Krenx

The way out is hard to see. Not anyone can realize the "way". It is more likely we automatically continue this suffering and delusion, ignorance. This is the nature of craving, ignorance, and the traps in the world. If we were already liberated, we would not suffer. But we suffer. So there is a path that is required to be taken. We are lucky the knowledge of the dhamma still exist in the world re discovered by a recent Buddha. This fortune does not come by often in the universe.

Elaborate more on the qualities of releasing? Energy still do accumulates. But we need to remember there are layers and frequencies /planes of energy existence. Jing qi shen, vital astral mental akasha etc. And when one layer is full or stable, it tends to transform to the other layers and so on. So condensing and channeling all energy into the vital astral forcefully, just creates a funnel and consolidation that is difficult to tame. Yes you can get some powers. Yes you can extend life. There are many things you can do. But the effort to manage that dantian is not really worth it. Any slight negligence to will snowball into the negative effects I mentioned earlier. Yes. Qi emission carelessly is one way to die early. Specifically Kong Jin, meaning through space and time, non contact. But specially qi emission from dantian that is problematic. There are qi emissions for healing, like reiki and other Chinese systems that stream from the external universe. Those are more gentle and harmless. As my sifu said, when doing qi emission, don't squeeze toothpaste, you die early. So it goes back to the problem with the dantian. My recommendation along with many masters I know who been there done that, who are healthy, is train to open your body, let energy stream and fill up your whole body naturally. Various parts of your body like your dantian, ming men, upper back, spine will tend to store more qi naturally. There is no need to force more in. As you cultivate, blockages are released, and it gives space in your being to fill up with more qi on its own. Qi will fill up space on its own. And you use whatever VOLUME of chi is flowing through your system, relative to your skill, cultivation. And practicing refining your mind quality, your yi, sharpen and still it, results in your needing to use LESS chi to get the job done. That is a sign of real progression. Having more and more chi is not really the main goal at the end of the day. You want to have a deep relationship with it instead. Mark rasmus is generally retired from teaching qi gong. But you can find his lessons on the martial man website. It is cheaper there. You can find his student like dinash (urbansage). He seems to be giving workshops recently. He is good.

Those virtues are too vague to be applicable. It is easy to see how something like "justice" for example can easily be corrupted with greed and anger, and result in murder. Unless there is a deep doctrine and refined view around those virtues mentioned, it isn't very helpful. That being said, virtue is very important for the process of refining yin yang energies in the path of the dao. The 5 elements are basically permutations of yin yang, that are a little more tangible to our senses, and gives us more solid handles and levers that practitioners can use to balance and stabilize their energies to refine it towards the dao.

Feelings WILL arise on it's own, due to past conditions. And they arise in ways we cannot control. Hate/ Anger is one of the many feelings that arise. You mention "present" feelings. They may feel like feelings triggered by present circumstances, or created in the moment. But make no mistake, it was conditioned by past views, habits, and past associations far before the present. There is not much one can do to prevent the feeling from arising. The practice is not to stop feelings from arising. That is not in our present control. Suppression in fact gives it momentum, gives hit more places to hide. The practice is to develop the SKILL to restraint our actions despite the feeling. To not act out on it unwholesomely. Face the feelings and see it for what it is, and not choke on its pressure. Make effort to not act out on it. Feelings has to arise, it is its nature to arise when conditions are ripe. It is not at fault, it cannot "not" arise. Feelings are blameless. The blame lies on our decisions to ACT on it. That is where our responsibility lies, the gate of action. The spiritual practice like Qi gong, helps with the skill, to give us more space between the arising feeling, before it turns into a pressure that becomes uncomfortable/ unbearable. And with that space, you have more wiggle room and perspective to see things clearly, and not act out. How does it help? Because during our practice, all kinds of feelings arise. But while those feelings exist, we practice restraint and continue the harmless movements of body and energy. Allowing it to become and change, but restraining our action. So see feelings rise and fall for years, and slowly see its traps. Gradually see it for what it is. Not blaming it, not resisting it, making effort not to act out on it. That way the conditions for its existence weakens, and gradually falls away. Hope this helps.

@goretex Vital you can think of it as the more physical and substantial frequency of energy. As opposed to the more subtle energies. Spontaneous movements is not part of the curriculum. It might arise occasionally depending on the individual, but it should pass. You will hear the term electric and magnetic qualities in his system. For example building the ball. The magnetic quality is yin. The electric quality is yang. It is only 4 elements that mark works with. The metal element is between air and fire, so generally working with the 4 earth, water, air, fire, covers metal. Elemental cultivation at the essence, is a more tangible way to acquire equanimity. Because we interact with these elements as humans, developing them, becoming intimate with them, helps us tame it, so one does not run wild on its own. And so balance is achieved just by becoming "friends" with it. Becoming less a stranger to it. So when faced with those elemental qualities in life, your mind does not get agitated by it. The 4 elements is a hermetics thing, nothing to do with appealing to Qi gong. Elemental practice is popular, specifically in the bagua and xingyi circles. And Buddhist practice.

Sure. Just want to make sure. Because you make quite extreme statements without any basis for it and assume what you say is well known fact when it is not really. It is difficult to have a conversation with other people like that.... If a conversation is what you are looking for at least.

Are you generalizing that everyone who says their Buddhist are practicing real buddhism? And by saying "just a bunch of people practicing, they are flawed and not perfect". Are you implying there are no good practitioners, nobody in the right path in their respective religions? These are big claims. Hope you clarify this.