Guest guest Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 I stumbled upon the John Chang video today (you can find a link in the links section), and it was followed by a thread about his abilities. I decided to post one comment i found very interesting for newbies who want to activate to gain superpowers. Using other words, it all come back to the safeties. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The author signed " Nobody knows " I have been studying for a very long time, it seems. Since I was very young. I have seen ki demonstrations, chi-gung demonstrations, etc…. The exercises are available for anyone that wants to spend the time to do them and learn how to master them to the highest levels. Tai Chi forms are available online, yogic breath training can be found on line… You don't need any more info than that. Even if a master crushed a one ton stone every day in front of you with the fist of one hand, it wouldn't make any difference to your abilities. All he, or John C, has done is show you that it is possible. It is still all on you to figure it out and do it. What you can't find on line is the understanding of how and why these things are possible. So you turn to John or others and sit at their feet in hopes of some of what they have learned will rub off on you. You forget that John had to teach himself and you have to also. Its like the scene in " The Life of Brian " where Brian is pursued by a crowd who is trying their best to deify him but do not actually understand what Brian is up to and why he is running away. They stopped listening inside and heard what Brian was saying as he disguised himself as a soothsayer and pursued him for knowlege. It was so futile that it was funny but that is what many of you on this thread are doing. You are missing the point…. You can train to be able to miraculously turn on an LED or you can train so that whatever makes that possible works to your benefit on demand in any situation where you feel that you need it even without your conscious thought. Its already there and working anyway…. If you train for that general benefit rather than to knock over a brick with your chi from ten feet away, then you are gaining an understanding into what these skills are really about. These abilities find their roots in ancient shamanic practices and if you focus on the depth of training that makes you a strong healer, certain abilities will manifest of their own accord. You need to eat well, surrender egotistical manifestations, focus on compassion and healing and practice seriously every day. The miraculous will manifest regardless of what it is you are doing if you do it diligently enough. That is what growth is and that is why we acknowlege people who are good at so many things. They have taken their skills to a very high level be it martial arts, painting, cooking, or whatever. If one practices diligently one ends up with a " spiritual " practice that can demonstrate tangible and sublime results. This knowlege disqualifies those that aren't prepared because they can't handle it even if they can recognize it - and often an unprepared mind can't even see what is happening right in front of its own nose. Many of these physical/martial abilities are tricks of leverage combined with a high skill level, like many of the more commonly known Aikido demonstrations of so-called " Ki " like the unbending arm or making oneself " heavy " . The proper techniques for doing this end up being reduced to simple physical principles… And yes there are strong and bona fide Aikido expressions of ki…. If you can't see that it is a matter of physics, then how can you recognize chi, ki, qi when it is really active in front of you? Notice that when John C is pushing a chopstick through a board he is using all the correct leverage and stance that one would use if one was shoving a chopstick through a board. He is breathing carefully, focusing, applying force and leverage…. and a little bit more. He doesn't just pick up a chopstick and ease it through the board like a sharp needle through a banana. All of these things are related and dependant on an understanding of the physics of this reality but the properly trained adept can be just a little more than the sum of those factors. You don't need a teacher for that. You aren't ready for a teacher if you can't see the difference between ki and physics. The first step is surrender. Let go of what you think you know, what you think you need, what you think life is, what you think ki, qi, chi is, etc. Train your awareness by sitting still, breathing carefully and listening to what is going on around you. Once you are in a stable place you will be able to see the real forces at work in your world. The interplay between minds on the street, the nonlocal information that your mind can gather when it is quieted, the energies around events and incidents that compose the experience of life. Without that level of awareness you can't heal yourself or anyone else. With it you can begin to be a small force in your world, living carefully and impeccably, with mindfulness. Eventually you will see and feel and develop your own conscious expression of these energies. Have you noticed that most of the people who are capable of these types of expression are healers? Do you know why that is? Is that compatible with the type of martial expression that you are currently visualizing? Think about it. Ask yourself " Why do I want to be able to light a newspaper on fire with my chi? " If you can answer that honestly, then you can see both your problem and the solution and that will put you on the right path. It isn't that martial prowess is " bad " or that being nice and healing people is " good " ….. so think… why is it that these people who can do these things are invariably healers? Go to any tradition anywhere and the story is the same. Those with the highest powers are healers…. figure that out and you will actually know something of value to your journey. Don't dispair and don't let anyone tell you that you aren't capable or worthy of learning these things. If not you who wants to know, then who? Be diligent, be motivated, be patient and be honest with yourself and the opportunities to learn and grow will come and the sublime will manifest when called to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 So very well written. So very true. I recommend everyone read this and then read it again. Especially as you move towards the Shaktipat. Thanks for posting it Danny! - blessings to you and the writer. - chrism , " xrewindx " <samsond wrote: I stumbled upon the John Chang video today (you can find a link in the links section), Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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