Having now read it, I can respond to this question.
The first chapter is what in qigong is termed “qi cultivation”. Yes there are WAY better ways to do it than breathing in your lovers breath. A much more abundant and completely clean source is simply the cosmos. It never runs out, you can take as much as you can, you will not cause imbalance but you could get “rebellious qi” from too much.
So the 2nd chapter is about storing that cultivated qi. This is the correct approach and is a basic in qigong. However you should not attempt to “keep” it in the solar plexus - this is not only not possible, you would be causing “stagnant qi” which is sickening - you NEED your qi to be continually moving around your qi body.
It’s not actually the solar plexus, it’s the Middle Dan Tian, which is very close but not the same thing. You have 3 major storage centers, the Lower, Middle and Upper Dan Tians. The Lower is the biggest, and is best for cultivation sessions because you can collect more at once, and it’s the safest. Cultivating too much close to your heart can cause heart and stomach issues. I advise switching to cultivating to lower dan tian instead.
This is nonsense. It’s like saying “the seat of your body is your head. Qi exists in your whole body - you need all of it in good working order, working together, one part is not the 'seat” or more important than another.
He doesn’t explain what “polarity” it’s supposed to have or why it needs to be changed, this looks like LARPing at this point. It’s a storage center, don’t overthink it.
Well, there is no change - and you don’t want this, the storage works fine - every human already cultivates qi naturally and constantly through food, sleep and natural give and take with other beings (unless they’re a real vampire and can’t, which is why they’re a vampire). You cultivate extra through breath and conscious intention. This is normal (sorry it’s not special but it isn’t, honestly they should teach this in school it’s so healthy and normal to do). There’s no issue of polarity, so I don’t see why that’s a thing here.
So what I think he’s trying to get to, is a way to set up a more automatic extra qi cultivation without having to make a point of doing cultivation meditations.
You can set up thoughtforms/servitors to give you qi, or practice so that you are continually cultivating automatically as you walk around, but mostly if you just practice a lot it will come easier and easier, and you can breathe in lots of energy doing mundane things like walking, driving, grocery shopping etc.
Certainly hope not. Qi must be moving, if it’s stuck that’s called a block. If you set your intention to create a block in your solar plexus you’re going to make yourself sick.
- Yes the qi will be dispersed, he is exactly right, but it happens in minutes and is supposed to. This is healthy and how qi bodies work.
- You are not losing energy - it’s still there in your qi body. Like water finding it’s level. You can dam it up with a block up and make yourself ill of course. I would avoid this
- I don’t know what “surging somehow” means, but it’s possible that you will notice the qi moving in the meridians as you get used to feeling it. This is correct and you should understand and why it before messing with it.
- You should ideally, if you want to build your qi body, cultivate EVERY DAY. No once every two weeks, every day. Morning and night, walking around, build it and circulate it, this is how you get strong.
Qi is SENTENT and it KNOWS how to go where it’s needed. if it’s moving, watch it, read it, balance it and let it move. If you are injured it will flow to the injury to start healing it, if an area is deficient it flows to balance the deficiency, if it’s excessive it flows away to balance that. Let it flow.
Doesn’t tell you how but ok. I would avoid doing it until it hurts - a little feeling of pressure is fine. As you practice you’ll figure out the difference between damage happening and qi moving.
Here’s the thing - your qi body will ADAPT. You will be able to handle more and more as you cultivate and run ore qi over time. There’s no need to burn out your circuits and you can damage yourself doing this. It’s like running energy through the pipes makes them wider, clears blocks and toughens them up - but if you try to force too much through a blocked pipe, the pipe can just burst.
LISTEN to your body and work with it not against it. You can always do more later, but not if you’re in hospital with a heart attack.
Here is a safe and powerful qi cultivatuon technqie that gets you much more energy than from any human:
So this is what I do… Use this ^ full body “pore breathing” and bring the energy to the lower Dan Tian (it’s bigger) then run the microcosmic orbit and you’ll get the benefits without pain. Stay relaxed and happy to let the qi flow and allow it to do it’s thing, don’t try to force or rush it, and remember muscle tension causes blockage so stay loose. if any emotions or feelings come up that’s normal, let them go, you are clearing blocks - more blocks cleared means freer “pipes” for running more qi.
But yeah this book so far is 100% dog shit.