Qigong is an ancient art over 6,000 years old, that builds health in body, mind and spirit. This talk outlines the history of Qigong, its common threads with modern science, how it tunes the body to the rhythms of Nature to cultivate health, and why it is relevant in modern times.
Giftedness: Understanding Everyday Neurobiology for Self-Knowledge
Cosmology of Qigong
1. Separation
The Cosmology
Of Qigong
Discover Optimum Health
Through Nature’s Cycles
A talk by
Jane Barthelemy
MogaDao Institute Teachers’ Lecture Series, 11/21/14
www.MogaDaoInstitute.com
2. Separation
The Cosmology
Of Qigong
Discover Optimum Health
Through Nature’s Cycles
1. Modern society – The Pinnacle of History p. 3
2. Legends and history of Daoism p. 6
3. Earliest known medical book, Huangdi Neijing p. 17
4. 8 Branches of Chinese Medicine p.18
5. History of the I-Ching, DNA and 64 tetrahedron p.19
6. Yin-Yang and the 5-Element System p.27
7. Cycles of the Sun, Moon, Earth, and Planets p. 35
8. Spirals, Quantum Physics, and the Sun’s Orbit p. 43
9. MogaDao Qigong and the Vital Energy of the Cosmos p. 50
10. Returning and Grounding in the Earth p. 59
Table of Contents
3. The Pinnacle of History
Most of us assume that we live at the pinnacle of human history.
Yet we see clear evidence that greater wisdom, advanced medicine,
higher mathematics, scientific knowledge, and enlightened
ways of living have existed for thousand of years.
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4. Oneness vs. Separation
Once upon a time the idea of ‘Oneness’ was all the world knew.
Nature’s cycles guided everything in life. People lived by the rise and
set of the Sun. Our ancestors counted the year from the solstice and
the equinox. Time was defined by the moon phases and the seasons.
In modern times, Oneness has been replaced by a world view in which we
see ourselves as individuals separate from the world around us.
We isolate ourselves, protecting our bodies from the forces of Nature. Yet
these are the very source of our potential and power.
Time has become a linear, digital thought form, instead of a Cosmic cycle.
We are saturated and overwhelmed with electro-magnetic stimuli and
conflicting directives to such an extent that we become numb to the
potential available to us in the Cosmos and in our own bodies.
5. Self Love vs. Self Rejection
Human history is steeped in emotion, positive and negative.
Threads from the past exist in our cellular memories, such as shame,
despair, grief, subtle self-rejection, feeling separate, unworthy,
insecure, competitive, and even violent.
We can heal this with conscious self love,
and by respecting the body as a sacred instrument.
Qigong is Self-Reverence,
the antidote to Self Rejection.
Adam and Eve with the Snake, Paolo Uccello
7. The Legend of PanGu
And the Birth of Yin Yang
As Pangu lifted the sky
and pressed down on
the Earth, his body
grew three meters each
day. The Earth became
massively wide. And
the heaven became an
infinite expanse. Still
Pangu pressed higher
and higher.
Once Upon a Time, according to Chinese mythology, before anything existed, there was
nothing but pure essence, pure potential, in the form of a giant cosmic egg. Pangu, the
primeval man, slept inside the egg. For eons, we have no idea how long, he slept inside
the egg. And then Pangu woke up into a vast darkness. The egg cracked open with a
huge explosion, and the heaven and earth started to split, just like two halves of an egg
crack open. Pangu feared that the Heaven and Earth might collapse into each other, so
he opened his huge hands and lifted up the heaven or Yang Qi with his hands, and
pushed down on the Yin Qi with his powerful legs.
Pangu did this every day for 18,000 years.
When he finished, the Earth was enormous,
and the sky was infinitely vast, and Pangu had
become a colossal giant.
8. Pangu Dies and Creates the Earth
After 18,000 years pushing Yang Qi of Heaven up and the Yin Qi of Earth down, Pangu
died. His left eye became the Sun, and his right eye the Moon. His skin and body
surface became the mountains and valleys of Earth. His body fluids became the
oceans, rivers, lakes, and underground tributaries. His hair and beard became the
plants, grasses and trees. His teeth and bones became mountains, while his essence
became pearls and precious jade. His breath turned into wind and clouds; his shout
became the thunderbolt, his sweat turned into rain drops. And the fleas on his body
were blown by the wind and became human beings, the ancestors of mankind.
