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Why not? Why can't we have a world that everyone is right? We're in a physically 3 dimensional world. Why do we still think in black and white 2 dimensional logic? There is nothing wrong with looking for power. What kind of power do you want? How do you plan to get it?

"It is only by risking our persons from one hour to the next that we live at all. " William James. Life is a gift. Be gracious. Accept the gift and enjoy it. "There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lakc of faith in his true self" William James. Sree, why do you under-estimate yourself? Billions of people with "lower intelligence" than you faced death without any complaints. Don't you trust yourself that you can handle any situation better than most?

Very good details. Yes. I agree the inhale contract is easier. I seem to be able to utilize my muscle to help. I believe it's one of the iron shirt training methods. The exhale contract seems to be done mostly by intention. It needs better concentration and relaxation balance. It's a good tool to train my mind, which I need for meditation. It very doesn't matter much. The important is to do something useful regularly and enjoy the process. For we all know there is no judge at the end of this journey, only our own memory and assessment.

I see that you think Drew's lifestyle is ideal: sitting in lotus all day typing up imressive forum message. Is that part of me? As a TCM student, don't you want to gether more energy and time to cure your patients?

Slowly contract every muscle in your body during slow exhale. Relax every muscle in your body during slow inhale. I don't think a video can show that. Another method. Slowly contract every muscle in your body during slow INHALE (reverse breathing). Suddenly Relax every muscle in your body during EXHALE. You can experiment with different body posture, hand murdras and mantras. You'll find the best combo for you. There isn't fixed formula.

Very good. I like it. I do something similar with reverse breathing. I just tried this method. It seemed to be a good match to do one after another. Stand in regular ZZ stance. breath in slowly. Contract lower ab. Now the important part (at least for me), suck in with your anus. You can use any intention/tactile/imagination tool you like. I tend to pretend to suck every inch of my outside skin inside via my anus. So I feel the Qi across my whole body on the surface. Then suddenly I release the tention and exhale. I relax my whole body and let go a bit to alllow the Qi flow.

Yep, the youngsters become smarter and smarter.

Any world view model is good so long you're having fun with it. It'll be interesting to see how you're going to solve the puzzle you're setting up. You're a TCM student. I assume you'll going to see at least five patients a day. Do you see them as potential energy suckers? You might have got some ideas from another poster Drew. He's fortunate enough to be able to sit in full lotus for six hours to deal with his energy loss by a stranger at street corner. Can you afford the time/money?

The power of false religion is to control people with fear. They want separation of people. The witch hunt of middle age was a good example of power of fear. If I could sleep well before, now I have to be in fear 24, what's the good of meditation? The vapires are fun. They are featured regularly in the normal folks' shows. Why are we "spiritual" people scared in our pants?

Well, if she was the most desirable woman for you. You'd feel different now. Was her unattractiveness to be blamed for your loss of energy?

Really? I think you're very intelligent, one of the smartest women. I can't be truly content unless I find God. I can't be truly happy unless I get a better job/car/house/spouse/body/brain ...... I can't have true intelligence unless I get to know myself down to the core. This line of thinking got us into trouble in the first place. I boldly declare we have true intelligence. Anyone who disagrees is an idiot (God included).

no. cultivating chi won't help curiocity. To reap curiocity, you have to sow curiocity. You cultivate curiocity with help of chi. I don't know what I said above is true or not. You actually brought up a good question: why do we always want to recapture the feeling of the old?

How do you know that? Did you come back from death? Thanks.

Be a gentleman. Shower her with flattery. I'm glad you made her day. A little kindness goes a long way.

yep. I think we're on to something. QiGong is a good training tool to bring meditation into daily life. The "stillness" is relative as well. If every cell of your body moving at the same speed in the same direction, you can still achieve "stillness". Actually since cell doesn't really move in linear fashion, it's more like every cell inside your body spins in the same direction at its "natrual" frequency. That's why spin/spiral is very important in QiGong/Tai Chi.

Good advice. Maybe you can start writing diary, or blog it. If you don't go, you don't know. If you don't shine, you don't glow.

Well, your past abilities are still there with you just the same as before. Your mind has grown bigger and your past abilities have stayed the same. They just appear smaller. It's your path. You know yourself the best. Be honest with yourself. So many posters here suggested many remedies in the past. Have you tried any with honesty?

Those ancient Chinese, how poetic they were! That's how you perform oral sex?!

Meditation is not lazy around doing nothing. It's hard work to train your mind. Sitting inside a room for months doing nothing tend to reduce the power of brain. Atrophy. This has nothing to do with K. Sorry, someone has to burst the bubble. If I had a good friend, I'd hope he'd do the same for me if I became very "unrealistic".

It increases the chi flow temporarily. The indians used to set up a smoke tent to induce "vision". In long usage, it damages the lung, and less chi. You can find that information everywhere.

Thanks for sharing your incredible story. I surely don't have the patience to study thirty years of Tien Da Xian Fa.

I like this path: path of pleasure. If nothing comes out of the path, at least I had a good time pleasing myself.

Exactly. I have to use a cliche "life is unfolding itself" or "universe is unfolding itself". Our individual thought "creates" his/her own world. Our collective thoughts "create" the shared universe.

Who cares what the truth is. I prefer to pretending to be the favorite creation of God than thinking oneself a trapped bug inside a glass jar. I'd rather want to feel empowered than helpless, curious than dull, content than bitter sour. Think about it. If we're truly the creator of our own world, we build a free world. We win. If we're truly the creator of our own world, we build a jar to imprison ourselves. We lose. If we're truly a bug inside a jar. It doesn't matter what we do. We lose. Without knowing the answe, only a very very stupid person thinks himself as a bug inside a jar or a thing on a tiger.

weed.