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--- about is a great word... it points to the floating... to the swing to opening and closing to dao's innermost feature

poll Practice of Qigong Reading the posts i think sometimes that there are two groups: 1 Qigong means forcing of Qi according to your interest Attention leads Qi is interpreted as a forcing of Qi 2 Qigong means going in resonance with the natural Qi-flow Attention leads Qi is interpreted as a phenomenon of resonance - What is your point of view?

What do you think about the answer laozi is giving at end of ddj 42?

six healing sounds some people say healing sounds should only be practised if there is an illness... and then only that healing sound regarding the organ which needs help.. - an important rule: stop all exercises if there are problems...

tian - di - ren 天 地 人

thank you for reply... personally i like laozi's definition of ming2 in daodejing 16: 萬物并作 吾以觀復 夫物芸芸 各復歸其根 歸根曰靜 靜曰復命 復命曰常 知常曰明

may i ask: have you read it in chinese? -

thats not what i am understand as natural.. humans can do a lot things which are against nature... -- laozi did not try to manipulate natural qi if you read ddj 10 / 25 you can see that he tried to get in line with nature forcing qi - thats just the opposite of that laozi wanted to do... the shen 神 of organs is a special qi resulting from its cells and its interaction with above and below and the qi of the whole body... in the moment you are cutting it from its mother-body - you interrupt the interaction with the qi of this mother-body... the special qi is stopped... changed ... in the moment it is transplanted it goes in interaction with the new body and the special qi depending on the new body will constitute... it will be different of the shen in the old body... after 7 years all cells of the old organ have been exchanged...

for answering this question one has to know that the immune system has to be suppressed, only then the donated organ will survive in the foreign body. - This means the receiver has to live immunocompromised after. Would you call this going in line with nature? ...

if your refer to daodejing 25 - then i would say the translation "heaven" is misleading. the english word "heaven" points to a realm where gods live... - daodejing 25 - end points to something different in my oppinion... it points to the network of nature. humans are rebound to earth - earth determines what they can do or not... earth is rebound to qi of what surrounds it - call it tian (i am afraid that there is no english word for it)- this polarity determines what happens on earth tian is rebound to dao dao's principles are ziran - in nature things happen according to its innermost rules rooting in itself

If the circuit is open you have no problems.. obviously there is a stop to renmai (front channel) Try to use magpie bridge - at every breathing out ( switch your tongue from above to below connecting yin jiao - cheng jiang - thus dumai and renmai and guide your attention back to dan tian.. qi flows spontaneously - without doing xiao zho tian and da zhou tian conciously but if you begin to meditate special regions and points you create stops... attention shoud circulate in whole circuit during one cycle of breathing - thats what people forget sometimes practising xiao zhou tian, da zhou tian - in focusing special points or areas...

Who knows something about Gu Shen? Sorry i dont have the chinese characters...- thats what i am interested in... I found this in a book about yang sheng... it is an exercise : you are pressing 36 times points behind the ears, and your fingers are drumming on back of your head - and you are clenching your teeths 36 times... gu shen: it shall be a description of dao4 道 gu shall symbolize the nothingness and shen symbolizes everlasting change... could it be: 谷神 of ddj 6?

what about ba duan jin? 八 段 錦

can we say? in xiao zhou tian we are just going in resonance with the swing of heaven and earth - ...? - the less we are controlling this by mind... the better the resonance can take place ?

may i ask you , why do you think micro cosmic orbit a forcing exercise?

yes - that is the translation of the chinese text given above - you have found it at the link?

in 抱朴子 Bao4pu3zi 釋滯 shi4zhi4 you can find a definition and a method for practice .... 得胎息者, de2 tai1 xi1 zhe3 Achieving embryonal breathing 能不以鼻口噓吸, neng2 bu4 yi3 bi2 kou3 xu1 xi1 one is able for not using nose and mouth for slowly breathing in and slowly breathing out 如在胞胎之中, ru2 zai4 bao1 tai1 zhi1 zhong1 like the embryo is breathing in the womb 則道成矣。 ze2 dao4 cheng2 yi3 thus one reaches the way to manage the goal. 初學行氣, chu1 xue2 xing2 qi4 beginning... further translation here: http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Daoists/baopuzi.html Resolving Hesitations - look for ...When first learning 鼻中引氣而閉之, bi2 zhong1 yin3 qi4 er2 bi4 zhi1 陰以心數至一百二十, yin1 yi3 xin1 shu4 zhi4 yi1 bai3 er4 shi2 乃以口術吐之及引之, nai3 yi3 kou3 shu4 tu3 zhi1 ji2 yin3 zhi1 皆不欲令己耳聞其氣出入之聲。 jie1 bu4 yu4 ling4 ji3 er3 wen2 qi2 qi4 chu1 ru4 zhi1 sheng1 常令入多出少, chang2 ling2 ru4 duo1 chu1 shao3 以鴻毛著鼻口之上, yi3 hong2mao2 zhu4 bi2 kou3 zhi1 shang4 吐氣而鴻毛不勤為侯也。 tu3qi4 er2 hong2mao2 bu4 qin2 wei2 hou2 ye3 漸皆轉增其心數, jian4 jie1 zhuan3 zeng1 qi2 xin1 shu4 久久可以至千。 jiu3jiu3 ke3yi3 zhi4 qian1 至千則老者更少, zhi4 qian1 ze2 lao3 zhe3 geng4 shao3 日還一日矣。 ri4 huan2 yi1 ri4 yi3 _________________________________ One has to remember, that the embryo is getting its oxygen by the breathing of the mother - and it is important to know that somebody who stops ones oxygen- supply will die. - Nevertheless this method has a great value seeing that it provides a way to breath in harmony with the rhythm of heaven and earth - seeing that the influence of heaven and earth enables us to breathe... not forcing it - just going in resonance with natural conditions - calming down - swinging in rhythm of natural heartbeat and breathing --- it is a great experience ... one gets in contact with life at its basic point...

you can find people like mantak chia who think sexuality as help and you can find schools thinking chastity as necessary... - using your sane mind you can conclude : you can find harmony of yin and yang by balancing both. nature has given yin and yang - it is against nature to say no to one part... - that is the key for me: swing for balance

Enjoy this exercise by wo quan 偓佺 Right foot to the front - left foot to behind. right hand to the front, palm to below - left hand to behind, palm up. feet jump: 1 On the right to behind -- on the left to the front 2 On the right to the front -- on the left to behind Etc.. 9 times then side shifted

nice exercise - thank you for the link

harmony of above - human - below can stop this pressure in your head and ear canal.... first help is circling on yong quan - (kidney one) but then let qi flow - never concentrate on one point - this will cause big problems always practising little and big orbit - xiao, da zhou tian a nice exercise for this is ba duan jin #1 雙手托天理三焦 、三焦通暢疾病消。 the three fields in harmony with qi floating ...diseases diminish... you know it?

i am very astonished to see the label tao master under my avatar - picture . What is the background for this? Is there somebody catorigzing the users of tao bum ? i think this is a misuse of this term " tao master". "tao master" is something you become after long years of training within of daoist-lineage. I hope you can remove this as soon as possible.

My teacher said always: breathe intuitively- will say: breathing adapts itself to necessities... one should never force it to something else...

i have just posted some informations about xiao zhou tian . A great exercise for harmonizing. I think that it helps for your problem too. Please go to: http://www.thetaobums.com/index.php?showto...opid=96711&