9. The Story of Fuxi and NüWa - 4,000 BCE
Legend says the land was swept by a great flood and everyone was killed.
Only Fuxi and his sister Nüwa survived. They lived on Mount Kunlun and
asked for a sign from the Emperor of Heaven to be man and wife. Their
union was approved and they began to procreate the human race.
10. Daoist Shamanic Roots
Fuxi and NuWa c. 4,000 BCE
The roots of Taoism come from ancient shamanic traditions. The Wu, or shamans
were said to communicate with spirits of plants, minerals, and animals. In meditation,
they traveled to distant galaxies, deep into the earth, communing between human
and supernatural realms. These practices were shared in rituals, ceremonies,
and became Internal Alchemy techniques of many lineages.
Fu Xi is said to have invented
the fishing net, the breeding of
silk worms, taming wild
animals, music, and divination
by yarrow stalks.
He showed mankind how to
use fire, and invented
acupuncture needles.
Fu Xi is also credited with
inventing marriage. Previously,
it is said that children knew
only their mothers, and society
was matriarchal.
FuXi also invented Chinese
characters by carving small
pictures and numbers onto
bones and tortoise shells.
11. NüWa, Snake Goddess of Creation
NüWa performed many miracles to save the world for humanity.
When the four cardinal points where out of alignment, NüWa mended
the skies, cut off the legs of a giant turtle to support the cardinal
points. She slew the black dragon to save the land of the Qi, and
stopped the deadly floods. Then she set about creating humanity.
12. NüWa Creates humans after the flood
Nüwa used clay to form human figures, and made them
come alive. When she got tired, she dipped rope in the mud
and swung it sending the drops of mud all over the world.
13. Fuxi is credited with inventing the BaGua, a divination system
of 8 trigrams by which the underlying structure of the universe
could be expressed and understood. The Bagua is the
forerunner to the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching.
Fuxi Divines the Bagua
c. 4,000 BCE
Kun 坤 ☷
Xun 巽 ☴
Li 離 ☲
Dui 兌 ☱
Gen 艮 ☶
Kan 坎 ☵
Zhen 震 ☳
Qian 乾 ☰
14. Heaven
Water
Earth
Fire
The Bagua (8 trigrams)
This is Fuxi’s “Early Heaven” Bagua, or Primordial Bagua. It is an
arrangement of opposites. The symbols stand for transitional
states that are constantly in flux. They were named for images
from Nature and human life. They also represent the cardinal
points of North, South, East, West, and the seasons of the year.
15. Emperor Shen-Nung is said to have taught people agriculture, how to identify plants,
and how to cultivate them to live. He is credited with inventing the plow, the axe,
digging wells, irrigation, preserving stored seeds in boiled horse urine, the weekly
farmers’ market, and the 24 solar terms of the Chinese calendar. He refined
acupuncture, taking pulses, moxibustion, herbology, and is responsible for the
discovery of tea.
To relieve people of suffering, Shennong decided to taste every plant to find herbs with
medicinal effects. Shennong catalogued all plants for use in agriculture and herbology.
According to legend, Shennong had a transparent stomach, and one could clearly see
into his stomach. Unfortunately he lost his life from tasting a poisonous herb.
Emperor Shen-Nung
Inventor of Agriculture 2,700 BCE
16. Huang-di, Yellow Emperor
Huang-di ruled China from 2697 - 2597 BCE. He co-authored the
first known medical book Huang Di Nei Jing, a dialogue with his
physician Qi Bo. Huangdi is also credited with inventing the
Compass, refining the calendar, Chinese characters and medicine.
