BaguaKicksAss

Oh I think a new thread, for a fresh start . Should we limit it at all you think, or narrow it down to specific practices?

So anyone post more than 37 days of practice? Going through this thread to see what qualifies as martial arts, qigong or neigong (just regular meditation doesn't count, walking down the street doesn't count, trampolines don't count ), would take forever... so I figure each person can count up their own.... So NAJA, would that be a qigong book or a buddhist book? PM me your mailing address.

Awesome . And 3.5 minutes for 4 times per day definitely counts. There are some exercises where if you can last more than 3.5 minutes you are doing it wrong .

Uhm, if you practiced each day for all 3 days it counts as 3 days, if you practiced only one day for those 3, it counts as one. Not sleeping doesn't count as martial arts or neigong for this contest. Another one, oh definitely . Now to think of some good peramiters.....

A lot of concepts in here that sound more like an ego/self getting in the way than HGA guidance. Though on the internet these days, everything is HGA, and everything one combines with the HGA is all good... imo, not everything is HGA, it is not our higher self, etc. etc. I think I'll stop here . I sometimes tend to rant a lot... Just a caution of not assuming things/feelings/experiences/info you recieve/etc. are one's HGA; this will bring the magician a long way.

Wait, where did mine go? It was handy, as tech/staff it helped to figure out which new members were causing trouble . Though really, a popularity contest...

Stars/member rankings lolololol

I practiced on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday.... Bagua each of those days . OK who won? I have some books to mail out!

Your lack of reading comprehension for the rules of this contest is what concerns me.... It is not how many hours, it is how many DAYS of practice (of at least 15 minutes per day). One of the reasons I put 15 minutes per day is to get us all into a good habit of practicing. If you tell folks do an hour per day, most can't keep that up for 100 days straight. However if you stick with 15 per day, well most people can muster that. Well or maybe not . But we all have to start somewhere .

Sounds like a justification to me. Folks come up with sorts of fancy "I'm not really doing black magic because of such and such"; but should just admit it. Obviously one would have to have some attachment to the situation and the person to even give a crap in the first place, but further have the person bother you so much you feel they must suffer! Not that I think it's always a bad thing in the first place, I've just spent a few decades watching people justify, using different reasons, how and why they can curse someone to make the person's life miserable, because that person most obviously deserves it. No one is perfect, everyone has done imperfect acts. What is to make us think the other person is any worse than we are? Usually not, whenever I hear people talk about it. How about a spell where both the caster and the person being cast upon get what's coming? Or just admit one wants to see that person suffer, then do some inner work and figure out why one feels that way. Or just open up the galdrabok and make a proper go of it instead of whitewashing things .

You're kidding me right?

Only 10 days to go! I think I know who the winners are already, but I'm wondering if folks can help me out a bit and add up their days of practice of NEIGONG, QIGONG or MARTIAL ARTS? The other practices are awesome too of course, but don't count for this particular contest. Also unless you have a severe physical disability, less than 10 minutes of practice on that particular day doesn't count either.... Also has to be solo practice not teaching time; class time as a student can be counted 2x per week). Hey these are going to be good books, so I'm being strict . This was all mentioned in the first post. I have most definitely practiced magic once or twice per day for about 85 or more of these days, but that doesn't count for this particular contest. I managed about 30 days of martial arts/qigong (my worst slacking ever since I started 6-7 years ago!), but I didn't post all the days, so again, so only the ones I have posted count. Anyways, 10 days left, which should be enough time to come out ahead of the others if you practice each day for 10 days. Apparently with myself, only 10 more days and I can start practicing again or something lololololol. For those who have practiced quite a bit, think about whether you would like a Buddhist, Daoist or Bruce Frantzis book . Or perhaps something else if you have enough days in .

The awesome and amazing thing about Bagua is, that with all the twisting and turning, it tends to wring you out, just like a wet towel all twisted up to get the water out....

Nah.

Actually the only important thing really is that you are doing better than you did last year, or perhaps the last few years. This could mean more practice, or perhaps more balance and actually taking a few breaks and meditating more. Though that said, I was going through my books this evening... .

I finally read the book; not much about actual alchemy, more about random spiritual practices thrown together and modern ceremonial magick thrown in. Aside from this though, if one takes out all the extraneous filler, what is wrong with the book? Could you go into some detail giving actual examples please? It's really easy to say someone hasn't completed the work; we all say that about practitioners we don't like, but some specifics about what is wrong with his methods would be nice. I mean aside from the fact that the actual info never makes it into books sort of thing...

Not to late at all . Also you can post back to the day you posted this, if you can remember. Yep just a basic what you did each day. I prefer a list of each day, since saying "I practiced all last week" isn't quite that precise, as you may have missed a day... The rules are in the first post.

LOL I think I mentioned in the original post that I don't count. Also, for some odd reason I have been slacking since it started, so I most definitely won't have the most days of practice in .

up to 3 days per week now, will hopefully be back up to my 5x per week soon .

I'm going to do a local Agrippa book club. I'm going to take a year to have us go through the 3 books though, as it is sort of large, and it's not good to rush through it. One section per month I figure. We will be using this ever so awesome version: http://www.esotericarchives.com/agrippa/index.html Anyone want to join us online? Wonder if I should leave this hear, put it in the book club section, or put it in my PPF with all sorts of nice sub fora for the sections? Who's in? Section 1 starts Sunday the 4th...

Thank you guys . I'm busily focusing on my various practices and my work/website... The internet can unfortunately take up way too much time, so I'm getting more focused on things not internet. Oh and teaching a few classes per week in person too.

Both PDF and dead tree versions available, written by a well renowned Bagua player . This would be helpful for the many terms which are martial arts specific, or mean something a bit different in a martial arts context. http://www.lulu.com/shop/andrea-falk/chinese-to-english-dictionary-of-chinas-martial-arts/ebook/product-21842571.html

If it's not mindful, it's not all that much different than just going to the gym... especially if not done slooooowly .

Apologies for Agrippa post slacking! My personal magical practiced has increased manyfold lately as I've been leading some group workings and etc. Also had to catch up on work over the holidays. I will be back posting Agrippa shortly (as in within a couple of weeks, still getting used to my new schedule)

It's looking pretty obvious which two folks will be receiving books . Anyone else want to catch up to them?