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Why belief is BS (but also essential)

March 18, 2016 by Ben Sterling Leave a Comment

Last week a reader asked:

“Can I do this if I don’t believe it?”

First, if you don’t believe you can accomplish a goal, you probably wont.

…but there are two kinds of belief.

And you only need one of them. (either one can work.)

Some people accomplish their goals simply because they have faith. Sometimes they don’t realize what they’re doing is supposed to be impossible or they simple don’t care.

This type of belief can have it’s drawbacks but it has worked very effectively for many people and it’s essential if you’re doing something that has never been done before.

The second type is belief based on experience or observation.

It shouldn’t be too hard to believe that you can learn to play guitar when you can go on youtube and see millions of people of all skill levels and from all different backgrounds doing just that.

There are many feats that were thought impossible until someone did it.

And once someone showed it could be done, many more followed in their footsteps.

(Look up Roger Bannister and the 4 minute mile if you’re not familiar.)

One reason our programs are so effective is because we use this second type of belief to help you succeed.

For example, in the Fa Kung energy healing course you learn to do some pretty extraordinary stuff. When people see the end result they often think it would require blind faith (or delusion.)

…but when you learn it, you start from square one and build step by step. Simple drills and exercises first and then more complex skills later.

When you go through that course, you believe in Qi because you can feel it.

You believe in your ability to manipulate energy and affect another person because you’ve done it, and you’ve felt someone do it to you. And you’ve been shown a clear path to achieving greater skill and seen examples of what can be done at a higher level with more practice.

Next month, we’ll be talking about Clear Defense. A completely different end of the spectrum from the energy healing stuff.

But just like the Fa Kung you’ll learn a bunch of skill that many folks think are impossible or that cannot be learn without decades of training.

And just like in the Fa Kung, you’ll learn step by step, one piece at time. So by the end of it you’ll understand how it works & why it works because you’ve done it.

Here’s another example from our Level 2 Tai Chi class a couple weeks ago.

The end result is something a lot of folks like to criticize, but as Sigung Clear explains it comes from some fairly basic principles.

All you have to do is study hard and practice a lot. Just like getting good at any other skill.

Here’s the video:

If you like it, please share it.

Because Youtube is the greatest thing that has happened to internal martial arts ever.

Youtube allows billions of people instant access to thousands of martial arts masters.

…and millions of other martial artists at all different levels of experience and skill.

There’s still a lot of work that needs to be done to increase the overall quality & accessibility of internal arts instruction.

We need more teachers teaching and for that we need more students working to become teachers.

And that will take time and hard work.

…but the other piece of the puzzle is inspiring people by showing them what is possible.

And for that, all you have to do is share a video. Of course we’d love it if you shared one of ours, but any video by a teacher you respect will benefit the martial arts community.

Filed Under: Tai Chi Tagged With: qigong, Tai Chi

How I hurt myself with energy healing (& how I recovered)

March 14, 2016 by Jared Voelker Leave a Comment

I started doing energy healing after about 4 years of kung fu training.

Based on some chi kung I had learned, I started to develop the ability to energy heal.

At first everything was working great. People were getting results and friends and family would ask me to work on various issues.

Until I started to get sick…

I started to get very weak. I would take 2-3 naps a day and it still wasn’t enough. I would get colds constantly and strep throat several times a year. I went to the doctor several times about the issue and we ran lots of tests… which indicated that I was fine.

This went on for about three and a half years, until I stopped energy healing.

My energy level was better, but still low (at least I wasn’t sick anymore).

I never fully recovered until I met Master Clear and began doing his Tai Chi and Chi Kung exercises. I had tried Chi Kung previously, but my energy level never bounced back. With Master Clear’s Chi Kung, I was able to fully recover and start doing serious training again (yay!).

The reason I was so sick from energy healing was that I was using (and depleting) my own energy.

This is a common issue with energy healers. I’ve known many over the years who struggled with this issue of feeling depleted and weak from energy healing.

Fa Kung is an energy healing method Master Clear learned while in China.

One of the things I like best about this method is that it teaches you how to develop a way to improve and build your own energy while healing others. This enables you to funnel a lot more energy which helps them and you at the same time.

I use this method frequently and have never had the issues I had with the previous method of energy healing. Quite the opposite, I feel stronger and healthier than I have in my whole life.

If you’re interested in energy healing but have heard about or experienced this issue with energy drainage, Master Clear’s Fa Kung method is a safe and effective way to heal and take care of other people without hurting yourself.

Tomorrow is the first day you can save $100 on Master Clear’s Fa Kung Healing DVD package.

The sale only lasts 3 days. So keep an eye out for that tomorrow.

Until then study the “Three Powers: Heaven, Earth & Man” lesson in week 10 of The Practical Guide to Internal Power.

The concepts introduced in this lesson are an important pre-requisite for the skills that let you do energy work without burning yourself out.

https://www.clearmartialarts.com/practical-guide-internal-power/

Stay safe,
Jared Voelker

Filed Under: Tai Chi Tagged With: Chi Kung, energy, energy healing, Kung Fu Training, Neijia, Qi, qigong

How to get better Qigong skill faster by cutting out the middle man

January 29, 2016 by Jared Voelker Leave a Comment

There’s an approach to doing energy work that’s very common in qigong instruction and particularly in most of the books you will find on qigong.

This will probably sound familiar.

“Imagine as if…”

People who have done internal training before they start training with Master Clear have commented that he doesn’t tend to say this as much before describing an exercise or training.

His sentence starts off differently.

He describes what you are trying to get your energy to do, and then instructs you to do that.

For instance…

Instead of “imagine as if you have tree roots that grow out of the bottoms of your feet deep into the earth,” he would say: “feel your root drop slightly past your feet.”

You might be asking what is the difference between these two approaches.

The “imagine as if” approach has some value when used as a stepping stone.

The problem is that if you primarily use imagination to build something like root you will not develop a clear perception of your ability (ie depth, width, and quality of root to a precise degree) and won’t be able to control what you are doing as effectively.

This imagination method can actually obscure what is going on, making it harder to develop high level skill.

When you use imagination to affect your energy, your mind is not on the energy… it is on what you imagine. Imagination is a middle-man (which, if you’ve ever bought straight from a dealer online, you realize can be unnecessary). You can still build some perception as to what is going on, but your focus is split between your imagination and what is actually going on.

With Sigung Clear’s method, you gain a much clearer picture of what is happening and how to control it.

So cut out the middle-man.

Instead of using imagination, tap into your actually energy and gently manipulate it with your mind. You will build a clearer perception of what you are working on and will also be able to utilize the skill in real time much more effectively.

Clear Internal Push Hands will rapidly build your ability to tap into your energy and increase your skill at manipulating it.

Later this month we’ll have details on our Internal Push Hands Instructor training and what it takes to become certified.

In the meantime, take a look at Clear Tai Chi Online course. This extensive online course will show you how to gain skill with energetics like rooting so that you can have direct control over what your doing. There is an online forum for asking questions, so you’re never left in the dark if you get stuck.

The first 14 days are only $5, so you have plenty of time to see how extensive the training content is.

Filed Under: Tai Chi Tagged With: energy, Imagination, push hands, qigong, T'ai Chi Ch'uan

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