King Kabalabhati

If more masculine energy is needed, then it could be a good start to do more harder, heating physical exercise. Even simply doing the Breath of Fire exercise is more yang energy I've understood.

I would shorten the question: "What is real?" Starting a building project and finally finishing it gave me that good ol yang feeling. It helps if you have a woman to admire the solid construction once it's done.

I am a Rastafarian, but I do Tao exercises. Why? Because they seem to work. And I know Jah RastafarI and Tao are one, in fact everything is, and our illusion of separation cannot change the truth.

Greetings, For reasons concerning both me, my wife and the environmental factors (three small kids and a lot of work), I'm not getting a fraction of the sexual life I would desire. She is not much bothered by celibacy but for me this is very hard, thus making it hard for her, too. I'm doing exercises like the Cool Draw, Scrotal Compression and inverted poses. I've been cultivating my seed for half a year now, but the problems have existed much longer. These exercises seem to be of some help, but still from time to time I find myself in a conflict because of this. It makes me feel sad and rejected, or at least it triggers these emotions. If someone has a view to share, a good exercise to fit the situation or any kind of sincere advice, it's gratefully taken. Perfect Love and Blessing, King K.

Mal, thank you, this is very good pondering and I know I should give her more space.. And give myself more space. Today I did some Tao Yin breathing and as I filled my body with golden light and relaxed, I started laughing until tears came to my eyes and I realized I was crying... for no apparent reason. But I know there was a reason. I need to work on my emotions or I shall keep trying to get from her something I should be able to get direct from Jah, or Tao, as they say around this forum. Froggie, The Cool Draw is the same as Testicle breathing, where you gently draw the cool energy from the testes to the perineum and upward. From Chia's book "Cultivating male energy". I know in my case it's not a lack of tenderness or being mindful. In fact, my woman seems to get a bit annoyed sometimes because I'm too much of a hugger. Probably related to the same emotional knots, Jah knows.. Well, my wife said she's praying everyday for more love so she could help heal me and be more compassionate. I know this is very beautiful.. We've been healing helping and correcting each other a lot through our near-decade of life together and I know this is not going to be the end of it. Forward with love!

I agree that forcing things concerning celibacy can be futile and even dangerous. But that's not really the issue. These problems persisted long before I did any cultivating of seed. I feel that it has made me stronger and all these different yoga and meditation techniques are slowly but surely helping to open up my emotional ties and blockages, as well as my queen's who is also practising a lot of same exercises. Thelerner, thank you, I feel your words to suite my situation very well, since we do a lot of talking about this (over the years we've developed amazing talking skillz) and each crisis seems to unfold a new truth about our relationship and situation.. It does get emotional easily and this is what I would like to be stronger in.. To stay more calm and in a better meditation. To have faith in finding a harmonious being and not to lose hope. This has to do with Tao because we've found Healing Love to be a transforming thing for the way we've been thinking and communicating about sex. Frustration seems to rise sometimes because there is simply not enough time to be doing enough exercises to proceed more rapidly towards good spiritual sexuality. As I've said before, patience is probably the key here as well as communication. Anyway, I'm feeling good again. I know I was blessed before, but now I'm once again aware of it..

Or at least add some calamus root to dispel the toxic effects of psychedelics (ayurvedic information).

Thank you Mikaelz, this is the kind of stuff I wanted to read.. I am doing both hatha yogic and Universal Tao-based meditations/exercises, Healing love etc. kind of depending on what kind of feeling I have and also changing with the seasons a bit. Tao Yin seems like a very harmonic and gentle set of exercises, at the moment I'm studying its basics. I'm thinking of expanding my meditations in the future, the Fusion of Five Elements seems very interesting, the whole "composting" the negative vibes-thing. I'm aware that to get better results I need to spend more time in meditation. It should come naturally as the children grow, at least I hope so. It does take a lot of patience. My name is sanskrit and means "Breath of fire", although that's just what I been told. Perfect love, King K

I personally don't see the problem behind moving the chi, since I've been taught that your mind, once engaged in following the chi, in fact becomes one with the chi, so where you move it with your mind is not really separate from where it moves your mind. I do recognise sometimes that my will is trying to move the chi somehow "violently" and that's where relaxation and thus stiling the mind is most useful. Anyway, following and moving the chi has given me lots of good, quiet sitting down and I've also felt the circulation get stronger, with energy pathways opening and awareness of my internal channels increasing as I've done the practice. In fact, before I was introduced to the Microcosmic I never fully believed in the existance of chi power.

Thank you Marblehead. I also feel my start is as good as it should

I don't think one should entirely trust anyone regarding the effects of cannabis on your brain. As a Rastaman, ganja is a daily ritual for me. I feel it is a blessing from the Most High, one could also call it a gift from the Tao. Of course it's possible to misuse it. That's when you don't bless the herb and don't prepare it to purify your dwelling place and sanctify your mind. Without firm direction, discipline and a sense of trust for the Almighty powers you may get very confused with any "medicine". I find that even if I smoke a joint in the morning, and maybe another one in the afternoon, I can still have good concentration and energy for the duration of the day. I don't think I get any more energy from it, rather I feel more sensitive for my energies. I do meditation both with and without cannabis and they're both good, although with cannabis it's easier to concentrate in more stressfull environments (such as my noisy home). There may come a time to step forward and leave all "external" sources of inspiration and assistance behind.. But that time has not yet arrived.