People who do not have power over their own selfish desires, feel the lack within themselves, which they try to satisfy by obtaining power over other people. It never works. Instead of becoming happy, their thirst for power and control consumes them, and they become barbaric monsters.
As they focus more and more upon obtaining power, they get very good at it, as follows from the Law of Momentum. These are people, who through diligence, and cunning, find ways to rise into positions of power and authority in Society, where they generate all kinds of suffering and misery. This malice, and opposition to Life, is at the core of all the conflict, greed, and ignorance that we find in the world.
However, there is an end to this cycle, because the more you try to control things, the more chaos you create. Force generates resistance, and by this principle, people who choose to dominate others, impede themselves, often creating the very opposite of what they wanted. It is amazing to see how consistently they choose the most complicated, and difficult ways to go about getting what they want. Thus, the house of cards they base their lives upon, must inevitably fall, and fall it will, through their own actions.
Giving in to the demands of a bully, is always more expensive, and costly, than refusing, and resisting. When you give in to the demands of a bully, you give them your power, and they will always use that against you, and everyone else. This is how the world got into the mess that it is in, and it has to stop.
People who have mastered their selfish desires, know that giving others what they need, always brings to them the things that they need. If we take care of the Earth, then the Earth will take care of us. If we take care of the Universe, then the Universe will find ways to fulfill our needs, and Enlightened desires.
We always flourish, when we enable others to flourish. This is the Way of the Universe, and by living in Harmony with it, all noble things can be accomplished.
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Here are some great movies I found over at You Tube, which had embedding disabled. So I can link you, but not post them here. Call this a package you have to unwrap yourself
Tantric literature speaks of it as a heterosexual practice, but I've heard of Gay & Lesbian couples who managed to be successful with it anyway. White Tantra is probably best, since it does not require absolute physical contact or penetration. This Yoga is intended for experienced practitioners of meditation & Hatha Yoga. The energies involved are quite powerful, and not easy to control. Being extremely stable in your life & in your Spiritual Practice is essential, and with Tantra this goes double, because it works with the comingling of the energies of two people. Doing Tantra before you are properly prepared, or with a Tantric partner who is not advanced in Spiritual Practices, can lead to many unfortunate consequences. In other words, if you are not ready for this, it can make your head very wonky.
Now with all those disclaimers, and the hope that no one will abuse my trust here, I'll explain how White Tantra can be practiced. You should wear comfortable non-binding clothing. There are several postures which can be used. Sitting with your partner facing you in your lap. Sitting side by side. Lying down beside each other. If you sit side by side, you should mirror each others position as closely as possible.
I would have my partner sit into my lap, facing me. Then physically breathe together, matching each other's rhythymn. Visualize & connect with your partner's Chakras, Astrally breathing energy from them, while your partner does the same to you. At about 33 minutes the network should be complete, so that you & your partner are functioning as two halfs of a single 'battery'. Then the Kundalini Fire will begin to arise from where it has been coiled up at the base of your spines, and ascend to Heaven. Then Lover & Beloved will behold GOD within each other.
Once you have successfully practiced Tantra, you will still think that regular sex is great, (well, it's supposed to be, or you're doing it wrong), but compared with Tantra, regular sex is merely a passing physical pleasure, whereas Tantra brings you beyond the Portal of Eternity... This is the Sword that enters the Chalice... The Hieros Gamos... The Great Rite...
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In 1973 I began studying the Hwa Yu Tai Chi Kung Fu, under GrandMaster John Chung Li, which was developed by the Emperor's Guard during the Sung Dynasty. This form is a combination of Hsing Yi & Pa Qua, and contains many very deadly moves involving strikes to nerve centers & joint breaking.
In 1976 I picked up the Yang Style from the Tung family, which is what is commonly taught. Over the years I got tired of doing the same forms over & over, so I began doing them on the right side, & also on the left. This effectively doubled the number of moves I had available. After this I learned that there are long form versions of the moves, as well as the short form ones, and again doubled the number of move that I could practice.
I then realized that you can get bound up in form, so I began doing the moves in different orders, so I could move from any move, into any other move. That is when I began to become interested in the transitions between moves. I spent some time not doing any of the moves at all, but going from one transition into another. These proved to be most effective....