17. HuangDi Neijing, the First Medical Book
4,500 years old
Throughout history, traditional Chinese medicine flourished. However in the late 1800’s
under British influence, it became a symbol of old backward ways and a source of
embarrassment to modern Chinese people. In 1912 the Kuomintang government
formally adopted modern Western medicine and abolished Chinese medicine, although
it was still practiced in the countryside. In 1942 Mao completely banished Chinese
medicine as a “superstitious and shamanic belief”. Many doctors and Qigong masters
were imprisoned. But in the 1950’s under international pressure, Mao reversed his
stance, reinstating it side by side with Western medicine, but in a simplified form
consisting of only acupuncture and herbs, eliminating the other six branches.
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18. 1. Meditation, Self Cultivation
2. Qigong, Gong Fu, Tai Chi
3. Diet & Nutrition
4. Bodywork, Tui Na
5. Cosmology, Cycles, Ba Gua, I-Ching
6. Feng Shui & Astrology
7. Herbal Medicine
8. Acupuncture
In 2,600 BCE, during the time of the Yellow Emperor, Meditation and Qigong were
considered the two most essential branches of medicine, the most subtle, and
therefore the most powerful, as they arise out of a personal practice. Medical
students were trained in these two branches before studying acupuncture or herbs.
Chinese doctors were paid only as long as their patient enjoyed good health. If a
person became sick, by law the doctor was required to give free treatments until
health was regained. For every patient that died, a red lantern was hung outside
the treatment center to warn others of the doctor’s failure.
There were 3 kinds of doctors:
1. The lowest level doctors treated patients when they were sick, using
acupuncture and herbs, considered the most invasive emergency methods.
2. Advanced doctors diagnosed and treated disease before it manifested physically.
3. The highest level of doctor had no patients and gave no medical treatments.
These great master teachers imparted the Way of the Dao to their students.
The Eight Branches
of Chinese Medicine
Yellow Emperor
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19. King Wen, c 1100 BCE, took FuXi’s 8 trigrams of divination and invented
the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching. He wrote the interpretations of the
I -Ching. Confucius also wrote I-Ching commentaries.
King Wen, Duke of Zhou
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20. The Yijing
The Book of Changes
易經
The 64 Hexagrams
The 64 hexagrams of the I Ching are credited to three sages, Fu Xi, King Wen, and
Confucius. The wisdom of the I Ching can be assimilated through reflection and
meditation. Some say the I-Ching is the most refined form of universal reality that
can be represented in the binary forms of 0’s and 1’s.
52 Keeping Still
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21. Feng Shui Masters used
The I-Ching and Bagua
Feng Shui, the ancient art of harmonizing time and space, was originally
called Kan Yu or "Tao of Heaven and Earth". Feng Shui was used to find
the most auspicious date for rituals, and to find the best location for a
house or a sacred tomb.
The first directional compass was
said to be invented by HuangDi,
the Yellow Emperor c. 2,600 BCE.
It used a “heaven plate” with the
8 BaGua trigram. A lodestone
spoon functions as a natural
magnet that aligns to the Earth’s
magnetic field.
The earliest Feng Shi compass or Luo Pan 羅盤 is said to be invented by
HuangDi, the Yellow Emperor. It is made of many rings relating to Sun, Moon,
stars, date of birth, seasons, 8 trigrams, and the 64 I-Ching hexagrams.
Luo Pan
22. DNA and the I-Ching
Human DNA contains 64 codons (amino acids) that store vast
amounts of genetic information in binary form. The I-Ching has
64 hexagrams based on the binary Yin and Yang lines.
Perhaps the structures of DNA and the I-Ching have a similar
purpose. DNA is used to construct a biological organism, a
living expression of the quantum information fields.
The I-Ching is used to create an awakened being grounded in
the dimensions of consciousness.
23. A Unity between Structure of the Universe,
and Structure of Cells
The I-Ching numeric series is identical to that of a single cell embryo, which
divides into 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64-cells. At the 64-cell blastula stage,
cellular differentiation begins, as the internal and external cells become
separate lineages. Each cell will become a specific tissue, such as the
nervous system, sensory organs, heart, muscles, bones, digestive system.
64-cell blastula embryo2-D Flower of Life
Like the I-Ching 64 hexagrams, the 64 Tetrahedron is considered the
basis of all 3-D physical structure. And the 2D Flower of Life is a flat
version of that universal form.
