Over 25 years ago, from 1985-6, my Taoist master used to send me to White Cloud once or twice a week. He gave me meditation practices, which I did at two spots here. At the time I lived only a 15 minute walk away. The Eight Immortals Upon arriving at the temple with...
Dissolving the physical body and relaxing it is not the same thing. Often to explain this, I use the image of going from ice to water. Relaxation in the West is mostly understood as a mental or an emotional mood change. When we’re going from ice to water in Taoist...
If you could grant just one wish to most people who recognize their faults or problems, they would wish for them to be gone. They know that they have low self-esteem, some negative thought pattern, grief, inertia or fear, and they would like nothing more than to be...
Tai chi can be used as a powerful form of Taoist moving meditation, which starts with balancing the emotions—that is, the emotional energy body. Tai chi can also be practiced to acquire martial arts skill and as a health system. The latter is what you might see people...
Spring is the time of the year when all is awakening, new and fresh. Having just come out of the winter, you plant the seeds that will sustain you for the whole year. So springtime gives you the energy to do. The spring brings out the energy of the liver, which can...
Wholly understood, wu wei is not “non-action”, but action that operates by simply following the natural course of universal energy as it manifests without strain or ego involvement. How Can One Act without the Deliberate Effort of Acting? Ultimately, wu...
