ChiDragon

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  1. 5 Shens Model of Alchemy

    魄魂 Po Hun seems to me they are in the reverse order. Normally, the expression goes like 魂魄(Hun Po), the soul(魂) and the body(魄) are giving an indication that the two always stay together for life person. They will be separated when the person dies.
  2. Chi Kung - The Ultimate Method of Breathing

    Finally, I've found the sore spot. It is a very slightly sore when I have my finger press against it. I was having problem finding it because the pain was so light which hard for me to detect.
  3. Haiku Chain

    Always me, yes me? I talk, speak, tell, even tao I'm not convincing.
  4. BK Frantzis - Taoist Energy Bodies

    佛 天 神 孔 人 氣 道 地 精 Yes, it was some philosophical thinking of the three religions. 道, 孔, 佛 were integrated to be coexisted in harmony. I believe it happened during the Tang Dynasty, when the three religions were having a great conflict among themselves, the ruler issued a decree for the three religions to exchange and share their religious ideas to avoid further conflicts. Thus that is where we are right now because of the decree. Perhaps it falls closest to the Taoist philosophy in harmony with Nature about 天人地 and 精氣神.
  5. Chi Kung - The Ultimate Method of Breathing

    This is something happened to the physical change in my body and I would to disclose this event to share with everybody. In few years back, I had bumped my head against the corner of the kitchen cabinet. It hurts but not as painful as I would have expected. Ever since I had practiced Tai Ji Chuan which improved my breathing. However, I was still not able to accomplish, 氣沈丹田(sink chi to dan tian) but one night something was darn on me. What I did was laying down on my bed and start doing the chest breathing. The first night was very difficult. The second night, I tried to hold my breath to force it down to the dan tian, but my head felt pretty heavy and kept trying without success. The third night, I tried again. Finally, my breath burst into my dan tian. Ever since then, I had cleared my ren meridian and perform abdominal breathing, at all times, as my normal breathing habit. From the breathing throughout the years, I felt my skull became more harden. In the last two years, I have changed my diet by eating raw nuts like walnut, almond, Brazilian nut, pecan, and cooked cashew nut for snack. I looked up what are the elements that are in these nuts. I figured I can get all the calcium, magnesium and all other basic elements that the body needs. Yesterday, some miraculous thing happened to me. When I tried to pick up a brick by the wall without looking anywhere but the brick, I lowered my body with my hands going straight down toward the brick. Unfortunately, I bumped my skull against the metal edge of water cooler by the window. Immediately, I felt that the force of impact was distributed through the cooler into the wall. At the instance, I felt sorry for my skull and I thought it's going to hurt for days. Then used my left hand to rub my skull trying to find the sore spot. Guess what, I did find any sore spot on my skull. Even this morning, it was still no pain at all on my skull. The only thing I felt is my skull was more harden than before. I had said in another thread that the Hard Gong(硬功) sequence starts with Chi Kung(氣功) to build up the inner strength(內功), then, to the final stage Hard Gong. I think that is exactly what took place in my body. I can elaborate more on this if anyone wish me to. So, what do you all think.....???
  6. @bubbles..... Thank you for your assistance to find the video..........
  7. If there is no translation, then, phonetic or pinyin was used to just for the pronouncattion. For example, Ali has no translation but 啊里 was used to have the closest phonetic for it. In your case, 亥(hi) probably is the closest so far for it. I need to do more research.
  8. [TTC Study] Chapter 6 of the Tao Teh Ching

