tao stillness

I now remember the Oliver Shanti track that was played while the Wudang chi kung master was demonstrating I think the Five Animals. It is called Sacral Nirvana. As I said in earlier post, it might be too fast for accompanying Flying Phoenix but I use it for other chi kung forms that I do that are faster paced. But it remains my favorite piece of music associated with chi kung. I use 2 other Oliver Shanti albums for doing most of my chi kung. There is another great piece of music that fits well with any style of chi kung and it is really unique. You can find it on you tube if you watch the trailers for Ed Rockett qigong. Ed was kind enough to email me that piece of music so I could put it on my computer.

Last night I stumbled upon the School of Chi Energy website and spent some time listening to their podcast advertising and a few of their videos. I was impressed with the findings from the J.B. Rhine Institute, or whatever it is called these days. Dr. Rhine gave a presentation at our university sometime in the 1960's and I was impressed how they tried to use the scientific method for paranormal research. Now they have computers and complex instruments for measuring energy. The researchers on this video were really impressed with the energy this head instructor from the Schollof Chi Energy was giving off according to their instruments. It was way beyond what they had seen before in the past 30 years. I think for me the only way to find out how legit their claims are is for me to fork out $30 for Eric Isen the medical clairvoyant to test it. He has saved me a great deal of time and money over the last several years by finding what is effective chi kung and not effective at all chi kung methods for me. Anyone can claim anything, and Eric's abilities to literally see what something will do for a person even before they try the method is the litmus test for me. However, the fees for their teaching is outrageous, in my opinion, especially since my income is Social Security retirement. If you choose to actually listen to their podcast advertisements, I warn you that Rob Jones repeats the same points endlessly and thus really stretches it out. If you want to work on improving your patience is a virtue, then try to listen to his discourses to the end. I was unable to and found his repetition to be frustrating. In fact, I dozed off. His number one teacher while undergoing testing at the Rhine Institute claims to have merged with her photons or energy and left the testing room to go into the room where the researchers were watching the instruments and then she said she was able to go outside of the building via this energy. I am going to email them today to see if they have any research and I will also give feedback about Rob Jones' redundancy. Something that turns me off about them is whenever Americans add Sifu to their name. Sifu Chang sounds natural. Sifu Jones sounds like matching stripes with checks in clothing, you look like a clown. Update: I recently had my medical clairvoyant test this system and he found that it is a good one for mind and body but it will not send he energy high enough to reach the upper chakras and therefore it is not a holistic method. I had him compare this one to the one I already am doing, Purple Petal Plum Kidney Breathing Chi Kung by Eddie Chong and he found the Purple Plum does much more. So once again the advertisement is full of hype that is not real.

The Zhan Zhaung postures do produce a strong sensation of chi for sure. But the sensation still feels much different than what I have felt from doing the Flying Phoenix movements or static postures. The resulting sensations from FP chi field has a more satisfying and compelling feel to it.

Looking at the Crowley Star card it is interesting that the figure in front of the sphere with the way she is curved actually turns it into the Taoist yin-yang symbol which I forget is either properly called tai chi or taiji . I just could not understand the Crowley deck so I donated my deck to the local metaphysical bookstore a few years ago. Is there any book available that simplifies the understanding of that unique deck? I have been using the Rider-Waite tarot system for about 25 years and the synchronicity of information from the tarot system is pretty impressive. It becomes even more impressive when authentic psychics use the tarot. I still fail to understand how it works but I do know that it does work, and that has been good enough for me. If I had the right book for the Crowley tarot I would order another Crowley deck. I will have to research if there is any book out there that interprets the method in Taoist terms.

Yes, I discovered Oliver Shanti albums in a similar way as Sifu Terry did. I saw a YouTube video of a Wudang Shan master doing qigong to this wonderful Asian modern music that fit the qigong movements perfectly. So I emailed the master asking the name of the music. He gave me the name of the right musician, Oliver Shanti, but he gave me an incorrect title to that piece of music. But I later found the correct piece from Shanti. It is great sounding but a little to fast for slow moving qigong forms. I can't recall the name of the track now, however but I think I still have in my favorites file.

