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Originally Posted by JohnR  Something simple I was fond of reminding my Chi Gung students was: "If you can't get in the front door, try the back door."
Well I said it was simple  . Sometimes things are so basic that we miss them in our rush to figure it all out at a higher level. Sometimes it's easier to access our inner energies and psyche through physical movement or other seemingly external means, like getting our daily life in order, or ensuring both feet are traveling in the same direction. Of course it works the other way around as well.
We often miss the easy routes and struggle on the difficult ones as a result. The intellect wants to make this a never-ending task of figuring it all out. The ego is all for that method because it uses it to avoid experiential learning, or silent knowledge. The mind is a tricky little devil at times.
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John, reading your post was like opening the door to some eerie alternate reality that is beckoning me to drop my current model of doing things so I can embrace a new, more effective model (regardless of how crazy it seems). Interestingly, I always suspected this model existed, but it just seems so damn impractical and difficult to use, but perhaps the difficulty comes from my resistance to it.
You also appear to be some sort of Yoda-like emissary for the universe, ha!. Your post is all too timely and synchronistic for me. It's kind of thrown me for a loop. Hmmm.
In most cases I'd go off on a "I must understand this" tangent and not really get anywhere. I now know better (failure is wonderfully educational), but hmmm... lets just say that I sense something very interesting from you.
I hope I don't sound too forthcoming in saying this, but I sense that you aren't expressing yourself fully. The fact you mention chi gung is even more interesting in that context, since, well, I know enough about energy work to know that there's a good chance you've had some "interesting" experiences. It's kind of like when Steve didn't really write about psychic-related topics. There was a certain quality to his energy that seemed to be missing... as if he was only telling part of the story.
Anyway, I wanted to thank you for posting what you did. I'd love to pepper you with questions, but for now, I'm going to contemplate what you've said. I will add, however, that I feel extremely drawn to you. I don't know if this is a wink from the universe, my voracious appetite for information, or some sort of structural egoic process I'm not aware of, but either way, I'm pretty willing to take a stab in the dark and see where it leads me. As Wayne Gretzky said, "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
If you have anything you feel compelled to share with me/the forum, or if you'd like to speak with me more privately (via PM, instant messenger, or something like that), please send me a PM and let me know. Maybe there's even something I can share that will be of use to you. (I'm not implying anything there, just speculating.)