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You should read about ZZ. The idea of Z.Z. is very important. I've read Master Kam Lam Chuen's book, which is good for advanced practioner. I think B.K "open energy gate" is a more approachable book for beginners.

If your energy channel isn't open enough, Z.Z is not very productive.

When one wakes up from his "dream", what the "reality" look like? Have you been there or seen it? Thanks. If you read what DB has written, you seemed to describe something in different stage. "There is this Chinese nursery rhyme that nearly every Chinese can recite it backwards. ‘Once upon a time, there is a mountain. In the mountain, there is a temple. In the temple, there are an old monk and a young monk. The old monk starts to tell a story to the young monk: once upon a time there is a mountain… (repeating endless the same thing)’. [my translation]I used to believe our parents played this trick for the quickly ran out bedside fairytale storage. But now, I think it’s a masterpiece of Buddhism folks- applying the easiest way to define the most profound word." So far, my personal experience confirmed this nursery rhyme actually describes "reality". A couple of times, I actually woke up from the "dream", i found myself sitll inside another "dream", which is exactly like the "dream" I just woke up from.

Thanks for the knowledge. In the Secret of the Golden Flower, a detailed instruction about this particular movement was given. I forget exactly the phrase. It's about little baby bird strech out its neck to swallow food (saliva) directly into the "real" stomach.

I have no idea. Each individual is different. I just brought up the BDSM to illustrate that poison can be effective medicine. It takes lots of courage to willingly put oneself into a very publicly humiliating situation. Jesus did that.

Some thing wrong?

My fortune cookies says thinking about how to make the planet a better place is a step closer to Tao.

Thanks for the tip. It's a clever idea. I wonder if these Chinese know every tricks. The earth soil provides tactile sense feedback to top of feet and ankles. I think I'll do Z.Z in my bath top with water fill up to my calf. The weird thing we do for Qi!

exactly. The mind is the originator. But the form limits the mind. Breaking out of the old form, you expand your mind. It takes years of hard practice to get into weird position like that lady in the picture. The physical and mental effort factor is 10 from scale of 1 to 10. The mind expansion is around 5. The time line is 2 to 5 years. It takes a few days to get someone to tie you up in a weird postion and get spanked publicly in a rediculous outfit or none. The physical and mental effort factor is 10. The expansion factor is 10. The time line is a few days.

I was in a strange blissed state for a few weeks. I know it's possible to have a mediated mind in regular life. My goal is to do it 24/7 eventually. Sitting in full lotus is to practice swimming in a swimming pool. One eventually wants to swin in the pond, lake and occean. I'm sorry I can't give any solid advice about your particular situation. You should trust yourself. Your worst decision for yourself is still the best choice at that moment.

The typical Chinese food served at home come with plenty of green leaf vegitables like kale and mustard green. They all taste bitter to me in different degree. And there is bitter melon.

How do you know the LDT is established? Is there anyway to check it? Thanks.

A typical western diet usually lacks the taste of bitterness. Coffee, beer and bad tea (in a bag) provide that. According to TCM, one needs to have different taste regularly. Probably some bitterness substitutes is needed.

Very good description. I'm not very flexible and have some blockages. I can't get into the "perfect" position in a static posture. I don't have a teacher to correct my posture either. I figured out a few methods to do self checking. Shaking. From coarse to fine depending on situation. The vigorous pump to move all the major muscle at the same time. The light finger shake to check the meridian channels. Skin tention. I don't know exactly how to put into words. I just regard my skin like the membrane on a drum. The tension has to be just right. I start with my feet to tighten my skin in a spiral fasion up to my head. If both my feet go in the same clockwise direction, then my torso would be one rotating piece like rotating belt channel spiral upward. If my two feet go different direction, I split my toro in half, i.e. I move my left ribcase and right ribcase individually. Mirror. If I can be real still for long enough. My image in the mirror will disappear or very faint. Some minor adjustment and "good" movement won't change that. A "bad" movement or thought will make the image back to solid instantly.

Have you been to any real BDSM party, especially bondage related?

DB, you make a good dominatrix.

I never understand the English usage of asshole to describe a stupid, incompetent, unpleasant, or detestable person. If asshole was a person, it would be a saint. Think about it, asshole doing a dirty work without any complaints. It doesn't require rest or any maintenance. To honor the asshole, I created asshole Qi Gong. It's not ground breaking new technique. They are a collection of Qi Gong exercises to put asshole back to the crown where it belongs to. Now I'll give the first exercise: Asshole mantra, the normal one and reverse one. Sit in a comfortable position. You need to feel your asshole somehow. If you have no tactile sensation down there, put something small under your ass, so your asshole pressing against it, a baseball/tennis ball/golf ball, a small bean bag or a walnut. Cast your eyes down to "look" at your asshole. Of course you can't see it. But you should look at it anyway. Breath in with your nose slowly, "feel" your asshole. If you can't, use little muscle movement to press your asshole against the object under your ass. Breath out with your mouth to chant "a-ss-hole". In advanced practice, you should use your stomach to say "a", chest to say "s" and your throat to say "hole". Reverse Asshole. This is very useful if you're stuck in a boring meeting or commute in a subway. Breath in with your nose. Breath out with your asshole saying "a", "s" and "hole". Basically you train your asshole to speak its own name. Happy practicing, when you can feel your asshole with your crown point, you've reached asshole level 13.

When one put chin close to chest, it's easier to flow the Qi the one back of neck and upper back area. In general Qi goes up ward. The extension helps the Qi flower in the front of neck/chest area. The Qi flow downward. Of course you can train your body do different direction of Qi. I just find this way easier.

Are you sure about this? If that's true, she shouldn't have no problem with your sexual liason the other woman.

You're right. One should try to avoid spiritual vain lifestyle too. Ramana didn't respect the physical world. He got cancer.

Give yourself a chance. Someone might like the way you are.

I'd like to know which healer charged you $12,000. Thanks.

I guess in our own mind I have this perfect image of a perfect healer. Who doesn't fit into our confined "script" is considered rude, greedy and "unenlightened". The OP has been posting for months about his problem without following any of the suggestions given by the good folks here. Maybe Sifu Jenny Lamb saw through all of this illusion and gave him a correction already? I'm not a Jenny Lamb's level, I'd give her some slack before casting any stones.

I started reading B.K. Frantzis' "Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body" a few years ago. I didn't get much benefit from his book then because my energy body was totally blocked. His passive water method couldn't get me started at all. I was too insensitive to notice Qi. Two years ago, I started doing Kundalini yoga, It was the first time my concept of Qi came into reality after two weeks. After that I went back to practice some stuff from "Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body", I got some real result. Everyone has different physical, energy body and mind. There isn't a "best" path.

You know, in lucid dream that you can control the dream. This monster came out of blue to chase me. I just couldn't change it. I couldn't run away from him. He chased me out of my dream. :-(