The Avatar of the Oneness Blessing method, Amma-Bhagavan explains that the higher states of consciousness are achieved when Kundalini reaches the brain centers. That could account for your temporary states of being in a normal state of mind. When the Kundalini is able to remain in the brain centers instead of traveling back down to the coiled position, we are then Enlightened. Enlightenment is our normal, natural state of mind. The stress from daily life blocks the normal functioning of the nervous system and that is why we are not in our natural state of consciousness. I would say that Super Consciousness that is mentioned above would best be described as Unity Consciousness. This is when everything you perceive is perceived as the same as the Self. The ego at this point is pushed to the side and you are experiencing life from the quantum level where everything is connected to everything else and made of the same substance, the Divine experiencing itself thru you. This cannot be achieved by the thinking mind, it happens on its own when stress is gone and Kundalini is up there. Before this, there are lesser states of higher consciousness. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has laid out understandable descriptions of the 7 states of Concsiouness and there is a book by that name that goes into his teachings quite well. So if you want to consider Super Consciousness as the highest state a human can achieve, then in Vedic terms it would be Unity Consciousness, then Brahmin Consciousness and then Krishna Consciousness. None of these can be understood on the level of thinking. It takes direct experience of these states to then understand their descriptions in the Vedas. Which is why it is said by some that to understand scriptures it takes an enlightened master and a quantum physicist to interpret the true meanings of them. No coincidence that Yogananda's master made him stay in college for his degree in physics. Not sure why this is underlining what I type, LOL.

,In the interest of the ancient culture surrounding Chi Kung, I have just started reading, "Seven Taoist Masters". Will my past English teachers forgive me for starting the above sentence with a preposition? Really good eternal, universal truth teachings. Wisdom, in other words, based on what happens when a chi cultivator achieves Awakening. How the Divine or Spirit then works thru his higher state of consciousness and the resulting change in perceptions and behaviors spontaneously. It is taught in this novel via fascinating stories. Translated by Eva Wong.

I have used Michael Denney's Celestial Qigong dvd and I just ordered his Thunder Qigong dvd. His answers to my questions have always included practical suggestions and I appreciate him being available like that. I have probably tried about 50 different qigong dvds so far. What I find unique about Michael's qigong is the lineage of these styles which claim to be the real stuff previously only taught to closed door students. Michael paid quite a price for bringing these once secret methods out to the public. He was cast out by one of his teachers after the first dvd was produced. The postures are very easy to learn, and being 69 years old, I appreciate qigong methods that I do not have to struggle with memorizing complex and numerous unique movements. Most dvds that I have contain very little information about the movements. This is not the case with Celestial Qigong. Michael explains what these postures are doing for you in terms of the energy. So well worth giving it a try and remember that qigong works in layers or levels. It works on something that needs healing and then with its own intelligence it moves on to another area that needs something. So the only way to keep reaching these other levels is to stick with a method for a long time.

In terms of music to accompany chi kung I almost always listen to one of the Asian themed albums by Oliver Shanti available on YouTube. I tried the Weightless piece by Marconi but I don't like New Age sounding tunes while doing chi kung.

