Bubbles

Yeah, that's what I was saying. I saw that OldChi has a PPF, he can store there his precious links and all related material. Actually, the mod team has nothing against pinning a kundalini thread, the last input was leaning towards pinning the thread in the Healing Circle where we can direct people with kundalini syndrome. Btw, Trunk, I was thinking that you could select some of the most important infos from your alchemical taoism website and gather them in your PPF. Some future members may need alternative views about HT material.

That's a good idea.

@ChiDragon: Here is the post where you shared the video of you doing Zhan Zhuang: http://thetaobums.com/topic/25579-the-significance-in-height-of-of-the-upper-thighs-of-zhan-zhuang/?p=377843

Thanks OldChi

Hi Old Chi, I know next to nothing about kundalini syndrome. I know that Seth Ananda, Hundun, and a few from the KAP may be contacted in this regard but nothing more. Could you use the search function and gather all the threads with useful information? Do you have a PPJ? If yes, you may (temporarily or forever) put there all your discoveries so that you may direct there people who join TTB and who need help. If no, I can create you one. We will discuss this in the mod team Thanks!

Headaches subside very quickly ( one day perhaps two). The difference before/after is that you don't feel any longer the ups and down that make you crave for your caffeine shot to be able to cope with your tasks. Your liver won't have to handle the fats contained in the coffee, your heart will beat more evenly and you will wake up in the morning more awake ( like children who don't need any boost to be fully available) and more rested. I was a heavy drinker, and litteraly loved italian expresso. I couldn't think of my life without coffee, I was wrong.

I am sorry for you. The idea is to have a daily good sweat, if you can manage that, then that's all good. Take care and keep us posted!

In winter, you can still exercise, no excuse .

It's easier than you may think. Just stop any caffeine intake and don't believe the thought that you are addicted, because you are really not. Take advantage of the summer to exercise, sleep well, eat more veggies and fruits and all will be fine.

Antares, Since you asked, here are your words. I am not happy to do this. 1. About Sifu Terry concealing the existence of transmission : As you can see not only you are suggesting that there must be transmission in FP, but you are also saying that Sifu Terry and Sifu Garry are not mentioning that transmission is necessary in FP. I will not quote again your post to Cihan where you are suggesting again that and because Sifu Terry has already answered you stating clearly that there is not transmission like that in FP 2. About Sifu Terry being a possible liar:

Which of ST's words I twisted to my convenience? In post 2381 just above (and you do that very often): Sifu Terry doesn't say there is spiritual transmission in FP like you will find in Tibetan Buddhism for eg. He talks about " spiritual channel" that is to say the channel you may be connected to if/when you have consistent practice of FP. If you read carefully what you quote, Sifu Terry makes a distinction between FP spiritual channel and the channel to which GMDW martial prowess were related. Instead of reading the words, you twist them in : there is mahamudra-like transmission in FP but Sifu Terry is hiding some informations, he contradicts himself, i read this and that on the internet, I was told by Mr S. that Sifu Terry was not the real deal anyway, etc...Then you come here, pretending asking sincere questions and being bullied by this nasty Bubbles, and Sifu Terry himself. And I repeat Antares, you do that all the time. Okey, but if student asks respectfully about most basic information like how many meditations there in the system and what can "transmission" mean then it would be nice to have reply to this query not insulting a student. This would be respect from BOTH sides. If there was no answer I used to ask another person who is student of GMDW who you started to abuse too. As you say this is discussion thread where people are free to share experiences and if I ask Cihan about his personal experience I expect respectful answer appropriate to the thread but not the personal insulting instead of reply. Is not it clear? You already received answers to your questions. But you have chosen not to believe them because you heard from someone that there was more to it etc...So you came here again and again with the same questions, and the same unwillingness to listen to the answers given by Leif, Sifu Garry and Sifu Terry. What can we do for you then? Then you come here and pretend being sincere and respectful You did not ask Cihan about his personal experience, you directly questioned and expressed doubts about it. Here are the words you wrote to Cihan: But what is the heart? Have you really realized what you are saying about? It is true that mind can not understand the heart. Only teacher who realized his heart can transmitt it to you. Okey, I do not want to be too much dogmatic but lets be realistic. You do only 2 meds for 3 years, right? There are over 500 another meds in FP. Let's calculate how many years it will take you to cultivate all of them. Do you think this is all what you need? And did you really understand those moves? In this regard, Sifu Terry's reply was just a reminder about what it means to be be respectful. The circle comes back around. I will not respond to the accusation you make of me abusing this GMDW's student. There is enough recorded in TTB archives for anyone to make his own opinion about it. Your accusation reveals that your sincerity is obviously a smokescreen for less healthy aims. This thread has been derailed enough.

