Simplicity and Effectiveness of a Form

[lessdaomorebum]

funny you didnt take the advice from one of the few recognized living enlightened masters.Instead you ask for advice here .I have tried many of the same qi gong method as you,but it didnt help me much.I was very sick.my nervous system was almost collapsing.I had to lie down to breath,doctors didnt find anything.But through qi gong I felt that my spine was completly blocked,lots of pain and pressure trying to move but it was to stuck.qi gong couldnt help,not enough force.Meditation however worked and slovly began to open my nervous system.The energy you fill the body with in meditation will create a "pressure" that gives more force to the natural chi circulation.Qi gong is low level compared I have personally felt how my channels work and what works for opening them.I also liked spring forest qi gong.But I had absolutely best results with falun gong.I also tried chi lel,zhan zhuang,kunlun,mantak chia,winn and some others.Another thing you have to consider is: would spring forest give you the same effects if that was the first qi gong you tried.or was it the foundation you had from doing lots of qi gong before that maked it so effective.If you tried all the qi gong methods in another order you might have another favourite qi gong.Like for example I was doing lots of mantra meditation(very good for activating the nervous system) and then tried spring forest qi gong(second time).My mco opened right away.I stopped mantra meditation,continue spring forest qi gong.but after a few weeks there was no moore progress.At first seemed to me that spring forest qi gong was so good.But the fact was that the meditation had made the foundation and the mco was about to open naturally when I lead it open with movements.That was many years ago,now i only do meditation and trains mma.dont need any forms.

Tell me more, please. Was there a particular style of meditation that you found helpful?

[Spotless]

<<"I did not follow his advice completely and still do Qigong forms but sometimes I wonder if stillness meditation and just some physical exercise will give as much benefit as any qigong form".>>

 

 

Yes and no:

 

Sitting meditation as we typically picture the Buddha doing will achieve everything Qi Gong will achieve in the context of what is very very loosely referred to often here as "internal alchemy" and it is a base practice of immense value.

 

Qi Gong movement goes a great deal further in the preparation of the body for certain energies and also in physical rebalancing.

 

Both are indeed tremendous practices toward Awakening / Enlightening.

 

Both are invaluable after Awakening - Qi Gong is excellent in aiding further dissipation of remaining patterns and again in vigorous rebalancing of the gross physical as well as extreme subtle - meditation is no longer a practice at that point, it is the home of Presence - having meditation in previous practice gives an easy familiarity to it and a great homecoming.

Edited July 28, 2016 by Spotless