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Originally Posted by Ikuro
When I started training my ki, I was very fortunate to be of an age where reality was a transient factor in my perception. I have been actively involved in honing this aspect of the arts, and may lend you this humble, and hopefully useful info. Ki has to have a fountainhead in the body from which it flows. This is your central area of sensitivity, which doubles as a warning for any external forces that might prove harmful. To focus the ki you feel, let it sit in this area of tightness, but instead of letting tension be prevalent in that spot, let the ki stir in small circles. Breathing should be measured, and, when you feel a circular flow within your abdomen, begin to play with that energy like a child with a ball.. I really can't get into the semantics of it all, but make sure to have a solid base of sensitivity in areas of your body that are predisposed to energy. Think about it like this: To be able to be heard, one must first listen.. The output comes later.
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It was preaty shocking for me to read about this "fountainhead" of energy that is also a danger alert center. This place in my body is my head. When ever I'm not trying to raise energy from the ground and my Dan Tein it comes from my head and chest, my head tenses too. Also whenever I sense somthing that could maim, injure or kill me I get a spasm of energy that bursts from my head and usually ends up with me shaking my head from left to right really fast. I can allow the feeling to go throughout my body. Even throwing it into a punch or a jump is not hard. I can also force the feeling not to manifest into anything more than a slight feeling in my head. It is also the same feeling that I get when raising energy.
Could you perhaps tell me more about the neccecity for this "fountainhead" of energy. I have always read that concentrating power to the head and heart can be fatal. Is this true? About the need to keep sensitivity high in these areas; I've always been nervouse about sensing my heart and brain in fear of disturbing somthing that is natuarly regualated by my brain. As a result I have been skittish about raising maximun energy and sensitivity in the main areas I feel them.
I can also manifest another feeling that is more like a deep calm without any energy feeling. This is a different sensation that im not sure I can put into words(its probably irrelevant actually). I use it to turn off the feeling if I have trouble turning it off. I'm sorry for rambling. I've never talked to anyone really about this mutch less read anything that anyone wrote that I could immediently relate to my situation. I'll post again after I meditate on what you wrote for a while. I have'nt digested it to the fullest. I just got a rush of insperation reading your post an had to reply.
Ken Streeter