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On October 31, 2019 I had my trusted medical clairvoyant that I have used for the past 22 years test David Sereda's Pineal Gland download frequencies. The test results showed that it would have some effect on my Pineal gland for very short term. But if used for a long period it could have harmful effects to my Pineal gland and brain. He said David is trying to do something that the human mind cannot do. He is not a charlatan but what he claims to be doing cannot be done except perhaps from a Being from a Higher plane or by an act of Divine Grace or maybe from an enlightened master. I was warned to avoid products from David Sereda.

Thank you for that reply Sifu Terry but you have left my head spinning thinking of GM Doo Wai's encyclopedic mind. I contrast his visual memory to mine which is stunted due to being born with a short term visual memory learning disorder. So it is always a struggle to learn the more detailed qigong forms such as FP volume 4, the long form. So you and GM Doo Wai continue to amaze me. Seems like an Olympic level accomplishment. Especially compared to my visual memory which has been tested to be less effective than the visual memory of a 9 year old child. I am sure that someone will eventually have Eric test those forms that you have posted. Your FP series and every advanced Doo Wai form that I have had Eric test always comes back as extraordinary high level with spiritual and physical healing results from a type of Qi that has an innate intelligence to go where it is in needed for each individual. At times Eric has described the Qi from Doo Wai systems as consisting of Divine Intelligence energy having a gold color to it and at other times he has seen my brain enveloped in white cloud of energy that was blessing me by healing my brain. Nothing mundane about Doo Wai stuff.

My comments on those 2 Doo Wai videos for health posted above. Wow, I would need an almost photographic memory to remember all of those movements. Really advanced level stuff, especially compared to the easier ones from Flying Phoenix Chi Kung series. That makes me always wonder how is it possible that Grandmaster Doo Wai was able to memorize the hundreds of meditations that he has taught? Is that really humanly possible, or does this mean he had a photographic memory? I am sure that some of his students have asked him how he was able to accomplish this feat and I am curious how he answered this. Hundreds of separate postures that he managed to remember into old age?

My answer to Randy about yin and yang is that Sifu Terry has suggested we do not think of Flying Phoenix system in terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine. TCM is based on Taoist concepts such as found in Tao Te Ching and the I Ching where balance of yin and yang is the focus. FP does not operate along those same schematics. I am sure that Sifu Terry will elucidate on this. This is a good question that almost everyone wonders about and like most questions, it has been answered in the extensive and long lasting zen-bear thread started by Fu Dog several years ago.

Some people see Spring Forest as a very good method for beginners. Others see it as a very good method for anyone. Personally, I would not know. I did practice it for 8 years.

To Rideforever, I have to disagree from personal experience and experiences of others I know plus the teachings of my masters that Awakening does not come from energy. My direct experiences of Awakening, samadhi, cosmic consciousness, all came directly from energy methods such as The T.M. Siddhi program, The Kam Yuen Method, Peter Hess Sound Massage method. The common modality in all of them was that each method caused the Kundalini to rise and reach the upper chakras, heart and head locations. Awakening is nothing other than kundalini reaching the upper chakras and staying there. It is from that state that I experienced my true Self, which for everyone of us is Pure Consciousness, or Sat Chit Ananda as some call it. It is spontaneous. I also forgot to mention the samadhi experiences from Keith Perry's Awesome Water which is water treated to have a certain vibrational energy that effects the chakras.

To Bruce, that is a valid question you have asked. The answer is that I have been involved with the 2 most potent forms of energy, Transcendental Meditation and The Oneness Deeksha of the Avatar Sri Amma-Bhagavan. T.M. surprisingly entirely stopped working for me after about 40 yrs. Oneness Deedksha never worked for me after trying it for at least 12 years. As for Chunyi Lin, I learned Spring Forest Qigong from him in person and did it for 8 years but never had a healing session from him. To answer why I still beat a dead horse with qigong, it is because I enjoy the movements even though I have to settle for typical superficial Qi sensations just in the hands.

The Falun Qigong postures are held as long as possible which makes a typical session usually last 90 minutes. When I did it just for 3 months I was up to holding a posture for 20 minutes and could have held it longer but have other things to do in life. Fortunately, with Wu Wei, it is suggested that a posture is held just 5 minutes. So I think the form could be done in 45 minutes. There is no need to sit in lotus.

