This is waaaay toooooo much to assimilate in one sitting. especially on a Sunday night after a full day of work.

Mantis, I see that you answered my questions before I spoke them. Guess I should pay attention to what I read! And my western thinking only gets more in they way... sigh...

I want to reply more, but time (and brain power) permits only one thing: I've been reading muscle/tendon changing, marrow/brain washing stuff again. Internal and external are inseperable. While I continue to seek a physical meaning for the answers, I must remember how much my qigong has helped. And I CAN'T physically explain that.

"I was Ghengis Khan... no, not my screen name... I WAS Ghengis Khan."