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Welcome BennyDao! I'm glad you decided to register and look forward to reading your posts.

Ha Rene! You beat me to it! I was just going to quote that very piece of TM's post too! Those words somehow rivet my attention... And I simultaneously wonder if the only really good way to train that is martial arts...

I was thinking yesterday, maybe there are two or three phases of this: 1) How not to pick up the energies, i.e. shielding in the moment 2) How to get rid of yucky stuff if you do pick it up, or if you feel like something has managed to stick to you. 3) And maybe a third, energy hygiene someone called it I think. Keeping yourself and your environment un-stickable. Psychic teflon (sorry TM! ) by cultivating that aspect of yourself and your surroundings, not just for occasional perceived "emergencies". I think so far we're doing pretty well on 2) and 3), but need expansion on 1)

Hi Rene, I've never been much interested in psychic defense either, except for one brief episode a few years back. I ended up ordering a book from Amazon, but the problem was already over by the time the book arrived. And no similar issues since... Still haven't read the book But if we plan to offer some info on psychic shielding to people interested in chat room energy sharing, or even just in plain old chat room, it seems like that information needs to be as specific and useable as we can make it. I feel like Brian is starting to go there.

Wow, Brian! Very helpful! This whole conversation is extremely interesting, but getting to "what do you DO?" seems to be lacking. To me, this post is a big step in getting to the "doing/not doing" of it. Hope you'll delve around in there some more for any other insights on the process.... although, for me, this is a great start! Maybe more on locating "this aspect of the energy body," this "extant aspect of "self" which doesn't need direction from consciousness"... in order to rest attention there...

Hi DaD You may also be referring to Bruce Frantzis' practice of Gods Playing in the Clouds. I've never learned it, but I do notice youtube has a number of videos on it featuring some of Frantzis's senior students. Looks like there are also some more vids of Winn's practice with the same name. Maybe you can find what you're looking for there! Happy hunting!

OK, Psychic Defense 101. You're in a restaurant. Or at a movie. Or in chat. You start to feel... maybe... targeted.... or... influenced.... or just weird.... What, specifically, do you do? How do you train that skill up? (Should you feel the need.) Brian, I really like your approach... but how do you do it? Anybody... What is the doing of psychic defense? Or... actually...not doing maybe.

Well, I'm not much into shielding practices myself .... yet!... But I remember Yamu (Michael Lomax) talking about shielding in some helpful ways... and maybe in ways more specifically helpful for dealing with being in the presence of uncomfortable energies online. (As Link has maybe drolly pointed out with his previous post... ) Any of Michael's students want to chime in?

OMG, Link, this made me laugh so hard! It's gonna keep me tickled for a week! I do hope you're kidding around with us, but the way you phrased it is just hysterical. What a great way to start the day. (And I do hope your wife is okay.)

The info below on Wan Hua oil is excerpted from an article by acupuncturist Dr. Harvey Kaltsas. The entire article covers a number of Chinese liniments. I found the article researching Dupuytrens contracture for a client, and was surprised at how useful this particular liniment sounded, as Kaltsas mentioned it for a wide variety of ailments. So I got some Wan Hua from Amazon, as it's not quite common enough for the local Asian stores to carry it. The other day I had an ache from an overstretch session at the chiro's, and after a few hours of annoyance, thought to rub a few drops of Wan Hua on the owie. To my total surprise, the ache just vanished! Anyway, thought some bums might find this useful, and be interested in an acupuncturist's experience with the other Chinese medicinal preparations Kaltsas covers. So here's what he says about Wan Hua: "Wan Hua Oil Wan Hua Oil is antiseptic, resolves pus, and is excellent for softening and removing hardened masses, especially after a traumatic injury. It is haemostatic, analgesic, anti- inflammatory, regenerates tissue, eliminates swelling and disperses stasis and relaxes tendons. It is effective in treating traumatic injuries, bleeding from cuts, and scalding. It is used for injuries from falls, hammer and wrench blows, for stanching bleeding, relieving pain, diminishing inflammation, engendering flesh, dispersing swelling, and dissipating stasis. Because there is no alcohol in this formula, it can be applied to open wounds.3 Because it is used as an antiseptic to open wounds, be sure to maintain the purity of the bottle. I have personally used it to with good results to dissolve sebaceous cysts and fatty tumors and tto treat Dupuytren's contractions of the palmar fascia. For these cases I have the patients soak a gauze pad which has a waterproof backing with Wan Hua Oil. I instruct them to place it on the afflicted area, and leave it on overnight, usually for several weeks. Probably owing greatly to the influence of its carthamus (Hong Hua), the Wan Hua Oil moves the blood and brakes up blood stasis. The other plant oils in it also serve to provide added lubrication. This is especially helpful when treating Dupuytren’s contraction which occurs when the tendons in the palm stick to the tendon sheaths inside which they are supposed to slide smoothly. The Wan Hua Oil works to moisten these tendon sheaths, relieve the contractions, and allow the fingers to open and close without catching." http://www.hkacup.com/uploads/4/5/1/0/45101541/beyond_ben_gay-a.pdf

