CrunchyChocolate555

Thanks. I happen to agree with everything you wrote.

I was recommended to not do anything until I can see her, for it would be of no use. Right now I'm feeling pretty good. I will just keep putting in the work, and try making progress (as I already have made quite a bit of progress in these past few months.. no reason that should stop now), even if the fruits of my labor are going straight into this entity's beak! Maybe that is the sacrifice I must make? Perhaps I am making a mistake, but in any case, I can't afford it, so I'm simply going to have to make the best of what I can do.

I still TOTALLY feel like I can take care of this issue and more on my own by diligent work and practice. I really don't like this idea of giving away all my power! Then again, I have no doubt she is right, but that still doesn't change that I can't afford it. And I still have to keep living...

Well, Sifu Jenny has confirmed that I do indeed have an entity that needs to be removed. I'm so torn right now, because I cannot afford to fly down and have it removed. At the same time, I was advised not to do any qigong or energy work, as it will simply feed the entity. However, I have been having great success as of late with FPQG. I have no idea what to do. I wish I could afford the treatment.

And just two more questions while I'm at it ! While performing FPQG, I find it hard *not* to focus on something in my body, like maybe trying to breathe better or some part of my body that needs healing. Of course, I notice that the energy immediately flows to that area and goes to work. Is it a hindrance to focus on different parts of the body while performing the exercises? If it's better not to, what should one focus on, in terms of body awareness? Also, I have found that the FP energy really kicks into full gear when I go to bed and start to fall asleep at night. I can feel it moving into problematic areas and releasing blockages. Is this common? Lastly, is it acceptable to switch legs (left over right) for the seated meditations?

Dear Sifu Terry, I would like to know your thoughts on practicing FPQ if one has a really bad posture that prevents them from sitting/standing up straight? For the sitting meditation, I have to keep my back supported to be able to sit, but even then, I have to use an enormous amount of energy and tension to keep my back up and straight and prevent it from collapsing forward. I can never really fully relax and especially the T8-10 area in my back remains "closed" where no energy can pass throguh.. I know it's not ideal in the slightest, but is there a way to do the meditations in the lying down position, at least until I can get the energy flowng properly through my back? If not, how should I best proceed? Because I want to keep doing it but have a hard time seeing how it would resolve itself. I can't imagine making any progress until I am able to release the tension, but it's the only thing that's keeping me from completely collapsing. I have seen a lot of specialists concerning my postural problems, but none have told me wha I can do to fix it.. Any advice would be much appreciated..

Thanks

Sorry I didn't reply earlier guys, thanks for all the suggestions! I'm still hesitant to call get help from some of the K "experts" and other entity removers for some reason.. part of me feels I would just be bothering them and I need to do this on my own.. Here's more info on what happened: I was doing BKF's dissolving meditation, released some stuff in my upper back that made me feel incredibly blissful and at peace, like when I was a kid!.. and I went down too low... a pocket of energy suddenly released from my sacrum and traveled up my spine. It got stuck at the T8-T10 spinal vertebrae, and then shot rightwards into what I now think is my liver (I have bad liver qi stagnation so that's where I draw my conclusion). Suddenly, my vision went completely red and started flashing with white light, my whole body felt contracted and freezing cold, my heart felt started pounding and felt like it was about to jump out of my chest, and I felt a feeling of intense dread like I have never felt before in my life. It literally was the most intense fear I had ever experienced, ever. I tried to ride it out, but it was just too intense and too scary, so I opened my eyes and tried to move around a bit. I was shaking all over and alternating between feeling extremely hot to freezing cold and SHIVERING. I tried doing some stretches and exercise to cool it down a bit, and it did indeed cool down, but nothing has been the same since... *I should mention that the above experience has since occurred again on a number of occasions, but was much less severe and I was better able to handle it... It has flared up a whole plethora of very negative and bizarre (but not debilitating) mental, emotional and physical symptoms that I don't really feel like enumerating at the moment. BUT, on the bright side, the most invaluable thing it has flared up along with all the crap is an unshakeable inner resolve. I am firmly determined to get to the bottom of all my issues. I am 100% determined to fix my mind and body, get rid of all the toxicity and regain all the harmony and balance. I mean, I am really dead set on it. I know I can do this... So right now, I am following a very intense qigong, tai chi and meditation regime. I fixed my diet, I'm (trying!) to clean up my thoughts, and I'm really just doing everything I can... and not in a desperate manner either.. I'm just doing what I feel I gotta do. I have tried the MCO, but have decided not to do it anymore because it made things much worse, no matter how much or for how long I practice it. I can't say I'm happy right now.. there's a lot of things I wished would just be normal.. like I would at least like to be able to interact with people (just talking with someone face to face is one of the most challenging things I can do right now, so I tend to avoid people). It's quite strange the way energy moves in my body since this happened... it seems that entire pockets of energy are able to move around and activates different "plexus'" in my spine (and as it does, it produces the very intense "snake-like" sways and oscillations K is famous for), which drastically change my outlook on things, and the energy I emit, and how people react to me. However, it's a very shaky and unstable foundation and I have to really be careful. Like I said, the bulk of the problem (IMO) is the enormous blockage at the T8-10 vertebrae. It's like the energy is trying to break through a huge dam... the trepid waters are very intense behind it... It reflects in my posture and I have so far been unsuccessful in fixing it. Pretty much my entire thoracic region is thus completely numb and feels dead. I can barely feel anything up there unless I "force" energy into there.. I can indeed bypass the dam, but only temporarily and on a very small level.

