Trunk

but I'm wondering how long to give it

I don't know if anyone ever "masters" anything but, ime, you should see if this technique is interesting within a week.

So. You actually have managed to make sense of the divergences between the picture descriptions and written text?

I put explanatory text on the Lin's Links page - should clear things up.

I really do need some easy to follow practices that help to make me free my diaphragm

Several thoughts.

1. Singing and/or chanting. Like, deep full body stuff.

2. Yi Swallows Chi, at my site. Dig through the Iron Shirt 1 section to find it.

3. Aerobic exercise. Anything that'll get heart & lungs working strong for a while, like jogging, biking, swimming.

Harry is back again... I sent Dr. Lin a question regarding the discrepancies between what the pictures show and what the text says as pointed out earlier... he sent me the following links to read...

Harry,

Thanks!

I added that first link onto the Lin's Links page.

Trunk

hope he does not mind posting them here

I'm sure that Dr. Lin enjoys the publicity.

Beautiful post.

.. been a long time since i slept out.

Hey, the chat-room was so much fun today.

Can you post it in divx. .wmv is unplayable on macs 

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It was somewhat of a joke-post. The movie is of a guy (not actually me) doing incredible break-dance, mind blowing incredible.

..i don't know how to convert movie files.

installing a "shout box" so people can invite other members into the chat room. That way it doesn't always have to be planned,

Perfect!

Did you ever check out this one? http://content.collegehumor.com/media/movi...daynight3-1.wmv ... also pretty cool.

Yeah, that's nothing.

Check this guy out!

Well, things're paying off - take a look at my joint-work routine!

Tao Bums Handbook

That's my vote.

what to do with the News forum afterwards. I guess I really should just scrap it.

My main.. complexity-discomfort with the setup is:

"too many sections, too many places to go".

I just want to arrive to one main discussion area.

At the very top is an RSS snippet of the last News/Announcements entry.

Under that is an RSS snippet of the last Blog Entry.

Under that is a syndication of the last 5 Taoist Discussion entries.

Again, I'd rather just go to one main discussion section, see the topics and choose what i want to read. Simple.

Then, after that, if i want to browse through various other sections, i can. But mostly i'm gonna just go one place, check it, then bubbye. Simple.

Trunk

p.s. If there's any way to implement post subjects (rather than it just feeding the first # of characters of post), that would be good.

Go ahead! w/whatever to simplify, imo.

Seems to me that people have been calling for simplification, in various ways, thrreads, sections... whatever way makes sense to you, imo, go for it. The continuity, even for posting and concensus, seems to be at ebb - maybe to wait for everyone to chime in at this point would be pointless.

Trunk also made a great suggestion today that I can implement immediately if you think it's a good idea. Basically, the idea is to scrap the "News and Announcements" forum completely (moving the posts to Taoist Discussion, and then making "Taoist Discussion" syndicate to the home page (www.thetaobums.com). I also thought it would be cool to put the "Latest Blog Entries" feed on the front page as well. This removes at least a little bit of unnecessary complexity and let's people easily get a scoop on the latest Taoist Discussion posts and Blog entries right on the front page.

Actually, my thought was not exactly that. Keep "News & ..", and whatever other sections there are. I think they're kind of all appropriate; its just too much to wade through the choices every time i log on... to get to where i'm really interested in: the taoist discussion forum.

So, my suggestion is to make the home-page go straight to just, simply, the "taoist discussion forum".

Then, if i want to, i can go to any of the other forum sections. But, mostly, most of the time, i just want to go that basic discussion forum. So, i think it oughta start with that, only that, simply that.

Trunk

No good deed ever goes unpunished.

You're doin' great. This site is a significant and good service.

Just a little time, settlin'in, chillin, & things'll gel beauty.

instant-msg -> live-chat?

Is there the ability to instant-message a person who is logged onto the board? .. so to ask them if they want to chat. Spontaneous live-chats sound fun to me.

(Also, i wish we could write in our own subject lines, rather than the thing just feeding the first # of letters of the msg. Subject lines became a sort of fun witty art after a while. Sad they're gone.)

I brushed up Lin's Links with some short paragraphs re: Sexual Chi Gong and Anal Breathing, so that the beginner would not be lost.

..haven't gotten around to including the rottweiler link.

Its blowin' my mind, and ahdunno what to think. And, again, i feel like an idiot.. but suspect there are many others like me.

I'd be curious as to what other people feel in their alchemy re: this.

"if you can take away just one fing!..."

Checkit!

..the anus, right? Now: the Sexual Qi Gong breathing then would be the opposite in breathing pattern compared to the Anal Qi Gong breathing. There you..

I am not the expert on Lin's methods; that list came from biel (long ago), and i only recently sequenced it logically + added a few notes, and got confirmation from Plato that all was well 'cause i felt out of my depth with the stuff. So, ?'s (though obviously a free-for-all) should be more authoritatively directed to Dr. Lin, or to Plato.

My two cents, currently, on this is that the Sexual Qi Gong's emphasis is more on working the energy and flesh down the front: through the belly, CV-4, sperm palace, through the urogenital diaphragm and into the scrotum. Circulating qi and blood through all of those jing-potent areas that clench with sexual tension.

And that the (ever silly-named) Anal Breathing brings qi from air into the nether regions, which acts as a catalyst ... the jing from the testes pulses right on back towards through the prostate, arse, and particularly the tissues around the tailbone pulse... pulls the whole orgasmic thing right on back.. where it naturally moves up the spine (both into the tan tien and on up further into the brain).

Would be interested in hearing clarification, comment, from Sheepish.

Trunk

If one compares the written word with the drawing one sees that they are contradictory. What the picture shows as inhale and exhal is the opposite in the text.

 

While this might not be of importance I would believe that the way one breathes triggers a different response in the body.

Agreed on both counts. I've updated the link with clarification (prompted by a tip in the same direction from Plato), and a link to a related article. Any more ?'s, or if that doesn't clear it up, please ask away (not that i'll have an answer, but someone might).

Re-organized into sensible sequence, and notated, a short list of links that provide an intro to Dr. Lin's work: Lin's Links. Linked to the half-dozen or so places on my site that reference Lin's stuff. Should make things easier for everyone.

Thanks to s.biel for providing the list, Plato for review and tip, and to Dr. Lin of course.

cheers,

Trunk

did not overlook

In the beginning of reading that set, i thought "hmm, this guy's inventive - fun!". Then later, "shit!, this guy is insane, is he doing all what i think he's doing ... he's in very good shape".

Then, the signature:

Steve Maxwell