Qi-meditation class

Currently I’m attending a qi-meditation class at Bukit Ho Swee Community Centre. The guy is around 40 years old and has a moustache. The classes are very informal. Most people come to meditate only. The teacher did not mention the name of their method and he said that he was not able to find the method in any books also. He asked me if I practice Dantien meditation but I told him no even though that is what I have been experimenting. The three instructors walked around to help students in meditation guide their qi up the spine. The pose is not important, but relaxation is the rule of the thumb. A straight back is not emphasized at all. Basically, we just interlock our fingers, sit in the Egyptian pose. Interlocking the fingers is said to have the ability to absorb any shock if there is a thunder or other forms of distraction. I meditated for 45 minutes. During the meditation, the instructors took turns to use their qi to guide mine. The first time they did it, I felt a gush of energy coming down from the top of my head, all the way down my torso and a lot of it going to my interlocked hands. I can feel my hands getting extremely warm and packed with a lot of tension. It is like tensing the muscles in your hands, the only difference is that my hands were totally relaxed. When you feel this kind of tension even though your hands are relaxed, you are actually feeling the qi. After the session, the teacher mentioned that my qi is very strong, thus I must not waste my potential. By the way, he mentioned that he could sense the qi intensity of other individuals when they are within a few meters and such ability can be achieved naturally with prolonged meditation. It is like a magnet’s sensitivity to the magnetic fields around it. Meditation increases such energy sensitivity in people. I guess that why my Daoist teacher can detect other masters even when strolling on the streets. These experts are sensitive to each other’s qi.

My problem with Dantien meditation

Whenever I concentrate on my Dantien or practice Vijja Dhammakaya, my focus will always shift to the left side of my abdomen instead of the centralized position. Maybe because of some previous experiences that left a deep imprint in my mind, creating the unconscious tendency to shift my focus to the left of my torso. In the end, my qi always goes to the wrong spot. Through months of experimenting, I discovered that concentrating on the navel is the best method to prevent the shifting.