking for proof, how bout just telling the Truth, which may just be what you always said. Scotty said: I dont think you ever claimed otherwise... And: That might be something that you can clarify, or demonstrate that Scotty is in breach of... and: also another chance to address the Issue. If this is false, It may get the moderator action you desire. Tell us the story. Are you in good standing with said teacher? Again, if Scotty is wrong, tell us, but if he is partially right, give us your side of the story. You obviously at least learned from the guy, and have created the product from at least some experience... It will help you avoid ending up in Max's shoes..

Sorry but this seems like an emotional blackmail ploy to me... I want 5ET to stay but writing that long spiel, with this little bit on the end just sounds like 'Waaa, If I don't get my way, I'll leave! Ban Scotty and i'll stay though ' 5ET. You have always over reacted when someone bags your products. I personally think you should get over it, accept that what you put out there will always be disliked by at least a few people, who may be vocal about it. At least you are putting something out there, and TTB's is a good place to help keep awareness of your material {as I am sure you know} so Man up and stay

What actions? All she did was refuse to sign off on the Fradulent history Max created for Spontaneous adjustment Chi gong, which as the lineage holder she has every right to do. All she has done is demonstrate her Integrity, and her absolute commitment to the Truth. Max should have stayed with her a bit longer, he could have learned a little bit more... and wouldn't be in a dishonesty pickle...

Again, that is not all they are for. His and Kan's claims as to how they met show us this. Kan was allegedly an agressive attacker trying to hurt Max, and Unwilling {not a student happy to be Maxes energy puppet} to be made to roll around in agony on the floor...

You are still not following me 1. He show that stuff on his movie, as if it is martial. {but you claim it is just about opening the Gates, and is only about healing} 2. He and Kan claim that Kan did not know him from a bar of soap, yet Kan got up to try and hurt him bad, so without all your "It's all for healing the body and mind" he used his chi power to put an agressive man on the floor without touching him. That is a very Bold claim, and is one I would like to test. If he really can do that I will be very happy. Maybe to make it all less confrontational I can forgo trying to punch him while he does it, like WBBM said, just ask to have him make me do something physically, like he did to Kan. The Idea of me Punching Max in an mutually agreed consensual arrangement seems to upset people?

But Max does, or so he claims. And I am not threatening him, I am a very gentle and good natured being most of the time. Challenging someone is a consensual arrangement, and remember that he himself claims to have challenged people to get up and attack him, like at the event where he supposedly 'Chi whipped' Kan. He also demonstrates controlling 'ATTACKERS' on his movie. So there must be some reason to do this right? He can either do it or he can not and is a Liar. Why are you finding this so hard to follow? 1. He claims to be able to do it, with his demo's and his how i met Kan speel. 2. I don't believe him. 3. If he comes to Australia, I, in a friendly way will say, "with your permission, I would like to try and punch you!" 4. If he can do his stuff, as he claims I will be one happy little cookie!

I actually subscribe to pacifism as a general rule, but I am a Martial Artist, and do not consider knocking someone out in a competition that bad. I would not have feelings of hate or particular aggression. If he refused, well I would not fight an un consenting person but that would be disappointing. All old school Taoist martial artists, would accept a challenge...

I don't think you understand me... I think Max is dodgy, but I do not necessarily believe that he is a bad Teacher, but I feel mistrustful about him... But, if he really can overcome me with his chi, as he claims he did to Kan, then I really want to be his student. Unfortunately there is only one way for me to know for sure, and that is by me trying to bop him one, while he Chi's me to the floor. lol I am a competent Martial artist, I can get around 998 kg in my punch, going on last time I hit one of those measuring pads, [assuming that it was accurate] So no, I am not being that humorous, and I dont really see the big deal of two martial artists having a few rounds... Taoists are unperturbed by challenging or by being challenged. So its not really a massive Ego thing for me either, and If I KO him, well I will be a little disappointed but not that surprised {wont be the first time}, but if I find myself rolling on the floor suddenly in agony, well Freaking Awesome! And he gets himself a devoted new student...

Rubbish, in Taoist circles it is totally acceptable and there is a long history of people getting up and challenging Masters. In the old days, and Max likes to present himself as being 'old school', {"Im not a very New agey guy" - Lama thunderbolt movie - possibly not an exact quote, but close enough} Martial artists took over a whole school by defeating the Teacher. In today's very 'newagey' circles a challenge would be "very very rude" because in Newage stuff, we are all meant to feel good all the time, and Challenge is totally unacceptable to our ego's. lol Max teaches his snake palm Bagua, claims to be a martial artist, demo's flashy chi take downs on his movie, gets challenged to a fight by someone who is not a student, backs out claiming "it don't work that way!" but apparently it does, as he allegedly gave the Chi Smack down to Kan. If I have too, and he agree's, next time he is in Aus, I will try to lay the smack down on him And he does not have to worry about my channels, they be strong, and if he worries about my internal organs, well I practice steel shirt, so they should be able to take his empty force...

Um the teacher is Doug, he is one of Max's Kunlun teachers, and he let me look through his hard drive, at a ton of Max's footage...

Well first we have Aboriginal's down here, many who live in third world conditions in their 1st world country, we have a number of homeless people, and many poor people... And second, while I agree totally that change comes from within, and is very Important, You are totally wrong about it not being able to come about from outside. One can demand change, and every revolution in history is an example of this. We just do not have time to wait for everyone to start changing from the inside. We need environmental policy, political, corporate, and foreign policy changes now and we are going to get them. Gandhi did not get people to stay at home and change from the inside. He organised mass rally's and marched on factory's, production mills, and Political embassy's. That is what happened. People got together, made noise, and made change. That is how it happens. You might argue that that is not lasting change, but even if it is just change for a little while, that is good, and when human greed inevitably takes over again, well then we rally again.

Well then, If that is the case, I am sorely mistaken and confused as to how I got this impression. So I will now go and eat my Boot. I wanted to insert a pic I have of a boot but i cant figure out how one does that. Well, I still think he is a little Dodgy though. First there is Jenny's experience with him making up the Kunlun history, but a bigger second, Is If he really wants us to believe that he 'energied' Kan into submission, well that is too much for me to swallow. I call Fraud. I do not believe for an Instance that Kan really tried to attack him, or that they did not know each other before that footage was taken. But my opinion counts for nothing. The only way we can solve this, is to find some Fighter who is happy to punch a hippy in the face, and have him challenge Max. If he fall over from the awesome Max chi, well, i'll eat my boot again... Now on the fraudulent teacher thing... I am not necessarily 100% against it. He may still be a Really Really good teacher. I can't comment on that, I have never met him. When a Shaman palms out some chicken gizzerds as part of his healing, I consider it just his way of getting his patients mind on side, to maximize healing potential, and minimize the patient getting in the way of himself... I have no problem with that...

Yep, the Zeitgeist tent is there

Sounds Interesting! where in Aus are you based?

Cool guys, thanks! Tell us more! Observations, inspirations, good links, good teachers/centers, books?