Hi Steve, Sorry to make you repeat if you have already, as I don't know how far back in the thread to go to find the answers. Could you please tell me where I can find Sifu Dunn's recommended reading list? Also, what style of Yi Gong do you personally practice? Thanks! CC555

I have no idea how Wikipedia got those numbers as I highly doubt that North Koreans are allowed to participate in any kind of poll or survey.

I was just wondering if it's possible to do the Level 1 active exercises in Spring Forest Qigong using regular abdominal breathing instead of reverse breathing? Will it have any major or detrimental effect on the practice? Thanks

Thanks for the very thorough answer! The reason I ask is that I have trouble with regular breathing in the first place (I have a very tense diaphragm), and reverse breathing just tends to make everything worse and energy starts stagnating in my solar plexus.

Not true, all of the ones I mentioned give reasonably clear explanations and protocol. The reason that so few people are well-versed in the practice is that outside of these books, there is little information. For instance, you will be hard pressed to find any good instructions using google. I am however, a bit disappointed that I have never found clear answers to some of the questions I've had on the subtleties of the practice such as which qi-awareness methods are best (visual vs tactile), the surface area of awareness, the intensity, etc. etc. I do suppose in the end that this is the kind of thing you should find out for yourself. However, if you are asking in terms of the actual practice, the info is out there, and only takes a few pages of reading to get down. It is not very complicated. Be forewarned that Yang Jwing Ming's Small Circualtion book only has a single chapter of PRACTICAL information on how to do the MCO, and the rest is trivial theory. It was literally a painful book to read through, but the few pages of info were well worth the effort that I have not been able to find anywhere else.

Feet parallel or pointing outwards? My school (NATST instructor) has us do them with feet parallel. I find I get more of a challenging workout with feet pointed outwards as I can go much lower... Thoughts?

Listen, I could spend an hour typing out some useful advice but having a good idea about your current state of mind from my own personal experience, I doubt it will be of much use to you. I have gone through my own kundalini awakening (still am). I had to go through two year-long periods of deep suicidal depression during which I was rendered completely non-functional in every sense of the word. I was stuck in a perpetual thought-loop of gloom and despair and wanted nothing more than for all of it to be over with. The most enjoyable part of my days was when I was asleep, and I the thing I dreaded the most was to be awake. But, it passed. I, too, thought it was going to last forever. But deep down, I knew that it wouldn't. So what did I get from it? Something immense and invaluable that you will one day realize for yourself. So please, cut out this "woe is me" bullshit (I'm sorry, but it had to be said) and just accept your situation for what it is without judgment. Just ACCEPT the way you feel and ACCEPT your life without trying to frantically pull yourself out of it as if you're drowning, because you're not. One of the things I learned myself is that trying to resist it will only make it worse. What it is, is a transient yin-type state that while may not be pleasant, is serving some kind of purpose in your life at this moment. Just chill, and ride it out, and observe it for what it is. It WILL morph into another state of consciousness at one point or another and trust me, it's well worth the wait.

There is a recent theory that most negative effects that people experience from drinking coffee is actually not from the coffee itself but because most coffee beans allegedly have something called mycotoxins (a fungus) that grow on it if the preparation conditions are not absolutely ideal. These mycotoxins are apparently the main cause of things like headaches and energy crashes, etc. The guy that is popularizing this idea is Dave Asprey (http://www.bulletproofexec.com/coffee/) and he sells a (very expensive) mycotoxin-free coffee that has been receiving a lot of praise. If you're familiar with the Joe Rogan podcast, then you've probably already heard about this, but from everything I've read and heard, this is indeed a very legitimate concern in regards to coffee and why people are getting such bad effects from it. The research is out there, although still in its infancy stage, so check it out!

