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Steve - very creative comparing the disconnection from FP to disconnecting from a good woman. LOL!!! Agree both are quite alluring. ;-)

Sifu Terry - Your in depth response to Slava was extremely valuable to anyone and everyone who reads this thread. Since you asked posters to chime in on the source of Flying Phoenix energy I will. After three years and nine months of practicing Flying Phoenix meditations daily, I am convinced via direct experience that the energy visited upon me while practicing FP is coming from a divine source, that is a heavenly source. The experience of Flying Phoenix energy is so extraordinary that regardless of how long my practice session, I always wish I could do even more. In other words, once connected with the FP heavenly energy, I never want to disconnect. Again Sifu Terry, thanks so much for your continued support of this thread… FP is a life changer! Lloyd

Slava - I am enjoying your posts. Regarding your comment of finding it hard to describe the experience… I found after about 18 months of practice that I had experiences while doing Flying Phoenix that simply could not be put into words. I expect you will make it to that point yourself with continued practice. Look forward to following your progress. ;-) Good practicing! Lloyd

Sifu Garry - just watched your "cotton body" vid, and well, your body didn't look like cotton!!! LOL That's a pretty awesome demo of energetics....very cool. Thanks for posting!

Awesome video Sifu Garry! Like WOW! I have never seen those strikes before.... very impressive power. Thanks for posting.

Sifu Garry - though I have practiced FP for 3+ years I still have not understood the alchemy behind the percentage breathing. I *feel* a difference between doing the FP with and without the percentage breathing, but have never understood it. I "just do it". I do notice some things (applying to Flying Phoenix, but I expect these may also apply to SYG): (1) The one nearly perfect breathing sequence is a stationary standing (though this one can also be done seated) meditation in which hands are in the "earth meditation" mudra held at the lower dan tien. The sequence is 50 40 30 20 10. And this matches what is to me a nearly perfect meditation posture. Interesting. (2) The sequence of the percentage breaths in the majority of meditations goes from a higher percentage to a lower percentage, for example 70 50 20 10. This reduction of breath percentage sequence seems to create energetic power. (3) The maximum percentage breaths is five (at least from the 20+ FP postures I have learned). I have often wondered why there are not any with six or seven percentage breaths. (4) And finally...this isn't breath related, but is worth throwing out there... In FP the mudras have the right hand inside of left hand, where the overwhelming majority of other Taoist qigong styles have the left hand inside the right. I'm quite surprised no one has ever mentioned this. This hand positioning is also something I have often wondered about. OK Sifu Garry, I only have observations....no answers. ;-) Lloyd

Sifu Garry - thanks so much for your continual support and encouragement on this thread. I still don't know "how it is happening", but I know for sure that it IS HAPPENING. Agree from my own first hand experience this is a very, very cool form of qigong.

riding - thanks for posting your experiences. I have also found the advanced seated meditations to be, well, very meditative. I have done different forms of meditation over the years, however my mind *naturally* becomes quieter doing the advanced seated Flying Phoenix vs. any other type of meditation that I have practiced. Some of my experiences have been quite profound. As I have stated in some previous posts, I consider FP to be a spiritual practice. Lloyd

Hey alles - no, sorry for any confusion but your assumptions would not be correct. The Bose only eliminate noise....the Flying Phoenix practice stands on its own as far as benefits and development. And the gradual diminishing of the super audio sensitivity simply happens with time and practice; it is not related to the noise canceling headset. Using the Bose headset would give no different results than practicing Flying Phoenix in a quiet, serene environment. HTH... Lloyd

When practicing FP, I found my sense of hearing would become super sensitive. Any noise, even those that were not particularly loud, would be jolting. For example when practicing FP, even my wife doing dishes two rooms away sounded like loud clanging..... In reality she wasn't being loud, it was that my sense of hearing became somewhat super normal. This was a few years ago. So I sent a PM to Sifu Terry asking him if it would be OK to practice FP wearing my Bose QC15 noise canceling headset, which blocks 90% of all outside noise. He said yes. Since then I have used my Bose headset quite often when practicing FP with excellent results, especially if I am expecting any noise. QC15's are pretty expensive, but if you are in a potentially noisy environment I can vouch for the fact that they do a great job of noise cancellation. Over the past year, as Sifu Terry predicted, I lost that sensation of super sensitivity to sound when practicing FP, but the fact remains that a loud sound at close range is extremely disturbing when deep into a FP meditation. So I still often use the Bose because they eliminate the possibility that I will be bothered by noise. HTH, Lloyd