I would like to reply to a few things that Sifu Terry mentioned above. There is an interesting benefit to "just keep doing it" for chi kung. Eric Isen, the medical clairvoyant who by now has tested many chi kung forms for people all over the world, recently told me that he finds that sticking with a particular chi kung form for a long time is essential because chi kung works in levels. It heals something and then it goes on to another level of work for you in terms of what needs healing/balancing/cleansing. He saw that one form I have been doing daily for 2 years now has been changing my neurons to be able to produce higher states of consciousness. I saw online a video of GM Doo Wai recommending people have some form of ginger in their mouth when they perform chi kung so I asked Eric to test that to see if it does increase chi as GM Doo Wai claimed it did. Eric found that it indeed does increase energy. I admit that I have almost always forgotten to use ginger with my chi kung practice even though I have a root of ginger sitting in the fridge. I also want to comment on using chi kung to heal colds and flu. I have heard some chi kung teachers warn against doing any chi kung when you have the flu, etc. That makes no sense to me since I literally was cured of a very serious virus over night 4 or 5 years ago by doing 3 and one-half hours of chi kung when laid up in bed. I woke up the next morning with no more chills or fever and was full of so much energy that I was able to chop away at the ice around my car in an attempt to return to work even though I had hardly eaten anything for days. So the idea is to do as much chi kung as your are physically able to when sick like that.

The Oneness Blessing is said to quiet the parietal lobes and enliven the frontal lobes. Seekers have spent lifetime after lifetime trying to be permanently Awakened. Thanks to this unique energy/deeksha, anyone who goes on a 14 day course at Oneness University leaves the course at some level of Awakening. Unfortunately, one percent of the world's population cannot feel anything from this energy. I am a Oneness Blessing Giver who has been receiving this deeksha for the past 11 years and I have yet to feel even one iota of a sensation from it. But others report great experiences and sensations from it.

I know for countries other than the USA it makes sense to have digital download. But I now prefer dvds because I can then use VCL media player to get rid of the mirroring so I can learn the movements easier. I don't know how to get rid of mirroring using downloads, so I no longer order any downloads. So I think it is a good idea that both formats be offered still.

My best friend called me the other night and he spoke almost non-stop while I listened to him describe his experiences being with his girlfriend from a very brief previous relationship while she was dying of cancer a few weeks ago. He did his Transcendental Meditation and qigong practice in her house and at times meditated in her room. He said he had the deepest meditations there in the 40 years that he has done TM. One night he went outside of the house to do qigong and while doing the first movement of the Wudang 8 Qigong form by Arnold Tayam, which is called Connecting Heaven and Earth, he sensed the energy from his hands going up to the Cosmos and when he did the Earth part of the movement he could sense the energy going deeply down into the Earth. This was not visualizing or intention, it happened spontaneously and he had never before felt anything like this from any qigong method that he had performed. His take on this was that all of the meditation done in that house by the dying woman's visitors had attracted Higher Beings to be with her and thus everyone, including visiting nurses, commented on this energy as soon as they entered the house. The dying woman had described seeing all of these people coming into her room but not thru the bedroom door. So I surmise that high energy from meditation and qigong attracts like energy from the Universe. Therefore, based on that, I would certainly do qigong in a dying person's room. And I would let go of any fear based superstitions preventing that from being done. What a great way to transition, being in a room with such high energy. Otherwise, the person is leaving the body surrounded by low vibrations of grief and sadness.

In terns of where to place your attention during Flying Phoenix, Sifu Terry answered this question several weeks ago. He said he focuses on moving at the speed of a shifting sand dune. With other qigong methods that I do I have to focus on coordinating my lower dantien breathing with the same pace as my movements and also focus on moving slowly. So it is a relief when doing Flying Phoenix that I only have to focus on moving as slowly as I can. The breathing is free to do as it will, none of my concern.

