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I felt like my mind had split into three. There was the meditative mind and the thinking mind, but i was on the outside as a third consciousness monitoring them. It felt so great to be liberated of an existence of such constant emotional attachment, the thinking, the not thinking, the this, the that... I had floated away from what i believed was me and realized there was a real me behind the physical. One that had no needs or wants, it had left that all to the thinking mind and the meditative mind it was watching over... such an incredible experience! - I was a silent observer of my own existence from a higher plane. It was like i really got in touch with my soul and was able to look through the eyes of my soul instead of through that of my body and the physical processes involved with it.

It's posts like that that make me wonder about full lotus. I've also heard some people say that the numbness in the legs and them going dead is a temporary thing. *shrug

I was having trouble at first getting my legs on right, cuz only one leg was going numb lol and the other was ok, but after a week of regular practice and lots of wide base front stretches i can get both of them up high now. The best stuff for it is that wide base front stretch Vortex. I sit on the ground and spread my legs at the base of the table so both my ankles are at either side of the tables legs for support, then i just shift my butt in and my legs begin to slide open over the table legs, don't know if u can picture that visually, but this really helps if u don't have a partner. Normally someone would hold ur hands and push ur legs apart with theirs, but all i have is my table and it's safer that way : ) I do get concerned once in a while though, when my legs are dead for like 30 mins in the FL pose. It's like man... i better be able to use my legs again after i get out of this lol - cuz they go complete dead, that u have to lift them out the pose with ur hands and lift them to straighten them, or wait for the blood to come back so u can use ur brain signals.

I can totally see that on a billboard. I wonder what meditating in an O3 dense environment would feel like.

I was in full lotus for a little over an hour today. Legs numb and all. When i got out i was like a cripple for 5 mins Is it always gonna be like that after i get out of the pose. I understand the bio-logic behind not being able to move, but man... My ankle hurts as well right after, the one at the bottom. I try and keep it as straight as possible, but alas it still bends a little. If not for the ankle pain and slight knee pain, all of which are lessening now. It feels great right after the pose and i love the feeling of the blood rushing back into my legs.

This ^

That guy can probably pull off single whip in a shoe box!

Great thread. Drew and Witch please keep reving it up. The more you go at it the more gold pieces fall out of ur pockets and i'm sitting here grinning lol Very educational and many useful links posted so far. Thanks to all!

I've never thought about the sexual benefits of practicing Taoism, but i guess i'm from Europe. What do i know eh?

I wish i could say the same about yours

That is just horrible. No respect for the animal at all.

Taking notes

http://www.thetaobums.com/Confusion-about-...ian-t12377.html

That is a remarkably contradictive post

haha omg i do the exact same thing! Whenever i'm not doing my regular meditation i am at my desk watching something, but always mindful of the Qi. As soon as i get goosebumps i channel it all down to my LDT. - It feels like i gather all the Qi from my skin and a warm current flows towards my LDT. Goosebumps definitely help! Be mindful of them and take advantage.

Good stuff everyone! *ductapes his penis... Drew i've noticed what you mean about meditating after having sexual thoughts. The moment i do i can feel the sexual energy stirring up and when i meditate for a short while i can bring it all back to the LDT, otherwise i have no idea where it goes. I feel like it just gets wild and if i don't bring it back to LDT it disappears. Could just be me, but thats how i feel it. Also the further i am into retention, the easier i find it to negate sexual activity, arousal and sexual thoughts. Does that make sense? - Things that would seemingly arouse me in most cases, just don't have the same effect anymore while i am holding out. I have to admit it feels good too. Although yesterday, i was having a conversation and it got sexual. I didn't meditate afterwards because i was sleepy and this morning i had the Captain up early doing the "Reveille". It was almost like my penis was mocking me.. like "haha you, oh you, you thought you could outsmart me! - But u forgot didn't u, u forgot to meditate yesterday! I am still alive! Muahaha" lol So i definitely relate that to not meditating yesterday after stirring up all that sexual energy. I guess it had to come out of somewhere. I've read Awakening Healing Energy so many times, oddly enough i started again last night! I adore these books, because you can read them all your life. They are packed with so much information that can only truly be understood once you've reached certain levels. It's like you read a new book every time, because you understand it a little more every day. Great stuff guys. Thank you for the replies.

I strongly insist you will have better results with Sayuki Matsumoto in a cave

Thank you guys, for the input.

lol - I have to be honest, i can feel pretty much everything along the microcosmic orbit except the lower dan tien >_< I can't get a feel for it, behind my bellybutton or 2 inches below my bellybutton, but at the base of the penis behind the pubic bone, i feel some incredible pumpin and thumpin lol - but thats the "sexual center" supposedly. I am just as confused as you are. Is it between the Ming Meng, Bellybutton and Sexual Center (Mantak Chia), or is it "deep behind the navel" (Chunyi Lin) - Or is it 2 inches below the navel. It's enough to make you go crazy lol. I can channel energy from my LDT straight to my sexual center/sperm palace, where i really feel it to start the microcosmic orbit, but i don't feel much in the LDT it'self. Some times i find it hard to distinguish between blood circulation and actual chi. *shrug

Hello everyone, I'm not sure if this is already an established position, so i've put a picture together to demonstrate what i have in mind. Sometimes instead of sitting in lotus, i work on my back, but i feel i loose a lot of energy in my legs in a general supine position while trying to work on the MCO/ Small Universe. So, I tried this position today on my back and i feel like everything was x10 the normal intensity. I was hoping some of you would be willing to share 30 mins of their day to try this position and report on any perceived differences during meditation. Much appreciated

Oh crap, it was a joke? - *puts credit card away

Try this OP:

Try this OP:

You look, but you don't read. Your bloated self esteem is as broken as your forum avatar's hyperlink.

You completely fabricate a statement claiming i've said that my results are due to eating certain food. I reply to all your statements one by one. Then you say i'm diverting from topic. Funny. And now you're name calling. Should have figured i was dealing with a kid. Muscle is not the same, maybe you'll learn that one day after you take the blinders off. Then you'll figure out what is being said.