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- Daoist Meditation (Zuowang) - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Jacob Newell© Jacob Newell (Gu Shen Yu Daoshi) Daoist meditation is a practice of letting the agitation settle from the mind so that we can directly experience our original nature. The ancient sage Zhuangzi called this practice Zuowang (坐忘), which simply means to sit and forget. In Zuowang, we settle ...
Views: 2132 - Introduction to Taiji Theory - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Jacob Newell(c) Jacob Newell (Gu Shen Yu Daoshi) Taiji is a Chinese fitness system based on relaxed body alignment and smooth flow of energy. It is also a moving meditation based on the philosophy of Laozi, a legendary ancient sage who taught about the virtues of remaining calm, yielding, and returning ...
Views: 2597 - Echoes of Emptiness - Gradual and Sudden - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Jacob Newell© Jacob Newell (Gu Shen Yu Daoshi) When it comes to cultivating qi, there is no question that Laozi suggests we take a gradual approach. “A tree too large to embrace starts as a tiny shoot; a 9-story terrace starts as a mound of earth; the journey of 1,000 li happens under the feet” (Ch. ...
Views: 1250(1 vote) - Echoes of Emptiness - Original Paradise - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Jacob Newell© Jacob Newell (Gu Shen Yu Daoshi) For me Daoist practice means looking inside and going back to the original beginning. One of Laozi’s primary principles is “return” (fu, 复). For Westerners who tend to view our existential situation as “paradise lost,” return is akin to “paradise ...
Views: 1265 - The Natural Process of Internal Alchemy - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Jacob Newell© Jacob Newell (Gu Shen Yu Daoshi) Introduction Daoist cultivation is a process of internal transformation or alchemy which works with the subtle energies of the body in a gradual process of refinement. This process is natural, however, and should not be approached with too much direct ...
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