Healing Tao USA | Explorer | Activity https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/members/explorer/activity/ Activity feed for Explorer. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:14:24 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 accf1db3f5c0c80ec54ce9eb8f6a463c Explorer replied to the topic Prostate health in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/prostate-health/#post-36164 Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:51:15 -0400 Thanks for those suggestions. Ejaculation as frequently as possible is often recommended for my condition and it does seem to reduce discomfort a lot but I don’t know what TCM would have to say about that one. I’m taking both cipro and colloidal silver so now I’ll add the massage techniques recommended in the Healing Tao books.

]]> 7734febfc15c31f171c3415a6c576e92 Explorer replied to the topic Prostate health in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/prostate-health/#post-36160 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:07:28 -0400 My Hsing-i (or shing-yi) instructor suggests colloidal silver solution as another antibiotic remedy. I asked a pharmacist if it was incompatible with the cipro that I’m on, but they just told me not to take it internally at all. Some people have gotten good results from C-silver but only if they take the right kind, not the stuff with a protein…[Read more]

]]> e37ffa8646fdbaa7fc0a7831a8a01025 Explorer replied to the topic Prostate health in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/prostate-health/#post-36158 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:01:04 -0400 Thanks, I’ve heard of that book but not gotten it yet. I’ll look for it.

]]> 484d8c2e36866c4eac401b27669ae18a Explorer replied to the topic Photo of Smiling Sun in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/photo-of-smiling-sun/#post-36094 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:13:12 -0400 Check out this “eye of God” nebula from Hubblehttp://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_eye_of_god.htm

]]> 2a7b28dc2ac0a711573c2d438b403c4c Explorer replied to the topic Does any body remember the Lights over NYC and ships in China? in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/does-any-body-remember-the-lights-over-nyc-and-ships-in-china/#post-36147 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:25:36 -0400 I haven’t heard of this particular case but stories related to UFOs or life on other worlds have been getting more and more common in the mainstream press for a while now. Some people, including Richard Hoagland, say this is an organized attempt to gradually get the public ready for some really big news. I’m not sure about that yet. It would be…[Read more]

]]> 28375c44f1d57e604135f2d1410b6d20 Explorer replied to the topic possible harm to the prostate in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/possible-harm-to-the-prostate/page/2/#post-34431 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:38:26 -0400 Sounds like good advice. I feel that I may be recovering already, so your advice here is backed up by the reality that I’m starting to experience.

]]> 605b320767e0023641d16289f6fc3137 Explorer replied to the topic possible harm to the prostate in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/possible-harm-to-the-prostate/page/2/#post-34429 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:09:29 -0400 When you say “it’s not really worth of serious study any further, because he likes to use expressions like ‘hyperdimensional physics'” that’s kind of like saying at the time that the hot air balloon or airplane were being invented, that it would not be worth studying any further because in explaining how it worked they used expressions like…[Read more]

]]> 654494331b4917144855d15d21899e87 Explorer replied to the topic sex love relationships and retention and todays situation in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/sex-love-relationships-and-retention-and-todays-situation/#post-34466 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:54:43 -0400 Oh yes, “A gem is not polished without rubbing nor a man perfected without trials.”

I don’t know who said that, but any Taoist would understand that too many obstacles can lead to the same results as too little, right?

]]> 24b343cac865cdd836c04e7523d1a11c Explorer replied to the topic sex love relationships and retention and todays situation in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/sex-love-relationships-and-retention-and-todays-situation/#post-34460 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:45:29 -0400 “From one thing, know 10,000 things…to die with one’s sword still sheathed is most regrettable.” – Mushashi Miyamoto in The Book of Five Rings

I’m trying to make sure all the talent and opportunities I have are not wasted, trying to make sure I succeed with everything I think is important, including leaving behind a better world than the one…[Read more]

]]> a1808b53ea2c7b8f1f416cf8677077fb Explorer replied to the topic possible harm to the prostate in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/possible-harm-to-the-prostate/page/2/#post-34419 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:11:54 -0400 Maybe we’re getting into a controversy that won’t be considered particularly relevant to what this site is all about, but I think it raises a couple of issues that really would be of interest to this crowd. First of all, if I am asked to judge people by their official credentials rather than the quality of their evidence, logic of their…[Read more]

]]> 1ae38dde6ca4e3aced6e3cdef769cf94 Explorer replied to the topic possible harm to the prostate in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/possible-harm-to-the-prostate/page/2/#post-34417 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:58:16 -0400 If you go to the website

http://alchemicaltaoism.com/

Click on “Healing Love” on the left, then scroll down and click on the essay “Semen Retention: Danger”, you’ll see an essay that basically says what I have discovered the hard way on my own, which led to this thread getting started. Cheers.