Hi Liminal, This one might be worth a try: Dr. Kaltsas, in the same article linked above, writes: "Wu Yang Brand Plaster for Bruise and Analgesic Wu Yang Brand Plaster for Bruise and Analgesic is analgesic. Its warm/cool effect clears the surface and promotes blood flow. It penetrates into the subcutaneous tissue to stimulate circulation and create an analgesic effect. It helps to cure inflamed muscles and to promote healing of bone fractures. It is used for bruises, fractures, sprains, swelling and pains, poor circulation of blood, injuries and wounds, rheumatic arthritis, neuralgia, and weak limbs. This plaster saved my honeymoon after I broke two ribs skiing and was also of great solace after a car accident when I suffered from two herniated lumbar discs. My elderly patients love it and contact me from all over the world to get more. They swear by it to treat their aches and pains. Fortunately it is mild enough so that it usually does not provoke skin rashes. However, some patients with sensitive skin do get rashes so be observant the first few times you or they apply it, I tell patients to leave it on for four to six hours at first to see if redness develops. If not, I tell them to wear it overnight. Otherwise they’ll be the center of attention where ever they go in the daytime as it does smell distinctly like Christmas. For some reason, cats are quite puzzled and put off by the smell of this plaster. I think it is because they sense the pulverized fossilized mastodon bone within the formula, and this must trigger their innate, prehistoric fears of getting stepped on by woolly mammoths. One great feature of this plaster is that you can cut it to size; another is that it is often self-adhering, depending upon to which body part you affix it. Wu Yang Brand Plaster for Bruise and Analgesic contains the following ingredients: Fossilized Ossis Mastodi 10.42% Eupolyphoasinesis Walker 10.42 Sanguis Draconis 4.17 Catechu 6.25 Myrrha 6.25 Rhizoma Drynariae 4.17 Rhizomi Dipsaci 4.17 Flos Carthami 9.17 Rhizomi Rhei 8.33 Herba Taraxaci 8.33 Mentholum 20.00 Methyl Salicylas 8.32 Wu Yang Brand Plaster for Bruise and Analgesic is made at the United Pharmaceutical Manufactory; Kwangchow, China "

Welcome Marcobjj! Looking forward to learning more about your discoveries in chinese herbology and internal dampness in humidity! Great time to talk about that one!

Maybe it's more about remembering that your assignment as good or bad is subjective. It is not "the truth" for everybody. Someone else may assign just the opposite, and be equally correct.... for them.

Hi Manitou, If you're asking me, the author's article linked above doesn't mention neuropathy for any of the herbal formulations he discusses, and I don't know of any myself. Perhaps Zerostao or Gerard know of something that might help. Is the neuropathy diabetes related?

Taomeow, another stellar post. Thank you! Don't think this has happened here... but can anybody talk about the components of the chinese character that is translated as "impure"? And maybe historical context of the components? Or give a link if it has been addressed elsewhere? Thanks!

Welcome to the Bums, Zarastinia! Happy to have you aboard. I'm already enjoying your posts!

MIndboggling. Jaw dropping. Thank you Taomeow. I LOVE this!

Welcome Subam! Love to hear a bit about what you find most interesting here and/or what conversations you'd like to start or join...

Hi RC, Ransomer will answer, but I will stick this in, how I first heard about negative ions. This is an old book, but still highly relevant, and does cover the early research. Soyka tells the story of unraveling the mystery around his peculiar health complaints and how he came to learn about negative ions. You might be able to get it from the library, but it's only one cent plus shipping from Amazon used. Fascinating! Here you go: Ion EffectNov 1985 by Fred Soyka and Alan Edmonds Paperback $0.01used & new(18 offers)

Celebrating! Apech is not only back, he's back up to speed! Such a gift to make us just bust out laughing. Thanks , Apech!

Hey NM, Check your messages. Might be interesting. Or not.

Viator, I am so sorry to hear this. Although you have stayed very much in the background for some time, I remember back when you were admin. Those were VERY difficult times (maybe like these) and I was astonished at the balance and integrity you displayed in your responses to inflammatory statements and even direct attacks. Maybe you remember me telling you that way back then. You set a new standard. Your evenness made me examine my own reactivity. You steadied the wheel during some very rough storms, and current events may well remind you of those times. Things do run in cycles. But it is actually a spiral. And the spiral is UP. Your example made TDB a better place. We will miss your steady hand. Journey well, journey safe, and, truly thank you for your service.

Welcome NoviceMonk. Tell us more! What have you found here that has so fascinated you?

Okay, Tamba, I'm asking... What do we need to understand about "internal" to use Swimming Dragon effectively? Thank you for offering to explain...