A combination of herbs, acupressure, and exercise (including qi gong).

Herbs
Call up either dragon herbs ( http://dragonherbs.com/ ) or the tea garden herbal…[Read more]

Amongst potential benefits, the main dangers of semen retention are stagnation and heat.

One of the Chinese medical views of asthma is that “the kidneys are failing to grasp the lung qi”, so you can’t breathe deeply easily, can’t catch your breath. The (healthy) energy of the lungs is cool and descending, and connects with…[Read more]

Well, I’m just a poor round-eye, limited to reading Taoist texts that’ve been translated into english – but I haven’t read any description that correlates to kundalini. There’s a ton of un-translated…[Read more]

No, definately not. Kundalini is about the lower centers tapping into a Primordial Force. What, exactly, that is, I couldn’t say. But it is definately not just the common circulation of jing, through whichever channel.

j> Can you recommend an overview somewhere? >

Some people find my website helpful, AlchemicalTaoism.com. It’s free, and written (mostly) by students, for students – so, take it for what it’s worth. 😉 Pertinent to our discussion: the Overview section, Microcosmic section, Extraordinary Vessels section (core vessel essays).

The central channel is unique, in that it is a still place, where the personal and transpersonal intersect – on an…[Read more]

1. I included a couple of tank pictures, one at the beginning, one at the end. Our “body type” discussion prompted me to look for some pictures, and these are what I found to indicate the pertinent issues (not just of body type, but also libidinal psychology, and pelvic structure).…[Read more]

m> maybe it’s got a lot to do with body type – i’m pretty thin – not really prone to excessive strength anyway. but i can see how stonger constitutional types would have more strength/power particularlly in that region. >

Yes, you are so right. I thought of mentioning this, but there’s only so much one can type at once. 🙂

I’m a…[Read more]

m> Do you mean that the feelings/sensations of ‘power’ and strength that come with vitality, .. are not addressed by most systems? >

Yes, but more specifically:
– muscular strength-usage within the pelvic region, and how that relates to processing jing’s power within the pelvic region.

(In this essay..) I’m not addressing…[Read more]

m> that cartoon picture of .. the squat .. from dragon gate daoyin. .. has great affect on the LTT >

Always nice to get cross-lineage confirmation, comparison. 😀

Those’re my favorite of the squats; I call ’em “lateral squats”, and I find that they open my hips – and even into my pelvic region – better than any other squat that I’ve…[Read more]

Some friends and I were recently discussing bellydancing, and how much it has in common with qi gong – how it develops the hara and the deep internals along the spine, keeps blood circulating and tissue supple in important areas. I…[Read more]

I nominate your post for:
“Best top to bottom honest map of male~female, from the female perspective.”

Keith

That’s the general premise, but I think there are limits…
I’m not a military legal expert, but I think that’s the law up to just short of participating in war crimes. And it’s Watanabe’s assertion that…[Read more]

I’ve been doing some meditations, and readings, on the brain, that I think might be relavent. (Though I’ve not been a smoker..) Here’s…[Read more]

Wow. I 2nd that.

On what basis do you say that? Sounds arbitrary and capricious to me. Perhaps based on personal and/or prevelent cultural preferences, not on a thorough investigation of what is what re: chi kung. (I might also add that going by…[Read more]

I can see how one could look at it that way. I always just took it that it was not his role to teach.

> I also wonder why if Sean only believes in concrete results…[Read more]

so> If you can’t back up your statements with even a brief discussion, .. >

A brief review of Denty’s posts shows that Denty’s posts here, while few in number, have often been very lengthy and quite considered. Similar to his posts at TTBs. Considering that his intent was only to make short forays at both sites, that is home…[Read more]

It’s common for teachers to keep some distance from each other; potentially too contentious, otherwise. The main duty of each teacher is to run their school – not go into some other’s school and this-&-that. It’s a matter of staying to what is important.

Just my point of view.

s> not on some secluded process…[Read more]

Thanks for the wudang orbit tip!

MW> Its publishers choose to sell it under copyright agreements signed 20 years ago.
While it caused problems for a small number of students who did not do the preparatory work, it also caused a revolution in sexual consciousness in the West that was badly needed.…[Read more]

F> we don’t attempt to “beat the idle thoughts to death,” just let them pass by like the birds in the sky or fish in the sea. >

Agreed with the principle and experience that one can’t “effort” the thoughts to stop. 🙂

> Taking a break from forums, >

Healthy. 🙂
Look fwd to a hello after you return.

Trunk

F> The main difference is the non-thinking is not grasping to those thoughts. .. As Dogen says, put your thinking in the palm of you hand. >

I would agree that not getting attached, entangled, in train-of-thought is a step in the right direction re: meditation.

F> Yes idle thoughts die, not the thinking process. >

I disagree. I…[Read more]

“No-thought” means simply that: a meditational state where the flow of conceptual thoughts cease (they are not “suppressed”, btw). Various states of mind, pure energy flow, and purification becomes much more available as a result.

In some lineages it is relatively common for no-thought to occur for students. In many other…[Read more]

As I have already translated both Buddhist and Islamic scripture from their original Sanskrit and Arabic, I was requested to address that assembly. I just recited some scripture as an amicus mundi, friend of the world. >

🙂

Also, the concentrated energy of jing has a lot to do with energizing, nourishing, creating sensation within the nerve plexuses (as well as subtle goings-on), and this comes not just from the…[Read more]

> do you know if it’s suitable to use coconut oil as lube.. ? >

Dunno. There are a number of links if you google it. By ingesting it orally, it does feel circulating and nourishing, like it might be affecting somewhere not too far from the jing~nourishment level in a good way. Might be…[Read more]

j> I read a testimonial from a terminal AIDS patient who…[Read more]

ph> you can’t teach them. >

You guys are reading too much into that, lol;
its Mr. Poo Head, not Ms. lol!

lol, lol.

Its good (‘normal’, in fact).
Leave it be. Best way to do that is to get up early in the morning and exercise / practice.

j> The only complaint I have are my eyes! They seem to still be quite weak. .. Any…[Read more]

B> I beleive Emptiness is the matrix for alchemy to occur >

Agreed.

m> Classic. >

Yup.

I would only add that maneuvers are…[Read more]