]]> 8fa2eb5b404fc1044e214831f90847ca Explorer replied to the topic possible harm to the prostate in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/possible-harm-to-the-prostate/#post-34413 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:51:16 -0400 I guess I didn’t choose my words very carefully at one point. “not feeling like I need one” was a reference to feeling like I wouldn’t be physically capable of sex, even though my desire for companionship, intimacy, etc. was still as strong as ever. It always has been. But which part of a car is more important and which is the “afterthought”,…[Read more]

]]> 5ad42f4a5659ec9da256a8c75dd14adf Explorer replied to the topic possible harm to the prostate in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/possible-harm-to-the-prostate/#post-34409 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:05:05 -0400 Thanks again, this was even more encouraging. There are some issues you raised that aren’t relevant in my case, like not really wanting a partner on some level because of the sacrifices that would be made for a relationship, stuff like that I can confidently say has never been one of my issues. And appearing too needy or appearing to lack…[Read more]

]]> f5557d39427dcc1c9fef0478d993375f Explorer replied to the topic possible harm to the prostate in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/possible-harm-to-the-prostate/#post-34405 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:05:57 -0400 Thanks, you gave me a lot of good news here. I recently went to see a modern Western allopathic doctor, he did all the tests they know how to do, and I was told that all my numbers were so spectacularly good that I was expected to make it to the age of 130 at least. That was also good news but doesn’t get me any closer to understanding why my…[Read more]

]]> e14b50b82393d050fb58856295c05a4c Explorer replied to the topic possible harm to the prostate in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/possible-harm-to-the-prostate/#post-34399 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:08:10 -0400 I’m afraid the whole population of chi gung practitioners is probably small enough and new enough in this part of the world, so no one has yet gotten around to doing any statistical study on whether we are better off than the Catholic priests when it comes to prostate health, but some countries are certainly better off than others due to cultural…[Read more]

]]> 84d7639d7c90ed0337c6eb606ee577f7 Explorer replied to the topic possible harm to the prostate in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/possible-harm-to-the-prostate/#post-34397 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:59:19 -0400 I wasn’t just worried because of my age. I just wasn’t sure whether I could have done any long term harm by practicing all this for about 15 years before I started noticing a feeling of congestion, and the fact that using any of these methods without the finger pressure (the big draw) didn’t result in any less congestion. Sometimes I’ve felt…[Read more]

]]> d53ad849a6047c90785ce769eab2995b Explorer replied to the topic possible harm to the prostate in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/possible-harm-to-the-prostate/#post-34391 Mon, 31 May 2010 14:54:08 -0400 I have the sexual vitality DVD, the 17 disc set that came with it, Qigong fundamentals 1 and 2, and a couple of Mantak Chia’s books but none of them are addressing my concerns or providing information that I haven’t already heard. I’ve also been practicing the martial arts of Hsing-i and Bagua but that kind of qigong hasn’t gotten me any closer…[Read more]

]]> b1f116ee37b79a045b97a278815d8df0 Explorer replied to the topic Will Cell phones cause a Brain Cancer epidemic? (if you've got kids, READ THIS) in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/will-cell-phones-cause-a-brain-cancer-epidemic-if-youve-got-kids-read-this/#post-32247 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:53:22 -0400 43dd6c63192107652ff7d7d09e05b522 Explorer replied to the topic Will Cell phones cause a Brain Cancer epidemic? (if you've got kids, READ THIS) in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/will-cell-phones-cause-a-brain-cancer-epidemic-if-youve-got-kids-read-this/#post-32245 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:53:19 -0400 I can definitely feel uncomfortable and unnatural sensations in my inner ear or the side of my head after a couple minutes on a cell phone, sometimes some part of my inner ear feels like it’s vibrating. It only gets worse and turns into a headache if I stay on the cell too long. Even without a news item like this I’m inclined to use a regular…[Read more]

]]> 86de6e15b8855834d7934aad78a6979c Explorer replied to the topic Is loneliness increasing? (excellent article) in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/is-loneliness-increasing-excellent-article/#post-32091 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:48:27 -0400 This article says levels of loneliness increase when people perceive more social activity in others, so they have a higher standard to compare themselves to. That doesn’t make sense to me since I really don’t need some kind of common standards to figure out what my own needs are. A lot of other things in the article make sense but I think the…[Read more]

]]> 1fd4588b77d3522bdc93d6d28b5ef0ca Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/page/3/#post-26251 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:19:10 -0400 Yes, you’re making some good points. I hadn’t thought of the possibility that the language barrier and cultural background could be creating some of what looked like self-contradiction to me. The world is full of other instructors who don’t know this method themselves or, like the Healing Dao instructor I was studying with, are simply unwilling…[Read more]

]]> f37c4933d79b39828262bf2bbe37a740 Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/page/2/#post-26247 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:12:30 -0400 It looks like I just posted the same message twice because there is a typo in the first one that makes it look kinda nonsensical… 🙁

]]> 60670bd87d15602c0e720b9f6cfc187a Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/page/2/#post-26245 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:10:24 -0400 Steven,
I have heard about how MC has one big thing in common with Bruce Lee, and that is they both made a lot of enemies by revealing things to the whole world that some people preferred to keep secret within the Chinese culture. And I have certainly not failed to notice that the people who don’t approve of the Healing Dao system are not…[Read more]

]]> b1412e6a0ed0650c1fd8dd2198c68771 Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/page/2/#post-26243 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:09:17 -0400 Steven,
I have heard about how MC has one big thing in common with Bruce Lee, and that is they both made a lot of enemies by revealing things to the whole world that some people preferred to keep secret within the Chinese culture. And I have certainly not failed to notice that the people who don’t approve of the Healing Dao system are not…[Read more]

]]> 377166ebe35c9ffc6a48b17588b1be3e Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/page/2/#post-26237 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:14:19 -0400 Show me some better books before telling me these are crap?

