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I agree, anonymous strangers online may not be the best resource under the circumstances.

Oh right... you're the guy who didn't know what Sanshou was either. Let me quote you Fu Zhongwen, Yang Chengfu's disciple, in his own book: As you can see... sanshou is a word even Yang Family members used. And contrary to what you thought Sanshou meant,, they do not mean Sanda, the sport. The same is true for Shuai Jiao. It also refers to a genre, not just a sport. And the same is also true for Qinna. It also refers to a genre. Taijiquan traditionally has Sanshou, Shuai Jiao, and Qinna methods. But you are a classic case of exactly what I have been talking about. You don't even realize what you don't have; you didn't even know what the words meant.

This would be an act of imagination, is that correct? By "inner plane" we are again talking about imagination, correct?

(May have posted this before, sorry it may not apply to struggling or younger folks )

Yes certainly, I feel I have a solid understanding of Ting Jin and (Chen-style) Fajin so happy to discuss with you

Wait, ... you go back in time? (can you really time travel?) And step into the dream again and do experiments to test your hypotheses? Sometimes you do that with a friend watching the scene IN the dream? That is one heck of a friend to be able to watch the scene in your dream. Sorry, just about everything you said in that posts makes me wonder why I can't go back in time and have my friend watch me in my dreams. What is wrong with me?? Sterling said, "But when you finally woke up you would dismiss them outright." So time travel to the past isn't possible?? LOL

Haha, agreed Generally simplicity carries more truth than endless layers of method and theory. And for me in my Taiji journey, the practice feels simpler and simpler the further I go. So in my understanding, the purpose of the methods isn’t complexity for its own sake, but to create the framework that allows one to discover that simplicity firsthand.

Yes I absolutely agree. In Tai Chi, we are totally dependent on a good teacher to guide alignment, structure, and help us get a 'taste' of the feeling. But at the same time, the practice is deeply interoceptive, so real development ultimately depends on ourselves. Without diligent, self-directed exploration, the guidance remains external, and the body cannot register the subtle sensations that drive more advanced progress. True discovery happens when the nervous system and fascia are actively engaged and sensing the unfolding patterns, not just when instructions are repeated or acknowledged intellectually.

Choose your mountain wisely then .... ^ ' Firehorse Mountain ' .

Up in the mountain is a better place for seclusion!

That has been my life's plan .... and I have mostly achieved it . I am grateful for the above image , as, due to this thread;s title , I was thinking ' Oh Gawd .... he isnt going to post a picture of that is he ? !

Hi All, This approach interests me as well. One of the surprises of my sitting practice was how much of a physical experience it has been as the body shifts and aligns/relaxes around an increasingly refined central position. I really like the work that Simon Thakur (www.ancestralmovement.com) has put out. My plan is to dig into some of his qigong this year. He has a weekly class online and you can view the first class (which has a load of good stuff in it) for free on YT.

The science that pointed to the brain being where the experience of being originates is known to be flawed, and has been for many years, so yes. Here is a nice article on this topic: https://tricycle.org/article/six-questions-b-alan-wallace/ ...or, if you are more science minded: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9490228/ - Setting that aside for a moment - if you were asleep and based your reality on experiments done in your dream, your experiments MIGHT have some sort of seeming circular reality, but when you finally woke up you would dismiss them outright. The same goes here - it is entirely possible to "wake up" from the dream of duality and see that there is a deeper, more real level of reality that includes and suffuses the reality you already experience.

The only thing I remember about Flatliners from the 1980s/1990s is its about medical students who flatline their hearts then resuscitate themselves in an attempt to give themselves near death experiences (NDE). The summary for altered states says "genetic memory" plays a role in the film. In the book Travels, Michael Crichton participates in hypnosis or meditation to make contact with his ancestors or former lives. He says he connected with a gladiator who lived in a past era. There could be a case for trauma being written to ones DNA. The same with famine and other conditional circumstances. To some extent our life choices also have an impact on DNA. But also remember that there were lengthy and comprehensive studies done on newborns addicted to crack. With the conclusion being that living in a negative environment being surrounded by negative people is more debilitating to human development than being born addicted to crack. In terms of nature versus nurture, it is possible that study proves nurture or choices matter more than DNA.

I was reminded by this You know constant wifi bombardment, mobile radiation, bad food, constant collective negativity also plays a role.

Demons and voices are "makyo": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makyō They are distractions that come from the thinking mind. If your mind is still, they aren't there by definition. The stillness is the deeper reality of these experiences - the thing that is ALWAYS there when the mind is allowed to stop. Many experiences of all kinds occur during meditation. Most of them are blissful. Some people have supernatural experiences, some don't. It's good to have recourse to a proper teacher to check in with who has seen and understands these experiences, so that when things like this happen they can be framed in their proper perspective and there is some tuning of your practice where problems arise. @Cadcam, if you are continuing to experience anhedonia you should really be in contact with a mental health professional.

What type of haphazard energy practice were you following? I've read about many cases that sounded similar to yours. As far as I know, the best practice is to cease any type of cultivation or training when negative symptoms begin to manifest. If the practice is dropped early then there is a good chance things will return to normal. But if people persist and continue to practice after symptoms begin to emerge, then there is a greater chance of permanent damage.

Remember Buddha Boy? An update about him: Ram Bahadur Bomjon Please refer to the "Legal issues" section.