Ya Mu

"...I've been doing chi kung mainly based on Mantak Chia's system" You practice his system but he is not your teacher... I understand now.

Totally and completely not needed or necessary. It is a limitation. What IS needed is to learn to calm the chatter. Who are you talking to in there? You? You already know everything that the chatter is about because it is all based on your perception, so why play it over and over like a stuck record player?

Good advice. "..you have caused to yourself by following written practices available to everyone via books and online sources" And of course here is the problem. It happens over and over and over and over and over and over and over. Find a real teacher is the best advice anyone can get.

This is very easy. Quit posting as "Fireblood", re-register under the name "Coldblood" and post three times. That should do the trick. Or ask your teacher. Since you say you are studying Chia's system why not ask him?

Change of attitude. Instead of "Dang, I HAVE to do this work" let it be, "Oh Boy! I GET to do this work." This technique helps tremendously.

I find that the atlas, or at least the corresponding muscle imbalance that effects the atlas, is one of the most common problems in achieving physical balance. TMJ syndrome? ALWAYS has atlas involvement. Headaches? Same. Lower cervical problems? Same. This list could go on and on. Furthermore I have found that most forms of therapy do not really properly address this problem. Fortunately the Taoist medicine I practice and teach has methods for achieving balance with this aspect of the body. And it works VERY well.

Yes it works very well. I think that liquid substances like herbs and obviously your carrot juice (related to plant vibration) actually "hold" for much longer than just water. I have a student who manufactures his own brand of dit da jow and he uses this method when bottling. His dit da jow has consistently shown better efficacy than other commercial preparations.

Very good. The water method is much safer from the standpoint of sick qi. Don't wish to talk about distance stuff much on this forum.

My sincere thanks!

Once a week or so, if you are young and healthy, and you practice qigong that is actually qigong and not just external exercise, should be no problem. Those that actually study in person with Chunyi Lin should have no problems. I see many who just read the books who do. I am referring to the art and science of medical qigong. Most who learn this do multiple healings daily.

I commend your LEVEL of sarcasm... you are very good at it. You would be very surprised to learn who in the qigong and neigong field has attended my classes. Here is the thing. I keep hearing all this stuff "But Chunyi Lin does this or that." But one thing is for certain, and I don't mean this personally to you but mean all you's that say that; YOU are not Chunyi Lin nor have YOU reached his level of ability to turn sick qi into Light. In FACT, very few have. It is one of the things that is only taught in my program to those that actually achieve this level.

Do a search for much discussion of sick qi. I am not about to repeat everything over and over. Some points which I am not interested in debating, believe what you wish. - sick qi is a real and not imagined thing - Over time, those that manipulate energy, will accumulate sick qi if they do nothing to counteract it. Simply "believe in heart and love" doesn't cut it. These people get very sick. See point 5 below. - most energy healers that believe in "universal energy is simply available, everything is roses" do not have enough power to actually displace the sick qi; they just move it around and sometimes displace it. - learning to manipulate energy is, in its own way, as complicated as learning surgery. Would the OP like to perform surgery on his cat? Probably not but one never knows. - The sentient beings that we call Earth and Trees have accumulated much sick qi due to humanity. There is no need for everyone to add to the problem through ignorance. - I have personally done medical qigong healing on many (probably well over a hundred)"energy healers" who did not understand sick qi. All of them were very ill and had to quit healing. - Yes, salt baths do help neutralize sick qi. The truth, however, is that it had already entered the OP's body by the time he posted. The salt helped neutralize the feeling of it which had lingered. Chances are he/she is very young and healthy so really there is no need to worry about this ONE instance. - If one is interested in actually learning how to safely manipulate energy there are several medical qigong programs available in the US and a very few in China (many less than there were before political climate change). These programs require hands-on instruction (gee, wonder why that is?) - Yes, people who have never heard of medical qigong or just read a book can have an effect on someone. However,"First do no harm" is a great thing. - In my program we recommend 3 hrs minimum neigong per day if one is a healer. This helps neutralize the sick qi that inevitably accumulates.

It changes and varies from person to person. Let us see how we do in the workshop which, as you say, is only 2 weeks! I have been working hard on the new book and hope to publish it this quarter! Also I am trying to do more of an interactive version of A Light Warrior's Guide as well as the new book for the Nook Color e-reader which is really an Android based computer in disguise. AND get enough qigong in. This is why you don't hear much from me on this board right now.

