[WAG] Hello All!

[clif at eugeneweb.com]

Hi Isaac!

long time no hear, :-) I've been very busy as well. I don't have those 
notes either but if someone posted them to the list or wiki, I think we 
all would benifit.

 	Thanks,
 	Clif

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Isaac Freeman wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> I hope you enjoy your holidays as you receive them!
>
> Time has been moving quickly and yet I remember each of your faces as it was
> only yesterday up on the WuDang.
>
> The emptiness of the void does wonders for missing you all though and I
> generally only feel I have been disconnected with my original study group,
> when I am reducing practise to attempt to work through difficulties.
>
> One thing that has come up as a question lately in relation to Daoism,  is a
> question of enlightenment, if Buddha said there were five paths to
> enlightenment and all of them included contemplation, where does Daoist
> enlightenment fit into that?   Is it possible that there is another form of
> Enlightenment that even Buddha an all knowing sentient being did not
> understand?
>
> Perhaps the contemplation comes in when you reach a point where you seek to
> understand the I-Ching and as Teacher Hu described is the process of the
> path itself. So in effect, just maybe reading the old classics and letting
> your mind build the wisdom through meditation allows you to understand words
> that normally do not form cohesive thoughts. Indeed contemplation seems like
> a necessary part of the Daoist path, albeit a sort of opposite reflection of
> that nature, meditate to become quiet, place your mind into the void, this
> seems to bring wisdom, and yet as in the Bhuddist path, seeking wisdom
> through knowledge is not the way, but contemplating the how's.
>
> I see this reflected in every day life, if one loves doing something one
> should focus on it and think of the hows to be creative, the hows to be
> sensitive in it, the hows to improve and yet not focus on the attainment of
> knowledge for these purposes, but more working with what is present to these
> ends. As all forms some knowledge is required and one should not be afraid
> to learn, yet always being thinking of the how rather than the what or why.
>
> Well my friends I have a request to anyone who can full fill it.  I would
> like to have someone re-affirm the Jing Preservation technique that I'm
> performing is accurate for what you remember or have notes on.
>
> This is how I remember it, stand feet shoulder width a part or slightly more
> and stand with knees slightly bent. Hands hanging to the sides palms facing
> backwards. Bring mind focus on the HUI YIN, the point between the genitals
> and the anus.  When the Qi is felt then bring the Qi up to the solar plexus
> or focus on that path if nothing is felt. When you do this you tighten the
> muscles around your Hui Yin and breath in, bringing your hands into a slight
> fist and then holding for a few seconds and then breathing out. Repeat six
> to nine times?
>
> Please review this and let me know how it compares to what you are
> practising currently, have notes on or remember.
>
> **Bows with hands in yin-yang symbol position**
>
> Namaste my friends.
>
> BTW I've come to learn dantiens don't need to function, they just are.
>