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Just went to get a healing from him - PM'd this to someone and was told I should post in forum - wouldn't normally be inclined to do so, but figured why not? -------- When he first walked in the room there was this gigantic mangetic warm electromagnetic aura around him.. incredible power. Very reserved, and humble vibration to him. then i walked in the healing.. he was sitting in full lotus, and i was to sit across from him, so I went into full lotus, and imitated some breathing and gestures he did. He doesn't speak much english, so it's more of a "do what I do" kind of thing. For the first 20 minutes it was pretty low key and I was wondering if I wasted my money... but he was just warming me up. Did some cool acupressure stuff though, that really opened up the chi in my hands. then he had me lie on my back.. here we go. He was doing acupressure, and I felt electric shocks going into my back/spine.. and my legs and arms started having involuntary movements.. similar to what I've seen on the John Chang videos, though perhaps not as extreme. This was very intense, and the chi fields were building around me. Then he stopped touching me directly and I guess he was just playing with the chi fields above me (dunno, had my eyes closed) and my whole body started to feel like a magnet. Many times I started laughing because the energy was so overwhelmingly strong/pleasant. Then he started working on my head, and I felt a tremendous energy in my third eye and crown -- he both touched them directly, and also worked on them without direct touch. THe healing was 1 hr long. It wasn't for health purposes, but just to improve practice. I'm going to get a private lesson on friday to learn a form from him, then maybe to a group workshop on sunday. I am a very inexperienced practitioner with a bit of GOT and Spring Forest Under my belt - excited to have a real teacher in town. Apparently he will be here in NYC four times a year.. good enough for me :-) www.qigongmaster.com

yea.. Old Green - im a bit hazy on this whole concept- can you post a few examples of what a typical day of eating is? Something that's helped me is not eating after dark... so it seems if i was going to try this i'd have to get 3-5 small meals in earlier in the day, if I'm only eating one type of food at a time

his tapes are def. low quality productions, but i'm surprised you didn't feel anything from his healing. it was extremely powerful both times, and he seems to have complete command of the energy of the situation as a whole. now, following the lesson I basically can't stop meditating whenever something isn't taking my focus.. attention is drawn back to the third eye, heart, or LDT almost automatically because the energy is pulsing on it's own in those places. This was not the case prior to this week. Increased intuition and spontaneous joy and calm are the result of this. the practices he gave are powerful and something about them feels very ancient. Also I have been wide wide awake all day, usually, i'd be asleep by now, but I guess I'll continue to meditate

I got a private lesson from Master Zhang today. I don't feel right posting what he taught yet, as I haven't processed it fully myself... but let me just say it was very intense, he didn't hold back just because I'm a beginner, it is the real deal, I almost feel undeserving.!. Already I feel my third eye, heart, and chest starting to open and I've felt his energy with me all day. If anyone's interested in hearing more you can definitely PM me.

I should add, that my practice is definitely impacted (although it's a bit early to really tell). Did some SFQ after to see... I feel his energy with me for sure. There is a new warmth in my dan tien, and a certain spaciousness around me that wasn't there before. Also I started doing some spontaneous movements (not during the healing, I mean once I got home), only for about 20 seconds, but they were very much like the things he was having me imitate, and some of the stuff i've seen him do on video. I thought that was quite strange/interesting.

Yeah - I understand about the oil, but for me the low fat vegan thing just made me feel like I was fasting all the time - which amkes it hard for me to focus on work on stuff. I seem to really need the fat. I also sometimes (when i remember, haha they're stiting in my fridge) eat some seeds, both in the smoothies or with the saute. Tofu for me is a convenience thing (over cooking beans) - also I like the taste of it cooked with the vegetables a lot better. I don't feel bad at all from eating it, so I'm just going with the flow I'm a vatta, so I guess my discoveries about cooked vegetables are accurate.. for me. haha But i wouldn't obsess about diet too much (coming from someone who has a lot, and I end up back where I started whenever I go to those extremes). Take the middle path. Just figure out what works for your situation, financially, where you live, and how the food makes you feel personally. Some people probably can't do tofu, but since I seem to stomach it just fine I let it be. I also found for myself that eating the larger meals earlier in the day had a great impact on my health... Better sleep, wake up earlier naturally with lots of energy... less of a blood sugar spike (I used to wait a long time to eat my first meal). I try to have green smomothie/juice type stuff for dinner now. The most damaging things I have found in my experience are eating huge meals, or eating a bunch of sugar. Those two actions seem to effect me more than any particular food in the diet. and edit: i wasn't trying to discourage your fast - by all means. It's probably the best way to increase your body's intelligence, which will make it easier to find the diet that works for you. I think the diet you end up with shouldn't feel like a lot of effort, should feel like a natural extension of you (whether it's physically a lot of work or not)

