Taoist meditation

[sherab]

Hi all,

 

I;'m starting up a meditation routinue. I'm already "decent" at breath meditation (i dont get carried away by thoughts, im always mindful of the breath, i just need to re-set my mind on it) and i was wondering if there were any specifically taoist practices i could do - so no kundalini, etc. please.

 

thank you

[markern]

The inner smile is Daoist and is a very nice meditation and good for beginners. Once you get the hang of it you can just tune in to the smilling energy for a minute or two and be instantly quite happy, upliftet and realxed and focused. I love it and think it will always somehow be part of what I do. There are several ways to do it included smiling to the organs and glands and intestines etc. Very Daoist indeed I would say.

[sherab]

perfect, thank you. I will google

[Dainin]

This set of CDs may be of interest:

 

TAO of Letting Go

 

Good luck!

[DalTheJigsaw123]

What about KAP for beginners?

[~jK~]

i was wondering if there were any specifically taoist practices i could do - so no kundalini, etc. please.

thank you

Try reading Eva Wong's book: Cultivating Stillness: A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind

http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/author/265.cfm

-Although- I think that as you read the obviously Taoist books you will find that Kundalini 'is' a taoist practice of meditation - it is also in The Secret of The Golden Flower http://taoism.about.com/od/scriptures/qt/goldenflower.htm -

 

Elizabeth Reninger, the About.com Guide, is fairly deep into the subject as well as many others - and may reply to an e-mail... I would sign up first for her Free Taoism Newsletter.

 

If you are worried about Kundalini, maybe a better path is to work through your worries as Kundalini is one of what I consider the two fundamental practices of meditation. If you find other styles, please write me, I am forever searching for more practices of meditation.

 

I did write a thread on a form of meditation, The Savasana, which is known as the most important exercise in Yoga as it is the entrance to Raja Yoga - the awakening point. http://www.thetaobums.com/index.php?showtopic=11802

 

Christmas Humphreys - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Humphreys - wrote a book: Concentration and Meditation: Manual of Mind Development that has a few Buddhist practices that includes conceptionalization techniques, based in meditation, as well as others.

[DalTheJigsaw123]

Try reading Eva Wong's book: Cultivating Stillness: A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind

http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/author/265.cfm

-Although- I think that as you read the obviously Taoist books you will find that Kundalini 'is' a taoist practice of meditation - it is also in The Secret of The Golden Flower http://taoism.about.com/od/scriptures/qt/goldenflower.htm -

 

Elizabeth Reninger, the About.com Guide, is fairly deep into the subject as well as many others - and may reply to an e-mail... I would sign up first for her Free Taoism Newsletter.

 

If you are worried about Kundalini, maybe a better path is to work through your worries as Kundalini is one of what I consider the two fundamental practices of meditation. If you find other styles, please write me, I am forever searching for more practices of meditation.

 

I did write a thread on a form of meditation, The Savasana, which is known as the most important exercise in Yoga as it is the entrance to Raja Yoga - the awakening point. http://www.thetaobums.com/index.php?showtopic=11802

 

Christmas Humphreys - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Humphreys - wrote a book: Concentration and Meditation: Manual of Mind Development that has a few Buddhist practices that includes conceptionalization techniques, based in meditation, as well as others.

 

What is the other meditation practice other then Kundalini practice? Other then KAP?

[~jK~]

What is the other meditation practice other then Kundalini practice? Other then KAP?

The Savasana, which is known as the most important exercise in Yoga as it is the entrance to Raja Yoga - the awakening point.

Here is the process

http://www.thetaobums.com/index.php?showtopic=11802

[Tao99]

It appears that there is no single, pure, common, well-known, simple Taoist Meditation that you can practice! Maybe a good Tai Chi class is the best basic Taoist meditation you can practice after all (moving meditation).

 

The mysterious Taoist master, The Cultivator of Realization (circa 1400-1650) states clearly some of the main steps that should be included in a "good = deep" Taoist/Tai Chi meditation practice.

 

Let's call it the Taoist COR Meditation Practice. (COR - Cultivator Of Realization) -

 

"Return the mind to Quietude whatever you are doing, not imagining what is yet to come, and not thinking about what has already passed. After a long time of this, Spirit and Meridian Energy merge, feelings and objects are forgotten, Spirit solidifies, Meridian Energy [internal Strength and Vital Energy] congeals, and there is just one breath in the belly ...

 

Once this breathing occurs, keep strictly to Empty Quietude, and refine your Internal Strength into Vital Energy [of the mind], which together [as the Meridian Energy directed by Spirit] go through the three Passes [up the spine to brain] and pass into the three Chambers [down the front from brain to solar plexus to belly]."

 

Anthology on the Cultivation of Realization by 'The Cultivator of Realization', circa 1400-1650

from Taoist Meditation Cleary page 52

Edited December 1, 2009 by Tao99

[DalTheJigsaw123]

The Savasana, which is known as the most important exercise in Yoga as it is the entrance to Raja Yoga - the awakening point.

Here is the process

http://www.thetaobums.com/index.php?showtopic=11802

 

Than you so much! I got meditation beads, I think that can help me.

 

It appears that there is no single, pure, common, well-known, simple Taoist Meditation that you can practice! Maybe a good Tai Chi class is the best basic Taoist meditation you can practice after all (moving meditation).

 

The mysterious Taoist master, The Cultivator of Realization (circa 1400-1650) states clearly some of the main steps that should be included in a "good = deep" Taoist/Tai Chi meditation practice.

 

Let's call it the Taoist COR Meditation Practice. (COR - Cultivator Of Realization) -

 

"Return the mind to Quietude whatever you are doing, not imagining what is yet to come, and not thinking about what has already passed. After a long time of this, Spirit and Meridian Energy merge, feelings and objects are forgotten, Spirit solidifies, Meridian Energy [internal Strength and Vital Energy] congeals, and there is just one breath in the belly ...

 

Once this breathing occurs, keep strictly to Empty Quietude, and refine your Internal Strength into Vital Energy [of the mind], which together [as the Meridian Energy directed by Spirit] go through the three Passes [up the spine to brain] and pass into the three Chambers [down the front from brain to solar plexus to belly]."

 

Anthology on the Cultivation of Realization by 'The Cultivator of Realization', circa 1400-1650

from Taoist Meditation Cleary page 52

 

Meditation beads should help. It will focus on breathing right? And quieting the mind?

[Tao99]

Meditation beads should help. It will focus on breathing right? And quieting the mind?

Oh yea for sure. Each bead you hold could represent an in-breath then an out-breath etc as you go around the string. Or each bead you hold could represent a single step of the practice. Or each bead you hold could represent part of a mantra you are saying. So I think there are many ways you could incorporate them to focus and quiet the mind.

Edited December 1, 2009 by Tao99

[Maddie]

Is a meditation like Buddhist mindfulness practiced in Taoism as well? I ask because the only Taoist meditations I know of are not this type.

[Harmonious Emptiness]

Is a meditation like Buddhist mindfulness practiced in Taoism as well? I ask because the only Taoist meditations I know of are not this type.

 

Taoists call it keeping the yang within yin, consciousness/awareness in emptiness/thoughtlessness.