Maddie

Anyone know of how chakras might compare to extrodinary vessels?

Ok here is what I know about the Solar Plexus Chakra from study and research over the years. The Solar Plexus chakra lies in the solar plexus region of the abdomen between the sternum and navel. It is the third chakra up, and the top of the lower three chakra's that govern the physical plane. It has to do with our personal sense of power, self esteem, and digestion. Emotions associated with it are guilt, shame, anger, pride, ego, and competitiveness in its negative state. When it is strong people tend to be very assertive, when weak timid and passive, when over active, people tend to be pushy and forceful. It is one of the most Yang chakras and its element is fire. Intestingly enough the middle warmer of the triple warmer organ where the solar plexus lies is said to be where fire chi is located, it transforms food into chi, and regulates digestion. It is the seat of the ego and the will. Being that it is the Yang chakra, men who's solar plexus chakra is strong attract women automatically. Think of the sports hero, the athlete, the warrior, the alpha male, those are all examples of people with a strong solar plexus. The Archetype of the solar plexus is the Warrior in its positive state, and the Servant in its negative/weak state. Its all about how we feel about ourselves, our boundries, our assertiveness, our yang power, our energy. It is also one of the most emotionally supseptable areas of our bodies which is why when we are stressed we feel tension in our solar plexus area in our gut. A good way to empower and balance the solar plexus is to do the "hold the ball" stance in standing meditation at the solar plexus level, and to breat into it during seated meditation. Signs that your solar plexus chakra is healing and detoxifying are sudden bursts of anger, emotion, frustration, and other related supressed power emotions.

Good info, but very basic ;-)

Dr. Yang of YMAA says 24 hours

Is anyone familiar with side effects from zhan zhuang? I've noticed that if I'm going to feel side effects from any type of qigong, its this. I've noticed in particular that if I do the holding the ball position in front of chakras that I consider relatively weak, such as my solar plexus, that I feel very odd later. Is this a normal thing to get through or what?

Hey Non I got a question. The last time you went to speak to a woman, did she say you were a pervert for talking to her, or is that what you thought she would think if you were to go talk to her?

Oh I realize it wasn't really meant as a compliment, but I was happy anyways lol :-D. Funny thing is, is even though she said that, she just can't stop to seem emailing me, and getting flirty haha.

Hey I feel for you, if you've read any of my posts you'll know I tend to approach things from an "energy first" perspective... take care of the energy, the problem takes care of itself. Taoists say our heart stores our shen (spirit) which is responsible for our direction in life, our zest for life, and for healthy loving relationships, all things you listed as an issue. If I were you therefore I would work on my heart/fire meridian. The inner smile and healing sounds can take one a long way in this regard. :-)

Hey Ya Mu, I was just curious as to why you do not consider the 8 brocades true qigong? as they have been part of chinese qigong for a long time? In my personal experience I do also use them as a warm up, but I personally feel that they are a qigong in their own right, if not the most advanced one for sure. Just curious as to your reasoning?

You know I had a rather unusual experience the other day. I have an online dating profile and my pictures on there are from a few years back. Now I know the story with such things is that someone posts a picture from 20 years ago and looks nothing like they do now. But a few years back should be no biggie right? So this woman is a few years older than me. So I show up and she says "oh you don't look anything like your pictures" and I'm thinking "what have I aged that badly??" lol. So I asked exactely what she meant, and she said "you look a lot younger than your pictures, you look like a little kid" lol, and I was like "?!?!". The only thing I could think of is that when those pics were taken I had not been doing qigong very long, and obviously a few years down the road now I have done more qigong. Perhaps as I do qigong and its detoxifying effect might undo some of the aging process?

Hmmmm yea that would be interesting to explore, as I've heard its applicable in these situations.

I suppose I should have specified that not all women are on ego trips, just like not all men are, but many are. Though I would have to say that the healthy way to approach this is if you see a woman who is on a ego trip, just recognize it and avoid her and don't get sucked into her issues. Keep your eye open for a woman that is more well adjusted and not having ego issues, and go for that. Just remember that even women who don't have ego issues, will not all be attracted to you, for everyone has their types, and its not personal, its not even conscious, its just the way it is. Its good to not over think stuff :-)

Very true ;-). Its not easy being human lol, we have that spark of true love with in each of us, yet we also have to contend with ego, lust, ect... it definately keeps life interesting.

