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So it’s not a Qi Gong practice? It just include some Qi Gong? I thought Qi Gong encompasses all you mentioned as well as stillness motion. Not trying to play semantics but trying to figure it out. Thanks

I see👀. “Stillness movement” is a particular lineage of Qi Gong. Hence the SM in the post title. I interpreted stillness moment and tree gong as broad terms relevant to all or most Qi Gong practice. Please excuse my ignorance “stillness-movement”. It has perked my interest and I will be reviewing a lot of the S-M posts here. Thanks

Kinda of like the microcosmic orbit but letting the tree be either the ren or du channel?

Are there forms and meditations that are specific to tree gong, or is it practicing Qi Gong amongst 🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲?

This is not relevant to Flying Phoenix specifically but you find it interesting. Some ancient neigong meditations are practiced by high order catholic priests. Some of these meditations are labeled as daoist or Buddhist because they were adopted and are used by such, but actually they predate both religions. Obviously not the case for FP.

Thank you for the responses. It seems as though words can guide us towards the path? Was LT writing of the Dao or motivating readers to seek answers within (self and/or nature)? Is the mother of all things, nature? Just sharing my thoughts that were sparked by the responses. Maybe we can shorten the path (or path to the path😀) through sharing. Xie Xie

Since: “The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal name The nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth The named is the mother of myriad things” What are we discussing on this forum? I’m sure it’s been discussed in prior posts. As a new member I thought it might be a good question to ask, or maybe not? Thanks

Thank you to all that contribute and keep this venue going. I have interest in learning more of the Dao. Who better to learn from the The Dao Bums. Look forward to exploring and exchanging on the forums.