flying

[AndrewAj]

hi ya,

do you think chi could be focused to levatate or jump higher?

[YODA]

Sure - all you need to do is take this little pill.

[SoKKlab]

Whilst you're at it, apply for a Pilots Licence.

'Paging flight 1276 Chi Airlines to Bordeaux'....

[David]

The Chinese understanding is that masters of old did fly, skip across water and fight in treetops a la crouching tiger, hidden dragon.

I've heard of levitation 3rd-hand, one of those being a Chinese man (the other a Westerner, unrelated to ma - and I don't mean David Blaine).

One of my teachers finds it credible. He is well into his chi and meridian massage etc. I find no reason to get hung up on the conviction that it's impossible, especially when I know diddly.

Rgds,
David

[quartermaster]

sings like a stupid newbie, which he in fact is:
i believe i can fly........

[Saz]

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[hongkongfuey]

I think that these flying stories, are created by people who see fantastic things that do not understand them. Perhaps a monk could jump over a man's head - once the story has been retold a few times, the monk is jumping 15 foot in the air and breathing fire.

Does Michael Jordan use Chi to 'hang' in the air, or just years of dedication and training? What would a chinese peasant have thought of his abilities many centuries ago?

Did George slay the dragon in real life, or is this an exaggerated version of another story? Did Noah lead 2 of every animal onto the Ark?

[McNever]

Originally posted by hongkongfuey
Does Michael Jordan use Chi to 'hang' in the air,

yes

[AndrewAj]

When i say flying i don't mean like superman, if you people don't believe this i spossible fine. But there have been records of sightings where monks have been known to levatate, and a man jump 20 foot into the air. You can say this is impossible but i believe nothing is otherwise you limit yourself and your mind. Chi is a powerful force when focused properly, if chi is focused down into the feet who know's what it could accomplish. Nothing is impossible.

Edit: Watch your language!

[SoKKlab]

Well,
I have been told some very 'strange' things by a lot of people. People who's opinions and knowledge I trust.

A friend of mine who was a Martial Arts Journalist, swears to me that he has witnessed first hand, Levitation and other whatnots including dissappearing/ re-appearing elsewhere (trans something or other) etc.

I keep an open mind about such things, but, I feel that if you took the time to phrase your questions a little bit more succinctly, then you'd get a better quality of feedback.

Most people when they hear the word Chi, tend to 'fly' into fits of laughter....

[nzric]

I remember when I was a teenager, I heard of a meditation school where they taught levitation. It was in a few pretty reputable magazines and they all talked like it was the real deal.

I was really excited about it and did more and more research. In the end I found a tape of the levitation techniques.

Ends up it was just a bunch of hippies bouncing around on their knees on padded mats.

No moral - just a story

[Terry Matthes]

Stories with hippies rarley have a moral to them :D

[47Ronin]

I used to be able to fly................................then I landed on my front driveway and twisted my ankle :(

[Hakko-Ryu]

of course you can levitate....why would you even doubt that...here try this method...jump off a rooftop and focus all your chi on your ASS meridian...hopefully the blast from your chi-fart will get you enough to levitate from crashing to the ground. that my friend, is how monks fly....

[Kwajman]

Maybe with a trampoline you might fly...

I also had a CHI-a pet fly once when a GF thru it threw a window...

[David]

Originally posted by nzric
I remember when I was a teenager, I heard of a meditation school where they taught levitation. It was in a few pretty reputable magazines and they all talked like it was the real deal.

I was really excited about it and did more and more research. In the end I found a tape of the levitation techniques.

Ends up it was just a bunch of hippies bouncing around on their knees on padded mats.

No moral - just a story

I remember that being on the BBC news. It turned out to be Global Peace 'action' by yoga students in Milton-Keynes*. The technique is called yogic-flyiing and it looks hilarious. Get into the lotus position and then jump around on your knees.

*Milton-Keynes was mentioned on TV a few days ago my a comedian. He was bemoaning the complete charmlessness of America and he said: "When people ask me to describe America, I say it's Milton-Keynes but without any pies".

Both my levitation anecdotes come from good sources. Flying wasn't mentioned but definitely feet off the ground. Makes no difference to you or me if it's true or not but if it's not true then two good men have lied for no reason.

Rgds,
David

[Saz]

I remember this too :D I think I saw it on Newsround (UK kids news show), so I couldn't have been too old. I remember thinking, 'Thats not flying, thats bouncing'

[hwardo]

See, this is why legitimate chi gung gets a bad rap. That said, I can blow things up with my eyeballs. :cool:

[Indestructible]

Sometimes people fly when I hit them!:D

[quartermaster]

time to suggest that feeding trolls is a bad thing methinks......

[Guerilla Fists]

Originally posted by Indestructible
Sometimes people fly when I hit them!:D

LOL, that's what I'm talking about...

I think someone earlier posted that there were sources of monks doing all kinds of crazy things. well there you go everyone, sources. that proves it . Close the book. :rolleyes:

[RubyMoon]

Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
-- Books of Han Dynasty

[Redhotdragon]

Originally posted by SoKKlab

A friend of mine who was a Martial Arts Journalist, swears to me that he has witnessed first hand, Levitation and other whatnots including dissappearing/ re-appearing elsewhere (trans something or other) etc.



Yup...thats quantum mechanics for you...

[surgingshark]

Quote from somewhere...paraphrased:

"If your masters really could leap 150 feet into the air, then why did they build stairs on their houses?"

But true...there are really, REALLY strange things out there that defy explanation...like the success of Britney Spears...

[God]

Originally posted by surgingshark
Quote from somewhere...paraphrased:

"If your masters really could leap 150 feet into the air, then why did they build stairs on their houses?"

But true...there are really, REALLY strange things out there that defy explanation...like the success of Britney Spears...

are you kidding me? i can jump 2 of my own stairs...that's twice as many as i need.

[nzric]

"Yup...thats quantum mechanics for you..."

Um dude, quantum mechanics means things happening on a quantum scale. That's pretty small. Hard to fit a shaolin monk in a quark, even a little one.

[David]

For a big thing to happen, all the little things which make it up have to happen, too :D

How big is size?

Rgds,
David

[Redhotdragon]

nzric.....it does indeed...quantum mechanics state that there is a probability for things being places.....it is therefore possible for all the molecules in a human being 2move in unison to a diff place instantaneously....though that probability is rather small i must say.............

[Sub zero]

Originally posted by Redhotdragon
nzric.....it does indeed...quantum mechanics state that there is a probability for things being places.....it is therefore possible for all the molecules in a human being 2move in unison to a diff place instantaneously....though that probability is rather small i must say.............

Yeh but then again i could stand opposite a wall and then the likely hood of me appearing on the otherside would increase. BUt would on;y become a bit likely after thousands of times the age of the known universe.

Acording to quantum theory;)

[David]

This is where will-power comes in. Just do it!