The desireless one sees the essence; (the soul) While the desiring one sees only its manifestation. (the superficial) Desirelessness is a matter of respectfulness. Contemplate these statements, ponder them, meditate on them, and if you could have only one desire, make this be your goal: Overcome your desires and show love to others. What gift [...]
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This is Tao… 7 comments
Taoist Breathing Lesson #1 Tuning the Breath Leave a comment
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 [...]
Longevity Science 6 comments
I was watching TV yesterday and there was a fascinating show on Discovery’s “Curiosity” about “could we live forever?” Now we all know that this has always been the holy grail of everything about life. Interestingly, this show was right after a documentary about Apple’s creator, Steve Jobs. In just the last few years of [...]
The Ultimate 6 comments
What if you searched your whole life for something; what if you invested everyday and night, thousands of days, tens of thousands of hours, year after year in a quest towards a goal and when you finally did everything you were told and after years of waiting, and then, you found out, there was nothing? [...]
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 [...]
Qigong Lesson #5 Harmonizing Yin and Yang Leave a comment
The focus of the last qigong lesson was to introduce the properties of Yin and Yang in the human energy system as it pertains to Qigong practice. One of the first things qigong students learn is the difference between the way yin and yang manifest during practice. This basic understanding is the starting point to [...]
Nothing means anything… You do not “know” anything… 3 comments
To be real we must get over our perceptions that we know things. Knowing, in a way is prejudice, when we think we know something we shut down our awareness and stop being open to the moment. Who we are changes each moment… we exist as a being not just in a physical form but [...]
The Nature of Love 2 comments
Sensitivity, Understanding, Forgiveness, Compassion, Detachment, Liberation, Nurturance, Heaven These are some thoughts about love from my Taoist perspective; that compassionate detachment is the highest virtue and discontentment the greatest misfortune and understanding that even “joy” is not always a good thing and that often “sadness” is. Finding a balance with our emotions keeps the qi [...]
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, [...]
Sitting Qigong Class at Kaiser 1 comment
Maui Lani Clinic October 14th 21st and 28th 11-12 noon I’ll be sharing some things I’ve learned from Dong Zeng Chen Learning to do seated qigong is part exercise and part meditation and unlike almost anything you have ever done before. Tuning up your internal energies such as, breath, circulatory, nervous, chemical, hormonal, mental, emotional [...]
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.
