Earl Grey

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  1. How do I get rid of these sensations?

    I would also argue that it's the beginning of the mind and body integrating into one, hence emotional and mental issue corresponding to the body part it is associated with, such as my example of anger, burden, and resentment in the shoulders.
  2. How do I get rid of these sensations?

    Bingo. Can't separate practice from emotional and mental state. If anything, these practices will make them more pronounced and why it's really, really important to have the right guidance and support, because without it, one goes into further psychosis, and with it, one can use the practices as potential tools for helping heal from those issues. My experience with twitching limbs: in my shoulders, it happened a lot because of anger and burden. Took me months of meditating because while I did have a torn rotator cuff tendon years earlier, I had a lot of anger and resentment and found that on the subconscious level that I was rejecting the healing. Had to meditate deeply on it going through tears, anger, and other spontaneous movements in and out of this meditative practice until I was healed. And it wasn't because I snapped my fingers, it was the subconscious part finally accepting it, which is what I was hinting at earlier in my responses to the OP. That emotional tension is stored in our muscles and our organs, so the twitching and trembling is actually quite normal, and comes out from practice, during practice, and heals through both proper practice and awareness. The Zhan Zhuang healed the rotator cuff tendon tear. The twitching was healed through seated practice of my meditation.
  3. Qigong techniques for better, longer, deeper sleep?

    You can talk with Dolic and negotiate a payment plan with him. He is that friendly. But if the price is something you’re unwilling to pay rather something you can’t at the moment afford, across the board, no one will benefit if they don’t acknowledge the value of anything that is worth its salt. Even if given it for free, the mind that is unable to see and acknowledge that value actually blocks progress and potential. And this system is one of the most powerful that I know.
  4. How do I get rid of these sensations?

    Ah, behind that veneer of false sagacity, there’s a hint of someone showing signs of chafing when someone identifies what he is. A self-elevated guru who offers platitudes that mean nothing at best and cause harm at worst, but often says absolutely nothing useful and habitually off topic everywhere here.
  5. conclusion: a ppj for you was best since you’re really not interested in dialogue.
  6. Qigong techniques for better, longer, deeper sleep?

    One good non-energetic approach is listening to things like the Solfeggio Frequencies.
  7. I have a teacher who deliberately presses the buttons of students to piss them off and tease them, because part of the reasoning behind it is to point out not only when they are taking themselves too goddamned seriously, but they are both unwilling and unreasonable while they are caught in their reality tunnel and paradigm. Eventually, being pissed off either makes one stubbornly reinforce their beliefs or they lose power quickly once those beliefs are applied to demonstrate skill (or lack thereof), such as someone thinking anger makes them powerful, which doesn't, it makes you vulnerable and stupid, whether in physical combat or verbal dialogue. Nungali is a lovable rogue and trickster and Illumairen is a sensitive soul who pushes for fairness and openness, like any Divine Feminine matriarch, a la the Honored Matres in Dune. Even I am still far away from my own learning and skill, and over the years I've trained, one thing that helps is recognizing when the door keeps slamming in my face or I keep running into walls, it means that my head is likely not screwed on straight. So for example in another thread, Illumairen and Nungali used their style of engaging to let the Tao speak through them, in which Nungali identified I was throwing a fit like Donald Trump and looked childish, and Illumairen said that I sure wasn't demonstrating that I was above the people being disrespectful to me, for if anything, I'd sunk to their level and possibly even lower. In retrospect, yes, I was defensive and in ego mode. But at least I was willing to consider it given some time and took a short break instead of feeding the ego-fear complex. I'll take a moment to recognize both Nungali and llumairen to both apologize again and thank them for the lesson. You can go to the Leftist thread to see it, as I own my mistakes. Where you are right now? You're in the self-initiated, self-elevated stage where no amount of reason or feedback will get you to realize that besides endangering others through citing Crowley and others incorrectly with your dubious interpretations, you're not going to get anywhere worth exploring, and can possibly harm yourself too, mentally, emotionally, and yes, energetically. Nobody here is perfect, but we're all using our insight and experience (which includes mistakes and misunderstandings, believe it or not) to actually help out. We've been trying to help since the beginning, but you're so caught up in being defensive that you think there's a conspiracy to piss you off.
  8. How do I get rid of these sensations?

    Quit with the platitudes, dude; him not getting my advice aside, some people are trying to get help for what may be serious issues and something as vague and New Agey like this does nobody any good even if it makes you feel relevant for chiming in to say absolutely nothing of value.
  9. Strange, if you look at my original comment here https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/49593-an-end-to-the-intellect/?do=findComment&comment=898633 All I did was ask where you got your information from and how you concluded what you did. Your wordplay, defensiveness, avoidance, and your sycophantic friend led to the dissolution of communication. By this post: https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/49593-an-end-to-the-intellect/?do=findComment&comment=899947 you are already assuming I am attacking you. I never claimed superiority--all I said was with what little I have read, I never missed the point of Crowley or substituted his intended meaning for my own interpretation, nor did I shut myself off from those who knew what they were talking about. This is analogous to someone saying that the meaning of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was that Bob Cratchett should have had better health insurance for Tiny Tim and Ebeneezer Scrooge inspired every capitalist by using contractual labor to avoid awarding employee benefits and pension. Lastly, I spelled it out clearly here in response to what you directly said about me: https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/49593-an-end-to-the-intellect/?do=findComment&comment=900657
  10. Haiku Chain

