The desire to gain expertise and demonstrate a level of achieved power is often the impetus that drives practitioners of traditional chi gung and other methods of energy building systems to the brink of destruction: a life consuming yang-out brought upon by overt training. The levels of catastrophe that take place are mind boggling and myriad. Things simply just “fall apart”. Sadder still, although mentors and instructors may point the Way, once engaged in a yang-fueled cycle of destruction, it would seem as if it must run its course before the student has a moment of clarity.
Early in my journey, Sifu Jones suggested that I give my mind, body, and spirit specific tasks that I want each to accomplish and/or address during the hours whilst I slept. This would include understanding some of the more abstract concepts that accompany Chi Power, to attracting specific information and opportunities. Although my own successes and life experiences serve as personal proof positive, I have recently come across recent scientific studies that bolster Sifu’s instructions.
The attributes of energy is an abstract concept. The idea that energy could have emotional content is counter intuitive. Even more so is the idea that we can control our emotions as opposed to vice versa. Once upon a time, Sifu Perhacs guided members of the “Total System” through the valuable but remarkably laborious process of creating autosuggestions: he said that our actions determine our feeling and state of mind, not the other way around. Recently I came across some data that supports Sifu’s claim and sheds light into the reasons as to “why”.
Recently, Sifu Jones, the Head Instructor of the Chi Power Inner Circle Membership provided a seminar to members, on how a person’s chi is affected by using different colors in their training routines and how this can cause specific (and unanticipated) problems for the uninformed chi power practitioner. Although the details regarding the conference call are privy for members within the Inner Circle and Closed training systems, the overarching information upon which much of the discussion is based around is too vital not to share with the greater community of men and women doing energy work at large: colors.
In the book Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach, the concept of “perfect speed” is touched upon and elaborated in such a way that it serves to provide all of us a lamppost as we navigate life’s journey.”You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn’t have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there.” (Richard Bach)
“Men of my age flock together; we are birds of a feather, as the old proverb says. “- Plato’s Republic.
For those of us engaged in any form of meditative efforts, such as Chi Power, traditional chi gung, or even Zen meditations, each of us can personally attest to the brain’s “wandering” tendencies. Long ago, Buddhist monks created an analogy describing the wandering activity of the brain akin to a “chattering monkey”.
Henri Bergson, the French Philosopher who won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature, is attributed as to have said: “The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” Many members of the Inner Circle are experiencing a level of visual acuity never before experienced. These visual “side effects”, “floaties” [in the fore gaze] and wisp-like movements [from the peripherals] are typical side effects for anyone practicing chi gung activities, and even more so for those engaged in Chi Power training.
One of the [many] nuances that differentiate Chi Power apart from traditional chi-gung training systems is deliberate focus. Whereas many chi-gung systems teach disassociation with the techniques and exercises practiced, Chi Power requires deliberate and intentioned focus.This critical difference came to light for me when I stumbled across an article discussing the perils of multitasking: “Multitaskers pay attention - if you can” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32541721/ns/health-mental_health/