Light

[mjjbecker]

Duality. Separation. At the beginning there is duality, there is separation. Irritation, annoyance, distractions. The outside world and the ego grate against each other.

 

Movement. The movement starts. Qi travels down the arms. The laogong, the palms, the fingers. Streams and pools of heat.

 

The arms circle. Inside and outside combine. The light expands. The heat expands. The arms, the body. The heat of the Sun is within and without.

 

Heaven and Earth join. Heaven and Earth combine. The promise, the caress of creation strokes the inside. The centre delights.

 

We bow to the Divine. We bow to the Ancestors. We bow to the teachers. We look inwards to see outwards.

 

The Sun’s light, the Sun’s heat expands. The dawn has come. The Sun rises. Within and without, I am the Sun.

 

There is no North, South, East or West. I am the Sun. There is no inside, there is no outside. I am the Sun.

 

We bow to the Divine. We bow to the Ancestors. We bow to the Teachers. We look inwards to see outwards.

 

The Tao is all. All is the Tao. The Gift of the Tao is Great.

[Ya Mu]

Duality. Separation. At the beginning there is duality, there is separation. Irritation, annoyance, distractions. The outside world and the ego grate against each other.

 

Movement. The movement starts. Qi travels down the arms. The laogong, the palms, the fingers. Streams and pools of heat.

 

The arms circle. Inside and outside combine. The light expands. The heat expands. The arms, the body. The heat of the Sun is within and without.

 

Heaven and Earth join. Heaven and Earth combine. The promise, the caress of creation strokes the inside. The centre delights.

 

We bow to the Divine. We bow to the Ancestors. We bow to the teachers. We look inwards to see outwards.

 

The Sun’s light, the Sun’s heat expands. The dawn has come. The Sun rises. Within and without, I am the Sun.

 

There is no North, South, East or West. I am the Sun. There is no inside, there is no outside. I am the Sun.

 

We bow to the Divine. We bow to the Ancestors. We bow to the Teachers. We look inwards to see outwards.

 

The Tao is all. All is the Tao. The Gift of the Tao is Great.

As we expand with the Sun

Our energy body grows bigger

 

We move in Harmony with raw energy patterns of creativity

Our awareness shifts

This Gift of Tao becomes a true Gift

We recognize that we are Light

 

Soon the Sun. Moon, and Stars are inside our body

Inside, outside - It is the same. Outside is now Inside.

 

Vibrational Frequency becomes meshed with creativity

We can move the Universe

This Gift of Tao becomes a true Gift

 

Our meshing with creativity

Becomes one. We are one.

We can move the Universe

For We Are Light

 

Thanks to the Ancestors Thanks to the Teachers

For this Gift of Tao

For this awareness of who we really are.

 

We now Listen

And become co-creators

With the Universe

In Harmony with Tao

Dancing in Wu Wei

Light

 

(Light [From Teachers] [shen Awakening by Spirit's Breath]) Qi Jing Shen Light

It is a two way Street

Practice Reveals

Practice Burns the Filters Away

 

It matters not the model

It matters that we are now Home

Light

 

This Gift of Tao is truly Great

[JohnC]

Awesome posts.

[mjjbecker]

I wrote this shortly after practice. It describes precisely what I did and what happened, though I am using poetic language.

 

Duality. Separation. At the beginning there is duality, there is separation. Irritation, annoyance, distractions. The outside world and the ego grate against each other.

 

The ego will hold back any progress. It has to be released so we can reconnect with what 'is'.

 

Movement. The movement starts. Qi travels down the arms. The laogong, the palms, the fingers. Streams and pools of heat.

 

One of the Gift of the Tao (GoT) movements. Often when I do this particular move I will feel the laogong heat up, along with the palms. There may be heat down the front of the arms and considerable heat in the finger tips.

 

The arms circle. Inside and outside combine. The light expands. The heat expands. The arms, the body. The heat of the Sun is within and without.

 

Another GoT movement. The 'inner fire' becomes apparent while doing this move. There is heat both inside and on the 'outside' of the body.

 

Heaven and Earth join. Heaven and Earth combine. The promise, the caress of creation strokes the inside. The centre delights.

 

Another GoT move. Using INTENT, Heaven and Earth qi are drawn in and meet at the dantien. Yin and Yang combine at the dantien. It is quite an amazing feeling.

 

We bow to the Divine. We bow to the Ancestors. We bow to the teachers. We look inwards to see outwards.

