Effective meditation and qigong both require good breathing skills; this lesson will give you a method that you can use every time you start your practice. I should begin by saying to just breathe naturally, beware of complicated methods; they are not necessary and can even be harmful. In addition, know that generally Taoist breathing [...]
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Taoist Breathing Lesson #1 Tuning the Breath Leave a comment
Taoist Meditation Lesson #8 Heavenly Sojourn Leave a comment
Completing the Small Circle In the previous lesson, I outlined the basic idea of the Small Circle or Microcosmic Orbit meditation. Learning to connect your internal solar system will give you much insight into your internal energy. The last lesson leads you through a series of points in your energy system. The point was to [...]
Taoist Meditation Lesson #7 Finding Heaven Leave a comment
Small Heavenly Circle (Microcosmic Orbit) Meditation Part #1 Attaining Tao is to merge with the wonders of heaven. In the very first verse of the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu says, “The Tao that can be named is not the real Tao”. What he is saying is the greatest of all things is beyond words, [...]
Taoist Meditation Lesson #6 (Practice Part 3) 3 comments
“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.” In this third article on this subject I suggest you re-read the other three to provide a segue into this one and so, if you have been following along with all the meditation lessons, this would be the sixth one so [...]
Taoist Meditation Lesson #5 (Practice Part 2) 2 comments
First no form. Then form. Then no form……. In the first three articles on basics and the first article on practice, I laid out the foundation for our actual cultivation procedures. Please read these previous articles until the concept of “dissolving the mind into the body” makes sense to you. Keeping in mind, we are [...]
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….
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.
