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11:33, I think you're right and answered it for yourself. The body aggregates continue until their time is up. mouse

Ramon25, Knees are only designed to move in 2 directions, front and back with very little give to the sides. They follow the line of the outside blade of the foot. Other points such as structural integrity, sinking, rooting etc can't be learnt from a video. You should really find a teacher who can guide your practice as you are clearly interested enough from the stuff you have done. For a beginner, finding a good teacher is quite daunting and hard to discern who actually has skill and teaching ability. Maybe if you told us where you lived, someone in the Taobums may know a good teacher near your way. Quite a few people on taobums practice some form of Taiji, Bagua and/or Xing yi, Yi quan etc if internal arts are your thing. Good luck and enjoy your practice. mouse

Hi all, I've just remembered an old "recipe" from the older generations on leaving a bowl of water out on a full moon to harness the yin energy of the moon. (I'm of chinese ethnicity) I can't remember the details on the benefits of the water but I did try making a batch last night on the 16th based on the lunar calander. I've no idea why but the moon seems to be fuller on the 16th than 15th. On a personal note, I tried the water this morning and it was pretty empowering. It was a yin backed by a strong yang almost as if it was driving the yin properties. Was definately more "wet" and very cooling. I also only collected the water indoors around 9am so it had around 3 hours of morning sun. May have affected the properties with some ascending yang? Just my feedback of my own on batch I made. There are some of you here who seem knowledgable on alchemic matters so I thought I'd bring this up on the forum and see what each one of you from your various backgrounds can contribute. Maybe we'll find some similarities in wiccan, taoist, pagan etc practices. I personally do not do external nor internal alchemy as everything can be manifested from emptiness if required but this would make for some interesting discussion if we can focus on 1) Method of making 2) Uses/effects of water 3) Proposed alchemic transmutation process theories of your own 4) Experiences to share of personal uses of such water Enjoy your practice. mouse

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Yes, Is a good book and very suitable for someone new on the path. To get free copies, get in touch with Pearl from WAVE publications. http://www.geocities.com/wave_books/index.html She will be able to point you to a person close to your location that has some or you can arrange to have some sent to you. Please contribute some money to cover their cost of postage as well as for their printing so as to keep them going. You will find many other similar titles that are good as well such as "Living Dhamma" by Ajahn Chah. Enjoy your practice. mouse

Wu-Lin, From my understanding Buddhists do not reject theory of the ego but rather acknowledges that ignorance forms the ego. If there is no ego, there is no more rebirth. The karma left continues to act on the body aggregates but do not touch the mind. There are lots of stories of arahants who continue to have bad things happen to them after attaining. Angulimala comes to mind. So the statement you posed, "if there is no Atman for the Karma to follow, how is Karma carried over from past lives?" that in itself is flawed in that if there is the dissolution of ego then there is no rebirth. So no rebirth, no more karma to be acted on either the mind nor the body. mouse

I concur. I spent about 5-6 years of my life chasing sensations. What it got me were trips to the emergency ward and close shaves with death. Isn't fun when your heart rate stays at 180bpm for 1.5 hours. But without those experiences, I wouldn't have come onto the path of practice. Some good came out of it which I am very thankful for. Once you see the truth, all other activities just become mere games. mouse

Mal, I have quite a bit of experience with Salvia from 5x -20x way back when I wasn't practicing. Most effective to smoke it is to use a jet lighter + bong and hold it in as long as you can. Reason being the active ingredients need a higher temperature that normal lighters can't reach to evaporate. The thing with salvia extract is that it is so strong that you can't really get a light dose and work up to a comfortable dose. The bong allows you to hold the smoke in comfortably but the taste is something I've never really gotten used to. Once it hits it just throws your whole sense of reality out of whack. You enter a new reality where anything that happens seems so natural and you truely believe it as if it wasn't anything out of the ordinary. The hallucination at that moment is your reality. It really stands out as one of the only substances that I really have had to have a lot of healthy respect for. I've had 2CB, LSD, ketamine etc etc in large doses before but everything else still allowed you to have a small voice in you saying that this is just an illusion. Salvia does not allow it. Reason why I'm bringing up the past is that you really need to have an experienced sitter with you if you wish to try it. Never do it alone. Be safe. mouse

shon, I believe Wee Kee Jin was a live in disciple for 7 years with Master Huang and there is some info there on the website on him. The Heaven Man Earth system comes from the same line of Huang Taiji. Master Huang used to say all families of Taiji come under one roof so long as they follow the principles. They are rare. Enjoy your practice. mouse

Mike, I will stop here as the questions you have asked here have been answered before. I wished to clarify every single point you brought up and have done so from the very first time you have posted to me. Obviously my responses are driving more responses on your end which I see no end to. You have plenty of patience for exchanges like these as seen from all your posts from the past. It is an open forum so enjoy yourself and your brand of cordiality. mouse