 

Seated. Respects are paid. There must be gratitude and humility. The INTENT goes to the dantien. LOOK IN THE BOOK AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS! Study and practice are rewarded: Assuming this or that is not relevant, without investigation, means a person will only remain ignorant.

 

The Sun’s light, the Sun’s heat expands. The dawn has come. The Sun rises. Within and without, I am the Sun.

 

The 'inner fire' expands to encompass the whole body. I use the 'Sun' very specifically as a choice. The feeling is like being in strong summer sunlight. It is that kind of 'solar' heat.

 

There is no North, South, East or West. I am the Sun. There is no inside, there is no outside. I am the Sun.

 

The heat is 'inside and outside'. It is totally encompassing. When you sit or face the sun, of course the heat only touches in one specific direction. The heat here though is 'everywhere'.

 

We bow to the Divine. We bow to the Ancestors. We bow to the Teachers. We look inwards to see outwards.

 

Joy and gratitude is felt for this priceless gift. The path of practice yeilds its results and rewards, and one should never succumb to ego, thinking one is special or better. We are indeed standing on the shoulders of giants, but we are not seeing further than others before us. Drop the ego and 'see'.

 

The Tao is all. All is the Tao. The Gift of the Tao is Great.

 

Drop the ego and 'see'.

[Ya Mu]

Great descriptions! I know all of us who practice have felt this!

 

One thing really great about this practice is that if anyone allows the power of the practice to become the main thing it will soon become apparent that...let's just say one will soon see that this is not the way.

 

Master Wang, with his calmness, gentleness, humility, compassion, and power, is an example for us all.

[9th]

This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth:
As below, so above; and as above so below. With this knowledge alone you may work miracles.
And since all things exist in and emanate from the one that is the ultimate cause,

so all things are born by adaptation to this one.
The sun is the father, the moon is the mother;
the wind carried it in its womb, and the earth nursed it.
It is the source of all works of wonder, and the eternal will is contained in it.
The fire of potential turns to completion in this earth.
Separate this earth from the fire, and the subtle from the dense, gently and with attentive artistry,
arising from earth and descending from heaven; gathering the unified strength of things higher and lower.
By means of this unity all the glory of the world shall be yours and all obscurity will flee from you.
It is a force beyond all forces, for it will overcome all that is formless and penetrate all that has form.
By its power the world was created.
It is the source of endless wonders, and this is the way they have come about.
It is for this reason that I am called Hermes Trismegistus; for I hold the three essential wisdoms.
This revelation of the solar work is now finished.

 

- Emerald Tablet of Hermes

[mjjbecker]

I sent this email to someone who asked me some questions about their personal practice. Some of the points may be relevant and of interest to others so I am copying it here also. I found the points raised applied very much to me as to the person I was addressing them to.

 

"Expectations. Stop it.

Perhaps it is your questionable taste in music (though I confess I like the t-shirts) that is holding you back? I recommend some Doris Day ('Que Sera, Sera') and Lynn Anderson ('Rose Garden'). No, I'm not joking.

Whatever the intellectual curiosity might be, it will get you-or anyone else-nowhere. AGAIN, I come to the point why traditional teachers do not tell students about things in advance of their actual experience of such things. It leads to preconcieved notions and gets in the way of allowing matters to unfold as they should. Profound experiences 'happen' rather than appear 'on demand'. Think of the best orgasm you ever had, and think about the times you tried or expected to repeat that experience. The expectations never equalled or approached the actual event as it happened, of its own accord.

As I understand it, there is just 'now'. The rest is just overlaying expectations onto reality.

We might never do anything if we spent our time agonising over what other people can do. You might never attempt to get laid if you spent all your time worrying about what porn stars have and can do (or worried about all the airbrushed images of 'perfect' physical specimens). Fortunately the drive to fuck is (usually) enough to prompt one beyond such worries, even if the worries never completely disappear. Neigong practice is the same. Most aren't going to approach Wang Juemin in this lifetime, but it doesn't mean the effort put in is either misguided or wasted-or not 'enjoyable'. There WILL be energetic changes happening, even if you are not aware of them at the time. 'Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, BOOM!'

The wonderful thing about nearly dying is the appreciation it should bring of the moment, of life and the beauty of the 'here and now'. Much nicer than stomping around with shit coloured spectacles on surely? Why worry about the end of the world; yours personally and/or everyones? Find the beauty in each situation. See the moon clearly on the surface of the water.