Éclair, you have suggested some very good qigong methods. I have tried various energy healers who thought their method could release whatever energy blocks I might have. They all were unsuccessful. But I have appreciated your suggestions.

Feathered friend I think you can find a lifetime of the materials you seek on YouTube. But you might be better off starting with some kind of teacher to help guide you through unfamiliar territory.

The wife of the Premier of China was a Falun Dafa practitioner before it was banned, as were some members of the government. The story is that some official created a paranoid perception of Falun when he realized that the membership in Falun Dafa outnumbered the membership in the Communist Party so therefore if these people ever organized as a political group then it could be a threat to the government. That is at least one story that I read about.

As I shared a few years ago about Falun Gong, famous Kung Fu master George Xu brought out an almost identical form before Falun Gong was made public. He learned it from an old master in Shanghai. He calls it Wu Wei. I had it tested by Eric Isen and Wu Wei tested as more powerful and beneficial than Falun Gong. He saw that it also results in an energy wheel being installed but it is shaped slightly different than the wheel from Falun Gong but the wheel is more powerful from Wu Wei. The only thing I did not care for when I was doing Wu Wei was the eerie music that plays during the form.

In reply to the 73 yr old dude: as a 71 yr old dude I would add to Earl Grey's accurate clarification by suggesting you start with volume one, watch it all the way through before trying anything while you keep Earl Grey's instructions in mind and the process should all sink in then. Volume 4 should be way down the road after the first three volumes have been worked with for a nice while. Otherwise, a beginner looking at volume 4 could be intimidated by the many movements needed to be learned.

Riding the Ox, on one level your suggestion is correct. On another level I would guess you have never had a consultation with Eric Isen.

When you have a number 8 along with a high score in number 3 you have a Donald J. Trump. One who shows off his power and control in order to be admired by others.

The Ama-Deus healing method from the oldest tribe on Earth in the Amazon in Brazil has a simple method which is used for people who have crossed over to the other side so that they will make better choices next time around. It uses a symbol that we were taught. At first I was not impressed after learning the Reiki like Ama-Deus energy healing method until one day I met someone who had such a bad back condition that she was on lots of pain killers and had to work an important job from home. So I tried using my Ama-Deus remote energy healing method on her. She reported that the next day was the first day she could remember since her injury that she did not have to take any pain killer and that she had so much energy that she was able to put up her Christmas decorations instead of having to remain in bed. So that made a believer out of me. So when someone that I know dies I use this Ama-Deus symbol for them if I remember to do so.

Your information is probably from a more recent source than mine is. He sounded disappointed in himself for putting out too many techniques rather than just keeping it simple. By the way, that image you have of the energy going up the spine into the upper energy centers brings to mind a very brief and simple method from Stephen Chang that Ken Cohen teaches in his book, The Way of Qigong" on page 158 called Brain Cleansing. You do slow breathing for awhile and then breath in a white mist that goes to the base of the spine, hold the breath and then visualize the white light going up into the head and bathing the brain and then exhale. There are some more simple details to this very short method best to use in the morning and then before bed. My instructions here are not detailed enough to do the method correctly. I just wanted to give a general idea of the process that your image reminds me of.

I read a long response to a question he was asked on Facebook and he said his premise is that energy must be felt strongly when you are doing any of the internal energy arts but few people are able to do this. He has tried to simplify methods so that people can feel the energy powerfully and then whatever energy art they practice will give them benefits. But without the strong flow of internal energy there is not much benefit. He believes by writing his books he has created too many things for people to do and this is getting away from his goal of simplify the energy work to get right to the experience of it. So that is why I think he is pulling his prior books. He is not getting away from teaching.

I am old enough to have seen the changes in what New Ager has meant. My personal definition for New Ager when I began my path in 1973 was a person who was seeking a spiritual method outside of, or in addition to traditional religious dogma. But for some, the term seems to be synonymous with kooky or weird. But New Age pursuits have blended slowly and nicely into main stream society by now. Things that were considered as weird and ridiculous are now valued by society as a whole. For example, I remember in the late 1970's a former coworker calling me up and telling me the reason my resume for psychologist jobs was not garnering any job interviews was because the resume included under skills, "meditation instructor". He suggested to make that sound less strange, I change it to read "stress reduction instructor". I followed his advice and soon had multiple job offers. Now meditation is a more valued and understood activity. Whereas previously, meditation was associated with New Age weirdness.