Most people practice Tai Chi slowly, at 30 seconds per move, but you can do Tai Chi at many other paces.
Other paces you should try are :
Hard & Abrupt (tensing only at the moment of IMPACT)
Fast & Flowing (as fast as possible)
Slow (one minute per move)
Super Slow (five minutes per move)
And my favorite pace for practicing Tai Chi, is Dance Pace. Put on some music with a good beat & take off. You don't have to stick to any regular form, but just keep throwing out move after move after move. It looks beautiful, and will make you extremely quck & agile.
Each of these paces trains your body in a different way, giving the Chi a wide variety of ways to flow. The Super Slow mode is the most powerful, engraining the moves into your autonomic nervous system as a new set of reflexes that will operate in combat without any need for your mind to slow you down. Also, the Super Slow mode will pull up a tremendous amount of Chi, such that you will see it dripping off your feet, like a clear syrup, & Magickal things will begin to happen around you. At that pace, I have seen trees dancing the Tai Chi with me deep in the forest, & have been visited by the fae...
Best to wait until you are comfortable with Slow mode, before doing Super Slow mode. The body needs time to adjust to it. Super Slow mode really is a monster, which is why nobody teaches it. I just sort of stumbled onto it myself. When you are ready to do Super Slow mode, you will notice every tiny nuance of each move, every single muscle, tendon, ligament & nerve that is involved. Having your form exactly correct is very important in Super Slow mode, because you are deeply imprinting the move in the reptilian portion of your brain.
Another thing to consider, is Short Form & Long Form. In Short Form, conservation of movement is practiced, and the back is generally kept perpendicular with the ground. In Long Form the movements are extended quite a bit. With a Brush Knee the back leans forward making a straight line at an angle from the back foot. Also, in Long Form, you always raise the knee up to the waist in every move where you lift the foot at all. In Short Form when you do Snake Creeps Down, you come up with the knee to the waist, but in Long Form you go straight into a kick.
If you already know some other Martial Art, you don't need any books, tapes or videos. You can take the forms & katas that you already know, and practice them as Tai Chi forms. BTW, this deeper level training, will show up in your ability to do what you are already learning so much, that they will probably move you up to 2nd Dan very quickly. They won't know why you have suddenly developed an effortless grace, and they probably won't care. They'll just promote.
As to learning the points to attack, all you need are some anatomy charts showing the skeletal system, the muscular system, the nervous system, and the placement inner organs & endocrine glands. Compare these with detailed acupuncture charts.
Standing
Before we begin, we must warm up. Before you can walk, you must learn how to stand. Assume a slightly wider than normal stance, and sit into it a bit. Raise your hands above your head. Make the arms form a circle. As you inhale, expand your body just a bit. As you exhale contract your body just a bit. You will be standing still, yet you will be moving. Grandmaster John Chung Li had us do this for 5 minutes before class.
Something I can add for advanced practitioners is that any stance may be used. With asymetrical stances, 5 minutes should be given to each side. You will be very pleased with the increase in Chi.
Rowing the Boat
In this exercise you begin with both feet directly below your shoulders. Take one step forward, and extend your arms in front of you. They should take a slightly rounded form with your elbows just a bit lower than your hands which should rest at shoulder height. Now exhale & relax your shoulders letting your arms simply hang in the air in this position.. The rear foot should thingy out at about a 45 degree angle. Then slowly sit with back straight. (Do not bend the lower back forwards to do this: the slight curve to the back should be outwards as you sit into the posture.)
Keeping the back straight, press forward from this position. Now rise up in height as you pull back your center to the rear foot. All of this comes from the belly & pelvis. Repeat for five minutes, then switch legs. Keep remembering to relax the shoulders while allowing the arms to hang in the posture before you.
Eventually, this will become effortless, as the internal force becomes stronger.
Walking
Now that you know how to stand and sit, it is time to learn how to walk. Beginining with the posture in Rowing the Boat, Take a step forward. Place the foot on the ground before you put your weight on it. Take another step, and another, until you run out of space. Now go back. Again, place the foot carefully behind you before any weight it given to it. Do all this slowly, so that the whole body is involved in the movement.
One of the Keys to Tai Chi is the entire integration of the whole body into every movement. You can go forward or back or change directions entirely, because you are learning to be in control of every phase of every movement. This learning takes place at a very deep level. Essentially, you are training your body into a new set of reflexes that will operate beneath your mind's comscious control.
