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Beware of the several above comments which are based on opinions instead of experience doing Falun Gong. All qigong is not the same. All questions about Falun Gong and why not to do it with other forms of qigong are discussed by the master in his books. You are dealing with frequencies, signals which effect body parts. Different qigong methods produce different patterns of frequencies/vibrations which effect the body. So combining different methods sends mixed messages to the body and this can negate benefits. The master also states that this advice does not just apply to Falun Gong. He warns against combining any different qigong methods for the same reason. Mixed signals. The only way to know about Falun Qigong is to read the text and also learn the method. You will then soon realize there is no imaginary Dharma Wheel, or Law Wheel. It is totally tangible when you feel it being installed inside of you. I am extremely insensitive to almost any type of energy work. Yet I strongly felt the Falun Wheel being installed in my solar plexus region shortly after being taught Falun Dafa. My best friend also experienced the Falun Wheel swinging over his head soon after he learned Falun Gong. My esteemed medical clairvoyant later saw the Falun Wheel inside of me and described what it looked like accurately even though he had never seen any picture of a Falun Wheel. Because the wheel generates Qi 24/7, and also removes bad Qi, what would be the purpose of adding any other qigong method? You do Falun Dafa to energize the wheel which then does the work as if you were performing qigong 24/7. So it is in a league of its own compared to any other qigong method. I did not continue doing Falun Dafa mainly because the postures and movements are not enjoyable. On every blog people offer opinions, and often it is without having accurate information about the subject at hand. Wisdom, on the other hand, is based on knowledge plus direct experience. Quite a difference.

To EFreethought: your label of TM as weird sounds like something based without any direct experience of the TM program. I have been doing TM daily for the past 51 years and I also spent one year training as a TM teacher. I am unaware of any weirdness involved in the practice of TM, I am only aware of the benefits that I have experienced. I also worked directly for awhile for the TM organization.

To Pak's comments about the spiritual history of Flying Phoenix Chi Kung. It might be quite a stretch for most people to believe that a goddess or any kind of deity can appear to humans. I probably have posted a comment like this before somewhere on here. But I will mention this again. About 9 years ago when I gave my then soon to be wife the Oneness Blessing learned from the avatar, Sri Amma Bhagavan, she reported seeing in her mind's eye this woman dressed in ancient Chinese looking clothes demonstrating these movements that she was to repeat. At this time, my fiancé had never seen any demonstration of chi kung, nor heard of any description of it. I asked her to show me the movements she was shown. They were totally chi kung! And it was interesting that one of the movements worked along the liver meridian. I knew at that time that she had a rather toxic build up in her liver from all of the medications she required. Some time later this experience was reported to our esteemed medical clairvoyant who then told us that what my girlfriend had seen was Green Tara, the Tibetan deity, and that this experience represented something way beyond Tibetan Buddhism. Then some years after that, my best friend's sister attended a Oneness Blessing course for the first time and she saw Kwan Yin appear in a cloud. Kwan Yin then taught her a chi kung method. So knowing these people and hearing their stories convinced me that deities can appear to certain people and instruct them in chi kung. Thus, the folk lore about the origins of Flying Phoenix Chi Kung might actually have some truth to it. Personal experience demonstrates that it is a unique type of qigong for sure, regardless of its origin. And as far as deities manifesting for people, it is now a somewhat common experience for some people in the Oneness movement these days. Physical manifestation, not just seeing them in their mind's eye!

As I recall, there was no instruction to move as slow as possible during circling palms. Moving as slow as a shifting sand dune is for Flying Phoenix movements. Circling Palms is coordinated with the breath. If you move too slowly during circling palms, you would be out of breath before your arms reached the end point during each repetition.

Be prepared to spend a really long time doing exercise number one. Set of 8 repetitions to be done 3 times.

Several years ago I asked the same question about music. Sifu Terry answered that when new to FP, we should wait 6 months before adding music. I suspect that headphones are not appropriate.

I can verify the benefits from having a private Zoom session with Sifu Terry. I had been unaware of some of the mistakes I was doing, but Sifu Terry noticed them immediately and the minor corrections made a difference in the experience of the movements. Another benefit was just the sheer joy and elevation of mood and energy from interacting with Sifu Terry. It was such a comforting and enjoyable time due to his personality and the atmosphere that radiates from his presence. This was before Zoom, we had a Skype session. Every Flying Phoenix practitioner should have at least one session with this master. The sooner the better to avoid any bad habits from incorrect practice. Having practiced at least 100 different qigong methods, I can confidently state that there is no other qigong method that I am aware of that gives the experience of such a unique, tangible sensation of Qi, even to complete novices. There is simply nothing like Flying Phoenix Chi King for Health series and its powerful companion, Tao Tan Pai.

