SingaporeGuyHere

this are very good questions !! usually as in most of the cases, practitioners use their mind in a ATTEMPT to mentally force open their channels, then afterwards go around thinking that its opened up till so-and-so point, tomorrow or next week i will work at opening another point or so.... again, many times WE go around living in a MENTAL BUBBLE, we THINK that my body is this-and-that, my qi is this-and-that, i like this-and-that, i dont like this-and-that you can try shutting up the ALWAYS THINKING MIND, try to FORGET about what you THINK IS HAPPENING to your body and JUST LISTEN to the truth your body is telling you, of course next you are going to sit back in your chair for 1 - 5mins and wonder why you can't hear anything i try listening too, its hard to listen when the mind keeps thinking and thinking and thinking

well first of all, if your healthy with no prior health problems except this hot dantian, can consider a temporary TOTAL pause of your practise also WHO is teaching you ? or are you reading a book / from online websites if some of the replies here leave you slightly confused, might be safer not to try them :X

if you can feel a icky, sticky sensation that seems like its latching on to you and you cant shake it off, i think its probably some bad energy or something.....good luck protecting yourself !

i agree with several posts here, you need to know the limits of your conscious mind, what are its limits ?

what a horrible experience, interesting last sentence

interesting life story SFjane ! congrats on finally moving on to a better path

those idiots keep on going on about how the poor dogs have feelings and souls, then have chicken + fish for lunch

yup yup

if a practitioner starts ageing faster then something is very wrong

yes sadly, GIANT western corporations have the money to keep flashing their advertisments and change the mindset of young consumers, who are still easily-influenced by MEDIA in general.

buddha still went around for alms (food) after enlightenment.......

i edited the last line to make it funnier

could be the ghost keeping her prisoner

yeah interesting stuff...always good to know..

"nobody is born perfect, it is thru choice that we patiently refine our mind" wish someone had hammered this into me while i was much younger ! years of guilt for feeling emotions i didn't want to feel