Jeramiah Zeitigeist

Another great Master passes. An enormous loss to his friends, family, students, and to those of us who will never meet him, or learn from him. So even more important now, that his work is perpetuated by the people he entrusted to pass on his knowledge. It must have been a great privilege to have known him. I bow to honour his memory.

Thanks for your input, Fu_dog ! I think it'll be an exciting time, and there is plenty of interest. Shame you can't be there. Would be good to meet.

Extra information added !

Hi Robert. Thats great. I'll keep you, and everyone else, updated as things develop. PM to follow

Hi Everyone ! I have started a new thread, advertising the Flying Phoenix workshops that will take place in the UK in autumn 2012. Have a look, and let me know if you are interested in attending.

Steve Keep posting your observations too. I found your posts very interesting. We are all students, finding our way, and your comments have helped me !

Agree 100% ! I am shocked at this thread. I survived attempted murder by a psychopathic women and serial stalker. Thank god I didn't listen to this thread, as I could easily have decided that as I was bigger, and stronger, the easiest route would have been to kill her. All this shit about men and women, women and men ? Haven't you grown up at all ? How about individuals ? How about judging people by who they are, rather than what they are ? This is quite a scary thread.

Hello Melanie Welcome to Tao Bums. And what an interesting story too !

Post of the day from Tao Mist ! Thanks for sharing your perspective. Says it all, succinctly and to the point. Lets face it, the various masters through the ages have explored all the possibilities and made all the mistakes so that we don't have to ! Why should we think we can do it better, or think of something they didn't ?

Welcome ! I post sometimes on the FP thread. In my opinion its the best/most valuable thread on the forum, but then thats because I practice FP too. Enjoy your time here !

Hi Bill Yes, I have read your contributions in the thread, from the early pages. I only know what I have read here, and 'felt' through practice, so my answers are not based on any real knowledge. 1. I am sure I read somewhere on this thread, that the 'energy' from standard ZZ works along or through tendons and ligaments, hence its more martial application. While FP energy travels right through the tissues of the body, in a completely different way. So while that doesn't quite answer your question, its at least related. There is no mention, or instruction, as far as i have seen, about the FP energy working separately, and travelling through layers. I have read about it while practicing other Qigong systems, but in the back of my mind, I always felt these were conceptual issues, and suspected they were more connected with the human brain trying to formalise and understand a profound process, rather than reality. 2. I am sure it mentions, somewhere on the thread, that after classes, participants have been more 'regular' next day. Which suggests a cleansing effect ! So thats the total of my knowledge. Not much to show for so much practice and time spent reading !

Hi Fu Dog Yes, I get that enormously peaceful feeing too. Like a blanket of peace wrapped around me. Very comforting ! Your experience was very interesting too. The rocking sensation would certainly fit in with that rhythmic pulsing of FP energy I often feel, especially during the three 'basic' FP standing meditations. And the fact that it stopped after you ate something confirms, I think, that it was an FP experience. Doubtless Master Dunn will be along soon to conform ! Its true. FP does seem to connect us, or open us, to these experiences, more so than any other system I have followed. Enjoy your practice !

So; A question, and an experience.......... What is it about Monk Holding Peach ? There is something very 'different' about it, compared to the other two 'basic' standing postures. I know full well there is nothing basic about them. They are all three profound for different reasons. But the feeling I get from MHP is different again. I know each practitioner will get something different, specific to their experience, energetic make up etc......I just feel MHP has something extra. I could stand in it for hours, and loose myself. I don't....but the temptation is there. Is there something specific and unusual about it ? And an experience....... Two nights ago, after an especially productive and powerful hour spent in FP seated meditations, I woke at 3am. I felt exhausted. Ever since my head had touched the pillow, a Chinese man had been instructing me on some sort of Taoist Alchemy. I was glad to wake up, to get a break. Sadly I don't remember any of it, but my head was whirling. I had been asleep for four hours. I needed to stop the learning ! The whole bedroom was bathed in golden light. Really surreal. It was soft, but very golden. The bedroom was bright enough to read by the light. I live in the depths of the countryside. There is no artificial light. I assumed it was the moon. There is a door straight out into the garden. I stepped outside, naked......I have no neighbours either. The night was black. No moon visible. It was raining hard. I got wet. I stepped back in, the light was gone. The bedroom was dark. What on earth was that all about ? Interesting !

That is exactly the approach, perhaps the only approach, that makes any sense. Its the one I have dedicated myself to.

Its almost like its all a conspiracy !

I know ! Tee hee hee !

Hi Cat Not on a public forum. Maybe by PM ? J

Also very good points !

I have an ex girlfriend who knew him extremely well, years back, before he was famous. I know she is totally honest and very bright. She used to spend a lot of time with him, amongst a small group of men and women who were his friends. The stories she tells me are incredible. If I didn't know her so well, and trust her, I wouldn't believe them. But I have to, because I know she wouldn't exaggerate or lie. So on that basis, i have to say that he is genuine, and knows a lot of 'stuff". I suspect he exaggerates for effect, and uses language and metaphors to get reactions, and perhaps to carry a deeper message. Much like many people have done through the years. She showed me evidence that was very clear, regarding contacts he had with people at high level in the British establishment. Also evidence regarding how the security services watched him, opened his post, bugged his phones, and that also this applied to his friends too. She also suffered from the same, so much so that eventually she left the country. I don't know him, and have never met him. But he isn't a nutter. He is an interesting character.

Such good advice. Looking for more Yang will only mean that eventually you will be forced into more Yin, through injury or whatever. Balance is everything. If you don't seek it out, it will seek you out.

Agree with this completely !

Jeff Watch this space. I will keep everyone in the loop. Tao Bums will be the first to know.

Hi Terry Indeed. One never loses the passion for archaeology. And I often look with yearning at archaeological digs. Now, I mostly content myself with reading about it, and watching television programmes about archaeology. I doubt I will ever excavate again. Archaeology is on its knees in the UK. Most digs were developer funded, but there is little, if any development happening now, so no archaeology. Many of the big archaeological units have gone bust, or reduced their staff to a minimum, and wages are very poor. Its a sad situation. I am incredibly lucky to be able to live as I do. Although, as people will see from my autobiography, when its published, it hasn't all been easy. There have been some very powerful lessons, learnt at some cost. But here I am. Still living and breathing ! And happy and peaceful too. i already have a number of people interested in the workshops. And three or four are definite, and thats without anything being organised. So its looking good. Email to follow...... I have to say, everything people have said about FP on this thread has been confirmed by my own practice. So its all true ! FP is an exceptional practice and I don't know of anything similar. I have high hopes for its future ! Fu Dog.....thanks for starting this thread. And Terry, for your constant input too.

Intention and intent ! Discuss.

As I have said on the Flying Phoenix thread, Taiji isn't really Qigong for at least three years. You have to get good at it....specifically, the form must be very good, and integrated with the correct breathing, and then done with the correct Qigong mindset....effortless concentration, and full integration of mind, body and energy.....then it becomes Qigong. So for the first three to five years, Taiji is mainly a physical activity, rather than energetic. But there will always be someone who disagrees with that. One will probably be along in a moment !