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Precisely. In my view the establishment and maintenance of harmony is the prime intent within both a martial and a healing situation. Step one is to achieve deep rooted harmony within the self and then, if either internal or external discord manifests, respond intuitively and appropriately to reestablish harmony. It is in this sense that, as a martial art, I revere arts like Taijiquan as healing arts using "healing hand" rather than "death touch/poison hand". Thank you for reminding me of this Spectrum. This perspective helps to dissolve the polarities, unify one's practice and achieve the most beneficial intent.

Hahahaha !!! Indeed psychodiverticuli. Cheers for the etymological correction Well said

From a Taoist view the following: 天下太平 ... Tian Xia Tai Ping "There is peace under Heaven"

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I really appreciate what you have said here xue. In my experience we don't necessarily 'lack' Qi, it is more a case that our Qi becomes locked away in conditioned mindsets. In our natural unfettered state our Qi is whole and unobstructed. However, as our minds become conditioned our Qi forms into calcified 'polyps' ... clusters of consciousness interpenetrating our energy field and physical body. If enough Qi/consciousness is 'invested' in these clusters then they can literally dominate our lives and lead to illness. Personally I have coined these blockages 'psychodiverticles' (don't look in a dictionary it won't be there ) because, energetically, they can be sensed as constructs of consciousness that have been 'diverted' away from the mainstream of natural vitality. To Qi sensitivity they are like 'clouds of snot' in the energy field. To the physical senses they manifest as bodily tensions, pain, and illness. In my training the foundation exercises/practices are primarily about dissolving these psychodiverticles to release Qi back into the energy field and reinstate natural vitality. In saying that though I also believe that we can absorb beneficial Qi from our environment. My favourites are Sun and Moon breathing. Though I also here your comment Xue that this could be simply 'tuning' in to these natural energies rather than 'building' internal Qi.

Sun Aug 31, 2:25 AM ET Yahoo!News KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A Malaysian welder had to have a nut removed from around his penis after an attempt to lengthen it before he gets engaged next week went embarrassingly wrong, a news report said Sunday. The nut got stuck on his penis following an erection, the Star newspaper said, forcing him to seek help at a hospital in southern Johor state. Staff from the Sultanah Aminah hospital had to drain some blood from the penis and cut away a top layer of skin before the object could be removed, the newspaper said. It said the fire and rescue department were also involved in trying to remove the nut from the unnamed welder, who is in his 20s and hoped the nut would weigh down his penis to make it longer. "The patient is now recovering and we hope to discharge him today (Sunday)," hospital director Daud Abdul Rahim told the Star. On August 25, another young man in Kuala Lumpur had tried to increase his sexual prowess by slipping a steel ring around his penis, forcing the fire department to cut off the ring after doctors were unable to remove it, the newspaper said. ---- Perhaps he should have talked to this chappy first Iron Penis Qigong

It would seem you directed this at me. I am sorry you have formed this perception of me. Please tell me how I may improve.

It is the never-ending debate: Should teachers be making money off what they teach? My only take on it is that teachers should be financially independent and not depend on their students for money. As soon as the teacher has a financial attachment to their students coming back then the transmission process is compromised. A teacher should be able to honestly say to their students what needs to be said without the fears of the student never coming back.

Yes there is a difference. Is one better than the other? Not in my mind ... it just depends what your priorities are. Just remember that where you focus your attention (or intention) there your consciousness, in fact whole being, will form.

Like some cheese on that? Fries and supersized Pepsi? Bowls groan at the thought.

and clouds and sky laughs the smiling man in the moon cows can jump so high

Actually posting on this forum is an intrinsic part of my own cultivation and my offering of service to my fellow brothers and sisters of the way. Blessings ... Namo Amitābha

Thank you my friend _/\_ I would very much like it if you referenced the literature you are quoting from. Graci

the seaweed and shells not forgeting silver bells and where's all the maids?

sit in dirt on knees and contemplate the earthworms compost and castings

seafoam pillow clouds endless sunlit horizons wings yearn for the sky

I kinda thought that was the case -- you just confused the issue by directly quoting me. No foul, all good, play on

IT LIVES !!!!! LOL And feathery arms Dating penguins 101 I hope you can sing

Apologies for being daft but I honestly don't get the point you were trying to make in relation to my post. If you check my posts I was in no way inferring anyone's "teaching are worthless or a fraud or ..."

LOL were you aware that being over-opinionated is a "tension" in the mind which detracts from any endeavour of enlightenment.

LOL -- I'm not in contact nor affiliated with either chaps so I wouldn't know ... perhaps you could enlighten us

But to say they are different is to create polarity and seperateness within your being. Perhaps a sliding scale spectrum model is closer to the truth.

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