Tao Te Ching
verse 16
Empty yourself of everything.
Let the mind become still.
The ten thousand things rise and fall while the self watches their return.
They grow and flourish and then return to the source.
Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.
The way of nature is unchanging.
Knowing constancy is insight.
Not knowing constancy leads to disaster.
Knowing constancy, the mind is open.
With an open mind, you will be openhearted.
Being openhearted, you will act royally.
Being royal, you will attain the divine.
Being divine, you will be one with the Tao.
Being at one with the Tao is eternal.
And though the body dies, the Tao will never pass away.
– Gia-Fu Feng, Jane English, Toinette Lippe / Lao Tsu
Meditation
Practice: The three-dantien meditation.
Upper dantien – mental – thoughts leave the head.
Middle dantien – emotional – emotions come to rest, the heart opens.
Lower dantien – physical – the body relaxes.
Advice: practice in each moment to bring body and mind back into balance.
Audio recording: click here
Alchemical Qigong
Practice: 1. Return to spring, and 6. Swimming dragon
Advice: 3 – 6 – 9 repetitions at a time, discover the appropriate breathing.
Video’s
Alchemical Qigong video’s zijn te vinden op het Lotusbloemen blog: klik hier