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Hi soory, That first time recognizing chi is quite the rush! And it can be the beginning of a fascinating journey.... Welcome!

Glad you decided to join in, AussieDaoist... Looking forward to hearing your thoughts/observations on the TTC, especially how it brings you peace... Welcome!

That's a great screen name you got there, enuffing...an excellent reminder... Welcome!

Welcome, Nunya... Glad you found your way here... You can connect with a number of avenues for opening up your energetic body here... Try searching the archives... (using Google is often more effective than the site search.) Enjoy the exploration!

Hi Rara, These guys put out some very good vids, and here's a free one on tight hip flexors (and how to strengthen them too) https://uprighthealth.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2f3c8d4daad142d07724eecb&id=d64510c42e&e=e23ce7b357

wandelaar, you might find this thread interesting and/or helpful...

Not sure where you want to go with this, but maybe helpful are the traditional indications of chi movement. Some of the common sensations people report when they feel the chi starting to move in their bodies include: feelings of warmth, extreme heat, electricity, heaviness, lightness, expansion, contraction, pressure, an internal sense of wind or water moving. Sometimes that is simplified down to hydraulic (fluid movement) or electrical (buzzing) feelings in the body. Re: "thought like feelings" you mention above, I can't say a I've ever felt thoughts.. but I have felt a kind of energetic chaos in my head. When you write "like if inside my physical body there is another more subtle body that is in a chaotic state" ...this is exactly it! See if you can track that "subtle body" when you do some simple energy practices... grounding and simple chi exercises can shift that, and you start to be able to notice the changes in that subtle body more.

Hey Redcairo..... Not IP, but....How about some keto pancakes made with protein powder? (also eggs, cream cheese, and butter...no flour) This recipe needs some tweaks, but SO filling! There's a link on this page to a recipe for the same ingredients made into muffins. Haven't tried that one yet, but intend to. Opps! Here's the link to the webpage https://www.ketoconnect.net/keto-macro-cakes/

Too funny! I just noticed this topic... for me, how to get rid of the Off Grid list.... is in the Off Grid forum! Oh! not it's not, that's just the tag. Sorry!

If there IS a way to just eliminate the OG forum, that would still be preferable... rather than having that long list appear there... but whatever. It accomplishes the purpose... And it REALLY shortens the list! Hooray!

Well, guess I'll just get used to it... Thanks for thinking about it... Maybe someone else will figure it out...

Thank you for doing this! Is there a way to hide the long list of everything i choose to read at the top of my new default page?

Thank you for pointing this book out, Wandelaar... I read a little on Amazon "Look inside", and appreciated the way Dr. Yang gives a "General Interpretation" and then gives his own "Qigong Interpretation"... I found the few Qigong Interpretations I read to be very... apropos with respect to my current preoccupations on this DB board, which I found pretty amusing. Sort of a little I Ching reading on what's going on with me (and the board and maybe even the country) right now. Read Chapter 3 there if you're curious what I'm talking about. I put it on my list

There's a lot of interesting stuff in private forums, so I would rather not have those entries eliminated from the Activity list... but I would be just fine having OG removed, solely due to the current preponderance of political topics in OG. Some mornings there is just a solid page of TT/DT posts, and honestly, I find the amount of energy dedicated to that topic on a theoretically spiritual/Daoist/whatever board really depressing. I get plenty of info on that subject from other sources, and seeing it syphon so much energy from participation in other topics on this board is really off-putting. Of course I can't change that, but having it omitted from the activity list would be great.

Welcome StillWater! Glad you found us...

Hi snowlan, Welcome! If you like, you could tell us more about what drew you here, what you mean by "starting this way" Are you attracted to Taoism itself? Philosophy or practice? Energy arts? Or just the whole ball game, like lots of the rest of us? Whatever brought you here, I'm glad you found us and jumped in...

Looks like there's a whole subforum on it, chapter by chapter in Daoist Textual Studies! Happened while you were gone probably...

Welcome home, Home... Pretty sure you're going to be fun to have around... So... glad you finally took the plunge and joined in.

Spotless had also suggested: "Fully turning head from one side to the other for at least 20 seconds. Moves energy from one eye to the other - this exercises the neck and it exercises certain channels inside the head. It may also work on the U shaped energy conduit in the forward of center brow chakra area of the head. This has a name that escapes me but it is very real and can eventually be felt very clearly." I started doing Spotless' head turning exercise just to lubricate my neck, lol, but found this exercise also produced immediately palpable energy sensations starting in the eyes and center of the head, which then spread throughout the body... Very interesting! Thank you Spotless...Always interested in hearing more about this..

So don't be multi tasking on this one.... That works. It really is pretty foundational... get that one, and the world is transformed... But the Taoist language works better for me in this instance...

Yes, but, specifically.... two ears?

When Fa Xin's question made me really look at the quote, I suddenly thought of the leaven as chi, and how this magical stuff animates the inanimate mineral world, enlivens it, and allows it the possibility of growth... only living things can grow.... But I don't think so much of chi as being easily related as such in "The Father's Kingdom"... so I didn't reply... But Jeff's post nicely frames it in the language of Tao... And now, I'm curious, Mark's question: Why two ears?

Welcome Sol! Looking forward to hearing from you two new 'Old Guys'

Hello... Becoming a healer can take many years and a whole lot of work before you become effective enough to attract enough patients to support yourself. If you are really good, word gets around. Of course, if you're not, word gets around too, lol. There are a couple paths I can recommend. One is to get trained as a physical therapist, a nurse, or a massage therapist. If you have some kind of degree (at least in the US), you can get a license that lets you lay hands on people legally... and that's a start. Acupuncture is another possibility, if you have enough money to do that training... and it is more energetically oriented, so might give you a better start toward becoming a true healer... Alternatively, you can develop any other skill you have that will support you, do your energy/healing practice faithfully on the side, and then use that job/skill to support yourself through the long term training, study, and travel that will probably be required to develop your healing skills. Good luck!

Welcome, Like Water. (Great screen name!)