Mike, I did not remember who it was who mentioned the incident with Peter Yeung and hence it was posted regardless of how you think I feel about you. That is your supposition. I mentioned I was highly doubtful because I do recall the person saying he got out of serious injury by knowing how to tense up his arm.... I do not know any technique which uses tension to get out of locks. In fact, it'll give more leverage to the lock. Correct me if I am wrong and post up some footage of such techniques being done and everyone can learn from it. My comments on Peter Yeung are based on my time with him and also my teacher's thoughts on him as well after meeting in person and having physical contact as well. Energetically, he could see what he was doing too on that level. So yes, I still say he is very skilled. About him being removed from a council, that has nothing to do with martial ability. Only conduct and character. Regarding the taijiquan practice comments, it is a forum. I do not knock people down who practice it. In fact, I share some of what I have been taught in order to help provide some insight into how deep and complex the art really is. It is true that many people are not ready to see beyond that. Now, on a personal note, you are not cordial, rather, you are brash and have a huge ego and enjoy dropping names of masters and always volunteering information about yourself being an in-door disciple etc. All the people I have met with good ability and cultivationg do not feel the need to boast as such. mouse

Don't get me wrong. There is no doubt that what he does is fa-shen. It is called ling kong jin. However, the students are not rooted so they seem very over the top. Regardless of ling kong jin or not, he is very skillful. mouse Yuen Biao, Training under the Heaven Man Earth system. A few of the disciples, students and Sifu Adam sometimes come to Taobums. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OahN6SnD5o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLqjnc23ph0 Enjoy your practice. mouse

I have met with him a few times when I was still living in Sydney...not UK though. He is very accomplished with his Martial arts. You can easily tell from his earlier clips. That aside, he taught well for the chigong aspects like marrow washing classics and some other chigung sets. But for Taiji, he did not touch on any aspect for neutralising or rooting at all. He has got it but not taught. Talked about proper structure and alignment etc but also not done in detail. Maybe that is why students fly all over the place. There has been mention before on this forum about him intentionally trying to injure a forum member when he rocked up at the seminar. I highly doubt that claim. I feel that hypnosis has been built into the system and leads to the demonstrations being so dramatic. Another taiji player asked him in private to try on him but he didn't move him a touch... said later that he had spleen problems... Anyway, you will get a lot more out of a proper taiji school that teaches properly the aspects of sinking, rooting etc. You probably already know which one I'll reccomend. Enjoy your practice, mouse

No problem Scotty. Not sure how well the articles will be accepted as most people prefer to believe in their own versions of "Taichi". Think the hardest bit for people to understand is true yielding and neutralising. Enjoy your practice. mouse

You can give Wee Kee Jin a try. Heard he's a good teacher. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> His website is http://www.taijiquan.co.nz/index.htm The articles are well written in there too if you are into internal systems. Good luck with your search. mouse

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Knee injuries are no fun. mouse

Santiago, To the spine and the knees both are discouraged when I was taught. Maybe it was because it was more risky for beginners like myself. But the ones I saw in the video were left on for quite a while so I was curious as to why. If you have details you can share, it would be great. We were taught not to put on anywhere there was not much padding next to bone. ie knees, spine, various joints, head etc. If we did do those areas, it would be multiple times with very short durations to see what comes up. Can tell much from the colour and complexion during the cupping relevant to the associated organ meridian. Do let me know. mouse

Hi All, An interesting video I chanced upon today. Not sure what the text says if anyone can translate it would be appreciated. Reminds me of wushu... and in an odd way, the saying, "empty vessels make the most noise." Enjoy your practice, mouse <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

durkhrod chogori, Please define what you mean by 'old soul'. Thanks. mouse

Santiago, Even if some beliefs held are not my understanding, you've answered with humility and great care to a large extent. The level of cultivation shows. The cupping is similar to tcm techniques. Is the skin pricked before cupping for blood letting? There is some difference between my understanding with the spine cupping as I have been taught not to leave the cups on the spine for long durations (ie longer than few seconds). We can release and re-cup the area multiple times but not leaving it there. I think the rationale behind that is that the spinal fluids might be displaced through the negative vacuum into the blood stream when it should really remain in there. Are you privy to why Pak did this in this case in the video to the person next to you? mouse

Yeah I am pretty sure it is capoeira too.... I meant that the style is lacks substance in a martial sense ... like wushu... They telegraph their moves too much for it to be effective it seems. But maybe someone who does it well can enlighten me. A couple of kicks in the video look good but lacks good connection to the ground. Is easily uprooted in my opinion. But then again I don't train kicks. Enjoy your practice, mouse

Without a still mind, you are a leaf blowing in the wind. Anytime any phenomena happens be it emotional, feelings, memory etc arise, you are either adverse, attracted or deluded about its nature causing you to react to them according to your defilements of mind. No point trying to intellectualise it. Best is to just practice and discover. Enjoy your practice, mouse

Franky, welcome to meditation! It is a great journey of discovery. For a start, I would suggest using an object of meditation as an anchor to still the mind. It can be the in and out breath or the light of a candle or the other 40plus methods the buddha taught. Hold on to that object. Everytime your attention drifts bring it back. You probably don't have ADD.... everyone who starts meditating will notice how wild the mind is. (Others here would blame flouride...) Don't give up. Practice patient endurance. Watch how the mind works. It has even more channels than cable TV. With sufficient practice you will develop calm. Just don't make the habit of stopping meditation when the sitting stops. Carry your meditation throughout your waking and sleeping moment. Use right effort. Wish you all the best on your journey and enjoy your practice. mouse PS: It is not Taiji that calms the mind. It is the mind that calms the mind... imho....