So Sorry

Hey everyone, how is it going? It's been awhile I know. The internet has been out at our academy for the past week and a half with sudden moments when it does work for about half an hour scattered in between. Also, the power blew for about 12 hours yesterday Afternoon-Night, the water stopped working for awhile, and then the sewage got screwed up...anyways, all in a weeks stay at Kunyu Martial Arts Academy. I've been really working hard in the past week our two developing power, flexibility, and strength. Also I have progressed quite a lot with Mantis Boxing and I have found out that the style of Mantis taught here is called Plum Flower Mantis Boxing, which is supposedly more deadly than Seven Star Mantis, for those of you who know what that is It's also been getting really cold here, and as the seasons change it seems tensions have been getting worse. Recently I have been losing a lot of respect for my master, well actually especially today. A lot of the people complain in my class that he doesn't teach us enough or fast enough for the amount of money we pay, but the truth is he wants us to earn a new move or a new form which I have no problem. He is extremely disciplined most of the time and several times he has talked about how his master beat him or how a man came to buy the move list of the most advanced mantis form off of his master, and his master refused, which I think is really good. However, several things have turned me off my master recently. First off, I asked about Qing Gong (the art of lightness, a true art that has been documented and where wire kung fu movies like Crouching Tiger came from) which is considered a lost art of China (as in the Chinese government got rid of everything pertaining to it), and he replied that it takes many years of Qi Gong practice to develop such a skill, but he also said if there were Qing Gong masters why wouldn't they be playing basketball for China. In my opinion, someone who has spent so much time and effort practicing Qi Gong and focusing their mind and body wouldn't be interested with the money involved with basketball. He has done a lot of other things that I really didn't think he would do, like laugh at less advanced students, but mainly he has been giving off a lot of negative energy lately. Maybe it's due to the change of seasons, I don't know.
On a brighter note, my Qi Gong has been developing immensely. I have been practicing near to 4 hrs. every day and can really feel the energy. Just yesterday, for the first time, I really felt like I was entering emptiness. My pain faded and I began to see things with my third eye, INTENSE. This is not some kind of scam all this seeing and feeling energy people talk about, it really works. The other day I also feel I have developed my own Qi Gong method to increase energy. We were doing our usual meditation in Mantis class and I felt like a flame was coming off of my body, and for some reason my hands began to drift upwards towards the sun. Then after a few more minutes of Qi Gong breathing I felt like a fire tornado was shooting out of my body, and I really started sweating. I also realized that my body had taken on a stance similar to the Chinese symbol of fire (thus I've dubbed this method Fire Qi Gong). I felt immediate energy, but decided it would be best to balance it with a more peaceful Qi Gong posture, and the moment I changed I began to sweat less, but I still felt the energy coursing through my body. It was some pretty weird stuff, I was willing to believe it at first, but the evidence is all there so I dunno.
Anyways, I am sitting here at my desk, the sun has just dipped down past the Kunyu Mountains, where Taoism was born, right outside my window and I am thinking of all of you.

PEACE, LOVE, AND ROCK and ROLL