    "Dafug? Captain Hook?!" Watch the Disney movie and shake your head smiling.
  11. flying phoenix qigong

    Join the thread here. https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/12639-flying-phoenix-chi-kung/
  12. Here's my experience with anger and combat: It feels empowering, but you're actually quite vulnerable. An experienced fighter, whether they do Judo or Aikido, or any internal art, has a great degree of control and sensitivity along with flow. Before I learned any of this, I was bullied a lot and thought by exploding that I could surprise my enemies and overpower them. What happens is that you look like a child throwing a temper tantrum. You become as easy to control as a toddler throwing a tantrum whose parents are bigger and stronger and gentler. I am not tall, but when I had a former patient doing this during one of his more difficult moments, I was able to control him by staying calm. I say patient by the way because he was never going to develop any internal skill until he grew up and matured from being a perpetual 10 year-old at the age of 33. The patient was drunk and belligerent, and had an audience to show off to, thinking he could beat me and look good because I just happened to be with him as a chaperone for the weekend. While remaining calm, my body instinctively applied the sensing hands to hold and simultaneously parry and block the way anyone who does tuishou would understand best as controlling the opponent. Palms stuck to his forearms and redirecting him in a circular manner while walking around him and pushing him back gently as he began sweating and desperately flailing about, getting angry because his punches were getting nowhere. He began shouting at me saying I'm cheap and he tries to kick me, and I simply move one hand down to catch it and redirect it before throwing him up and backwards. Mind you, he's almost a full head taller than me as I'm only 1.7m tall. This is the story I use as an example as to why uncontrollable anger can't beat someone who is calm and skilled, and I have seen people do this time and again whether they were Israeli army veterans in a marketplace, Turkish oil wrestlers who are known to be sportsmen rather than fighters and don't consider themselves fighters either, Muay Thai boxing champion retirees who were defending ladyboys from being harassed by foreigner bigots, or former Navy SEALs at a bar who sidestep someone and kick their hind knee.
  13. Oh please. It was not written by me; it was written through me.
  14. Let us use that then as an oracle for Everything and Mskied here then as a little experiment. Oh Great New Age Bullshit Generator, please tell us how your ability to answer these next questions work! You and I are pilgrims of the grid. Wonder is the knowledge of life-force, and of us. Reality has always been bursting with spiritual brothers and sisters whose brains are nurtured by transformation. Oh Great New Age Bullshit Generator, please tell us why Everything and Mskied drone on and on about things they don't know about to people who don't care! We exist as bio-electricity. The solar system is radiating pulses. Love requires exploration. Imagine a redefining of what could be. How should you navigate this primordial biosphere? Have you found your journey? If you have never experienced this lightning bolt inherent in nature, it can be difficult to self-actualize. Soon there will be a condensing of love the likes of which the dreamscape has never seen. The network of ecstasy is now happening worldwide. The quantum soup is approaching a tipping point. Prophet, look within and strengthen yourself. It can be difficult to know where to begin. The quantum matrix is calling to you via electrical impulses. Can you hear it? We must learn how to lead dynamic lives in the face of turbulence. You must take a stand against pain. We can no longer afford to live with pain. You may be ruled by illusion without realizing it. Do not let it eradicate the nature of your circuit. Oh Great New Age Bullshit Generator, how do we get them to shut up once and for all?
  15. Translation for those who don’t want to read the same crap: “I can say what I want and how I want it even if it’s annoying! I can be annoying because someone will eventually like that! I don’t need to not be annoying just because you say I am! Annoying people can teach too!”
  16. Mantras

    www.sanskritmantra.com
  17. Mantras

    Don't bother. Go with Thomas Ashley-Farrand. Seriously, almost everything else in English won't give you the depth and answers you look for. It is daily reading really.
  18. How everyone feels about Everything.
  19. He's on my ignore list too (besides the fact concision and getting to the point don't seem to be his strengths).
  20. Haiku Chain

    in alligators tick tock goes the swallowed clock and Captain Hook, too
  21. New member

    The Flying Phoenix thread is here https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/12639-flying-phoenix-chi-kung Also, do you use the name miwizi for a reason? It means “thief” in Kiswahili.
  22. “Why does it always rain on me?” ”Pal, you don’t have your own personal rain cloud, you’re in Seattle! It rains on everyone and everything!”
  23. I suppose the song was worse for the man who complained because he heard his own complaints sung back to him!
  24. Then you're really not posting for dialogue, you're just dumping verbal diarrhea, and thus your processing should be a PPJ. You don't want dialogue when people ask simple questions and it's thrown back at them to understand you when you're making no attempt to help them understand. There we go with the dance around again. You're floating like an anchor and stinging like a computer monitor screen in a dark room. No grace at all.
  25. Therein lies your problem: you were asked a simple question by @ralis and you refused to answer it as you have time and again with everyone.