Wow thanks for all the wonderful recommendations everyone! My acupuncturist is actually also a TCM doc and also my teacher (learning Tui-Na/TCM from him). I have had a few treatments so far but We haven,t noted any major changes in my pulse yet (super tense). I'll definitely try some of the recommendations posted here- this was exactly what I was looking for. So is the milk thistle preferably taken as a tincture? And also, is it possible to know if there is a related gallbladder problem? My teacher would just tell me to do more bagua/hsing-I until it goes away.

Hey guys, Since my K popping, I have had enormous issues with energy remaining stuck inside my head. Feelings of *intense* pressure in my head, sinus problems, teeth pain, jerkiness, irritability and anger.. I have tried doing the MCO but since my front channel isn't completely opened and I can't access my lower Dan Tien too well due to liver qi stagnation, a large amount always remains stuck in my head.. I started reading Mantak Chia's MCO book (Awakening the Healing Energy) for clues on how to work around this, and it seems that REVERSING the flow of the MCO and rerouting it through the legs and back up the front channel could do the trick. I tried doing that today and it did seem to help, but it is still very frustrating because there doesn't seem to be a "release" valve to just flush it all out in one shot. So there's never a clear sign that I'm moving things in the right direction. I got a bit worried too when Chia mentionned that if energy remained stuck there it could cause physical and emotional damage, so I believe the need to fix this is quite dire. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.. PS: Would regular qigong/taichi practice help fix this issue..?

Hey guys, I just made the HUGE realization that I have an immense amount of anger locked up inside of me that I somehow pushed away for god knows how long, and I had somehow managed to hide it from myself. I don't identify myself as an angry person, I am not violent or mean in any way, but it seems that sometimes my body language displays anger even though every part know to be good and tries to be good. Sometimes people seem to be downright afraid of me, even though I really DO like them, wanna help them, and be a good person. I think one of the main reasons is I suppressed the anger for many years with drugs and other things, and now that I'm much more sensitive to qi, it's obvious my liver is holding on to a lot of crap. I was initially surprised when I was told that I had liver qi stagnation. I was all like, "me, angry? pfff... no way, man." But then it dawned on me, yup. I'm angry and frustrated in many, many ways, and I've been directing it inward all this time. Aside from the typical advice like channeling this energy outwards in a creative means and taking care to detox and rebalance the liver, are there any "deeper" ways to release anger and frustration once and for all? Also, how can I come across as being less angry??? I still have to function in day-to-day life, and I don't want people thinking I'm pissed off at them when really I'm just pissed off at myself. If I try to be nicer, it just seems insincere and it makes things worse.

Hey everyone, Does anyone here have a simple guide, or even better, some experience in connecting the MCO orbit to the legs (and even arms!)? I'm pretty sure I'm ready to do this now. Thanks!

Hey everyone, This is probably the most embarrassing thread I've ever posted, but I was curious about an energetic anomaly I've detected in my body through my energy practices... It seems like there is an "empty" spot of energy that is spazzed up and acting very strangely. It's the area directly between my perineum and coccyx (NOT the pernium itself). So yeah, it's pretty much the anus, I guess. I don't know if it's from doing mulha bandas incorrectly for so long or what, but it's pretty much ALWAYS contracted, or spazzing out (contracting, decontracting, etc.) It also kind of feels like it's moving a lot as it does so. Feels like a mini-elevator moving 1-2 inches up and down directly anterior to the coccyx. I'm doing my best to simply become aware of it and try to relax as much as I can, and doing some very simple root chakra stuff, but it doesn't seem to be helping much. The only time I can get it to really stop jerking around is while doing the MCO lying down, then I can really connect the energy from the perineum to the tip of the tailbone and get things flowing again. Thanks

Hey everyone, For those that have some experience with TCM/acupuncture I have a question. If someone had some form of kidney disease, for instance chronic kidney failure, would the standard diagnosis methods of pulse/tongue be able to detect it in any way? Likewise, would someone with kidney disease necessarily exhibit symptoms of kidney yin or yang deficiency?

Not sure about which mineral is used in Mo Pai. Where did you read that? I would also be interested in knowing.. That said, there's a very good book on Taoists ancient use of minerals, I believe it was called "Taoist mineral magic" or something of that nature. Ill try to find it and get back to you. It is a fairly detailed and comprehensive book IIRC. Edit: yup, that's the book. "Daoist mineral magic"

What should I be looking for, here?

You are probably right, there certainly could be! Thing is, I don't know *exactly* what it could be, though. Any way to find out?