Recognition where an instruction has a blocking-chasm (what stops progress, vs other areas to work-on)

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    One thing I’ve noticed in various programs is that there are steps in a progression.. some of those are different “tracks” -such that one can be working on one track, while working upon others (like opening-closing of the joints, unrelated to the turning/twisting, which is separate from the Lengthening/Bend&stretch.. even if later linked- if can’t do separately-independently one hasn’t them itself).. Thus if you have a few different “Tracks” one could be on one step in one path, and yet work on others… versus- perquisite-requirements, where each step is a limiting dependency on the next step… (thus if you skip over, either the next-later steps won’t have the foundation- to develop, or even safety/de-stabilizing else).. and at times figuring out which of these are which, and where a linch-pin might hold things up.

    -or even block the flow, like a chasm, halting progress along a path- until a “Bridge” can be found (othe instruction needed, perhaps personal-custom input from a Master)… even if “later” steps are described, and one might think they can “step-over” and follow those “later” well-described steps.
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    Two places this clearly shows up in the BGM program is in the below central instructions (both within writeups where they might be missed, but then even if/when found seem to hint farther than they do per the blocking-chasm.. as below.. -ie before any work with the CL, the L&R needs be fully worked; and that later step can’t be laid out in written form.. thus is missing.

    * 12 steps of developing Spherical awareness (in Energy Postures pdf-doc) 1-9 develop incrementally, and then the last three (10,11,12) are involving and built-upon work with the CentralChannel…
    * and 9 energetic lvls of the SPC warmup (in SPC warmup pdf-doc) the first four work on deeper connections (first- E rise/fall, then accu-merids, then the “orbits”, then “Echannels deep inside”),

    then #5 working on balancing the L&R echannels (implying first awakening, and getting some control of, and then balancing them with “each other” as well as “with else”-in the body, other Echannels etc.

    6,7,8,9 then deal with involving and building upon the CentralChannel work…



    the trick being that in #5 ( in the second listed above) it states: ” Until the energies of the left and right channels are fully opened, cleared of blockages and developed, the methods of fully opening the central channel of energy have no foundation to rest upon, grow or succeed.” (thus it show a block, and/or foundation-support for the above, as both tracks step into Central Channel work, and this states SideChannels need be “fully” opened and cleared)… and yet then it states….
    The many ways of working with the left and right channels require the direct instruction and supervision of a master for several reasons. Relatively speaking, it is much easier to open these channels than to keep them balanced.”
    then
    “if the left and right channels are inappropriately balanced, there can be problems that result in physical, energetic, emotional, mental and spiritual dysfunctions. All of this can be avoided in a true master’s presence.”
    and then
    “Which energetic methods and techniques of balancing the right and left channels are appropriate for a particular student are determined by several factors”
    “None of the methods for opening and balancing the left and right channels are amenable to cookbook explanations.”
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    So this means (to me) that before one develops the side-channels, that one shouldn’t work with the CentralChannel (“have no foundation to rest upon, grow or succeed.” so less shouldn’t rather pointless, or self-deluding)… and yet the later steps of the above two paths rely upon, and seem to describe how to work with the CentralChannel… so one could jump past the #5 quotes, as above, and try to move on.. but seems those instructions are blocked/not useful, until other instruction is given. (thus the first listed- “12 steps to spherical awareness” doesn’t mention the L&R/side-channels, but is based upon completion in the CL work.. so with that reference, shows it can’t be worked- at least beyond the nineth step…) yet some of the other actions begin to start activation/awakening (as below: sinking of gaze, and thinking, and breath along.. etc)

    -this even shows up in the Taoist Sexual Meditation book- there is a brief section speaking about the side channels- and yet they are worked with (opened up?) via moving energy from the core-line of the body (the phy-tissue correlate with the CentralChannel energy) into the side-channel “tissues”, and flowing the energetic change within and between then. [ Not beginning with the sides, and flowing into the central…] so still whether Breathing or activating via Gaze, and/or sink-lengthening (mind into heart, then into core/lower-dan)… are ways of working with it, but it seems one shouldn’t work to directly activate the energies of (either moving within it, or pulsing the whole- as in opening-closing within torso as well as in-out within bones… -that this shouldnt be done until the side-channel’s Energetic flows are fully open… -thus a block point (when one reading/working through- say the Bagua Mastery Program- it might seem there is info on how to develop to the spherical.. via CL related instructions.

    Also, I’d note that working with the tissue “cylinder” in the core of the torso (or feeling into the limb-bones) is still a step away from the energy that flows through, and then another step to the energy-channel.
    in the same way that “lengthening the wei-chi/myofascial layers” activates that tissue, and thus the energy attached to the accu-merid channels.. indirectly triggering is distinct from directly moving them (ie grab a finger on your left-hand and move it with your right-hand fingers = indirectly, vs just move your left-finger “Itself” =directly… directly accessing and awakening/moving energy, whether in accu-merids yin-yang layers, or in side-channels, or in center-line of body.. to move the body-tissues is not the same as “moving” those energies themselves…

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    I find this interesting in terms of mapping out what is needed before what (and to what depth, or can it be deepened once “wrap-back-around” later in the process.. to what degree… ?) and how this might vary depending upon your particular purpose in the art- (health, what is you starting situation? greater or lesser -blocks to overcome? -or- Martial arts, if interest in partnered-combat one needs develop certain skills, which may have quite a range, yet if this is not your interest, then the effort is not required, even is a diversion from what you could be doing- to further your purpose).. and yet still there are certain requirement-baselines…
    and how much of one’s progress is only seen in retrospect- and thus more a story of what did-happen (and less of how it could have, nor even of what is needed….)

    Did anyone else have awareness of the Side-Channels issue, seeming to block the above? even if it seems the tissue-related to the SideChannels is worked upon.. (and, to my mind, it is more than the tissue related- which is worked with armpits-middrifts-kwas extended out to the 5-tips.. lengthened-lift&drop within.. espec in middrifts as that opens space ribs to pelvis, and also links to centre-lower dan…. and yet this is, as written above, steps away from the energy that flows within, and then the Echannel itself.. )

    much as the energy in the wei-chi-myofascial layer moved “indirectly” by the bones moving hands/elbows, is not the same as moving that flesh directly (like mind in finger moves the finger directly, not else that ‘then’ moves the finger).. and awakening the energy that moves in the accu-merids of the wei-chi… still isn’t the Echannels themselves waking-up…

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    I hope that makes sense and illuminates more than this one issue, as I see this understanding of how to see the various task-steps helps comprehend where emphasis is needed, and shifts focus… and might reveals other issues/insights. luck

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