My dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,
Do you practice other internal arts outside of the scope or tradition of Shaolin Wahnam? If so, is this practice regular and is there a special reason for pursuing something else?
Many may know that Andrew Sipak has developed his own system of healing, the Quantum Energy Alignment, which is quite an accomplishment in my opinion.
I would suspect that some of our seniors have made gentle forays into other traditions such as various Theravada and Vajrayana Buddhist practices that may include meditation and energy cultivation. It wouldn't surprise me though if they dropped these other styles after getting good at them.
Currently I'm learning lucid dreaming, which is quite silly and harmless internal art (probably somewhat comparable to Shaolin Eight Eye Exercises in power), though it could be very useful for advanced stuff later on. Just now I'm focused on experiencing flying in my dreams and gentle fun like that. If I could use my dreams to become a better mathematician or train my physical skills or mundane hobbies, it would be a tremenduous bonus.
Shaolin Cosmos Chi Kung is very comprehensive and more than enough for most purposes. Nevertheless, I'm eager to explore other arts in depth (one at a time ) once I've mastered our school's basics in few years. My motives would be gaining some supplementary skills such as bigu and seeing what kind effects different types of exotic concentration meditations might bring: I have heard that some are very conductive for developing supernatural abilities, which I would like to confirm myself. Having a traditional Vipassana meditation retreat in Theravada style and getting more familiar with Tibet's rich internal arts could also be very rewarding as everything counts towards becoming more skilled.
It would be very surprising if I found something else to be as good as our Chi Kung, Kungfu, and Zen. Even if I found something worthwhile, I suspect that it would eventually become a sporadic spice than a vital part of my regular practice.
With sincere respect,
Olli
Do you practice other internal arts outside of the scope or tradition of Shaolin Wahnam? If so, is this practice regular and is there a special reason for pursuing something else?
Many may know that Andrew Sipak has developed his own system of healing, the Quantum Energy Alignment, which is quite an accomplishment in my opinion.
I would suspect that some of our seniors have made gentle forays into other traditions such as various Theravada and Vajrayana Buddhist practices that may include meditation and energy cultivation. It wouldn't surprise me though if they dropped these other styles after getting good at them.
Currently I'm learning lucid dreaming, which is quite silly and harmless internal art (probably somewhat comparable to Shaolin Eight Eye Exercises in power), though it could be very useful for advanced stuff later on. Just now I'm focused on experiencing flying in my dreams and gentle fun like that. If I could use my dreams to become a better mathematician or train my physical skills or mundane hobbies, it would be a tremenduous bonus.
Shaolin Cosmos Chi Kung is very comprehensive and more than enough for most purposes. Nevertheless, I'm eager to explore other arts in depth (one at a time ) once I've mastered our school's basics in few years. My motives would be gaining some supplementary skills such as bigu and seeing what kind effects different types of exotic concentration meditations might bring: I have heard that some are very conductive for developing supernatural abilities, which I would like to confirm myself. Having a traditional Vipassana meditation retreat in Theravada style and getting more familiar with Tibet's rich internal arts could also be very rewarding as everything counts towards becoming more skilled.
It would be very surprising if I found something else to be as good as our Chi Kung, Kungfu, and Zen. Even if I found something worthwhile, I suspect that it would eventually become a sporadic spice than a vital part of my regular practice.
With sincere respect,
Olli
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