When you are more advanced, lift the knee to thigh level with each forward step, and also with each retreating step. In combat it is useful to be able to slip a knee in there without having to think about it.
Once you're comfortable with it, slow down to one move per minute. At this pace you can begin to notice nuances within the moves, and make corrections to your form, so that you are always in proper posture & balanced. One of the benefits of Tai Chi, is that it coordinates the entire body into each move. Thus, a punch will carry, not only the force from the arm & shoulder, but the energy of the entire body, including the legs. That is, a punch with the force of a kick... Also, more than muscular strength is employed, since the strength of the ligaments is also utilized.
After a few months of real slow, you will be ready for super slow : one move every five minutes. Here you will become aware of every single nerve & muscle fiber. Subtle things in the forms will become apparent, & your back will adjust itself to perfect alignment. At five minutes per move you will not only feel great amounts of Chi flowing through you, but you will also see it dripping off of your hands & feet, like a clear sirup. The Chi will flow up from the center of the Earth. Trees & wild animals will know what you are doing, and you may be visited by the fae...
At this point the moves will be etched into your autonomic nervous system, as a new set of reflexes, which will be under the control of the lower portion of the brain around the brain stem. This part of the brain is known as the reptilian brain, because it governs reflexes & involuntary movements, and is the earliest part of our evolution as a physical species. In other words, your reaction time in combat will become so fast that neither you, nor your opponents will ever see what you did.
For example, once I was practicing in a park, & two bullies attacked me. Some friends of mine described what they saw from 50 feet away as they were just entering the park. They said they saw the two bullies on either side of me throw punches at me simultaneously, and suddenly both of them just dropped to the ground unconscious. They said that one moment they saw me in the midst of a form at my "crazy" five minutes per move pace, and in the next moment, I was merely standing with my arms down at my sides. They never saw me move.
Anything that has a shape, has a field of subtle energy about it, that resonates according to its composition, properties, & condition. This Standing Wave is stronger in animate objects than in inanimate objects, because of the electricity & magnetic fields generated by the energy of Life.
As you know, inanimate objects are quite content to just sit there & do nothing, unless some force is applied upon them. Animate objects, (living things) initiate actions of their own accord, because of the action of the subtle energy of Life. A living thing is a Standing Wave in constant transition.
Each of the organs of the body is enclosed by a sheaf of myofascial tissue that gives it a shape, and is connected to the whole myofascial network, which functions as a living glue. The Nervous system conducts information and instructions for the organs of the body. The condition of an organ is refected in the resonation of the field of energy it generates. This information is conducted & displayed in the Aura by fluxuations in the Nervous system.
There are many ways of accessing this information for use in treatment. In Massage Therapy these range from simple observation of patient reactions, muscle testing, to the use of N.E.T, and Toftness devices to direct Intuitive perception of the operation of the patient's aura.
Through resonant induction the Standing Wave (Aura) of the Patient can inform the Healer of their condition, and provide clues upon how treatment should procede. Information recieved by your Standing Wave (Aura) has to be translated from vibrations to symbols used by the subconscious mind. Then it is presented to the conscious mind in whatever form is easiest for the individual. Most often this is seen as an aura around and within another person. The matrixes of the chakras and acupunture meridans form a non-physical structure around which the human body is formed.
On the Spiritual side of treatment, (which should include the cooperation of various types of specialists), the Healer places the thought of healing and optimum function into the affected areas of the patient, while proceding with other techniques like Massage. What this does is directly inform the affected area of the patient that it has permission to get well. It does a world of good.
It's nice to have a scientific explanation of what we have been doing all along. Only a Master Healer can use resonant induction to change the Standing Wave of an affected organ to one of health. And then the Patient must maintain that vibration. Once the vibration of health is fixed in the affected organ, then its composition & condition will change to match that vibration.
So Patient attitude represents at least 50% of this process. That makes the whole thing rather subjective. Nevertheless, it is enough to warrant attempting Spiritual Healing. A 33% cure rate may seem no better than a placebo, but it is an increase that would not happen without trying. Spiritual Healing in combination with other Healing Techniques increases their effectiveness. No one ever complains about getting well...
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