So many of Sifu Terry's replies can be considered to be masterpieces in and of themselves, so I think Earl Grey's thoughts about when the book will be ready is very accurate. Due to the trait of perfectionism, which is what I perceived from my very first reply from Sifu Terry, I think the book will mirror the quality of the Flying Phoenix DVDS which I have always considered to be the highest quality of any of the 90 qigong DVDs that I have in my collection. In my mind, his book will be like no other qigong book ever written and thus worth the long wait. Buy it when you can because it will become a rare classic. I also second Earl Grey's suggestion to consult with Eric Isen if you want to find out what is the optimal amount of time for you personally to spend doing FP so that you can obtain maximum benefits. None of us would be able to determine this on our own, we would just be guessing or basing the amount on parameters that might not be want our mind/body/spirit would determine as most beneficial. As Eric has said to me many times, qigong works differently for different people. So there is no universal most beneficial amount of time that can be recommended.

I think I read that the meditations that are on volume 6 will only be taught to private students in the future and thus it will not be re-released.

One way, and just one of multiple ways of looking at this kundalini experience is that some highly regarded true spiritual masters have stated that the Universe is currently producing some unique and powerful energies. I think that the more sensitive types are registering these energies as they ultimately serve to raise our consciousness. And the most powerful and quickest way for this to happen is by kundalini reaching the upper chakras. Many people are reporting spontaneous kundalini experiences the last few years. My opinion is that if this is happening to someone they might consider stabilizing the process by engaging in some kind of daily spiritual/energy practices such as meditation and qigong so that the kundalini is channeled in a grounded way. Educating oneself about kundalini is also important, I would think. Sounds like quite a gift to have kundalini rising experiences, assuming the recipient is of sound mind and body. Meaning emotionally stable without having significant mental health condition.

In replying to Earl Grey about energy signatures from Chi, Eric Isen has on occasion let me know the degree of healing energy that certain remote energy healers are able to generate. He has told me at times that a particular healer's energy is not strong enough to do the healing that the healer claims he can do. And in a particular case of a person who claims his musical CDs contain special sounds that heal he has tested this person's work and informed me that person indeed has a gift and his sounds will do what he claims. He also told me which of his musical pieces would be most beneficial for me to listen to. So definitely high energy people are able to spontaneously transmit their Qi. This also has been validated several times by the Transcendental Meditation organization with scientific studies published in journals. The energetic effect of a large group of meditators doing the TM Siddhis program resulting in very coherent and observable brain wave patterns can spontaneously cause other TM meditators at great distances away to have greater brain wave coherence. And this brain wave coherence from the TM meditators also produces greater coherence in the general population if a particular city just has one percent of its population doing the TM Siddhis program. I want to stress that this method does not consist of a large group sitting around thinking peaceful thoughts. The scientific technique is called the Maharishi Effect. First discovered after TMers all over the world reported that when they did TM their pets would fall into a deep sleep. That led to doing scientific research experiments and repeating the results in various cities about this one percent effect. This does not apply to other methods of meditation. But the point here is that yes, energy, Qi can and does spontaneously effect other people. My wife has reported many times that she knows when I am doing qigong because she can sense the energy even though she was not told by me that I am somewhere in the house doing my qigong at that time. Some people can sense the Qi from others while some people are sensitive enough to actually see the energy and report it as blue, gold or white in most cases. Eric has seen and described the colors produced from some of the Doo Wai meditations that he has tested for me.

This answer was very helpful and it makes sense that is how the repetitions are supposed to be done. It takes the guess work out of the equation. One less thing to worry about if we are doing it the right way or not.

I am really glad to see this explanation of Volume 5 of FP because I think it seldom gets mentioned on this thread but from the testing done on these quick and easy to learn meditations by Eric Isen I consider them to be very important because of what they actually do for you. I already shared that in a previous post which Earl Grey referred to. The timing of this recent question is perfect since I recently have had the inner voice prompting me to go back to Volume 5 and often would wonder if it would be OK to do multiple repetitions of them. Interesting how the Universe can sometimes respond to your individual concerns. It might be time to repost Eric's test results for those meditations along with the disclaimer that all qigong practices do not necessarily produce the same exact effects on each practitioner. Eric literally sees that Chi is an energy guided by its own intelligence that tells it where it is needed to go in the body and energy bodies. It does not require mental direction to try to steer it to a specific location. It knows where to go and what to do when it gets there.