Archive for December 2009

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!   2 comments

Each year we start anew… Building on lessons learned If we can only make one small improvement in our lives, What an amazing transformation will we become… We are the future manifest… Each unfolding moment is there just for you… It is no one else’s… it is yours… We flow into each moment Through the [...]

Posted December 31, 2009 by The Maui Taoist in Philosophy, Tao, Uncategorized

Harmony   1 comment

Harmony is Peace The light of wisdom and the warmth of compassion… The discipline of observing forms and the letting go of attachment to them… The movements of the body with the calmness in the mind and the stillness of the body with the flow within it… Always following our path but never restricted by [...]

Posted December 24, 2009 by The Maui Taoist in Philosophy, Tao, Uncategorized

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Stay on the Path   Leave a comment

We are all Wayfarers on a path returning to the peace from which we come.

Taoist Meditation Lesson #4 (Practice Part 1)   2 comments

First, combine lead and mercury
Second, form the gold pill
Third, refine the gold into the elixir….

Seeking Enlightenment   1 comment

He couldn’t believe how simple it was, and how simply the old man was able to tell him the answer to this question he had carried with him for so long!

Posted December 12, 2009 by The Maui Taoist in Stories

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Taoist Meditation Lesson #3 (Basics Part 3)   2 comments

“My mind is merged with my body; my body is merged with my energy, my energy is merged with my spirit, and my spirit is merged with Tao.”

Taoist Meditation Lesson #2 (Basics Part 2)   1 comment

In part one, I laid out the premise for “energy based” meditation techniques that are the basis of Taoist praxis. While training with my Sifu, Master Dong, I would notice a certain smile upon his face while doing Qigong.  I can only describe the smile as the curious look of someone that has a secret; [...]

Taoist Meditation Lesson #1 (Basics Part 1)   1 comment

Dealing with illusions leads to delusions that take one further away from reality. Evoking thought and emotions waste the energy that could otherwise heal you.

Heaven and Hell   Leave a comment

A Classic Zen Tale from Japan There was a great samurai who was traveling the country looking for answers on the nature of the universe. He went to a famous Zen Buddhist master and asked him; “Please tell me the nature of Heaven and Hell” The master scowled and replied back, “You stupid samurai, you‘re [...]

Reading List, Books and Periodicals   Leave a comment

There are so many books…Taoist, Buddhist, Qigong, and Taiji. There have been hundreds of books in my life and it may take me that many years to flesh out this list, but I will do my best! Since Taiji is a Taoist art I will start with some of the works from the Taoist canon.  [...]

Qigong Lesson #2 “Wuji” A Physical Reality   2 comments

You need to know where you are in order to find your way. Your place in the universe is often twisted away from the ideal; it may be physical, mental, emotional,and/or spiritually misaligned. Let me first explain that in the “physical world” you can be  physically, mentally, emotionally,and/or spiritually misaligned  and you can also be [...]

Qigong Lesson #1 “Wuji” A Philisophical Perspective   Leave a comment

My approach to teaching Qigong (energy cultivation) is equally pragmatic, I’m not asking anyone to make any leap of faith; only to see the truth.

New Class at Kaunoa   1 comment

To improve our quality of life, we have many options with various paths……

Posted December 2, 2009 by The Maui Taoist in News and Events, Uncategorized

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