,Great stuff there Sifu Terry. I immediately got the German theologian's drift from that quote because it reflected my few times in actual Samadhi, higher states of consciousness, thru the Siddhis program of the Transcendental Meditation program, Peter Hess' Sound Massage using special ancient formula for Tibetan Bowls placed on specific energy centers on the body, and a session over the phone with the energy worker/Vedic astrologer, Stephen Quong performing Yuen Method. Kam Yuen was a consultant and stunt man for the Kung Fu TV series but he also became a gifted energy healer. Anyway, the point is, when you have even just a temporary degree of enlightenment, you then can recognize that same state anywhere it shows up when someone else is describing it. The words of that theologian cannot be understood correctly without first having had the direct experience of the state of higher consciousness that he is describing. And great synchronicity reading today that you remind us about the value of true and effective meditation. Less than 2 weeks ago I had a Vedic astrology session and was given an individualized mantra based on the energies in my natal chart. I began using this new mantra in lieu of my advanced technique TM mantra. The result has been that my meditation is now once again producing that state of silencing of thoughts and almost no breathing with very deep relaxation in a way which my previous mantra had not done for at least the last 7 years while I was just spinning my wheels and could not figure out why TM stopped working. So I underscore the reminder of the importance of meditation in addition to doing chi kung. \ And someone above was mentioning the 8 fold path of Buddha. It was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi of TM who taught us that history has distorted the teaching of the 8 fold path. He said that the first step should be enlightenment and as a result of that state of consciousness you would automatically be living from the home of all the Laws of Nature and thus you would have spontaneous right action and the behaviors described in the other 7 steps would then happen on their own. I think of it as, "first things first!"

I got here by using group studies and put in flying phoenix chi kung. I then put this page in my favorites and that is how I get back on the thread. I have no idea why they messed up this system.

I would like to reply to the Bagua question of how many people have reached enlightenment. Usually before reaching enlightenment people achieve Awakening. Per the Oneness Blessing movement, Awakening is a state of consciousness due to rewiring of the brain which quiets the parietal lobes and enlivens the frontal lobes. This pushes aside the ego and causes Awakening which is when the Kundalini reaches the brain and stays there instead of going back down. In this state you then experience in the here and now thru direct perception of consciousness instead of unconsciously having old memories and associations from past experiences color your perceptions of any event. Another result of Awakening is that you still have full range of emotions but the effect of an emotional charge no longer stays with you and bothers you. It just washes away in a few minutes or less. It is said that now when anyone goes for a 2 week course at Oneness University in south India they become Awakened. 100% of the course participants now achieve Awakening by the end of the course due to the Oneness energy there. Of course, the next step would be Enlightenment and I would assume that would happen when much more of the population becomes Awakened which I have heard should start happening in 2018.

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I find it surprising that you think Master Duan's Wuji Qigong form is nothing special. How do you know what it is doing for you? I think most people decide how effective a qigong form is by basing it on the amount of chi flow they feel from it. That is only the tip of the iceberg and it would require a person to have the sensitivity of a psychic to actually determine how a particular qigong form is benefitting them. There are so many healing levels to any qigong form and it takes sustained practice over a long time to go thru all those levels to get the benefits. The sensation of chi flow is the most superficial level from a qigong method in my experience.

As of May 24, 2017 I have an update on Garripoli's Master Duan's Wuji Qigong dvd. After learning how to get rid of the mirroring effect from a dvd by using the settings on VCL media player I can now move in the same direction as the instructor on the dvds so I tried Garripoli's Master Duan Wuji Gong form, the opening movements so far, these were the ones that I had trouble learning before. Now they are not difficult to practice so I am going to continue to learn this one considering that Master Duan just died last summer at the age of 107. That should stand as the best testimonial. This method has nothing to do with any other Wuji style that is taught by others. Does anyone know why Garripoli and his wife Daisy Lee divorced?

The above photo has such great energy to it! My heart flowed when I saw this. Thank you for sharing this Sifu Terry. I had consultations over the phone with Eric since 1998 and then finally met him in person about 5 years ago when he flew in from San Diego to attend an inaugural Oneness event for the U.S. held in Wash., DC. It was a treat to experience his joy and warmth. I will always remember last year when I emailed him from a surgical waiting room in Johns Hopkins Hospital and asked him to tell us what was wrong with our then 5 year old daughter who was there for exploratory surgery. He graciously dropped everything to tune in and immediately got back to us and described what he saw and he told us the surgeons would not be able to see the source of the problem due to the intestines being so flimsy. Shortly after that the surgical team called us in to report their findings and they were exactly as Eric had reported to us, almost verbatim! My wife and I looked at each other in astonishment as the surgeons each gave us their findings. At times I have trusted my life and that of some of my loved ones with Eric's care.

