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Then anyone know the theory on HOW the water becomes negatively or positively charged from meditaion? Hydrolysis used an anode and cathode like a battery, but sitting by water there are neither of these. Does the water container need to be metal, or a certain material? I know salt water can carry a charge, but normal water is not very conductive. And how does the water STORE the charge? Through a change in ph, but where do the molecules come from? The water would have to become something other than pure water because pure water is neutral pH. Could anyone suggest chemistry equations? I know how hydrolysis can change water into h+ and o2. Can the OP elaborate on how these experiments were done?

For me its the speed at which i can change from super mellow to super excited, and back again. Its been 10 years and i still suck at the super wired back to relaxed direction. I like to be able to control my state

An authentic different approach. I picked up a book from the Opportunity Shop for $4 and it is great. It's not a meditation book but it does mention meditation as important, yet it is very strange. It talks about going backwards from enlightenment or SAMADHI to the very lowest level of IGNORANT BLISS. Meditation has a small mention in the book so far (I'm about halfway through), but it's all about how useless intelligence, experience and insight is in our societies. The author Paul Livingston (Flacco the comedian you might know him by) is actually very smart... he makes excellent points, using good logic and concrete examples along with many new words ( i had to use a dictionary several times to follow the points he was making). It's all about going from super smart to super dumb. He shows that it's often the smartest people that are alienated, unemployed, single & broke. The dummys are usually the ones running companies with all the hot women and fast cars. Here is a quote (Hand typed)... "Meditation is the key. Most view meditation as a means to reach a higher plane of consciousness. This too is folly. Meditation in this sense can effectively lead to enlightenment and self knowledge. What i'm presenting here is an alternative form of meditation. A regression from higher thought to unenlightenment. A gradual abandonment of accumulated experience with the ultimate goal of achieving a state of bliss. IGNORANT BLISS" He does speak about the benefits of IGNORANT BLISS, infact that's what the whole (small) book is about, and it's very logical clear and plain. He clearly shows that the benefits of IGNORANT BLISS are notably equally as good to those who achieve SAMADHI, just as desirable, except their opposites.... and you don't need to be a samadhi pants to get them! It's not the knowledge that is useful. It's the confidence that you are following something that is real or right. It doesn't even need to be real or right, you just need to have faith that it is so. Blind faith after all is similar to following the wisdom of a sage. To believe and follow something with full faith is where the benefit lies. To believe that an accomplished sage has all the answers, or any 'right' answers at all, is just as deceiving as having faith in the christian speaker on late night TV who dribbles on his shirt. Nobody really understands anything fully, and anyone who thinks otherwise is just deceiving themselves. Just thought i'd make a post, as i often do, at opposites with the regular discussion in here to help open minds and point out something that may not have been thought about by some, just as it came as a surprise to me.

Taking him out to do something fun, different from normal would be good. I would have thought a weed habit where you sold your playstation for some weed would be a major contributed to the problem. Rather than reinforcing it by buying him a pipe for his birthday why don't you take him out gokart racing or for a game of paintball? Something fun. Doing things he enjoys would be the best course of action i think.

Haha, yes i know but they have to learn to accept it...

Does he like drinking or getting high?

In my experience people dont want to do their part... The homework. I think a good way to choose a therapist is to see if they are booked out or have a waiting list. If they have a good name then just trust in them for a month or so even if you feel its not working, then review your progress and change if need be.

