Hello Everyone,
Welcome to summertime. I hope you are safe and doing well amidst all the commotion being dished up by the earth, society and the heavens. It will all pass … to the better. So, please hang in there. Together, we can all make a positive difference.
To mark the turning of the seasons, we have posted another segment on the Sādhana (spiritual practice) pages. Titled, “Integration 1 - Connect to the Earth.” You can click on this link or the title of this post just above to get to the full details which include pictures and a fabulous quote from the Zhuangzi, an ancient Chinese Daoist text. The article also introduces you to the TWO FUNDAMENTAL qigong practices that must be incorporated into any style of spiritual work if there is to be a hope for genuine and lasting progress. This is a bold statement but true.
All spiritual paths have their own versions of these two practices. It’s just that the Daoists have clarified them the best and once you understand their perspective—and some modern physics—it all makes sense. You can do a web search but essentially you are a TORUS (energy field). Now, this has special properties, which correlate cleanly to time-honored spiritual practices.
As a thumbnail sketch: a torus is like a sphere which has energy coursing out from it but also back and down the center—very similar to the central channel in a human. So, if you learn to facilitate this flow pattern and pump up the sphere’s field you get the beginnings of a portal to higher dimensions.
Thousands and thousands of years ago, the sages were basically doing just this. The two key Daoist practices related to this first stage of enhancing the torus energy field are called: Sinking Qi (the flow of energy through the torus runs from way above [heaven] to way below [earth] the sphere) and Expanding Qi (in Chinese, it’s called Peng) which relates to sending qi OUT from the central core in ALL directions. This nicely matches strengthening the sphere itself.
And there you have it. The essence of REAL spiritual practice—something that WILL take you to the next level. Have a good time reading the web page and researching the whole topic further … and then happy practicing! Esoterically, this summer and on into next year is STILL a GREAT TIME for spiritual progress. Despite all the gremlins and goblins, LIGHT still abounds in this world. You just need to catch the scent and go with it. You can!
MORE NEWS
A planned series of online webinars and classes will introduce the basics of Vedic astrology and their related qigong remedies for health, success and spiritual growth. The topics covered will be ground-breaking as they weave together a marvelous tapestry of yoga, energy medicine and Jyotish. The presentations are slated to begin later this summer. Dates and details to be posted soon. Spread the word!
P.S. If you like this post, do tell others about these web pages or share a link on social media. You can do your part to help to get the word out—we are more than puppets and lackeys of bad karma and a difficult world—we are spiritual beams of truth and goodness and have the tools to make it so. Thanks. Happy summer!