ZhanZhuangStudent

This might not be a primary motivation for someone to pursue this path--although a common element in forms of spiritual healing involves merging with God or the All.   Lawrence LeShan describes this in "The Medium, the Mystic, and the Physicist".

Yan Xin's "Eighty Characters: The Essentials of Qigong Training" is one of his writings available in English. 

 

A version of this appears in "Yan Xin Qigong and the Contemporary Sciences". 

 

The approach presented appears to be general--something that could perhaps be broadly applied to Qigong methods, not just the qigong methods taught  by Yan Xin.  The insights of a master might be instructive about what to pay attention to and what directions to take....

 

Has anyone undertaken a close study of "Eighty Characters" along with a Qigong practice?  

If so, did you find this approach fruitful?

 

Thanks!

 

"Biological Transmutations" by Professor C Louis Kervran might interest those on this thread. 

The book includes an experiment where chickens produce more calcium in their egg shells than can be accounted for in their diets.  Kervran's conclusion was that chicken's transmute silicon into calcium inside their bodies.  

From the standpoint of mainstream science this is anomalous.

 

 

Hello, I am new to the group.

 

My Goals:  health, longevity, spiritual development 

 

I am practicing the form of Zhan Zhuang taught in the book 

"Wujishi Breathing Exercises"

The method is fairly simple and quite effective--Would recommend this book to others. 

 

 

Currently reading "Buddha's Map: His Original Teachings on Awakening, Ease, and Insight in the Heart of Meditation" by Doug Craft

 

 

What are the properties of Qi?    This has been one of my areas of interest for a long time.

The answers to this question might go to some very surprising places. 

 

 

Some of the areas I've delved into...

NLP

Reiki

spiritual healing

Wicca 

Shamanic Journeying

financial astrology

 

And dabbled in...

remote viewing

physical alchemy 

 

Looking forward to discussions with you!