[WAG] Practice Theory

[Eternal Spring]

The Wayfarer Will to Learn Emptiness once spoke………
 
 
Once in the market a very old man brought a big gourd everyday.
 
He would drink wine all the day long to pass the time.
 
At noontime, he would hang his gourd into the branches; jumping into it he would sleep; jumping out of it at sunset.
 
A man named Fei Chang Feng observed this and thought it was an amazing and marvelous skill.  He asked the old man sincerely to teach him this art, offering him many gifts.
 
The old man ignored him, and gave no answer.
 
A second time Fei Chang came bearing gifts.
 
The old man still gave no answer.
 
After six times of Fei Chang coming and bearing gifts, the old man agreed to teach him his art.
 
“Please come back at midnight when there are no people around, and all is still and quiet,” the old man said.
 
Fei Chang was given instruction and taught this secret method.
 
At once, they both jumped up and flew into the gourd.
 
Fei Chang was taken aback with the grandeur and beauty of what he saw.
 
What a wonderful world this is he thought.
 
He saw colorful clouds, golden temples, large pavilions, and splendid clear streams.
 
He truly never wished to leave.
 
Finally Fei Chang and the old man went into the mountains together, and he made the final attainment.
 
Learning the skill of a man hiding in his own gourd…….
 
~Chuang Tzu
 
Destiny is controlled by an external source.
Why is this so?
 
Because we depend upon the breathing and can not do without it.
 
I have a destiny, because I depend on something else; something outside.
 
You are not the master of your own destiny.
 
Stillness……… a quiet Heart-Mind.
 
Mind follows the example of Earth.
 
Earth follows the example of Heaven.
 
Heaven follows the example of Nature.
 
Follow the superficial pattern of Earth………….
 
During the act of meditation…………
 
Sky is so clear, there is no cloud flowing, looking down it is so quiet, expanding without limit, lucid……..
 
Within it a wave of Qi begins to circulate……….
 
Something in it begins to move……..
 
The Qi begins to move……………
 
Great Voidness……….
 
In the Chaos the boundary between the interior and the exterior disappears……..
 
A Great Harmonious state……..
 
Something up and something down disappears…….