JohnC

Yoga supports qigong, and qigong yoga. Pranayama is aimed at other things but can likewise be supportive. Not seperate... similar but different.

Big bump to this. That list is solid. John

Apples to oranges. Capoeira is dance/martial art. Ju jitsu is a grappling art. Feels like a lot of strategy and chess. John

Robet peng has info on this here: http://www.robertpeng.com/jieqi/jieqi.php?id=4

Listen to Lam Kam Chuen, he is the teacher on this.... I've practiced zhan zhuang for years holding consistently for hours regularly while watching a movie or the like, and have developed and cleared tons of energy. And time is a point of it... if your developing a bunch of quality energy, don't cut it short. Stick it out for an hour at least if you can. John

I'd love to hear what happened here!

Yes. As others have said, nothing is anything... only what you make it. Personally I love storms, very refreshing and exciting to me. John

To the extent that you choose to. There is no right or wrong, but only what you choose to do. You can choose to follow what other books/people/whatever say, but ultimately it is still your choice. John

Your spiritual path should enhance and support your relationships, and will highlight unhealthy ones. I know as I've meditated, and practiced energy work, my relationships become more passionate, loving, and accepting while moving away from people that are toxic or create drama. If anything I enjoy living in society and having relationships more when practicing spirituality. And it doesn't matter to me whether others practice or whatever, if I'm enjoying and digging my practice. The less solid in myself though I am, the more I'm going to want others to practice. It's kind of like the less I believe my ideas, the more I need others to believe them to validate me. (aka make me feel good about them) The idea of 'spiritual means were better, spiritual means we are higher, spiritual seperates, bla bla bla' is just egoic bullshit. The spiritual path isn't the issue, it's your relationship with your wife and how you two are handling these things together. Your pursuit of whatever is just the material of the fight. It could be how you eat your cereal in the morning... it's more about the relationship you two have, and less about the topic. That you and her may have with-holds, pent up emotion and the like towards each other, and skewed perceptions about what the other means/intentions/etc. Which all fuels the fighting. What it sounds like is that she see's your spiritual practices as a threat that.... what? And then from that disrespects your practices and what you dig? I imagine being you from there, would feel very shitty in the relationship.... and I imagine to create space for you to want to be in the relationship might mean you setting the boundary of that 'this is important to me... could you respect it?' and sharing vulnerably about how it all feels to you. I would recommend getting some counseling, and I have a recommendation that can help you two over the phone if you'd like. So much of this just comes down to what you want. All the rest, objections, pain, etc is just mind stuffs. Likewise though I would recommend: Radical Honesty - Brad blanton - Fucking awesome book on honesty, relationships, spirituality and inspired by Alan Watts. No more Mr. Nice Guy - Robert Glover - A great book to help end secret contracts and to start getting your needs met and taking care of yourself. Non-Violent communication - Marshall Rosenburg - a great book on speaking emotions ans sharing vulnerably, so that you get to the bottom of what is going on. Getting Our Bodies Back - Christine Caldwell - A book written by a student of Thich Nhat Hann that helps you to take responsibility for your reactions and move towards unconditional love. John

Burning light explosions power inter-galactical planetary super nei gong. Whatever nei gong pulls you. For me it's just like an internal interest. When I go looking, I find what I'm looking for. But it also sounds like your not interested in investing(money or effort) and with that you probably wont get very far. John

Awesome that you filled your ldt, and are progressing Dorian. It's interesting what you speak to, as I was reading from Mark Griffin that energy first condenses as waves/vibration, then to the electromagnetic spectrum, up to light, then to manifesting as material things. Temple Tai Chi is very impressive to me as a martial internal art. I haven't heard of this kind of progress from any other martial system, except mopai. John

Brilliant. I don't have enough knowledge of the like to know if true or not, but makes sense to me. John

That sounds like an awesome inquiry to me. John

Take with a grain of salt, interpretations of a language that has many different meanings, from people based in a completely different culture, that we no longer have any access to. The 'desire' may mean more clinging, or obsession or attachments. Then decide for yourself. There is a lot of shame, guilt and judgement around sexuality in our culture... when sex and relationships just are. Personally, I think there is nothing more in line with the tao than love. Relationships though are like... challenge mode for serious practitioners. It's easy to go to a cave and meditate. Interacting with your psychology and the psychology of others in an artful way is challenging. John

Bump this post, and konchug uma. It's a mixture of all of the above. How open your body is, how much chi you have, what your beliefs and ideas about the world are, how much trauma you have stored in your body, how easily you can interact and play with the moment(be present), what you believe about others, what you believe about yourself. Not any one of these things is independent of the other. You are a multifaceted, interconnected thing, and thinking of yourself like that will help you on your way. John

Case report: Male who had recently fallen down the stairs, suffering from neck and lower back pain Treatment: Taoist medicine, and project qi spiraling around spine and pulling sick qi. Also projecting at the top of the head and pulling from k1. And lastly projected at mingmen/dantien area... just cause. Give him a boost. Results: 95% pain reduction, lower back pain gone and a little residual in his neck. I noticed as I got to his heart area, while totally unrelated to his pain, a lot of sick qi started coming out and I felt in me emotions coming up in my heart area... I'm not sure what that was about. I forgot to shield though, and I think I walked away with some sick qi on me. Felt funky later that night and am currently fighting off a cold. As an aside, I've take on the goal this year to do a treatment a week, so when we were hanging out and he mentioned he was hurtin due to a fall, I was like "Awesome... bummer about your fall though." On the lookout for people to treat. John

Yea man, what I mean is starting a company and doing it on your own. Call it Konchag graphic design... or what have you. But like I said, if you are aiming to join a company a degree is important. John

Max learned the practice of yigong/Spontaneous adjustment qigong(kunlun level 1) from Jenny Lamb. From what I heard he stole the level 2 and 3 practices from Jenny(this is all hearsay) and called them kunlun. He later removed level 2 and 3 and added other practices. John

Awesome that you want to develop yourself! Around college I would recommend that you check into whether you need a degree or not. Read education of millionaires, and consider going out and doing it on your own. But if you want to jump into a company, yea you'll need a degree. John

Just saw the details, answered my questions. John

A lot of guys that tried to get into mopai, came over to training in stillness movement. Do a search on Mjjbecker if you want more info. He spent time with Chang, and has dedicated himself to SM. There is something very specific to stillness movement, that is not just put awareness on dantien... and it develops. The stronger your dantien, the deeper the practice goes in my experience. I actually think putting your awareness on dantien is supplemental, and not the main component.... my awareness will drift, but it is not the aspect that is doing the work. It's something else. The movements initiate the energy, and you hang on. I can't speak to what exactly about it does what it does, but it is the most energy I've felt cultivated as quickly as I've done it. But like others have said Lomax can answer the best. John

Hu yaozhen, who developed the nei gong, was an avid practitioner and master of IMA, so I don't think you'll have any conflict and it may benefit. I've heard that a lot of the IMA's don't become really effective till you've developed your lower dantien, and SM does that faster than anything I've seen. John

Celestial doesn't know what he's talking about. Lomax could probably pipe in here, but from what I've heard is the transmission 'lights the fire' of your lower dantien. Not needed, I think, but speeds you along the path exponentially. Including what ramonio and rainbow have said. And it seems to me stillness-movement is a developing practice, as in the more you practice the more energy you have, the deeper you go. As your dantien develops so too does your practice. John

Could have just used a phoenix down...

My gut says it's alright. But none of us have any experience with it... so I don't know. John