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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 attended a function at my daughter’s kindergarten class themed “A Day in the Life of a Kindergartner”. Her teachers put together a slide show with pictures of the class during their daily activities. As one might imagine the slides were of the children playing together on the playground, going to the library, learning basic [...] Congratulations to those who successfully completed their first Internal Alchemy (Nei Dan) course this past weekend! Participants from all walks of life gathered in Washington DC on Friday to begin a three day intensive course in the highest level of Qigong training. This course, titled Cultivating the Spirit: Internal Alchemy, provided a comprehensive introduction to the [...] Today is Easter Sunday in the west. For those of you who don’t know what this means, Easter Sunday is perhaps the biggest holiday in the western calendar (after Christmas). It is perhaps considered more important than Christmas by the Christian churches (although not by secular retail standards….) Easter Sunday is significant because it is the [...] Today is the Vernal Equinox (Spring Equinox). In Washington DC, we have a beautiful clear day, perfect for spending some time outdoors, with nature. The Spring Equinox is one of the two days of the year where daylight and dark are equal. In terms of Chinese thought, this represents the balance of Yin and Yang in [...] 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 [...] Beautiful, Deadly, Silent – No, not a catchphrase for a new femme fatale, a hunting tigress, or an excellent Kung Fu move – I’m talking about the mountain of snow here in Washington DC. In case you don’t live in the US, or have been meditating in a cave, the nation’s capital and surrounding states [...] 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 [...] Chinese food in the US is a poor shadow of the real thing. It’s sort of like those cheap supermarket birthday cakes with the fluorescent green icing when compared to real French pastries. Or box wine compared to Lafite, or soy burgers compared to grass-fed filet mignon, or ice princesses compared to hot babes … [...] Real Chinese Internal Boxing*, or Nei Jia Quan as it is called in Chinese, is designed to get you home alive. It is not designed for sport or for entertainment. But there’s more to it than that. Much more. One thing most people don’t realize is that these arts are not just for fighting. It is true [...] Most people who travel to China from the west will fly. If you travel via a western airline, the transition will be gradual. The flight attendants will speak English. You’ll get a Chinese noodle snack. When you get off the plane, say in Beijing, the airport will be huge and very modern. You’ll think “Wow, this [...] |
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