That would be a touche I guess. You got a point there.

]]> e83eb9428fbac49cbd400f50a30645bc Explorer replied to the topic Tiny DNA Molecules Show Liquid Crystal Phases in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/tiny-dna-molecules-show-liquid-crystal-phases/#post-26324 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:56:14 -0400 I always thought it was fascinating how closely the solar system resembles the inside of an atom. Fascinating.

]]> 2259bf717f17a6a73aa9af90d56e9dcd Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/page/2/#post-26233 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:51:47 -0400 Actually I always thought the truly Daoist approach would be between two extremes, not being too goal-oriented but at the same time recognizing that goals and results do matter to some extent. 🙂

“There is stick-to-it-iveness and there is getting entangled; stick-to-it-iveness is strength and entanglement is weakness. You must know the…[Read more]

]]> 13018b9aef12fbc6eaa0a5de0d14f844 Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/page/2/#post-26229 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:20:12 -0400 Steven,
I did know that already. But does that mean that the energy from the sperm is saved even if the energy from the semen is not? Another factor is the unreliable nature of the Daoist method as a form of contraception since it takes so many years to learn the method thoroughly.

]]> 641eb60b46692c7a2fd1d6a5716009b4 Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/page/2/#post-26227 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:14:23 -0400 Michael,
Now that I really think about it, I don’t think you are correct at all when you say a lot of martial artists are impatient or that the practitioners of shing yi don’t understand what’s really involved in subtle energy methods. But it looks like you are suggesting certain things as prerequisites that they haven’t done so I’m hoping that…[Read more]

]]> 2d9a60fa76a791b8cfefb7e7bf1ce299 Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/page/2/#post-26223 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:54:14 -0400 Michael,
That sounds like insightful input from you on this and makes this situation easier to understand. I have just ordered the Qigong fundamentals 1 and 2 that you suggested.

There’s one thing I want to make sure I’ve explained clearly about my experience to see how common it is. I’ve had enough practice and training so I can easily…[Read more]

]]> 9ee9d5a66f7de0f0d9bcf836c12521ac Explorer replied to the topic Ten things you didn't know about the People's Republic of China in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-peoples-republic-of-china/#post-26330 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:37:53 -0400 One of the things China has in common with the US is the striking similarity between the way the Tibetans have been treated and what the Native Americans of the Western plains went through in the 1800s and early 1900s. There still is plenty to admire about China, though. It seems they’re playing a role in getting the American space program back…[Read more]

]]> c999b6dc4314b74da08ac70110110feb Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/#post-26215 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:25:03 -0400 Mantak Chia has a reputation among the people I practice Shing Yi with as being an incompetent quack who doesn’t know hardly anything about chi kung but just knows how to get rich quick selling dangerously misleading books. This is not my opinion personally and I am the only person in the group who has actually studied with one of the Healing Dao…[Read more]

]]> 8775280a15d2036dcd60e072153f75b4 Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/#post-26209 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:31:06 -0400 I got the 17 disc set “Healing Love Taoist Sexual Secrets”. I’ve been familiar with the microcosmic orbit for a long time and the energy channel work that’s done in Shing Yi Chuan, but this is the first I’ve heard of the wudang orbit. I’ll check out that Qigong Fundamentals 2 next if that would explain more. I’ve been looking for more effective…[Read more]

]]> cf710e165ef68ada60c4d61380d2a73a Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/#post-26203 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:36:36 -0400 I’m not familiar with “tao bums”, is that another part of this website? Thanks for the info because obviously I could use all the advice I can get. I haven’t heard anything about starting after 30 being a problem, but I did start around the age of 25 or 26 and I am now 38.

]]> 6451258a6e9ea61a153a2f47395bb3e9 Explorer replied to the topic in-person instruction vs. DVDs and books in the forum General https://www.michaelwinn.qlogictechnologies.com/forums/topic/in-person-instruction-vs-dvds-and-books/#post-26199 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:05:01 -0400 I thought I wouldn’t be the only one to have thoughts like that about the books and recordings. Since starting to learn the Healing Love methods I have learned enough to benefit from them but it seems I hit a sort of glass ceiling where I can’t figure out how to learn the method any more effectively. When I got the new DVD set I was puzzled and…[Read more]

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