Yes i know qigong is good, and i have gained very much from it, but i haven't really done any western spiritual practices so i don't have anything to guage it by. My question comes because even though having lived in China for 2.5 years and knowing the culture to be a total back flip from ours here in Australia, i've been back in Australia for 4 years now and maybe forgot the differences. However after attending a Chinese wedding i'd just like to mention a few points that are obviously different to Australian weddings. Firstly everyone was drinking water. There was only another aussie bloke there drinking alcohol. Even the bride and groom were on the water. (I know in China they do drink but the way it's done, it's different to Australia) The peak of the party was when there were a room of sober Chinese jumping around to ganam style, followed by YMCA. In Australia ganam style was hugely popular but because it was so funny, especially the video clip, but nobody would ever dance to it full heartedly without being drunk, and laughing at themselves for being stupid. Same with guys dancing to YMCA because it was sung by a gay band, we feel uncomfortable with prancing around on the dance floor to a gay song, something Chinese obviously don't understand. Australians miss out somewhat on the fun and joy compared to Chinese who so freely express themselves and have fun. However we live in a place where people laugh at the rediculousness or lameness of dancing to ganam style, and i feel comfortable with that. I like my culture and the way we do things. I wonder how my opinions differ from Americans, or other countries? (I think there are alot of Americans on this board) Anyhow, back to the original point of the topic. If qigong was developed by chinese, who are naturally more yin anyway and are so different from us, wouldn't western practices be more suited to us? I do karate and my teacher, a shihan, very high level dan has damaged hips and needs a hip replacement. Another neidan is only 40 odd years old and his hips are worn too. They say that asian bodies are built different to ours and we can't cope with the high kicks. I think with proper internal training it may not be a problem, but the fact is that we need to do that internal training, while perhaps they don't. I also wonder about a barbarian sword weilding warrior vs a samurai. Samurai are from a more recent time so perhaps the stories are more fresh, however when it comes to physical combat, i wonder how a barbarian would fare against a samurai. Or even fencing vs samurai. Before bruce lee started making movies were asian martial artists even respected in the west? Who are the skilled western magicans? is there anyone who can do anything like master zhou on rippleys believe it or not? I have heard of Merlin, but is there anyone who is alive now?

Yeah you are right, conditioning does make up for it, but starting midway through life we already have 30 odd years of a different kind of conditioning that makes it harder to walk the same path. Another big problem with karate is the push yourself to the limit mentality, it can make one survive in a desperate situation, but can also be very destructive.

Hmmm yes, definately no books

Well depends what one's goal is. I have done very intensive for 10 day camping trips on my own 3 times and every time it has been very hard yet very rewarding. The first time i went was probably the best because it gave me chance to really learn technique. I would say practice a bit here and there in the beginning, then if someone really wants to get into meditation do intensive for 5-6 days at least so you know how to do it properly and get lots of practice in it. It will make a 20 min session in the weeks after the intensive equal to a two hour session before the intensive. Lengthy intensive practice, is just that it gets more intense, but .... ? Benefit, i don't know. Even if you can hammer out some consiousness issues, it's not going to be the answer you're looking for, not unless you're going to be a monk. You need to find these answers while living in a way you want to live. If you find them in intensive meditation, then it means you need to keep up the intensity to solve you're problems. There is another better way. Living in a way suitable for the individual.

Thought i would add my 2 cents... When i lived in china i had lots of spare time, i meditated minimum 5 hrs a day, often 8hrs for over a year and a half, probably 3 hrs a day for another year, and all up in now at 10 years daily practice. One of the realizations that i came to at the end of that insensive period was that i was wasting my life with ny eyes closed. Sure, things got insanely intense and i felt like a god sometimes but life is for living. Learning to just be aware in daily activities is the real secret to success long term. I wanted to have electricity come out of my fingers, and i was successful to some extent, but the cost is huge. Giving up my life for a tiny slice of the Tao to call my own, instead i found it better to keep my life and work with the Tao. Its like rubbing sticks together to make a fire when i could have just borrowed the suns rays and used a magnifying glass.

Do what needs to be done, not one bit more

For me being serious lets me get ahead in the direction i want to head. To rise above any shit in my life, further cultivate a perfect life.

