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Meditation for Healing
‘A candle does not flicker in a windless spot.’ This is a description of the state of mind when there are no disturbances to alter its innate brilliance and steadiness. It is the same as saying: ‘When the wind subsides, there are no waves, and the surface of the water is smooth and serene.’
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The attitude-of-no-attitude is best. Meditation should always be kept positive, for reasons mentioned in the section on ‘Danger in Meditation’ in the appendix.
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Mere wishful thinking or a positive attitude will avail nothing; the meditator should choose the proper tools and use them correctly, hence the detailed instructions.
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When other Buddhist philosophies speak of ‘mind only,’ it is close to what we think of as ‘nothing but spirit.’ However, Zen warns us against indulging in conceptions, and rigid phrases do build conceptual images.
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MEDITATION UNCOVERS JOY!
AND JOY IS THE GREATEST HEALER
AT THE CENTER OF OUR BEING IS JOY;
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS ALLOW IT TO SHINE THRU.
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Greetings, I want to congratulate you on beginning your study of T’ai Chi Chih. The benefits may be greater than you expect if you practice.
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All the movements in T’ai Chi Chih are soft and relaxed, and yet you have the feeling that you’re swimming through very heavy air.
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Try to softly flow though very heavy air with no effort.
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The top of the body is straight up and down as though suspended from the ceiling.
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As you do T’ai Chi Chih your concentration is in the soles of your feet, which are called the Hseuh in Chinese, meaning the Bubbling Spring.
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Nothing could be more important than storing the Chi below the navel and in the bones of the body.
Gateway to Eastern Philosophy & Religion
I’m going to break apart some of the mantras and tell you their meaning. Remember, mantras were not invented. The most familiar way of using a mantra is the repetition of the name of God.
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When the mind becomes one pointed (ekagrata is the word in Sanskrit), it goes on to become no pointed. Once it becomes one pointed then no pointed (those of you know who’ve done deep meditation), the world disappears.
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Shinran was a very great spiritual man. Shinran said, “Unhindered space, like the light cloud, free from all impediments, none is there unblessed by the light. Take refuge in the Inconceivable One.” Of course, that could be Christianity, couldn’t it?
Heightened Awareness
It may seem strange to those who do not comprehend, but as one progresses, he begins to live more and more intuitively.
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The version of the Great Circle Meditation to be taught here is a simplified one and slightly different from what I have taught in other books.
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No Matter
How Small
A Drop of Water
It Reflects
The Entire Moon
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Being aware is sentience. Plants probably have it in a muted form; in rocks it is mostly latent. Yet the hills are vibrant with life and the trees seem to sing the Glory of Creation. In truth there is nothing that is not alive, pointing to One Life and One Essence. Underneath the rhythmic sounds of the Indian music, we have one unchanging note droning on. As we attain a heightened awareness, perhaps the music of the spheres will be heard, and the earth will be felt to turn gently on its axis. The rain will bring with it hints of things to come as renewed life bursts into bloom. What a glorious outlook we may share!
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The first thing I want you to do when you get this book is to WATCH YOUR POSTURE and frequently determine your STATE OF MIND.
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Zen says: When the horse in Szechwan catches cold, the cow in Hunan sneezes.”
T’ai Chi Chih Photo Text
If you will remember to think of yourself as moving slow motion in a dream or slowly swimming through very heavy air, yet without exertion, you will get the idea how to move.
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The Chinese say, “You cannot appease the hunger by reading the menu!” It is only through practice that you get rich rewards.
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However, it is all important that T’ai Chi Chih be done softly, without effort – what we call “the effort of no effort.”
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Truly the aim is “Joy thru Movement,” and such movement is easy.
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If enough people do T’ai Chi Chih, we might even have peace and love in the world.
Abandon Hope
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Those who have to have a “rational” explanation for every event will never know such experiences and never know the contentment that such devotion can bring.
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Do Not Push
It will come of its own accord
If it is meant to come at all
How we struggle to manipulate
That which cannot be manipulated
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Coincidence? Two coincidences? It seems to me I had become one of Mother’s children in spite of myself, and that guidance has never left me since then.
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This Suffering is not merely the “pain” in the pleasure-pain syndrome; the Buddha said that, in the long run, pleasure, too, is Suffering.
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Where there is sincere, heartfelt belief, such devotion cultures the heart and completely changes the character of the believer.
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Abandon the past and the future, live fully in the “Now” with no hope of anything, and the “Now” reveals itself, containing in itself both the past and the future. This is true renunciation, and this is Ananada, Joy, the Bliss of what is, not the hope of what might be.
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PLEASURE IS REACTION; JOY IS WITHOUT CAUSE.
20 November 1916 – 28 March 2012
“Thank you for your life.”
“If you live with gratitude and express the gratitude, you can’t be unhappy . . . If you’re looking for a good life, be grateful.” – Justin, The Play Within the Play
oh
restless
saffron monk;
just what do you
hope to gain?
you must
die!
– Justin Stone, from Climb the Joyous Mountain
How to enter ever,
Opening
Arms
To Sky
With inbreathflow
Receiving
Lightly
lower arms
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