A Flyer of Gy Posted February 5 My spiritual path to this point was through my love of the natural world. I have always loved being in nature. I am told the only surefire way to get me to stop crying as a newborn was to take me outside. A few years ago, I realized I needed some kind of spiritual path, some tradition I could engage with. I considered druidry of different kinds, but it just never clicked. Then I considered Buddhism and for about six months I have been attending a Zen Buddhist Sangha in the Plum Village tradition and it has been spiritually very helpful but something seemed missing. I am sure this is a simplistic rendering of how Zen came about, but when I learned Chan (Zen) Buddhism emerged from Buddhism coming to China and interacting with Daoism, it opened up my mind and heart to other paths. Then I read an English translation of Daodejing a few weeks ago and it was the first spiritual text that completely overwhelmed me. I am now making my way through multiple English translations and starting my way through the Zhuangzi. The famous stories in the Zhuangzi of "a tortoise dragging his tail through the mud" and "the butterfly dream" really struck an accord for me. Nature's indifference and decentralized structure has always been comforting to me, long before I could articulate any of this. Also, a week ago, I started practicing Qigong from YouTube videos. I am grateful to be a part of this community! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ- Posted March 22 Welcome! Which qigong are you learning? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Flyer of Gy Posted March 22 9 hours ago, -ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ- said: Welcome! Which qigong are you learning? Thank you! I honestly have no idea which qigong. I am using Nick Loffree videos on YouTube. I am still doing very basic ones because of Long Covid issues. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Flyer of Gy Posted March 22 11 hours ago, Elysium said: Welcome Thank you! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ- Posted March 23 6 hours ago, A Flyer of Gy said: Thank you! I honestly have no idea which qigong. I am using Nick Loffree videos on YouTube. I am still doing very basic ones because of Long Covid issues. Let us know if it helps! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