No. But it should not be based upon our opinion but your own accomplishments of study of qigong. And it appears you have not done one single bit of study or practice of qigong. Martial Arts is martial arts. Qigong is qigong. I see a definite lack of confidence. One cannot manipulate energy without confidence. Suggestions for your form: Learn real qigong, practice it about 6-10 or more years, then put what you have learned into your form. Broader, more sweeping movements. Get it out of your head that the upper centers need stimulation for beginning students. Work more with lower dan tian. Develop a closing that brings energy down. More graceful, whole body movements. I wasn't going to comment here but people have been so darn nice to you that it seems you have not listened at all. I truly believe that you would only confuse and quite possibly hurt people if you continue with this. Now all that said, I encourage you to stick with qigong and end up developing your own form. But first learn and practice it. Once you have, your form will significantly change.

It depends on the person, which of the problems, how long the problems have been going on, and the capabilities of the healer. A medical qigong healer can address, to a certain point, most of these. But it will not help if the person continues.

Only little minor things like super paranoia and other mental problems. Headaches that won't go away. Over heart stimulation (HBP), and several other suspected symptoms difficult to pin down. Only one so far that would pass out upon concentrating on anything,such as trying to read a book or driving. Only one so far who went into uncontrolled spasticity.

There are medical qigong systems available that do focus on Shen, use very little communist TCM, and that do contain hand-me-down knowledge. That is what I teach. Links in my sig contain more info.

I'll be there, can I bring my bass? Sounds like a blast. Uh, wait, that's a little bit far for me. Love the blues - Used to play bass in blues clubs in Mississippi when I was younger. Have a great gig!

"In other words, if humans have it innate, seems to me they'd have to remove, rather than add to "get there"." Very good point. What we have to remove or "burn through" as I put it, is the many filters we have established since we were born. The way that I know to do this is to practice High Level qigong, practice Virtue and compassion, and practice what I call "Listening". I am going to talk much more about the "Listening" in my upcoming book (2011 scheduled release). So no matter how one looks at it, whether from the viewpoint of awakening or the viewpoint of removal, it is the same thing. Regardless, this involves the raising of the energy body vibration. The LOVE I am referring to is not emotional love but universal who-you-really-are love, from the true heart. Recognition is key because it is an inherent part of the who-you-really-are.

IMO it is true that the talents one has will never progress without the love vibration. What I have seen is that everyone has natural talents and with the practice of energetics that raise the energy body vibration, these talents become usable/recognizable. Also, each person has particular dominant talents. What is dominant in one person is not the same as what is dominant in another. Usually there is a crossover, though. In other words, person A may be able to see into the "future" REALLY well. Person B man be able to manipulate energy at a high level. But that doesn't mean person A can't manipulate energy at all or that person B can't "see" at all. These talents do tend to either not develop at all, cease being available, or diminish without true LOVE. I have seen this happen. Best to not be concerned with it as with a practice that does raise the energy body vibration, it will happen whether one wishes for it or not. The desire to have these talents really doesn't enter the equation except possibly as greed; this would diminish the Love vibration and inhibit the development.

For anyone interested, A Light Warrior's Guide to High Level Energy Healing has been published as an e-book in the Kindle format and is now available.

You may wish to add mild squats (mild as in small amount of weight) to your regimen. It may possibly help and is a part of what I have talked about with the many other young men who had similar problems as you from doing these "exercises". If you can find a medical qigong healer several sessions may help immensely. I think you were brave for posting and thank you; it may help others who are considering practicing archaic birth control methods from reading a book. One thing I can tell you is there are many out there that wish they had of read your OP a long time ago.

And just when I am about to release A Light Warrior's Guide for the kindle. Dang. If you can return and swap for the wifi version that is what I would suggest. You can download books and transfer via usb cable - I haven't done this for kindle format books, so it may or may not work for that, in which case I would do as the other post suggests, just download via wifi and turn then turn wifi off. You can get calibre software and use it to convert epub format books, of which there are thousands of free ones. Works really well. I think the kindle has revolutionized ebooks and that it is an amazing device. Kinda pissy that they will not support epub but really not a problem with the calibre software which is very easy to use.