That was a really cool story about the Dali Lama. Though I have not met him personally, I do love watching him on TV, and reading his books as even through this medium I can feel some of what you were talking about. He has challenged me to strive towards unconditional/universal love that has no expectations :-). As far as a method to cultivate this would go, I would assume working on the heart chakra would be a good way to clear all the obstructions that block the love that is already within us from shining forth :-)

I can't really speak about the other two, but ba-duan-ji (8 brocades) is what I do daily, and one of the main parts of my practice. It has a clearing and balancing effect on your meridians and their associated organs. I've found it to be very effective for good physical, mental, and emotional health. Though while I feel its very effective on the meridian/organ level, I don't know if it directly works on the chakras or dan tiens (it could but I dont' know) though since chakras are connected to organs I suppose it can and does in an indirect way.

To me this is the very painful part of doing the inner smile. As you smile to your organs and come into contact with yourself, and you see the things about yourself that are less than flattering, it is not a very fun thing :-(, yet it is a good thing as this is how we grow. I think as humans we love our denial more than almost anything else. I guess this is another thing about increased sensitivity, it goes in all directions and can make you feel very bad about yourself when you deal with your "inner asshole" as I put it, quite painful.

Lol yea I'm sure I added to the reputation of the officer corps as well haha. Yes well one thing you said about the "beast within" is very relevant. Our lower three chakras are basically our animal nature, and most animals have at least the first three chakras as well. As sexuality is an issue (at least in its raw form) governed by our lower chakras, our lower nature, it is a very animalistic, instinctual type drive. SUBLIMATION: One reason that retention can become so difficult is because our kidneys store jing, and govern our sexuality. Once they have made just about all the sperm that our bodies can hold and we are "full" the kidneys (as the ruler of our sexuality) send us the signal that its "time" to perpetuate the speicies, as they have been doing for millions of years of evolution. This is natural, this is normal, this makes retention extremely difficult lol. The only real effective way to get around this function of our kidney meridian system is to do what makes it happy, lessen the amount of sperm within us. The usual way of course is simply to ejaculate, but if we subliminate then we transform this sperm into jing and store it is our dan tien. Same result. I think we can gague how effectively we are truely sublimating our sperm into jing by feeling how badly we desire sex. Sublimation is not an easy thing to do, and just like anything it takes time and practice to get better at it. I've noticed when I sit down to sublimate and I can tell things went really well, the sex drive thing is a piece of cake. Other times when I was distracted or for what ever reason things just didn't go well, its easy to feel this as well as it does not take too long for sexual desire to go through the roof. YIN/YANG: Also as males we can tend to become extremely yang if we do not find a good way to balance our excess yang with yin. There are many ways to do this. For example with that army officer female, I could tell her desire was high, which in her case being a woman meant that she had a lot of excess yin. As she was touching my body I could feel the yin/yang exchange taking place and it was very balancing. I've also found that standing meditaion is a good way to ground excess yang into the earth and draw up earth yin chi. Doing the MCO is effective as well, as when you move chi through your perinium which is the yang pole, your draw that yang eventually up to your crown which is your yin pole (just like on a magnet) and a degree of balance is achieved as well. Obviously the easiest way to achieve yin/yang balance is to simply have sex with a woman which explains why that is what most of the population naturally seeks to do, even if they do not realize it is for this reason. I've found that simply being near females helps achieve some balance automatically, but if the natural way is not enough then doing the "Drew" method of intentional yin/yang transfer through the third eye is helpful as well.

Yup thats what I learned from that, which is why I don't do it anymore. It was mostly just an experiment anyways, yet very informative. I take no pleasure in making people feel bad.

