Jeramiah Zeitigeist

Wow ! Sifu William Henderson knows his Bagua ! I could feel the energy moving slightly in my own body, just watching that video. Thanks for sharing, Sifu Terry.

Yes.As an example, the poor person who dropped round to borrow a book, last week.I accidentally blasted her with chi from 10-15 feet away. She had no idea what I was doing, so didn't know to expect anything. Instant and severe 'sunstroke' symptoms for two days. Severe headache, nausea, bad eyes, dizzy and floaty. Said it felt like being punched. She definitely knew about it. I've met a few people who can do it.

You can absolutely guarantee that will not be what happens. To quote a leading British cancer specialist, in direct conversation with me, in his office, last summer; "I don’t need to tell you that, you know all too well. There is no honesty in the cancer world. I should know. It’s been my life for thirty years" And to quote an influential cancer researcher, who spoke to me, face to face, in the spring of this year; "I have no doubt healing works, and works very effectively too. But I have no model to place it into. So I won’t be able to understand the results of the study. I know it will show healing is highly effective, as I have looked at it before. But I will look foolish if I prove something works, without having a mechanism to explain it by. You won’t find anyone willing to study your work. Not because it doesn’t work. But because we don’t know what to do with the result.”

Agreed ! Its the best resource on the San Ti stance. He doesn't leave anything out.

I use 100/0 weight distribution. Its a very complex stance that takes several years to learn correctly. Especially considering the vision aspect, where you look with the back' of your eyes, so everything is in perfect focus. And the breathing techniques, drawing energy from you hand to nose, then down to LDT.

Surely the best quote of the year ?

Luckily there are no skunks in the UK ! I do much of my practice in the garden, which looks onto a river, and ancient woodland beyond. In the last few months I have had various birds come land very close and watch me. Typically they are just normal garden birds, who will sit within an arms reach and watch. Recently, though, I have had a woodpecker, which are rare and quite shy of humans, and amazingly, a Kingfisher. These are especially shy, and most British people have never seen one. So 'something' draws them close to a human practicing Qigong. Late last year, I had a mouse regularly come to my feet, which practicing ZZ. A few days ago, amazingly, I had a mole come to my feet. My practice was interrupted for twenty minutes as I sat and watched him. He crawled across the lawn and snuffled around my feet, looking for food, I assume. Despite living my life in the country, I have never seen a live mole. He had no fear of me. It was an incredible experience. Not at all usual or normal. So yes....Qigong, and especially the FP energy, is irresistible to animals.

Hi Steve Fascinating post. Thanks for your continuing contribution to the thread. I have noticed, as a healer, that cats will always make a determined effort to get as close as possible to healing. If I do a home visit, and a cat is present, it will literally tear a door down to get to me, and be close while I am healing. I think cats are very attuned to healing energy, and resonate with it, hence its attraction. As FP is a healing art, I would assume it has the same effect, and TM must be the same. Interestingly, my Doberman completely respects my personal space while I meditate or practice FP. He stays a respectful distance away, and walks around quietly until the session finishes. But he knows exactly when its finished, even if I don't move, indicating to me that he feels the energy, and reacts to it.

Well, I have just ordered this book, so looking forward to receiving it. The reviews on Amazon look interesting ! In other news; I was practising Wind Through the Tree Tops this morning, after a nice warm up on the first four standing meditations from Volume One. As I worked with it, I literally felt a breeze of energy blow through me. 'Breeze' was the perfect word to describe it. It was strong enough for me to marvel at the experience, for a while afterwards. It wasn't a flow, or the usual feeling of energy movement. It really was a breeze. Then it occured to me, that the name is perhaps a hint to that experience. So is it named, in an inscrutable Chinese fashion, with the name bearing no relationship to the practice, or does Wind Through the Tree Tops actually describe the experience of this 'inner breeze' ? Interesting ! I love FP !

Like it !

But this precept is just nonsense anyway. It has no foundation in truth or reality, like the belief by people who have never attended university, that those with a degree have no common sense. Your precept is a construct. its a belief, and a belief is not based on fact. You have created a model to understand something. But a model is just a version of reality, that you use to understand reality. The model is not truth. Only the individual matters. And as we are all individuals, we can all embrace whatever lifestyle we want, and be creative, athletic, spiritual or whatever. So I think trying to 'bust through' a false precept is the wrong motivation. Ego perhaps ? Who are you trying to prove it to ? Just be. I've been a professional athlete, training intensively for five hours a day for extended periods. I saw no impact on my creativity, or spiritual pursuits. Its what you want it to be. My sport is aggressive and brutal. Very yang. But I believed it was just one facet of my existence, and that proved to be true. just be.

When I practiced Shaolin Qigong, as taught my GM Wong Kiew Kit, he called it self manifested Chi movement, or Swaying Willows and Flowing Breeze. For me, the movements I get with the standing forms of FP feels exactly the same, although I know that the energy from the Shaolin practice itself feels completely different to the energy from FP. And it travels through the body in a different way too. But the manifestation of the movement feels the same. While doing the Monk Holds Pearl, a few days ago, I swayed sideways, to and fro, very powerfully, with my hips describing a sideways figure of eight, and my upper and lower body following. This continued for 15 minutes and felt fantastic. Joyful is certainly the word.

Sifu Terry Thank you so much for your opinions and tentative interpretation of the events that night. Very interesting, and thought provoking. I have no way of knowing for sure, what happened. The 'waking' dream, as I would call it, was a very powerful experience. It has stayed with me, ever since, as if it just happened. I can clearly remember the teacher's face. Every detail. Interestingly, I rarely remember a dream. Its as if I go completely 'off line" as soon as I close my eyes. I would remember a dream perhaps once a year. So this was a completely different thing. What was most profound, i think, from my perspective, was the quality and feel of the golden light. It wasn't just light. The room was thick with a feeling of peace and serenity. It was as if I could touch, even hold the light, like a warm blanket. The light was tangible, as a 'thing', rather than just light. If pushed, and upon reflection, it was as if the light was consciousness itself, as if the light was the message. The secret being hidden in plain sight ? Anyway, its something for me to think about, meditate on, and reflect on, over the next few months and years, whenever it comes to my mind, or whenever seems appropriate, and perhaps it will eventually make sense, or its significance or otherwise will become apparent. In the meantime, I do think it was as a result of my FP work. Agreed. Monk Holding Peach feels unique to me. I experimented, a few days ago, with 45 minutes, just in MHP, to see how the energy developed, and then relaxed again. I do get the folding forward at the waste, I don't go as far as having my back parallel with the ground, but it can be quite powerful and dramatic. It always feels good, though ! Currently, of all the meditations on the first three DVDs, MHP is the one I feel most attached to. I get something different from each of them, but MHP is currently the most sublime. So misleadingly simple, yet profound. The secret is often revealed at the start ? Although perhaps that would be MGM, or is it MGM, MHP and MHP together, working on all three Dantiens, that is the key ? Or maybe thats completely wrong. i'll get back to you after thirty years of practice, and maybe i'll understand a little more ! Thank you.