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Initial Comments for ChiFiendFrom: Steven
Subject: Philosophy
Date/Time 2010-04-01 22:31:19
Remote IP: 76.247.140.105
MessageHi ChiFiend,
That's quite the story you have; thanks for sharing.
That really helps give a better picture of what is going on.
I see you already have been given a number of responses from
others, and have been given some valuable suggestions . . . many
different things for you to consider, and good suggestions in
all cases. Wendy is dead-on right in her comment about learning
to feel; it is really the key. Some of that can be hard to
identify with or truly understand until you've acquired a lot
of practice, but trust what she's saying as correct anyway, because
it is the key to it all.
You are interested in taking Lesser Kan and Li, but with whom
were you interested in taking it? In particular, Michael has
made some drastic changes (i.e. *improvements*) to the way that
Lesser K&L was original taught. Personally, I have had exposure to
some of the classical Chia methods, as well as Michael's updated
modifications, and they definitely have their differences. To
be honest, in my opinion, Michael's material is better than Chia's;
that might be a bold thing to say given Chia's stature as originator
of the material, but I'm sorry it is better (in my opinion). It's
got more juice, you can feel it more in your body than just a mental
game, it feels better (TO ME). Michael also incorporates a lot
of other qigong and meditation techniques that he's learned over the
years into his system that help amplify the practices.
The bottom line in all this, is that if you were to take Lesser K&L
from Michael you would get a different course than if you took it
from Chia (or a teacher teaching "classical" Chia). In particular,
if you took Chia courses and then took a "more advanced" class from
Michael, you might not have the appropriate prereqs., and VICE-VERSA.
Not only are the teachers different, but people are different as well,
and have different needs--so it really wouldn't be good to just make
a grand sweeping suggestion (a "one size fits all" suggestion . . .
because one size does *not* fit all). So it would be good if you
could not only provide which system you are interested in, but also
what your individual goals are. In absence of that, I could only
suggest start from the beginning in Michael's system. However,
if you give me a little more info, I can give you a somewhat more
"hawkish" approach.
Best,
Steven
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