I am sure that you will be told that Flying Phoenix Qigong is not the same as TCM in terms of trying to understand how it works. I would suggest that you read all of the posts to gain a better understanding of this system. You're obviously super sensitive to any energy work and thus you will probably have many experiences that other people have not had. It might be best if you let yourself experience what you experience during your practice rather than so much worry about alignment not being perfect and that might mess up your health in the future. That's just my opinion.

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First of all, congratulations on even getting a reply from Jenny because she has been retired. That was gracious of her to reply. My take on her reply is that she has not been bothering to teach higher levels of Yi Gong because she has not found those people who are advanced enough to benefit from the higher levels. Probably bruises some egos, but she is being real. I found her Yi Gong to be really different. Her method is the only qigong method that has caused me to have spontaneous movements. It was great several years ago to feel arms and legs shaking vigorously on their own due to the Qi flow. The is that the movements did not consistently happen. And where there were no movements, it was really boring sitting there for 25 minutes in a static posture with mudra getting nothing out of it. And now she suggests 45 minute sessions, wow! I read Max's book long ago and I was not impressed with what I guess were the advanced levels of Yi Gong. One of which I recall was sitting on a chair with a mudra which resembled holding a steering wheel of a car. At the time, I didn't realize that was actually Yi Gong and that it was an advanced level. I had a Skype session one night with Max where he taught me his version of Yi Gong which was only slightly different than Jenny's version. He told me that his version is how the masters in Shanghai teach it. He was really laid back during our session and it only took a couple of minutes to teach me the posture, so I didn't get much out of the session.

The story of liver cancer has never been proven. Tian cured people of liver cancer. Keep in mind that propaganda in China is rampant, especially when the government is paranoid of any organization that attracts large numbers of people, fearing they will become political and want to overthrow the Communist government. That is not my perception, but that of someone who lived and trained in Qigong in China for several years and knew the family of Master Tian Ruisheng.

Yes, Sifu Terry, the TTP 31 DVD is reissue of the old VHS version. I have had the DVD for several years. I think I saw one or two year sago that Bill was rather ill. I hope he recovered. Your plan to issue book and DVD for the Tao Tan Pan - 31 is the most exciting news I have heard so far in the New Year. 2025 is shaping up to be the most exciting year during this current Kali Yuga because it has been proclaimed that the foundation for the Golden Age of mass enlightenment will be laid in 2025. So TTP-31 in book and DVD format seems appropriate for the start of the Golden Age of humanity. Great timing.

Fragrant Qigong cannot be practiced with any qigong method that manipulates breathing in any way. That means that if one does FP, they cannot also do Fragrant Qigong.

Subscriptions are always much more expensive than DVDs.

At last I made sure that I found some time to perform a few FP meditations that I used to do regularly several years ago. Yesterday and today I performed Monk Holding a Pearl, and Bending the Bows. During Bending the Bows it brought back that old familiar sensation from past FP practice when my hands would slowly move toward each other and the feeling of Qi was so strong that the slower I went the stronger it became and the harder it was to move my hands towards each other. I have never felt Qi that strongly in any of the other 100 different styles of Qigong that I have learned. Other Qigong systems have you imagine squeezing a balloon or a beach ball in order to increase the sensation of Qi when moving your palms toward each other. But with Flying Phoenix Chi Kung, the sensation of Qi gets stronger and stronger on its own, no amount of imagination required. And the slower I go, the stronger the sensation. So due to the slow pace of doing Bending the Bows and the time it takes to do 18 repetitions, I have to do 9 reps in the morning and then 9 reps again in the evening. And to answer the above question about doing qigong at midnight, I often have not had time to do my daily qigong quota until 11pm- past midnight. The sensation of Qi has always been stronger at those times than when I do Qigong in the morning or afternoon. But better to be in bed by 10pm, per Ayurveda, because from 10pm-1am is when many of the bodily systems get replenished, especially the immune system. Unfortunately, I always have been a night owl and have not been in bed by 10pm since I left Maharishi International University in 1982, a university based on Ayurvedic principles for health and evolution of consciousness. So it was lights out at 10pm on campus back then.