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Qijunkie
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Welcome
Glad to have you aboard. Don't hesitate to post questions or great thoughts or telling us about the style of chi gung you practice. Is the Giles you mention the Giles at Chei Nei Tsang?
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No, Wade/Giles is an older system of Romanization (creating phonetic English
equivalents for Chinese sounds) compared with the more popular Pinyin used
today: tai chi = taiji, chi kung = qigong and so on. Most of my early learning
about Chinese culture happened in college in the early 70s when Wade/Giles
was still more prevalent. My major failing in Taoist practice is my aversion
to change!
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Jim
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I'm an off and practitioner of t'ai chi and chi kung (prefering the Wade/Giles Romanization). Recent stress and resulting health problems have guided me back to practices in which I used to be immersed. I'm a little rusty but it sure feels good. I am a chi junkie!
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I found you guys Googling "Tao Gong" as I am also reading and thoroughly enjoying Waysun Liao's Night Nights with the Taoist Master.
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I bought it with caution. I have so many translations of the Tao Te Ching (I'm personally most
fond of Stephen Mitchell's). I am absolutely blown away with Byron Katie's A Thousand
Names for Joy wihich is a dialogue in which Stephen Mithchell (Katie's husband) pitches some
verses from the Tao Te Ching and Katie riffs her own take on them.
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Having said all this, I find Liao's book to be very engaging with a wonderfull take on the
Tao Te Ching. I find myself thinking (already) of going back through it for a second,
closer reading. I highly recommend it. It comes in a "study" version for BIG
bucks and a "regular" edition. Unless you feel especially drawn to the "study" version,
the "regular" should be quite fine!
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Not Master Liao's. I've just resumed a chi kung I allowed to get away from me for a long time. I've also
dusted off my favorite t'ai chi chuan form (Cheng Man Ching's 37 psotures). In addition I've started
attending a chi kung class by one of Kumar's students (doing standing, the Energy Gates, and the Marriage
of Heaven and Earth. Now I'm trying to keep it all focused in a coherent practice and guard against my
tendency to jump around. I've finally convinced myslef (I'm a slow study) that persistent and consistent
practice will generate more of what I want than to keep sampling the "buffet" line!
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Thank you all for your warm reception and generous offers!
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I look forward to some great sharing!
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Jim