ChiDragon

I'll stick with the Title. Period. Everything starts with the mind. If there was no mind, then there is nothing to initiate the actions of human.

Yes, the Unity is not the One. It was completely isolated in this case. The deductive reasoning must apply here. Edited to add: You must have noticed that the "wu" has multimeaning throughout the TTC, in the similar manner, used by Lao Tze.

I am native speaker too. thetaoiseasy is right on the money. However, even some native scholars didn't get into the right perspective. This phrase is a very typical classic way of writing. The thoughts are there but the translations still not too clear. 天得一以清: Heaven gained Unity becomes clear. Thus the modern interpretation should read as: When Heaven has gained Tao, then it becomes clear. Note: Where Unity interpreted as "Tao" in the TTC.

Sorry, I know nothing about the combination. Their names sound strange.

Are you able to sleep at night....??? Do not do the M-thing too often....!!!

Ron.... You welcome...!!! As a Taoist, I do not expect anything in return, there is no need to make this publicly known. Thanks anyway. No problem, you just give me the details.

welcome..... If you cant do it, please don't force yourself. It is really not that critical but your pain and breathing are.

Here is one more.... It has to be so complex is because the experience was experienced by the inexperienced.

If you were not doing the abdominal breathing, in the first place, then you are not doing the MCO correctly. If you did, your abdomen would have had been massaged your large intestine to enhence the peristalsis to prevent constipation. Indeed, this is the basic biological function of the internal organs.

No. It is not true. It was from fiction stories only.

Stop it......!!!

You are doing a great job here for the same thing. Now, please stop putting your foot in your own mouth.

......................... :D I'm sure don't want to find a teacher like you nor learn from a book you wrote.

What are the breathing rate under the conditions above....??? 1. For an ordinary person, the average breathing rate for condition #1 is about 16 times 2. Under the UMB, my normal breathing habit is four times per min. Chi Kung practitioners can breathe less frequent is because they can breathe a higher volume of air/oxygen in one inhalation. There is enough oxygen to last the practitioner for 15 seconds before the next breathing cycle. It gives ample of time for the oxygenated blood to carry the oxygen to the body cells to perform their function. As oppose to normal breathing, the unused portion of oxygen was exhaled before the red blood cells have enough time to collect them. Thus it causes an oxygen deficiency for the cells and the internal organs to be dysfunctional.

There is a acupoint outside of your thighs called 風市(feng shi4). Stand up and lower your right hand where the tip of the middle finger is and see if you have a slight sore there. If you do, massage it until the sore goes away. Let's see that helps.

Both Chi, post-heaven(postnatal) chi and pre-heaven(prenatal) chi, are TCM terms. If one wants to cultivate the Chi in Chi Kung, one must distinguish the definitions from this Chi to that Chi. Just beware of that there are three Chi's here in this thread excluding others.

Okay, I buy that but it is your word against Lao Tze. BTW Based on your logic, you are so right; 道 never existed at all because Lao Tze was the one who created it.

Yes, what you said are true. 衛 means to protect; to guard. Thus it is the function of the soldiers or guards(衛兵). It is analogous to the white blood cells in the immune system. The white blood cells was referred as the soldiers in the human immune system. The soldier story was made to be interesting for the kids for easy understanding.

I think you've missed the logical thought in the former which was suggesting, in the latter, that it(Tao) existed in the first place before any gods or ancestors.

Back to basics.... The UMB is not the ultimate yet. It is only the primary step to get to the final stage of Chi Kung. To get the final stage of Chi Kung is involve with the slow body movements plus the UMB, in order, to have its true efficacy. This idea is very trivial by observing any type of Chi Kuing method. If anyone has noticed the first thing that the Chi Kung practitioners do is take a deep breath and raise both hands. It seems to be it was a minor thing to begin with and not worth to be noticed by many. However, most people have been ignoring the fact that breathing has something to do with Chi Kung. Unfortunately, some had practiced for a long time and have not gain any benefits and still don't know why. It would be a real surprise if one has realize that the significance of breathing was hidden in Chi Kung.

先天 pre-Heaven: prenatal 後天 post-Heaven: postnatal 精神: In TCM, it is a descriptive term for the appearance of the vitality of a person

I think you mean 衛兵 as a guard wearing a protective jacket. In TCM, 衛氣 is a guarding system inside the human body. In western medicine, 衛氣 is equivalent to the immune system guarding against antigen.

Yes, I agree. It just sounds better and less awkward if they were putted in the proper order. To a native speaker, hmm.....it's really not quite acceptable if they were in the reverse order. However, if you insist to write it your way. I will stay out of your way. Sorry for the intrusion.

Nei Kung(內功), internal method or practice, obviously it is the cultivation from the inside of the body. Building inner strength is to be accomplished by practicing the method. Edited to add: Now, the question is what can one do internally to cultivate the inner strength.....???