Bravo!

pitisukha - When you do MHP you can scan the body....but it's totally not necessary. You might try after the initial percentage breathing sequence, simply clearing your mind while you hold the position and passively observe the effects. Regarding your question about MSW1, the maximum repititions is seven. After seven, take three deep breaths and come out of it. Then if you want to more than seven, do the starting breathing sequence again and do seven more repititions. Good luck with the routine and let us know how it goes! Lloyd

Tonight I thought I would try this, so I finished my practice of FP with seated MHP as the last meditation of the night. It's mind clearing qualities are really something special. I would encourage everyone to try this....I can promise you'll be pleased with your results. Lloyd

taiji_cat - you are making great progress....congratulations! Consider 5 60 80 40 30 and "Monk paints the garage" (love the sense of humor) are the first two *basic* seated meditations, and you are feeling their power very strongly. This speaks to the power of the FP meditations. Nice work and please keep us posted with your progress.

Deep bow..... My deepest appreciation for your continued encouragement and guidance Sifu Terry.

Sifu Terry - I can attest to occasionally seeing a gold aura in the room as I conclude the practice of flying Phoenix meditations, i.e., after finishing a FP meditation, taking three deep breaths and opening my eyes. I saw this "surroundings draped in gold light" effect again last week when I was in Tallahassee. And then again last night here in Orlando. Though the gold light was more faint last night, it was undeniably there. I was not going to post this (at least not at this time) however since you mentioned it above I thought I would share this experience with the board. Lloyd

Sifu Garry - as you go back and forth with Ant there are a lot of good things that you say that a lot of us benefit from. Again, thanks for your generous contributions to the thread!

Sifu Terry - thank you for your kind words. It is true that Flying Phoenix tends to provide its own feedback. For example ridingtheox posted that the advanced seated meditations seemed to provide him feedback to go slower.... I have had similar experiences. And as such simply by practicing one can learn. Lloyd

norbu - welcome to the thread and thanks for the two strong posts. FP seems to be compatible with quite a few different energetic systems. TK is yet one more example. Really interesting story regarding Tibetan Protectors!

Steve - 100 consecutive days is a "gong" in traditional Chinese terms.... it's considered the minimum amount of time to focus on a particular practice.

riding - thanks for the progress report....amazing results! Especially the zhan zhuang stamina as a result of FP. I know you will enjoy vol 7, as those exercises are very meditative. And yes, they do seem to give feedback to s-l-o-w down. If you figure out a way to get more time each day for practice, please let me know. ;-)

Lief - great point about a focus on personal results vs. system results. In the Vedic traditions there are a mumber of stories that often depict a person who is only partially aware of a spiritual technique, but he practices what he knows faithfully, sincerely and constantly.....and eventually surpasses the master who knows all the details. Those stories have left an impression on me, and so for me it is more about the sincerity of my practice vs. the system of practice. That said, I found FP resonated with me and so I went with it. I was is Los Angeles a few weeks ago, and unfortunately missed Sifu Terry because coincidentally he was (and is) on a trip to the East Coast. My comment to Sifu Terry was there is so much more I can get out of *what I currently know* that I feel the practice itself will continue to teach me. At this point I am quite content with the qigong meditations contained within the available FP DVD's, because the limiting factor isn't the system; it is me.

Thank you Sifu Garry for your last half dozen posts..... Pure gold!

Awen - depends on where you order it from, but usually within a week.

pitisukha - I believe you are interpreting Sifu Terry's recommended training schedule correctly. When you begin a new cycle, which in our case includes the newly learned Monk Holds Pearl and MSW#1, then you focus on those and leave the ones you were doing, but only temporarily. However, when I was learning the basics, once or twice a week I would do everything I learned, so that I did all the basic seated and all the basic standing. It's pretty cool do get to the point that you can do all the basic standing one after the other. Same with all the basic seated. These build a lot of energy! Even now I love going back and doing the basic standing and seated FP exercises....they are quite powerful. Later on as you progress in your practice (after you learn all the basic standing and seated), and as you learn more advanced standing and seated FP meditations, you can reduce the amount of time on each of the basic exercises to 6-8 minutes each. Hope this helps!