[WAG] Hello All!

[muriel at river-of-jade.com]

Dear All, Good to hear from you Isaac and Cliff.  I was thinking only the
other night that it would be good to be in touch again....  Though as
Isaac said too, I often feel I am back on the mountain whem I do my
practice, and if I want to, can feel the presence of all of you around. I
think the way you described 'collecting the Jing' , Isaac. is more or
less the same as I recall it.  Maybe one slight variation I have is that
I tend to breath inwards and upwards through the Hui Yin (which
compresses/contracts the abdomen)at the same time as tightening the
buttock/perineum muscles and clenching the fists.  I think I also
slightly clench the teeth - but I suspect these might be my own
variations that have just evolved, since I can't see that written in my
notes, but I find for me, it seems to focus the energy in the lower dan
tien.
After three months of practice, I feel this is the most energetically
'tangible' practice I have.  Not only do i feel strong registrations from
the practice itself, but am sure it is changing the energetics in my tai
chi - as if the meditation and the form interplay with each other. Yet I
do not have a sense that my jing is strong.   Possibly a factor of my
age.  But  'something is happening' despite that.   I wonder about the
experiences of others?  It might be interesting to share experiences, 
But there again, possibly the experience is all, and does not need to be
talked about.  I send all of you loving wishes for this Winter Solstice
which marks the emergence of the Yang...... Muriel

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Isaac Freeman"
  To: "QiGong Dragon Sect"
  Subject: [WAG] Hello All!
  Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:42:09 -0800

  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.
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