Now then, it just so happens I can give you some sound technical advice, which I know is what you are after (though it won't work anywhere near as well without following the 'user instructions' above).

Do the STANDING Stillness Movement. Why? Because, in my opinion, it will open up a person quicker than the sitting. Given your injuries in particular, I recommend this. I'm of a mind that sitting is great, but what to practice and when will vary. I've a feeling standing would be the right focus for you now.

Go through ALL the GoT exercises. Repeat individual execises to find which ones 'resonate' with your needs at this time. Like tuning forks and a piano, once you've 'got' the note you can move on. Pick a few moves and put in some quality time on them. That way you'll 'get' the frequencies. For Michael, it may work to run through the whole lot in one session, but I believe most people need to drill and polish moves to the point they have truly accessed the energetics.

Keep a written journal and note down your observations (NOT expectations) of your practice, and any particularly relevant experiences related to the practice.

To recap. 1. Put your expectations to one side and instead put your attention to what IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING NOW. 2. Go through the GoT exercises, putting in the time required on each to 'get' the particular frequency of that exercise. 3. Put your thoughts onto paper and get them out of your head.

Do the above and you WILL find that you return to that level you are looking for (and surpass it). I have.

Finally, remember to get some quality time in thinking about things other than all this stuff. Everything has its place and time."

[Brian]

Thank you.

[tendou]

yamu, when we do the standing stillness movement, is it a must to put the hand on the side or can we also do variation with hand on the dantien like in sitting? The explaination in the book about standing meditation is a bit short, maybe because it is simple? But profound and deep of course.

[silent thunder]

Put your expectations to one side and instead put your attention to what IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING NOW.

 

truth!

thanks!

[Ya Mu]

I sent this email to someone who asked me some questions about their personal practice. Some of the points may be relevant and of interest to others so I am copying it here also. I found the points raised applied very much to me as to the person I was addressing them to.

 

"Expectations. Stop it.

 

Perhaps it is your questionable taste in music (though I confess I like the t-shirts) that is holding you back? I recommend some Doris Day ('Que Sera, Sera') and Lynn Anderson ('Rose Garden'). No, I'm not joking.

 

Whatever the intellectual curiosity might be, it will get you-or anyone else-nowhere. AGAIN, I come to the point why traditional teachers do not tell students about things in advance of their actual experience of such things. It leads to preconcieved notions and gets in the way of allowing matters to unfold as they should. Profound experiences 'happen' rather than appear 'on demand'. Think of the best orgasm you ever had, and think about the times you tried or expected to repeat that experience. The expectations never equalled or approached the actual event as it happened, of its own accord.

 

As I understand it, there is just 'now'. The rest is just overlaying expectations onto reality.

 

We might never do anything if we spent our time agonising over what other people can do. You might never attempt to get laid if you spent all your time worrying about what porn stars have and can do (or worried about all the airbrushed images of 'perfect' physical specimens). Fortunately the drive to fuck is (usually) enough to prompt one beyond such worries, even if the worries never completely disappear. Neigong practice is the same. Most aren't going to approach Wang Juemin in this lifetime, but it doesn't mean the effort put in is either misguided or wasted-or not 'enjoyable'. There WILL be energetic changes happening, even if you are not aware of them at the time. 'Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, BOOM!'

 

The wonderful thing about nearly dying is the appreciation it should bring of the moment, of life and the beauty of the 'here and now'. Much nicer than stomping around with shit coloured spectacles on surely? Why worry about the end of the world; yours personally and/or everyones? Find the beauty in each situation. See the moon clearly on the surface of the water.

 

Now then, it just so happens I can give you some sound technical advice, which I know is what you are after (though it won't work anywhere near as well without following the 'user instructions' above).

 

Do the STANDING Stillness Movement. Why? Because, in my opinion, it will open up a person quicker than the sitting. Given your injuries in particular, I recommend this. I'm of a mind that sitting is great, but what to practice and when will vary. I've a feeling standing would be the right focus for you now.

 

Go through ALL the GoT exercises. Repeat individual execises to find which ones 'resonate' with your needs at this time. Like tuning forks and a piano, once you've 'got' the note you can move on. Pick a few moves and put in some quality time on them. That way you'll 'get' the frequencies. For Michael, it may work to run through the whole lot in one session, but I believe most people need to drill and polish moves to the point they have truly accessed the energetics.

