Fajin

Hi Michael,

You have made some interesting points. I think that this is a confusion over certain terms, yet still there is a different perspective we each share.

>>This is a nice statement of Bagua’s personal beliefs, but it is also Bagua backpedaling again and distancing himself from the Wikipedia definition of Buddhism, which posits…[Read more]

That makes sense, because they are all interconnected. Good point.

Hi Wendy,

In the alchemical texts there is reference to real knowledge and concsious knowledge. Choiceless choice is brought about based on the real knowledge that the true self knows, and is spontaneous.

In Zen, koans are used which are seemingly absurd questions that the concsious self cannot answer like “what was my original face before…[Read more]

>>Jumping into emptiness without foundation means suicide of the self, yes…<<

*LOL. You know this for fact? There is a difference between a trance state, and a samadhi state. One includes loss of self, the other does includes gain of true self.

Bagua,

Martial forms are for martial arts. Qigong forms are for something more for health. Martial forms do for health too, but not specifically for it. By looking at your website, you have such big knowledge of so many Taoist arts including time acupuncture, I-ching acupuncture, Da Mo forms, nei dan, etc., and especially Chan which is really…[Read more]

Nnonnth,

When we start thinking about the past, present, and future, we become lost. Live in this very moment, and what is needed to be done, will be done. That’s why we’re here, because we didn’t attune to the moment. If you can do that “non-stop” then you will embrace your immortality!

Fajin

Are you coming to Wudang this weekend? The 28 Taiji form has no fajin movements, it is slow and has mostly martial characteristics but many circular hand movements and straight kicks done slowly. If you are doing it just for good health, you don’t need to know it, it’s not very important.

Although, Wudang forms do bring about strong qi…[Read more]

Hi Bagua,

We are our true self. We are congenital mind-will. We are yuan shen. What alchemists reject is this. They say that you are the personality (false you) and it dies out when your body dies and the chance for an immortal self is lost. The ego-self is not you, that is just part of “you.” Not a separate self. 5 shen are like 5 empty cups,…[Read more]

Hi Bagua,

>>We are not currently Immortal and Eternal!<<

*That's because they have the view of the ego-self, which is illusionary. The true self is immortal. If only they abided in wu-hsin (non-mindedness) would wu-wei manifest and truly then, would they understand that there is a supreme commander beyond ego that is immortal.

The big…[Read more]

Hi Michael,

Thank you for your response. Let’s penetrate deeper.

>>What you’ve posted from Wikipedia is a process that TERMINATES human consciousness, i.e. the process itself is illusory and not permanent once Nirvana is attained. This impies a separation exists between the state of Change (Creation, Incarnation) and Nirvana.<>There can be…[Read more]

“When I have taught non-Self, fools uphold the teaching that there is no Self. The wise know that such is conventional speech, and they are free from doubts.”

-Guatama Buddha

Hi Michael,

I knew you had some more posts about Buddhism coming along so I decided to stay for now and the “focus on breath” issue too!

Look at this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism):

Nirvana is the extinguishment of all desire; it is the realisation that the Self does not exist, and that human desires are empty. An enlightened…[Read more]

Space is Wu Ji that holds the other five together. Earth is the center between the other four. Fire, water, metal, and wood.

Hemoglobin (metal) transports oxygen – oxygenated blood. Air within fire. They’re all very similar. My point was in respect with the Lung-Gom-Pa practice.

Fajin

Hi,

It is like saying to a person who has never experienced sexual orgasm how it feels like. He must experience for himself. When you visualize a white metal ball floating in space, you attract Venus’s signals and you soon begin to feel it. You will know it, when you do it.

Earth qi rises, heaven qi descends. Connect with heaven above head, and earth qi will move upward like a strong current. Best to be connected to both as in Taiji so you get downward pull below lower dantian and upward pull above lower dantian. Making the upper body have negative weight and lower body positive weight.

Tibetan version is like I…[Read more]

Air = Fire element, not metal.

Fire has the characteristic of rising and that’s what air does when it fills something up, the object rises. Lower dantian connects jing/physcial body. Pack with air and physical body is like a balloon. Packing there is dangerous, best to just jump up and down many times and do deep breathing there separately not…[Read more]

He was a Daoist hermit called Dragon Fire. Zhang learned from him when he was 64. I doubt that he could transform into a dragon, that’s gotta be myth.

On youtube.com there’s a good clip from a movie though, yet still it’s pretty realistic. Seach “bagua training”, it is 6 min. 56 sec. long.

Hi Nnonnth,

>>Tell us! Tell what Zhang, Sanfeng was capable of! Who doesn’t need to be inspired by excellence occasionally?<<

*Ah, my role model. OK, I'll mention. As you know he is the father of Wudang Kung Fu, creator of Taiji. Here are some…[Read more]