Earl Grey

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  1. Experiments in Weather Magic

    Better to not cite a generic site and remain silent then, especially if it’s not necessarily accurate.
  2. Experiments in Weather Magic

    You prefer to cite a generic website to reinforce your view as though it were some absolute universal law?
  3. Experiments in Weather Magic

    God forbid the weather be controlled by someone’s consciousness when it includes self-taught chaos magickians from Internet forums, self-righteous system zealots with extreme anger management issues, horny adolescents trying to summon a succubus to copulate with, and grumpy old men who get annoyed when their students ask too many questions.
  4. The Grades of Initiation

    “Better for one to remain silent and have others think him a fool than to open his mouth and confirm all suspicions.” - Mark Twain
  5. Flying Phoenix Chi Kung

    Of course! Any one meditation is enough to impart healing and bliss. Incorrect. Start with any meditation you like--the system is completely safe. ridingthe ox began with long form before doing earlier meditations. Do any meditation you like. No order, no time. Just follow the breath sequences properly for opening and close properly, as well as other basic rules such as waiting 30 minutes before and after eating for practice.
  6. A masturbation habit for optimal health

    I never said it was your only one or that it is a hobby. Re-read what I said to say "go find better hobbies" because the implication is you don't have enough going on and as a result you end up flogging the dolphin. But because you're not interested in reading carefully or clarifying, you're on your own, which I think is what you want anyway. No more contributions from me.
  7. A masturbation habit for optimal health

    Find better hobbies and make some more friends. Masturbation isn't self-improvement contrary to what Tyler Durden says.
  8. Flying Phoenix Chi Kung

    Any time. You likely will get better sleep and have an easier time waking up.
  9. Vedic Astrology (Jyotish)

    I used to do it but I now no longer do the method I was taught due to ethics of the lineage that I learned from. You can consult them if you want and I’ll give you the contact info of one of the readers, but I don’t endorse them, so caveat emptor.
  10. Buddhist vs taoist realization

    Read some more books.
  11. Understanding Chinese martial arts

    So let me get this straight: 24 hours didn’t even pass from the time you PMd me and then posted here looking for me, You thought the message didn’t go through, You got a response from me, You couldn’t take back your message to me you sent, and now you’re posting here?
  12. Understanding Chinese martial arts

    Do you realize you already messaged me yesterday and I replied? 🙄
  13. Newbie to the forum here...just saying Hello

    Best to ask him because I don't know your needs or your current health state, or what you are looking for. Otherwise, send a PM because this is private info you don't want publicly posted as you will get swarmed by opportunists. Yes, with the exception of Fragrant qigong. Depends on the qigong you do. I don't recommend some of the sleeping qigong exercises from Dolic if you do the neigong recommended as the big body practice is incompatible, but everything else works fine. Don't do Fragrant from Dolic either with the neigong I recommended. Everything else is just fine.
  14. Newbie to the forum here...just saying Hello

    He's popular in a lot of circles and I have friends who do his practice and swear by it, but I personally don't endorse him and go with the one I linked instead.
  15. Newbie to the forum here...just saying Hello

    Farang? You live in Thailand? Qigong: Flying Phoenix, or anything from John Dolic. www.taichimania.com and www.qigongchinesehealth.com Neigong: www.authenticneigong.com
  16. Hi, new member here

    Both simultaneously work wonderfully.
  17. Flying Phoenix Chi Kung

    No problem at all; I practiced both for years, but separated the Big Body practice from FP by a half hour. For the sleeping exercises, I can do them right after FP no problem, it's the Big Body practice during the day that I try to keep separate.
  18. Flying Phoenix Chi Kung

    Totally safe and is great for Tai Chi students as it improves your song (relaxation).
  19. disrspecting the i ching ?

    Oh that was clear; I wasn't challenging or correcting you. I was adding to what you said.
  20. disrspecting the i ching ?

    The Iching doesn't tell you what to do with your life, it's like the wise one (or many wise ones, really) giving you the best counsel for the most beneficial conduct to remain in harmony with De. People who demand clairvoyance, to find their shoes, help deciding if they should fight someone or not are not only going to be disappointed with the answers it gives, but its honesty.
  21. disrspecting the i ching ?

    I know a man with a cocaine addiction who lost millions of dollars and recorded his thoughts when asking the Iching about it. When he didn't get the answer he wanted, he even wrote down the following several follow-ups: "What?" "Don't understand." "What about my money?" "DAMN DAMN DAMN" "Thank you. As usual, you have been useless to me." I showed these to my teacher who said this was absolutely disrespectful and that he would receive if not already appropriate responses for this behavior. People don't know they are disrespecting the Iching, whether it's this attitude in the example or using it for reasons beyond its scope, and another one I've see is someone using it to scam others who don't know how to read the Iching while also giving the wrong interpretation and manipulating the people they're reading on behalf of to do what they want.
  22. Flying Phoenix Chi Kung

    Sifu Terry tells students to endeavor to remain as still as a mountain. If you are swaying a lot, it means you have a lot of blockages in your channels (meridians) and the movement of the qi is correcting some of this. It seems you are referring to MSW1 (90 50 40 30 10), and generally I've found that your body shape, specifically your arm length can affect this. As I have shorter arms, I tend to rotate downwards just past the chin at throat level in the earth meditation mudra (not pearl) and is usually roughly halfway twisted by the time I'm at heart level. You can find tips on the AG forum and annotated practice FAQs as seen in my signature. Your post and this answer will be copied there for the 2022 thread.
  23. Potent Systems

    http://www.qigongchinesehealth.com/walking_qigong
  24. Understanding Chinese martial arts

    How about you contact him yourself and get answers directly from him? It would be a lot more useful and save you time.