 

Keep a written journal and note down your observations (NOT expectations) of your practice, and any particularly relevant experiences related to the practice.

 

To recap. 1. Put your expectations to one side and instead put your attention to what IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING NOW. 2. Go through the GoT exercises, putting in the time required on each to 'get' the particular frequency of that exercise. 3. Put your thoughts onto paper and get them out of your head.

 

Do the above and you WILL find that you return to that level you are looking for (and surpass it). I have.

 

Finally, remember to get some quality time in thinking about things other than all this stuff. Everything has its place and time."

Great advice! Thanks for posting this!

 

 

yamu, when we do the standing stillness movement, is it a must to put the hand on the side or can we also do variation with hand on the dantien like in sitting? The explaination in the book about standing meditation is a bit short, maybe because it is simple? But profound and deep of course.

Master Wang always like folks to start out with the hands at sides. I do either at Dan Tian or sides. But as RV points out this IS Stillness-Movement so once the energetic connection is made...

 

A couple of more comments about standing versus sitting.

I believe I have already spoken of my initial favor of the sitting over the standing. A part of this was because I had been doing meditation for quite a while but the sitting Stillness-Movement was a TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING and I became quite enamored with the deepness and sheer joy of it. With Master Wang's encouragement I started putting the time into the standing and discovered that I really liked it as well as the sitting. Sometimes I can "charge up" "saturate" in standing in just a very short time whereas it may take a bit more time sitting. Other times while doing the movements I am thrown into Standing Stillness-Movement and just go with it. Everyone is a bit different and more standing is in order for some people. With the practice, in general, we do encourage a balance of sitting, standing, and movement. Although there really is no "wrong" approach as long as the time & effort is put in, except in situations where an imbalance may be helped more with either the standing or the sitting or the movements. I have seen the movements alone help in many situations. I know of few situations where standing Stillness-Movement is not simply a great thing indeed.

[tendou]

Thanks Michael and RV.

 

If my understanding is correct, Standing SM doesn't put much emphasis on form. just standing normally, right? Unlike Zhan Zhuang which put emphasis on form and posture, SM standing are more formless?

[Ya Mu]

Thanks Michael and RV.

 

If my understanding is correct, Standing SM doesn't put much emphasis on form. just standing normally, right? Unlike Zhan Zhuang which put emphasis on form and posture, SM standing are more formless?

Stillness-Movement puts emphasis on the High Vibrational energy itself and its interaction with our energy body. This is how we raise the energy body vibration.

[dawei]

A couple of more comments about standing versus sitting.

 

and what about versus laying down? (ie: no movements are expected anyways).

 

[Brian]

Sitting, standing, walking, laying down, sleeping, in a meeting, whenever you are "shifted" -- movements may come and movements may go. Many are subtle enough to not be outwardly noticeable but regardless one should neither expect them nor be surprised by them. Nor become attached to them, for that matter - especially not to particular ones as it is my experience that some of the more "interesting" ones are not long-recurring..

[dawei]

No movements expected? Um. Movements quite often (for me). Subtle. Or not so subtle.

 

That was funny

 

I meant no external movements of hands or body...

 

Twitches are always welcomed

[dawei]

it is my experience that some of the more "interesting" ones are not long-recurring..

 

That may be because we do not sustain the cause longer.

 

I found where I can reproduce an involuntary movement and I've been seeing if I can really sink into that moment when it comes to see if it is leaving me because I am too conscious of it (or paying too much attention to it).

[Ya Mu]

 

and what about versus laying down? (ie: no movements are expected anyways).

 

 

 

No movements expected? Um. Movements quite often (for me). Subtle. Or not so subtle.

 

 

Sitting, standing, walking, laying down, sleeping, in a meeting, whenever you are "shifted" -- movements may come and movements may go. Many are subtle enough to not be outwardly noticeable but regardless one should neither expect them nor be surprised by them. Nor become attached to them, for that matter - especially not to particular ones as it is my experience that some of the more "interesting" ones are not long-recurring..

 

Good replies.

What can I add? Not much. Except that we can't compare the Stillness-Movement system to other concepts in terms of expectations or even descriptions of what is happening or going to happen.

Movement is often internal and subtle; sometimes it brings forth external and not-so-subtle.

 

The system consists of sitting, standing, sleeping (and lying down), dreaming, walking, movement (Gift of Tao), running, Tree, and wai qi liao fa methodologies. Each of these have their own methodologies but also commonalities.