laotse wrote:... (polite snip)
yes, i understand you all the time, but the topic creates a little bit confusion, because everybody knows other things about theses practises.
... (polite snip)
Hi Laotse.
I have a background of several spiritual meditation systems working with energy. Admittedly I have been aware of Dr. Jang's Qigong for quite some time but have been busying myself about with these other systems.
I am now focusing on Dr. Jang's work because I feel he presents the most solid and reliable source of information. In my opinion most of the new-age spiritual meditations have all roots in the last 4,000 years of Chinese practice and study of Qigong. Much of the standard bookshelf new-age material seems to be authored on hearsay and repeating what someone else has said because it is creatively inspirational (from Hindu philosophical works). The main difference between Hindu and Chinese systems as I see it is that the Hindu's focused primarily on cultivation of the energies through yoga / kundalini practices but kept things spiritual and did not investigate relations to the physical body as much as did the Chinese.
It seems the Chinese put an equal amount of attention into both. How does the energy affect the body, how does the energy affect the mind/spirit.
So with that in mind I will repeat that my study and practice into Qigong at this level is new. Because I am a new student I am going to focus on performing all exercises in the manner they are prescribed.
I have a lot of experiential knowledge from other systems but if I integrate those techniques into the new system I am just beginning to learn, then I will not learn how the specific exercises actually affect me.
Even if others say "this does this" and "that does that" and "believe in me, this is the better way to do it and the only true way of spirit" I will still perform the exercises in the manner prescribed by Dr. Jang.
This establishes a solid, experiential reference that will better allow me to make more comparisons to other practices that I have already had, and will eventually meet in the future.