According to Huang Sheng-Shyan, the difference between taiji and other martial arts, is that taiji can ultimately develop jeijin (receiving energy), where yielding, neutralizing and discharging, all happen simultaneously. There is hardly any physical movement, and no mental intention at all, everything happens spontaneously and naturally. The practitioner is in a state of absolute central Read More
Category: Philosophy
You are not your mind
The single most vital step on your journey toward enlightenment is this: learn to disidentify from your mind. Every time you create a gap in the stream of mind, the light of your consciousness grows stronger. One day you may catch yourself smiling at the voice in your head, as you would smile at the Read More
Wang Xiangzhai’s directions in verse for Dachengquan
Extremely subtle and profound, Boxing theory is not to be taken lightly. At the beginning of history martial art was of paramount importance; And it was there that science of learning has its root. Its essence has largely been lost, having been distorted to a sheer absurdity. This Boxing is based on spirit and mind, Read More
Can you be as a newborn babe?
載營魄， 抱一，能無離乎， 專氣致柔， 能嬰兒。 滌除玄覽， 能無疵。 愛民治國， 能無為。 天門開闔， 能為雌。 明白四達， 能無知。 生之、畜之。 生而不有， 為而不恃， 長而不宰， 是謂玄德。 Carrying body and soul and embracing the one, Can you avoid separation? Attending fully and becoming supple, Can you be as a newborn babe? Washing and cleansing the primal vision, Can you be without stain? Loving all men Read More
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