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Oh my goodness! If you are going to meet Master CK Chu, it's a different story! You will be in one of the best hands possible, lucky you Forget all I have written so far, and just listen and follow what he will teach you. He has a very specific way of teaching zhan zhuang. You are blessed. Enjoy and keep us posted

I would interpret these as good signs. I guess you did zz in the evening or before going to bed. It is not recommended at the beginning because it can disturb the sleep. The energy that has been liberated through standing- even in wuji posture can be too much in the beginning. This will subside after a while and your will be able to do zz in the evening. If you do zz in the morning, you will sleep better and have more juice during the day.

In Yiquan, when you train in zhan zhuang postures you use mental visualizations that aim at developing gradually some special sensing ability and internal power by fusing your body and mind. Visualizing means here actualizing, not merely using imagination. When you have some good basis in zhan zhuang you go to shi li, which is an attempt to keep the internal state of feeling force, power movement in non-movement found in zhan zhuang into some slightly moving postures which means finding the non-movement into the movement and keeping the feeling of force.. You achieve this through movements accompanied by visualizations (images, feelings, forces applying to your body) that generate specific sensations. This is testing force/shi li. When good at it, it looks like what you have seen in the vid. Difficult to explain but hope it helps

Yes! Natural way is good to start with. If you begin, you can start with Lam Kam Chuen material ( the way of energy book), he emphasizes natural postures without all the details that may be confusing. There was an ancient TV program now on you tube ( find it ). You can begin with day 1 and stay there the time you find necessary. Don't think too much, feel, and stay relax (x10) Enjoy

Firstly if you take the time to browse the forum, you will find a few threads like this one. This is a question that regularly pops up in different ways. People may be be bored responding to the same question over and over. Secondly, it is at least careless to make such a generalization. How can you know for sure that most people here don't know high level masters? Thirdly, it would be interesting to know what is your criteria of a high level master.

Good to have a high level practitioner on board. Just enlighten us and give us your suggestion.

If consistency is your primary concern, first practice Zen daily for at least 1 year and then we shall discuss. Otherwise your are confusing yourself and others. What is the point of discussing about words when you don't know the reality they are referring to? Friendship can include strong reminders that we should stick to the reality of things, when those things can only be reached and known through experience.

This was not the point and you know that.

I have objection for your intention to understand something conceptually without any experience of it. Would you be able to fully grasp the reality of the strawberry without experience of it? Do you think the conceptual meaning of it could have been built without experience? Do you confuse words and experiential realities? Concepts without experience are empty talk, if I care to stay polite. This is true in general but all the more true when it comes to spiritual practices. If miracles are possible in this Christmas time, I wish you will be able to empty your cup and listen to what steve and others have repeatedly said to you when you pretend to know it all only by the way of dictionaries.

Yes!

Seeing your flaws makes you wiser than the blind. Not willing to engage into fruitless battles makes you wiser than me

You clearly don't know what you are talking about. You don't practice Zen meditation, but still pretend to know what it is. Your definitions are false. Wise Marblehead!

Wise Marblehead.

Your set is better than the one I gave. The master I followed when I practiced zen is the Dharma heir of Gudo Nishijima. _/\_

One giving thoughts to zazen can't understand zazen, once one practices zazen he doesn't care anymore about understanding zazen, so you would be better off beginning the practice by following the instructions below: zazen instructions

This is important but NOT for the muscles. It is important to prevent injuring your knees if you stand for long periods of time and for the energetic alignments.

Actually this is nothing new. The Catholic Church repeats the same ideas about economy and social questions since 1891(Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII) and updated them since. As always and as everyone can see it, there is a long way from words to action as far as the institution is concerned. The real thing is more often found in individuals or small groups actions.

No boy, "you don't pivot from an impersonal experience". This is self delusion. Your mental state is obviously altered and you really need to consult a psychiatrist or get some professional advice. You are a sociopath ( see what I mean HERE ) which is very different from being impersonal. Good luck

Hi Encephalon Hope you are still interested in the becoming of this thread notwithstanding the fear/anger-based mental gesticulating of a particular folk here. For a more in-depth look into this, you can read a book written by a christian monastic, Brian J. Pierce, OP : We walk the path together My link He went to Thich Nhat Hanh retreat center and practiced sometimes there. He later investigated the similarities and differences between Thich Nhat Hanh and Meister Eckhart from metaphysical and practical standpoints. If you are interested, I recommend this book. bubbles

Great!

Dear ChiDragon, Why being so surprised?? Don't you know some very materialistic people still don't believe they have a spirit ? Unbelievable? ..uh? hehehe...

Another way of putting it may be: Death is already occurring instant by instant as it is life's unfolding. Each moment is annihilated by the coming of the next. So finding how to live fully each moment is finding how to die gracefully.

We are not here to validate this kind of desire in anyway. If you need professional help - and I sincerely think you need it- you won't find it here. Ask your Medical Doctor or a psychologist. I warned you in another thread about falling into some symptom listed in the DSM IV. Here we are. I am sorry for that. Please: (1) acknowledge you need help and (2) go consult.

Hi Everything, I proceeded in a very step by step manner. First I worked with Lam Kam Chuen material (the way of energy book) and followed it precisely ( I pratciced only 2 standing postures in six months). After 6 months or so I bought this dvd which I recommend strongly. Don't be put off by the appearance, the set Master Liu Xiao Ling is teaching is really really good. Don't rush, proceed little by little especially at first, but stick to it. In the end, you won't be able to do without it! Best qi