It did not take long at to learn Wind Through the Tree Tops on Vol. 3. Shortly after learning this form when it started to feel more natural to do it and after some practice when I did not have to think as much about the movements, I noticed the familiar tangible hands moving thru the thick cloud of chi from the very first movement of the form as the hands rise to come toward the throat. I know that each person experiences FP meditations differently, but this is my main experience from any of the FP meditations that I have done. Noting flashy, nothing other worldly or of spiritual significance. Just the experience that my individual nervous system allows me to have. As simple as this experience may be, it is still stronger than experiences that I have had from most of the other chi kung methods that I have learned. So I am grateful for even this most basic sensation which lets me know that Flying Phoenix Chi Kung is different than any other type of chi kung.

I want to echo what Sifu Terry stated about advanced yogis being able to know the intent of any chanting. In the Vedic system of ancient India Sanskrit is used because it is one of only a few known ancient languages wfhere the sound of the words produces the material form of the words in the consciousness of the person listening to those Sanskrit vibrations. It is called Ritam Bhara Pragya and it is the reason that Patanjali's Yoga Sutras result in manifestation of what he predicts for his formulas if you have been taught the missing piece of information of how to do his sutras correctly. It is called name and form are the same. If your are in an advanced state of consciousness and then mentally recited one of his sutras, the results will manifest in your consciousness. My experience of this was when I was initiated in it is beyond description because of the bliss and love that resulted from entering a higher state of consciousness from this simple method. The formulas or sutras do not produce any results when recited from the thinking level of consciousness. You have to be in a much higher state and the missing knowledge of how to do this was revived by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi when he brought out the TM Siddhis program in the 1970's. It is all based on kundalini reaching the higher chakras in the brain. When someone is taught this method, they immediately become advanced yogis and can then verify from personal experience what Sifu Terry has stated. And from trusted high consciousness sources, Kwan Yin and Tara share similar roles but are not the same Beings/energies. I don't mind these occasional straying from the FP topic posts. I think most people on this thread are ardent seekers and do not mind learning new information. Sifu Terry has been generous in sharing so much bonus info with us. And I want to underscore the contribution that Sifu Terry has made to learning Flying Phoenix Chi Kung. If any of you have ever seen the videos made by Grand Master Doo Wai on YouTube or elsewhere, you will notice as I have stated before, they are more demonstration than actual instruction and are extremely difficult to learn from. Sifu Terry has resolved that by producing his series of Flying Phoenix Chi Kung which is truly instructional. And now Earl Grey has made them even more effective by teaching us the technology to make the learning of Flying Phoenix even easier. I realize not everyone needs this kind of help because there are students out there who are truly gifted with great spatial relationship skill and strong visual memory retention. I am weak in both of those areas so I very much welcome all the coping skills that I can find to learn visually. If not for Earl Grey, my volume 3 of Flying Phoenix Chi Kung probably would never have been opened again.

Gratitude big time to Earl Grey! I just dug out volume 3 of Flying Phoenix Chi Kung, a dvd that I had tucked away about 4 years ago because it was too hard to learn. Tonight I tried it in mirrored fashion using the VLC transforming angle that you shared with us. It now looks easy to learn. All I have to do now is keep doing it along with Sifu Terry as many times as it takes for my brain to memorize it. No more mental gymnastics trying to figure out left from right. It is now just monkey see, monkey do without the strain of thinking! It felt good once again learning from Sifu Terry on screen.

Thanks Earl Grey for the VLC mirroring method. As I already stated, I have discarded many powerful qigong dvds because I could not figure out how to follow the instructor. What I also like about VLC is that you can slow down the speed. That can also be done when learning from a YouTube video.