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thanks for posting this, i kinda needed the reminder.

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do you practice taiji? i always recommend taiji even if i practice bagua. with bagua when i coil that is yin movement , when i uncoil it becomes yang. inhale is yin, exhale is yang. i wish to store all of my qi in the area just below my navel, close to my center of gravity. taiji gives birth to yin and yang movements.

i did some tm back in mid 70's/ i found results but it was my first experience with any type of sitting mediatation. focusing on one thing , like a candle flame for instance is beneficial. quieting the mind also beneficial. i do diferent type of meditation now and i probably should more often than i do. each session of meditation should give results, results are not always typical for each person.

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why is it that you cannot leave the situation immediately?

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the tao is as relevant now as it has ever been

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would you agree that before you can create your own effective forms, you need to attain a certain level of proficiency in moving energy that usually takes years to accomplish?

do you practice martial arts? taiji quan is a good choice and after practicing this for sometime you will able to meditate and quite the mind.

tai chi gives birth to yin and yang. there is also wu chi and the great quiesence

@ramon25 somatics is our nervous system, right? some people think our nervous system = our spirit @cowtao the way i kinda agree @dawei a golden flower, maybe? @thelerner nature/truth @stigweard maybe it is a cup of tea what variety of tea are we sharing? @strawdog your view of the tao is almost exactly like my definition of wisdom knowledge, wisdom.enlightenment all diferent things enlightenment is not the tao either a common definition is it is the basic eternal principle of the universe @strawdog this is a very abstract and deep question . is anyone's answer wrong? yet the answers are not quite right , always seek the tao. what comes from the tao returns to the tao.

i practice pa kua chang, baguazhang . in humble opinion a introductory book on this subject would be BAGUAZHANG-THEORY AND APPLICATIONS by Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming and & Liang Shou-Yu

those are 4 nice books. i do not wish to speak out of turn, but i think it says in the KUNLUN book if you wish to take up kunlun to stop using other energy working systems. someone plz correct me if i am wrong about this? the 5 element qigong tai chi and yoga would be fine compliments.

i looked at the books listed. i would suggest for beginners or anyone "THE TAOIST HEALTH AND EXERCISE BOOK" by Da Liu. sometimes it is pricey on used book sites but if you have patience it can be found at a reasonable price. all Da Liu books are a good read. My first taoist book was Da Liu's "TAI CHI CHUAN AND MEDIATION" in the footnotes other great books get mentioned as well.

hi, my taoist path is a new one. beginning about a year ago. when my breathing level was in the range of 100-200. and western medicine was of no help. an older friend of mine suggested"chinese breathing exercises" so , experimenting with various qigongs and also herbs. by spring i was up to 150-250, summer 300-450. and now 500-640. during my research i read amazing accounts of taoists, tcm theory. taichi, baguazhang, i ching. etc!!! pantheism had struck a chord with me earlier in life . it seems to me taoism has similarity. anyways, i look forward to continuing learning.