    Based on the Chinese linguistic structure, 谷神 means the "spirit of the valley". 谷(valley) is an adjective or modifier and 神(spirit) is the subject. 谷神 is one term with compound characters. They are not two entities. It should be interpreted as the "spirit of the Valley" rather than "the valley and the spirit".
  9. Steve... Thanks for keeping track of my posts. I couldn't do this better myself; and I do mean every words that I had said, unless you have better words to rebut them.
  10. That was one of your preconceived ideas; don't you think......??? Let me go find my video of show you....!!! brb. Edited to add: @mYTHmAKER.... Do you remember where is my video about ZZ that you had asked me to post for you.....??? The one you had said that I was not relex enough in my ZZ stance.
  11. You write it this way: 松赞 瘋狐 虎 啊里 with no space in between. The spaces shown here are just for mental separation of the each name. To be exact, you'll write it this way from left to right: 松赞瘋狐虎啊里 or you can write it vertically: 松 赞 瘋 狐 虎 啊 里 You welcome....!!!
  12. Songtsan 松赞 CrazyFox 瘋狐 Tiger 虎 Ali 啊里
  13. Sorry, Kevin, that I had given you some invaluntary information.........
  14. Well, if you google 铁布衫 or 铁衫, then you will be a big difference. Ever since I was a kid, I have known the term 铁布衫 for a long time. However, it sounds better in English as "Iron Shirt". It doesn't sound very good in Chinese, but 铁布衫 is. When it comes the translation of the Chinese terminologies into any language, I had found that there is always a variation due to the language difference. The first stage of "iron shirt" requires the practitioner to know Qigong, then Neigong, in order to practice the final Hard Gong(硬功). Another thing that is the people in different parts of China do use a different term for the same thing due to the locality. There was really nothing official about it. Even though there is Standing committee resolutions of the Chinese congress to set up the standards, but the local people still do not pay much attention to it but stick to their own terminology.
  15. hehehe....... It was only a matter of language. Actually "iron cloth shirt(铁布衫)" is the same as "iron shirt". The two names came from the same source but they just sound better in each language. It was the keyword "iron" only matters. 铁身功法 tieshen gongfa, 铁杉 tieshan and 铁杉功 tieshangong are the same. It is only a matter of description. AN iron-shirt Qigong is THE iron-shirt Qigong. Sorry, for all the confusion....!!!
  16. FYI..... 铁布衫, iron cloth shirt, is the official Chinese term. It is an independent form from all other martial arts. It was considered as a Nei Kung because the force was issued internally to repel anyone who is within the effective perimeter of the practitioner. Nei Kung(內功) supports Hard Gong(硬功) because nothing can penetrate through the body of the practitioner. In addition, the initial practice of iron cloth shirt(铁布衫) starts with Chi Kung(氣功) with the basic fundamental breathing method as described by Vatilii or the UMB by yours truly.
  17. Spontaneous horse stance

    This happens all the time in Tai Ji, as a matter of fact, when a Tai Ji practitioner has both legs on the ground is always in a horse stance position as the basic requirement. The deeper the stance which is the higher level of practice.
  18. Microcosmic orbit and Chia.

    This part is uncertain, some people said under this condition was considered to be the Big Celestial Circulation or Macrocosmic Orbit. People also speculate that Chi circulate in both directions, clockwise or counterclockwise. However, learning the basic breathing technique was considered to be the Small Celestial Circulation or Microcosmic Orbit. Indeed, all these hypothesis are not verifiable. What works was the breathing that took place to make things work the way as they are.
  19. Microcosmic orbit and Chia.

    Absolutely. Not many people aware of this: the basic breathing techniques as a good starting foundation to begin with.
  20. Chi Kung - The Ultimate Method of Breathing

    In modern time, "氣沈丹田(sink Chi to dan tian)" is also known as "Dan Tian Breathing" or "Abdominal Breathing" because of the definitions above. In addition, since the diaphragm moves with the abdomen, it is also known as "Diaphragm Breathing". There are more given names that are related to the "Abdominal Breathing" we should be aware of.
  21. Haiku Chain

    We who recall youth Breathe the source of energy Thanks to mitosis
  22. Building inner force

    Yes, stamina, patience and endurance are exactly how the state of serenity for the mind was trained for self discipline.
  23. The Mysterious Female

    .................................... db...... You are right....!!! It is not relevant to this thread.
  24. Chi Kung - The Ultimate Method of Breathing

    From a Chi Kung point of view, one who cannot perform abdominal breathing initially, it was considered that the "ren meridian" was blocked. It is because the ren meridian is straight down through the navel and the DT. The first requirement for Chi Kung is to have the breath pass the navel down to the DT with the abdomen fully expanded. When the requirement has been met, it was said to be "Chi sink to the DT(氣沈丹田)" and the "ren meridian" has been cleared. Ever since the "Chi sink to the DT" requirement has been met, it should be performed for regular breathing to have the effectiveness of Chi Kung. Indeed, the first stage of Chi Kung practice has been reached. Some people might argue that is not what they have learned. However, this is very fundamental to understand what Chi Kung is all about for some beginners instead of flooding them with some ambiguous traditional ideas. The best way to prove me wrong is try to practice Chi Kung without the UMB and see how far one can go from there. This is my two cents worth.....???
  25. Building inner force

    Building inner strength means one's body must be able to exert an immense force, continuously, without getting fatigue. It can be accomplished by practice Tai Ji Chuan or any type of Chi Kung, for a long time, as long as abdominal breathing is involved.