I am not playing games at all here, Antares. Sifu Terry has been very clear from the very beginning of this thread and very generous in explaining all we need to start FP practice. Things are very simple for me and for most contributors of this thread; but for some reason it is not for you. When Sifu Terry says "Just do it", you don't. When Sifu Terry says no transmission like you will find in other systems, you don't want want to hear and believe. You take Sifu Terry's words and twist them completely to your own convenience. Cihan doesn't live in L.A, didn't meet Sifu Terry, but still considers himself as his student and take all his words as one would take the words of his teacher in a traditional relationship: he listens, trusts and practices. It is the same with Fu_doggy and for most of the contributors of this thread. That's why this thread is special. It is not just another thread where people chit/chat and throw whatever pops in their mind without thinking about how this could fit in the thread. This thread is a place where people can learn from Sifu Terry and share their experience, it is not a railway station. So most of us have a kind of respect for this thread, for Sifu Terry and for his instructions. If you consider yourself as his student , and he says: just do it. You do it. If he says, no classical taoist map can explain FP, that's all we need to know. If he says, no transmission, that's all about it. This is what I call respect. And I ask you for the third time to be mindful of that. You are welcome to come here and learn, ask questions and listen carefully to the answers given to you either in the past posts or directly to you by Sifu Terry and Sifu Garry. If you don't come here for that, then you are not welcome. It is nothing personal, it is just respect.

Antares I was talking about theoretical classical roadmap we can find in others known chinese arts like TCM etc.. See Sifu Terry's post # 89 : http://thetaobums.com/topic/12639-flying-phoenix-chi-kung/?p=171948 You are misquoting Sifu Terry about the possible ill effects of practicing Qigong without a martial background. Please see and read carefully # 93 http://thetaobums.com/topic/12639-flying-phoenix-chi-kung/?p=174514. Sifu Terry is not talking about FP but about others Qigong systems. All a beginner need to begin FP practice and to receive the benefits is out there is this thread if one is taking the time to read carefully it and after emptying one's cup. It's up to you. I will ask you again to respect this thread and Sifu Terry's words. Thanks you

Both Sifu Terry and Sifu Garry wrote several times in this thread that the best approach is "just do it". Sifu Terry wrote this long before you began posting here. Sifu Terry wrote clearly at the beginning of the thread that FP did not fit into any traditional roadmap. So either you follow Sifu Terry on this, either you would better stay out of this thread and follow your external sources. If you need a personal space to post your personal questioning and shilly-shallying, as a moderator, I can create you a PPJ. The FP thread is one of the best and consistent thread of TTB, let's respect it and let's take Sifu Terry's at his words regarding FP practice.

If you think some specific aspect of a subject needs attention, just add a post to the current thread stating that you invite people to discuss with you a specific aspect of the same subject. I am withdrawing now from this discussion. If you still have questions, please keep them for yourself until the unified policy is posted.

Silas- Your post is raising the question of the policy applied to Topic Spam. I will just say a few things since the mod Team is currently working on an unified policy regarding this. A thread is like place where you start and share a train of thoughts and invite people to react to it. The substantial unity of the thread and its identity lie in the subject matter of your thread and expressed in the title which is the label of your train of thought. Conversely, the thread gives some formal untity to a train of thoughts and a discussion. That's the reason why members do appreciate that contributors of a given thread stay on Topic and don't derail it. Your four threads didn't have a separate identity. They were all about Wirathu. There was no reason to make 4 different threads during the last 3 weeks time frame. This applies to you as to anyone else. It has nothing to do with the subject of your thread.

It is here http://thetaobums.com/topic/30000-wirathu-the-face-of-buddhist-terrorism/

Silas- Your last thread was not really about Ananda Bhante. It was a continuation of the Wirathu thread. Therefore, it has been merged with the Wirathu thread ( it starts at post # 77 in the merged thread) and the whole has been moved to the Pit. On July 13th I asked you to stop starting new threads about Wirathu. Why? Because at that time you had already started 3 threads about it with different titles. Two of them were merged and you can find the third in the Off Topic section. It would have been appropriate to use the already existing thread to post your new content. Instead of that you disregarded the July 13th request (post #68 in the merged thread). So I treated your new thread as spam, and moved it to the Pit. This is what has been stated in today's post (#79 in the merged thread). If you want to post more about Wirathu, you can do so in the merged thread ( in the Pit) or in the thread that is still in the Off-topic section. The request has been very clear: don't start several threads about the same subject (be it Wirathu or anything else). If you choose to ignore this request, you will be suspended. You will also receive a copy of this post via PM. Thanks

Why wait for your mid 60's?

Welcome at TTB Enjoy your stay here

Done. I also changed it in your PPJ.

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Some members help us: they use the report button. If you find that some threads should be moved to Off-Topic section, just let us know. We don't have the time nor the liking for reading all TTB threads. Thanks

Hi Tibetan_Ice, It's an interesting story. How come that after meeting Jesus, you went into samatha/vipassana ? Something was lacking? Thanks

Thank you both for your suggestions. I have edited the title.