Hows mrs GMP like the new hard working GMP? Better not work too hard or she wont let the old GMP come back

Walker, i'm not sure why herbs couldn't be a DIY hobby if you had a working knowledge of general TCM. TCM from people who have gone to uni gets very technical, but it's not the only system that works. That having been said, anyone should use common sense, if you start getting worse stop, or at least change your attack. Trial and error is how we learn. Any TCM system has been derived through a system of trial and error. Just like Walker said, people disagree on the properties of herbs. Heck, if you search the internet you'll see so many different authoritive opinions on different properties of foods! Try different foods or herbs, see their effect on you, and build on that. Either that or you could just do nothing and get nothing If you're in a hurry to get better well the obvious thing would be to just see an expert. Sometimes i find that herbal medicine is not good for you at all in the long run, even if you find the right herbs for your situation. It can just act as a buffer so that you can keep making yourself ill but without the obvious bad effects. This allows you to get deeper and deeper into your own problem. It then becomes even more difficult to heal yourself properly and live without the herbs. The herbs become a crutch. Foods are powerful because we eat them all day every day. Consider using foods as herbal medicine

I like you're answers, however i think you just took all the fun out of smoking pot for the first time haha. I don't think any son would ask their parents if they could smoke pot if they knew they had to do an assignment on it afterwards hahaha If it were my son i would discourage it but not say they couldn't do it. I would inform about the dangers, but not allow it at my house. Here is the one thing i would advise to ANYBODY doing drugs for the first time.... Before you're first time, write down 1) if you were to like it, how much or how often would you feel it was ok to have it? 2) What is the maximum frequency or amount you would have that you would feel comfortable with? At this frequency would you feel you needed to cut down? 3) Whats the minimum amount, or at what frequency would you consider a rediculous amount where by you would definately need to get help to stop. Pass this information onto a friend or somebody you trust.... That information is out there now and there is no hiding from it when you feel that daily use is acceptable

MMMmmm here is a point. Electricity has a negative and positive terminal. Negative electrons flow from -ve to +ve. Power flows from +ve to -ve, with DC current, with AC the same exchange happens, just like a vibration instead of DC. If you're loosing chi through your feet, you're probably gaining -ve electrons. These reduce inflammation and stop free radicals. This is probably a good thing. If it's doing it on it's own, without any doing on your behalf, you should consider it good and right. Don't try to prevent it happening, that would be bad.

I would.... 1. Try the pot if I felt like it. 2. If I liked the pot, spend the 100 on more pot (sign from god or what?) 3. Congratulate the student for getting a high score regardless of method. If I was failing ask for tips on cheating. 4. I wouldn't steal.

Isn't it funny, hugging a tree is thought to be very grounding, but to all those around, the person hugging the tree appears most definitely in need of grounding....

To the OP. Anything can be bought into balance and harmony through counterweighting. If life is too sciency, do things that aren't sciency in your free time to balance yourself out. People who are at the top of their game are so not because they practice hard, but because they know how to balance themselves using their free time so that they can practice so much!

Sports and energy drinks are huge in Australia. I have heard a few ppl say they were put in hospital due to excessive drinking of them, and a guy in my brothers class just died of cancer and before he went he said he felt it was probably because of all the sports drinks he had. Other than that he looked pretty fit. 28 years old. I guess it depends what u are trying to cultivate....

I think this topic is totally wrong. I don't think women progress faster on the path to oneness, but perhaps they have a head start in a certain path would be more correct. Men have different areas to develop to women, neither is more or less advanced. The headstart a woman has on her internal cultivation as you speak about it, a man is naturally less vunerable to predators for example living as a hermit, or maintaining financial independance in our current society to allow further cultivation to take place. I agree with YaMu and think in an alternative health class, there are probably more women then men studying, and getting better results, but i would have thought more men would actually end up going out and opening up a clinic. I know this is going to sound really sexist, but this is what i see.. at all the schools I've studied at and taught at, girls are on average much smarter than boys, but the very top of the class tends to be more often male than female. There is a difference between the sexes and they all equal out overall. Oracles, fortune tellers and those that talk to the dead are usually female. I see more energetic healing experts that are male.

You will be confused trying to know yourself in the beginning, we all are, but that is cultivation. Qi is only part of the cultivation. The goal is dealing with what IS, and qi is only a slice.

Do that breathing exercise where you hold one nostril closed breath in and out through the other nostril then swap sides. Dont worry about energy control, let the energy just do its self.