skydog

What is it and what effects have you experienced?

I see what you mean but if I let go it goes to the third eye, this doesnt feel like being "in the head" in fact I feel quite drunk and stupid.. but being in the brain seems to be different. I would agree with you somewhat though

I get that deep peace in sleeping Qigong, but when I have to move and live in the world and think about other things I feel very awkward. Btw I am Dogen

oh yeh I posted this, just felt like being anoynymous with a different name, so I wouldnt be judged but I dont care anymore and so I could get real answers that wernt biased by judgements on posts I have made in the past

Yeh form is void, and void is form, thinking is ok too sometimes.

I could be wrong here, but to me buddhism seems more anti-life than taoism...buddhism seems about escaping samsara and becoming somebody your not (yet) Taoism seems to be more about relaxing into the flow and who/what you are already

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I dont know, intuition, makes me feel funny/bad.. im talking about being normal/balanced, id like to say im becoming more balanced now, but maybe everyone has to go through an extreme phase and figure things out themselves Also I question deep down if something I say is coming from anger/fear/irrational beliefs/shame, sometimes I dont really know for sure.

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I want to incorporate more moves into my spontaneous movements but also these are pretty cool for me. I like the playful attitude for the first two, the second is a bit more complicated But I am noticing this attitude of "must follow this specific formula and do it in the exact way to achieve x" Kind of silly thinking.

Also It is generally said that 100 days plus is reccomended to reboot the brain. And I dont care about retaining, My sexual energy is in need of harmony It seems kind of pointless to do advanced exercises I never cared for. Im practicing the male deer exercise, healthy masturbation without fantasy, horse stance, being relaxed is more important when you convert jing to qi very quickly to nourish the jing etc, and living according to my heart should naturally make one avoid porn. But I dont claim to have mastered anything, just sharing my research, hope harmony is well with you soon

My interpretation of wuwei... Heavenly energy moves all over There is a "force" that will allow one to move spontaneously and "heal" themselves, after a while this can be spontaneous actions or life, and everything is a spontaneous movement. Probably better to "practice" spontaneous movements until you no longer need to cultivate and just are Also in regards to philosophy and logic, it does have its use, but at the same time it is often like a dog chasing its tail, every attempt to explain just takes one further from it, because of the nature of yin and yang. Zen Buddhist practice circle drawing because it represents the whole. Whereas thoughts represent lines

INFP Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving Well I dont feel so "bad" about my personality traits that I have viewed in the light of somehow bad due to cultural stereotypes of "good" personalities I think this changes though with cultivation/grounding etc

Ive fasted maybe five times for 2-3 days, never got past 3 days I just cant sleep, go into extreme peace, all answers to life problems go away, very calm, I guess theres no rush to go past 3 days?

How do people legitamately claim to know what happened 90,000 years ago in great detail. When even things like underwater pyramids in Japan from 10,000 years ago baffle scientists?

bump, im doing this these days, realise the importance of balance and spontaneous life

Working on beliefs/memories can be a part of wuwei too, but ambition coming from overdesiring to "become somebody" can be coming from a place of feeling disharmonious inside right now

i am not a human being

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Thinking, analysing and trying to be in the now is the opposite of it.

Also this is like religion in some ways, seeing auras recently notice that very religious people have strong auras...religion is just a language, there is no set formula for energy to be this way or that way... Some people connect very well with certain teachers because they can identify with those teachers or for some reason see them as great in some regards, it may be very similar to someone elses teacher just a different kind of language, sometimes it is not similar at all, but sometimes its quite judgemental (which I do too sometimes) to be like my teacher/method is better than yours, whats more important is the intention/energy of the individual. For example one may associate buddhism with nihilism and denying life/joy another may attribute it to great freedom peace and normalness it is very individualistic based on emotional reactions and images and judgements.

Sure some of it seems pretty stupid Some of the "exceptionally unique wise and special all knowing" "taoists" on here seem pretty arragant/grumpy/cold etc Dont most people take what they think works and discard what doesnt. There is some good stuff in there too I guess. Such as following your heart, living in the world etc which is often ignored in "taoism"

cannot be explained on the level of mind

Thanks for this post. Related thoughts...are you saying dispel all your own toxins/bad chi so toxins/sick qi cant get to you, I think this is what some yogis do drink poison as a cultivation as well, also I notice say if I go to sleep, wake up, then a situation causes emotional pain then my heart is "poisoned" because my heart has been "poisoned" all my other emotional sicknesses pop up for me to look at and heal, wouldnt have happened if not "poisoned"

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