Yea man, I've been thinking about this a long time. Here's what I eat (it definitely varies, but this is the main regime and I feel pretty good. You definitely might need some other things - I don't stick to this exclusively, but it's deifnitely my daily norm) Tofu Squash Greens (Collards Kale Broccoli etc) Rice Olive Oil Oranges + Apples +(other fruit maybe) + Greens (Collards, Kale, etc) in vitamix Oatmeal Also, I'm definitely on a huge budget, otherwise i'd work in more vegetables, use my juicer a bit more, etc. I've read fuhrman's stuff and I like it a lot, however I find I feel better with some olive oil, I don't hesitate to salt my foot a bit. I go easy on the green smoothies too... I think it's better for me to eat more cooked food, but the smoothies are great too

the end is nearing i think i've said all i can so I'll shut up now

damn, one post too late i thought i could change this world words will carry me

is it? This is an assumption as well. Is having a blank mind enlightenment? There's no way we can prove this one way or the other, as it's all intellect and it's not intellectual.. but it seems to me there must be more to it than that Edit: The ego can still be in a blank state of mind --- this is not Knowledge of the Self as one is still identifying as the ego even in the midst of no thoughts. To me enlightenment (in the world, not the concept of liberation) is complete disidentification with the body/mind (which then naturally leads to very blank peaceful states of mind at times, as a result). This is true infinite peace as one is not attached to a good vs. bad result in the ego complex/circumstances ^opinion

But who is feeling good? it is the ego -- this creates attachments to feeling good which then conversely creates the experience of feeling bad when circumstances change (i.e. next time you don't win the argument, which will break down your pride/ego). "I" is separate from the ego's fluctuations, happiness/unhappiness

Hey Spotless, why do you say not to even bother without the enema? Last time I water fasted, it was without, and.. frankly it was rough. I'm wondering what kind of difference this can make. I may do a 5-6 day fast as I have spring break, and this may be my last chance to do one for a while (this summer I'll be doing heavy mental work every day). I don't know whether to do water or juice. Did water once, it was extremely intense.. but that was before I was into spiritual practice, my diet was worse, i was very angry and in a bad relationship etc... All those factors are changed now.. So I'm wondering if I can handle a water fast. It's a bit scary because I shrivel up into a skeleton.. People ask me what's wrong with me etc. Luckily I don't think I'll really have to go anywhere during this fast if I do it.. but I'm scared I won't be able to gain the weight back in time to reintegrate into the normal world.. haha. If you guys have any advice let me know. I do have a juicer, but I kind of see that as "cheating" a bit as well.. ha

to know is to die daggars digging in my skin will help me awake

on public transport vacant eyes staring blankly take me home please

they know all secrets sinking into submersion waiting for you to slip

I'm curious.. is your experience that a. you are reading the current - present time energy of the person or b. you are reading the energy of that particular post, almost like a time capsule, containing the energy they were emitting as they wrote it c. both? depends?

man... Everyone has been quite feisty the last couple days! Get off the computer and get practicing! ;-)

slobbers when it rains pains and gains, startled thunders source of all wonders

Cold showers are magnificent -- Energizing.. Scary... Powerful... Cleansing I find them great after i've eaten a bit too much to perk back up. I still like hot showers in the winter though..

I would also like a journal, please. :-)

This started happening after doing GOT and Stillness Movement (from book) for a couple weeks now... Im just curious, is this normal? And what does it mean? It seems like my tongue is going to get tired haha

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I noticed this too -- and it's one reason I have to keep consciously cutting back on practices (see below) So yesterday I tried some of those SRF energization exercises, I felt a little energy, but they didn't resonate too much. Then I did the Rites --- Those really clicked, felt great, Followed by some pranayama (whoooooa now). I did some kapalbhati, alternate nostril breathing, and the one that really did it, sodarshan kriya. Granted, my heart chakra was kind of open yesterday before doing any practices at all, just for reference. Anyway, I finished my pranayama, chilled around the house, then walked to my friends house (30 min walk). Did Walking/Breath meditation for the first 10 minutes, happened very naturally after the pranayama. Very pleasant! Then I started to see that I wasn't my thoughts, my body, etc. and everything got more and more present, until my walk just exploded into bliss. Total Samadhi, but a bit overexcited (ecstastic) feeling due to the pranayama. Got to my friends house and that kind of grounded me a bit, we ate, etc. But then after all that we ended up sitting around, and the presence came back really strong, and all of a sudden my ego lost it's ability to function normally. I've heard about this before - pranayama making the intellect very dull. My friend and I have kind of a funny vibe as it is, we're always laughing about virtually nothing, but this was ridiculous. I felt almost high (and stupid) as if i had smoked some weed, and we were laughing for 10 minutes as I acted like a total idiot, bumblig around, with no real control over my actions. So then I left, and kind of recentered, and this high feeling continued a bit. Then on my walk back I felt paranoia as I saw things out of my peripheral vision that weren't there, and noises of the city frightened me, etc. Went to bed with a lot of energy still in the body, and woke up with the same energy (which was positive, I woke up not tired at all). Samadhi is very gone because the kundalini/whatever it is feels very imbalanced now. Also my breathing feels very strained, as if i had forced something in the pranayama. This kind of power is what i was missing from SFQ (although Im sure it may exist at the higher levels), but to be honest, it was way too much. This was only about 20 minutes of pranayama too. I can tell that what I did could be VERY dangerous if continued.. plus I need my mind to function normally in order to go to school, etc. More and more these days, practices seem to effect me very readily -- it's interesting, the opposite was the case in high school, it seemed as if nothing worked at all, due to so many blockages. i guess once the system opens a bit anything starts to work much more effectively. All I can say is all of the warnings are true about pranayama, the stuff is powerful; too powerful for me right now. I think I'm going to refrain unless I can find a real teacher who will go very gradually, whether through the internet or in person. If anyone knows anyone that might be willing to guide me, even through email, do let me know, but they need to really know there stuff and be aware of the dangers --- some people seem to prescribe any pranayam to anyone and I think it's terribly naive and irresponsible.