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Consider this: your mind spiraling out of control is natural, because control is an illusion. The same is true of your body. You can try not to feel the pain or the itch, but that doesn't mean it isn't there, behind a flimsy barrier. You must accept the total lack of control, through experiencing it again and again, in every moment. One day, I hope, the barriers will be gone, and that's when you'll find simplicity in meditation. Until then, there's nothing to go for, because the chaos will only take shape into order in it's own chaotic fashion. You can watch it do it's thing, if you want, but you'll only get in the way if you try to help, as long as you have barriers stopping you from feeling the truth.

Haha, quite true!

This is a quick answer to your question, Creation. Do the MCO slowly and without charged energy, and you are doing it right.

True. I will have to try harder.

What I really wish I had a master for is Tai Chi; I've always had the feeling that Qigong would come to me far more eloquently if before hand I had balance, root, and a strength of body to do any needed task (which is asking for MUCH more than you consider before you physically do it). Tai Chi interested me before even meditation had gotten its grasp. Unfortunately, trying to do even the beginning of the Yang Short Form without a teacher is extremely difficult, because at the same time as I am trying to remember the 'steps' I am fully aware my body is unbalanced, which often makes me inadvertently tense- not to mention that I constantly try to look down to see if my feet are in the right position. Oh, and the Mrs. Hooton, who is explaining the steps, doesn't explain breathing within the steps well. Tbh, on a bunch of steps she skips the breathing directions completely. Shouldn't certain actions occur on an inhale, and certain other actions on an exhale, or something like that? GRR! Also, I upset myself because I tire out quickly, and though I've found that pain is not my enemy, I inevitably seem to fall to my long-held 'Pain! Dislike! Stop!' conditioning. A master could tell me to shut the hell up and keep going.

I like this a lot. It's made of jade, and it was created so it stays balanced vertically.

Capital is amused.

Wow, I didn't feel quite like saying it (haha, only the bandwagon got me to speak up), but I felt the same ring of truth in Pandit Tree's words as sherab. I think Pandit Tree is more laughing at 'Taoism is Serious Business in the West!!!', rather than calling the Chinese superior to us 'Westerners'. Then again, Pandit Tree, you've done your share of shit talking. I know nothing about Taiji, tbh, but Taiji is not Taoism. It's an expression of Tao, like anything else. You getting all uppity about your Taiji (and its ZOMG VICTORY over Chu Taiji) is the only place where I think you're definitely being something of an a-hole.

Well, from a less esoteric standpoint, I'd say it stretches the legs wonderfully, if you're doing it right. It opens the Kua pretty well, and my knees and ankles feel much looser after sitting or even laying with my legs in that position the last few days, though it hurt like the dickens. I only did it when it came naturally though. From an esoteric view, it helped me feel the energy in my upper body, as my legs were too numb to feel anything at all.

This is my advice for spontaneous meditation. It's led me to much joy, and I've had no teacher. Just lay down, sit down, or stand up. Then relax as much as you possibly can. Feel the stillness of your body. Let that be the only goal. Pay close attention, and you'll feel the slightest sensation of movement start out of that stillness. Slowly and relaxed, follow the movement. You'll feel what to do, because it will already be happening. Continue to do this, with every part of your body. Some of it will be symmetrical; some of it will happen all at once; other movements will be individual. Finally you'll return to stillness. Whatever position you end up in, keep it. If it hurts a bit, you'll know if it's a bad or good kind of hurt. You'll know if you should just bear it or not, because if it's the bad kind of hurt, you'll naturally leave the position without thinking about it. I think that's the main key: don't think. Once you're in the proper position, that's the time to observe what you feel in your body.

That made no sense; at all! Do you know what a strawman is? Let Me Google That For You, ktxh To help you understand Karma: Karma comes from all sides at once. It's a universal force, so the Karma of the aggressor is just as important as the Karma of the victim. The energy of so many hateful hearts and minds on all sides resulted in the deaths, rapes, and untold equal atrocities that pervaded World War II. Japan was bombed because as a nation they were supporting atrocities; Two cities of mostly civilians (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) were chosen for the dropping of Nuclear warheads, but that had nothing to do with the Japanese. That act was America's fault. Karma is not so simple; in the end, we will pay for what we did in WWII. @ Sloppy Zhang - You have accepted that there could be psychic phenomena, haven't you? If you have not (and most especially if you have not tried it), then why must another prove it to you? Why did you not need solid proof of Chikung's health benefits or its improvement in your sense of well being? Did you ask for a scientific study on that, or did you try it yourself and feel the effects?

That was glorious. I was not expecting to laugh.

I'm 19. It's a lot better than 15 was, let me tell you. EDIT: A few posts up, taichilady talks about Everyday-taichi.com. Oddly, that's where I first ever tried taichi. It linked me to Chikung-unlimited, which is where I first learned of energy. This was about two weeks before I joined this site, which I found through a link in Trunk's site, which I found linked somewhere else. Weird to see it all come sort of full circle.

Indeed. That's why we need honest, compassionate people to share with their fellow men and women what the power-hungry don't want them to know.

Quitting marijuana isn't hard, at least not like cigarettes or coffee or cocaine. It doesn't hurt; it actually feels pretty good to stop. Sleep is easier. Waking up is easier. It's just boring. :3 Edit: On topic: thanks to the internet, we have a lot more access to a lot more information than anyone did before now. I think it's the catalyst for all of our recent advancement. It's the distortion of truthful information that is the most dangerous problem; watch American Fox news, and you will see the kind of distortion of truth that takes a people and corrupts there hearts with fear and hatred.

The cake is a lie.

Hahaha, that was great. The individual who was investigating couldn't have been as clueless as it seemed... Then again, I'm not sure by the end of it what was sarcasm and what wasn't (on the matter of the dogs; the rest is obvious, but seemed like a distraction).

I guess even late it's worth it to say Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday! Thanks for all the info you've put on this site. You're one of those names I look to for someone who's being real.

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li mentioned chi.

Can't argue with that.

It's obvious that you use commas correctly (edit: besides one that should be a semi-colon, woops). Why is it that apostrophes- not to mention the y and o in you- are more troublesome?

I agree with steve f. Good response. Edit: verb issue

You know, I'm sorry for my statements in your two threads I've written in. If you are truly "approaching the complete understandings of modern life," with enough oneness to truly comprehend the reality of near past and future, then I commend those new understandings. It is silly of me to get upset at you for declaring your title statement above^. I don't have the experience myself to make any judgments. I can only read what you write, one post at a time. Edit: Like my avatar? It adds some ninja to the forums. That can't be a bad thing.

Hopefully a few people give suggestions other than basic advice. I know not, as I still practice no style. I'm as keen to see an answer as you are, Nilo.

I'd assume you could simply perform any style slower.