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Interpreting the ancient codes shrouding the esoteric Chinese arts is one of the great challenges facing any serious student or teacher of Taoism. Download the free paper now. |
I recently got a question from someone asking advice on “How to deal with crazy people?” There are all kinds of people in this world. Some people are angels, others are assholes. Most people are somewhere in between. But this spectrum (should we call it the A-A spectrum?) is not all there is to defining what [...] Once when we were visiting Beijing, China my interpreter and I received a call from one of our friends. Mr. Hu was a successful real estate investor who had decided to put some of his gains into his private passion – Taoist and Chan Buddhist studies. He opened a very nice Zen meditation center in [...] After lunch we visited a tie dye factory in Zhou Zheng, another small village in the Dali area. This is real tie dye. The patterns are very intricate. It takes days of labor to tie one garment. The factory makes their dye out of indigo leaves, which also happens to have medicinal properties. We harvested [...] “Do nothing and there is nothing left undone” is a pearl of ancient Chinese wisdom inspired by chapter 48 of the Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) written by Lao Zi (Lao Tsu) The Dao De Jing is considered one of the most important classics in all of Chinese culture. The book has been utilized by [...] Taoist thought suggests you should “Be like the Sun and Moon.” This saying means several things, but one important one is that the sun radiates outward and the moon reflects. The sun is full, so it radiates, asking nothing but giving everything. The moon is empty; it has nothing, so it receives everything. The sun does not give [...] Chinese Internal Alchemy, or Nei Dan, aims to cultivate both Xing and Ming. Xing can be roughly translated as “Essential Nature” and Ming as “Eternal Life.” By essential nature, the Chinese are referring to the spiritual aspects of your being. When you cultivate Xing, you take out emotional garbage and refine your very spirit. We [...] Real Taoist and Buddhist philosophy is experiential. It is a practical method of living in the world. Even if there is a large body of scholarly work and scriptures written about it, at the end of the day, it is a practical method of living. You cannot just read about it or think about it. You have [...] Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism are the “Trinity” of Chinese belief systems. Of those, Taoism is considered the oldest, followed by Confucianism and Buddhism*. Although sectarian debates exist among some of the less enlightened practitioners, those of attainment consider the three as one. Taoism provides a cultivation path for Immortality, Confucianism for Sagehood, and Buddhism for Enlightenment. [...] The pinnacle of Chinese culture and civilization is their method of self-cultivation. The purpose of this method, called Nei Dan or internal alchemy is to bring you in union with the Tao. The philosophical foundation of Nei Dan is found in the Yi Jing (I Ching) or Book of Change and the Dao De Jing (Tao Te [...] |
Prepare for Internal Alchemy. You'll learn to use the Sun and Moon to Harmonize the Fire and Water in your body. You will also learn the first level of the Micro-Cosmic Orbit. |
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