Aetherous

I really don't know what's going on anymore. Sorry.

by the way how cute is emily!! dry.gif LOL

You best sublimate that jing.

I look forward to reading about your experiences!

One time, during a period while I was doing kundalini yoga and talking to a guru, I was driving my car and listening to talk radio. The pope was the subject for some reason and they played a sound bite of him speaking in Italian or whatever it is....all of a sudden I had this huge kundalini burst and had to shut off the radio. I actually had to pull over and get myself together...pretty wild.

I don't know about churches...but the last post reminded me of this.

Damn it Santi...

I will miss your posts...and by the way, everyday I think about what I owe you...still working on it, it'll be a week or two.

In my opinion, it's the nervous system adjusting to more energy, and balancing itself out.

wife: please honey go mow the lawn

husband: relax i'm watching the praying mantis kills

wife: you're useless

husband: "O at a D"

wife: ^ _ ^

Shiiiiiit that guy is fast.

Started at 17, and that was my most serious point. Wore myself out. Now I just keep on truckin.

Does anyone here actually specialize in this? If the docs they are seeing are saying "ankle surgery is recommended" and when it's a complete tear, then it seems that surgery is the best option. We are just taobums, not professionals (as far as I know)...why should anyone listen to us!

I've never heard of someone miraculouly healing a complete tear...maybe it's possible, but the proof is in the pudding. Maybe try calling Chunyi Lin, and see if the tears suddenly go back to normal (I doubt it). The best I think you can hope for is quick healing from surgery through recovery. Seeing some chi healers would of course be beneficial, but not the magic bullet. Vajrasattva's advice is good, and I'm sure whoever she sees later (physical therapist?) would have her do those exact things. And Hundun's post rocked.

Corrective surgery!

http://www.dhamma.org/ is a place to find vipassana teachers and meditation centers. They're mostly free or charge a small amount, and last 10 days I think. They give you vegetarian meals, and basically almost the whole day is spent doing the meditation. I think it'd be great for you as long as you stick with it. Just an option...you're getting other great advice here.

About what to do instead of drugs...take up a sport. Like running, soccer, martial arts...whatever. To be honest, I just got a job doing landscaping this past month and it's been great. Good physical work, working with the earth...if you do it a certain way (relaxed and with an inner smile, with proper alignment) it's like the highest form of martial art and qigong, in my opinion.

Vipassana would be good for you I think.

Yea except I don't like it when someone suggests to stop masturbating. It's not that simple for some people.

Take up standing, and go for walks. Gotta bring the energy down.

What's the point of arguing about it?

Well I'm not too impressed with Patrick for hogging Lama's topic with his own stuff. Make your own topic.

Ram Bomjon rocks. He belongs to an esoteric branch of Buddhism, and does certain visualizations of Gods praying in the midst of thunder and stuff...of course all in lotus pose. He doesn't meditate constantly. There's more info about him in other places on the net, and I think his website is still up where it tells more and has videos of him walking around.

But yea truly an inspiring person who is even younger than I am.

Let me lighten the tone, I'm still young.

I can relate.

I just wish to practice a lot, so I can awaken...

What practice do you do?

I am living amongst normal people, and gradually disconnecting from them to use what free time I have for something useful: practice.... I can raise my consciousness quite well alone, but feel my consciousness getting pulled down around others...

Why can't you pull up their consciousness by raising your own?

At least for myself, I've found that sometimes the best spiritual practices are in dealing with others...they test you to the core.

I have recieved resistance from my parents for practicing and my friends don't understand. They are rather negative....

Yeah I know how that feels. I was really on fire for spiritual stuff and ended up ditching my friends after like 7 pm so I could go do my practices, back in high school...they thought I went nuts. It hurts to hear that from your best friends, to have them not understand and talk behind your back...no matter how spiritual you are, it hurts.

I just wondered whether those who did solitary retreats did it purely by intuition, were guided by a master, or whether it just happens naturally when the times right... But I guess the paths are so varied...

All of the above...if you feel like you should do it, then I think you should.

If you're going way out into the wilderness, it's essential to know how to find food. A good book for the states (especially I think around the Pennsylvania area...don't know where you live) is "Stalking the Wild Asparagus"...talks about foraging for all kinds of different wild foods, and how to prepare them, etc. One of my favorite books.

It's good to know how to build a decent shelter, or find one. Caves are good. Pop up campers are the best.

Know how to insulate the ground so when you sleep you don't lose all of your energy and heat.

There's a lot of basic survival stuff that you should learn if you're doing it that way, so spend a good deal of time in the nature section of Barnes and Noble.

but it helps and as far as systems of personal development go, its hard to beat.

I will agree with that, for sure. But...

i think the biggest drawback is that you're supporting the US Military Machine by becoming a slave to the politicians who push all the buttons. what if US decides to invade Iran because they are such a "threat"? doesn't matter if you disagree, you're going to be there killing people. KILLING. you have no choice, you're signing your life away.

I also agree with that.

(edit) ...except it's not always as simple as "join the military and kill people". There are a lot of jobs. And even if you're in the infantry, you may not kill anyone.

The best way to find out how it will benefit you is to practice it yourself and see. If you ask your teacher, they may be telling you lies or at least exaggerating the truth.

For a good overview on jing, qi and shen check out The Root of Chinese Qigong by Jwing Ming.

I'm wondering, when are cold blooded killers not angry or emotional? I think it'd work especially well for a real life encounter.

Anytime, glad to be of service.

Good luck with whatever you choose!