adel

Hello,

I’ve also done Michael Winn’s homestudy material and got a lot out of it.

This summer was the first time I started learning Tai Chi. For me it was
about having good alignment before beginning because I didn’t want to
practice Tai Chi and incorporate bad habits in. So I saved up to go to
the retreats. We did a lot of Tai Chi (1 and…[Read more]

Hello,

Glad to see so many people interested in Iron Shirt 1.

When I started the HT, there was not a lot of comment on the practice. Whenever
I was reading a book about any of the practices it was always mentioned as a
prerequisite along with the Inner Smile and MO. There were tons of articles,
posts on the forum regarding those two…[Read more]

Great article.

Is taoist immortality then the state of becoming so entangled with the
environment that you merge (reach equilibrium), or is it that you do not merge with the
universe but retain your state of “pureness”, coffee heating itself up?

Aging being entangled mixture leading to merging : death.????

Adel

Hello Frechtling,

Iron Shirt 2 is one of my main practices right now. I was lucky to be able to take a lesson this past summer and have been practicing pretty much daily since. I completely agree with Steven that there is no possible way to learn from the book. You do have a better chance with the DVD though I believe.

You just have to be…[Read more]

Good site for info http://fairewinds.org

AG: Amory Lovins has been at the forefront of how we produce energy and how we can produce energy and how we can save energy for the better part of four decades now. He’s the cofounder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, which has been the largest think tank here in the United States on proposing…[Read more]

Hi,

I will be coming for three retreats this summer!!!!
I did have a question, when I was filling out the
info online it asks for extra nights between retreats.
QF1-4 ends on 6/26 and Fusion starts on 6/28 so where
it says nights from__to__ do I put in 28 to 26? Does
that make it 2 extra nights?

Also re laundry, do I need to bring…[Read more]

Looking at the characters is interesting too:

Jing 精　immature rice

Qi 氣　steamed rice

I guess in order to digest Jing we must cook it into a softer
Qi first.

Adel

I feel also that you would have to have Yuan Qi (original chi) 元気, inside
out bodies in order to be able to connect and bring more in thru the Ming Men.
I agree with you Bagua that our bodies must hold pre-natal and post-natal
energies…..if our bodies are a micro copy of the universe, then inside of us
we should be able to sit on the wave…[Read more]

Thanks,

Much easier to understand now. What about Yuan Chi? My understanding
was that it was neutral in the sense that it is chi that has not
quite been polarized yet, but not totally neutral in the sense that
because it is in this plane (5 phase) that there has to be a certain
amount of polarization. (?)

If you have an opinion,
Tks,
Adel

Good point. All of the communication issues that fusion addresses,
with the five shen. But I definately agree that what you call
the “core aspects” are thruout the entire body/heart/mind.

Adel

Hello,

I used to always be late too. I completely changed when I left someone
I really cared about waiting. This person said to me “you have no idea and
don’t care how the waiting person feels,
if you truly cared about someone you wouldn’t want them to wait”.

Coming from someone who was very important to me, I finally took a moment
to…[Read more]

Hello,

This is the most plausible explanation I’ve read from “scientists”.

>our soul is contained inside structures called microtubules within brain cells.<

It makes more sense that any cell in all parts of the brain or body would contain
all of our experience/intelligence=soul.

I've read of memories being passed on to people who have…[Read more]

Hello,

I also did a ceremony for the solstice; I made my intention clear to the universe, then began my ceremony with the Deep Healing form that
I did facing in each direction. I had feelings similar to Steven where I began to
retch and felt as if I were vomiting but it was energetic. Very cleansing, left me
feeling light and…[Read more]

I see, that makes sense. It is both the
cause and the effect. When you start to
feel stressed your shoulders rise and
your diaphragm tightens up which basically
only allows you to breathe in the upper
body. Short and shallow.

THanks, Adel

Right, it could also cause it like when
you feel stressed your shoulders raise
and your diaphragm freezes up which only
allows for shallow upper body breathing.

Makes sense, either way the cause is the
effect and vice verse.
Thanks, Adel

I get it, but when I right click there is no view image
choice the only view is a view source. The first time I
tried it I pasted the address off of searching in images
so it ended in a jpg file but didn’t how up. I know I am
doing something wrong though….tks Adel