I listen, but there ARE things you can do about it as well, some of which I've tried to share with you. In my experimentation I've also tinkered with the various chakras to see how women respond to the various kinds of energy we as men emit. You are correct women like very yang males, as when I increase my yang chakra women respond, and when I increase my yin chakra ... well they also respond but not favorably lol. I understand your frustration and I honestly and sincerely wanted to help you because I know how much feeling that way sucks, and I really do want you to "get the girl" ;-). What I was starting to get at the other day was your two best friends in this realm are you sacral and solar plexus chakras. Your sacral is your yin chakra, and affects how you feel about women. Your solar plexus chakra is your yang chakra and affects how women feel about you (when your solar plexus is strong women will melt over you, and won't be able to control themselves). Both are important in meeting women, as if you don't feel comfortable with women, intimacy, ect.. things won't go well, and if women don't feel attracted to you, well you know.... I've tinkered with this on dates too. I've focused on just the sacral chakra and I felt pretty darn good, but it got me no where lol. I've also focused on the solar plexus chakra only and women were throwing themselves at me, but because I had neglected the sacral chakra I was rather put off by it. I've even experimented while talking to women. During the course of a conversation on a date, I would send chi to my sacral chakra and notice I got comfortable, she lost intrest. Then I shifted this to the solar plexus and she got turned on, and I lost intrest. Then I sent equal amounts of chi to both of them and things went well. So please understand I was not telling you this information about chakras to be annoying, I really want to help :-). One important point though is when you have a rather large imbalance, you can not just do a little qigong and expect everything to be all better in a few days or even weeks. You have to be very persistent, disciplined, and patient. Since obviously these chacteristics are not easy to have when you feel like crap, that is one reason a while back I recommended some homeopathics, flower essences, herbs and stuff like that. These things will help you to get to the point that you are able to focus and get to work on these things, and can even help you to acheive a pretty decent degree of balance on their own. Non I know how frustrating all this is, cause I'm a guy too and we all have to deal with women's crap. So hang in there buddy, don't loose hope, things can change, and things will change. I know they will change cause you want it too bad for it not too. :-)

Very interesting as the exact same thing happened to me as well when I was doing long term retention. This female army officer took me to her home, gave me a bath, massaged me, and then just sort of wanted me to lay about nude for her kicks n giggles (I know she wanted more) and ironically even when she couldn't keep her hands off my body I easily maintained my composure. Then at other times when I was alone during retention I went through extreme episodes of sex obession where I didn't know how I was going to make it. I figured that simply being near a female had a yin/yang balancing effect.

You know I've been pondering something and have done a little experiment about the whole "women are frustrated because men don't understand them, and thats really what they want" theory. I think that is SO NOT TRUE lol, leme tell you about it .... Ok so as I've been doing qigong I've noticed that my ability to read people's energy is becoming more and more acute. It's gotten to the point that with most people I can just sort of look at them and pretty much get the basics of who they are in a moment. I now think that in those situations a few weeks ago when I would see a pretty girl, and just KNOW she was not for me, this is what was going on. In fact being out and about in public one thing I have realized is that MOST people's energy is not compatible with me at all, ok but I digress from the point... So on to the experiment. Ok so lately when I would meet a girl and go out lets say to get a cup of coffee or what not, I would first anaylize their energy while we were making chit chat. Then after a few minutes I would say something like "most women claim that all they want is a guy who understands them, right?" and their eyes would light up and they would say "oh yes of course, blah blah blah". So then I would say "well cool cause check this out...." and then I would proceed to tell them all this stuff that I knew about them, even though I had just met them. It was at this point that the color usually drained from their face. They would always then proceed to ask me with a rather disturbed look on their face, how I knew all of this? I would then be very candid and explain to them that its just a develpment that has come with doing qigong for a few years. It was at this point that reading their energy became really interesting as you get a buffet of reactions, from them thinking I was full of shit, to being scared, to feeling very uncomfortable, but NEVER was the reaction positive. It was usually not too long after this that they were ready to go, and of course I never heard from them again lol. So what does this show? It shows that what women say is NOT what they really mean. They are not straight foward, and they definately do NOT want men to really understand them. What they really want is for men to buy the front they put up to them as this aids in their never ending quest to have power over men. Ok let me say that again, basically all of the things women do can be summed up in that they have this on going arms race to obtain power over men, and they do not like anything that is not in their favor, including being sincere and direct, and men really understanding them. Here are a couple examples that I have run into and I'm sure everyone else has too woman says: Oh I hate it how men all want to get into my pants. woman really means: Shes either saying it to boost her ego by showing how in demand she is, and/or she actually wants you to try to get into her pants because she either really wants sex at the moment, or she can reject you and then it boosts her feeling of power of men. (these are actual energy vibes I was reading when being told this line) woman says: all I seem to date are jerks woman really means: I want you to try to "prove" really hard that your not a jerk, and thereby become my chump.

curious? what kind of meditation do you do? and how long have you done it? and how often?

I've also wondered a lot why in qigong there is not really that much said about love and such things??

Speaking of the kidney/bladder meridian / water element. I've noticed that between the hours of 3-7 pm when its these meridians dominate time, that I tend to get rather horney lately. Anyone know why this might be?

I've noticed lately that after eating beef I feel very sluggish and uncomfortable. This has not been the case for me before, but it has been lately? Anyone know anything about this?