“The light is not in the body alone,
nor is it only outside the body…
The light flower of Heaven and Earth
fills all the thousand spaces.”
The Secret of the Golden Flower
Lu Tzu, 8th century CE
3-D 64 Tetrahedron
24. Laozi was a philosopher and poet. Lao Tzu is an honorific title meaning ‘Old Master’.
Founder of philosophical Daoism, Lao Tzu worked at the Imperial Palace as Custodian
of the Imperial Archives. After observing the ways of men and the cycles of the world,
he decided to leave the Kingdom, going to the mountains on an ox.
As he reached the Han-Ku pass, the border guard begged him to leave some of his
wisdom for future generations. So he wrote the Tao Te Ching, a series of 81 chapters.
There are over 300 translations of the Tao Te Jing, and it has been translated more
than any other book in human history.
Lao Tzu
606-530 BCE
“He who loves the
world as his body
may be entrusted
with the empire.”
Tao Te Ching #13
25. Teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher, Confucius taught personal and
governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, family loyalty,
ancestor worship, respect of elders, and respect of husbands by their wives.
Confucius 551–479 BCE
“The strength of a
nation derives from the
integrity of the home.”
Confucius
26. Zhuangzi - 370-301 BCE
Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) a consummate, sharp-witted Daoist master,
wrote a collection of anecdotes and stories called the
Zhuangzi, a foundational text of Daoism.
“Where can I find a man
who has forgotten words,
so I can have a word with him?”
Zhuangzi
28. Tao
Ten thousand things
Five Elements
Yin – Yang
The Tao gives birth to Yin Yang, then the Five Elements, and the Ten
Thousand things. These primordial forces represent an unbroken chain of
harmonious vibration and change. Nature’s cycles continue without end.
Layers of Manifestation
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29. These teachings and practices are derived from the practice tradition of MogaDao,
created and founded by Zhenzan Dao. www.mogadao.com.Chart by Jane Barthelemy
Yin Yang
Yin Yang
Beauty
Courage
Risk
Pointed
Precise
Quick
Strong
Active
Expression
Instigator
Doing
Summer
Prescience
Perspicacity (Clarity)
Making commitments
Liberator of suffocation
Mastery of timing and
proportion
Shadow: Arrogance
Dark
Vague
Wisdom
Profundity
Sincerity
Tranquil
Winter
Water
Compassion
Source of manifestation
Destination of return
Frames all existence
and experience
Shadows:
False Modesty
Sentimentality
Earth – Heaven
Love – Emotion
Tranquil – Active
Soul – Spirit
Body – Clothes
Mind – Works of expression
Female – Male
Left – Right
Yin Yang is called Tai chi 太極
meaning “Supreme ultimate”.
Tàijí is the unity from which
everything originates
.
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Cycle of Yin and Yang
Young
Yang
Young
Yin
Yang energy
decreases,
internalizing to
Young Yin
Young Yin energy moves
further inward to
Full Yin
Yin Energy decreases,
becoming
Young Yang
Young Yang
Energy further
intensifies to
Full Yang
The cosmic cycle is demonstrated throughout Nature. We experience it
in the 4 Phases of the Moon, 4 Seasons of the Year, 24 hours of the day,
rotations and orbits of heavenly bodies, life cycles, relationships, moods.
This simple form echoes sacred images of the Christian Cross, the Medicine Wheel,
the Shamanic Four Directions, the Celtic Cross, ancient stone circles, etc…
Full
Yin
Full
Yang
31. The Yungdrung Bön is said to be over 18,000 years old. Tonpa Shenrab
Miwoche, called the first Buddha, was said to have been born in 16,017
BCE in the Zhang Zhung kingdom of western Tibet, or Olmo-lungring.
The Zhang Zhung word Yungdrung means eternal. Bön means practice.
This sacred image represents the origin of the universe, the neutral state.
Tibetan Practices, 16,000 BCE
Yungdrung sacred symbol of the
Eternal EverlastingTruth.
Could this 18,000 year-old
Tibetan tradition be the roots of
the Chinese five elements?
32. 18,000 years ago, Tonpa Shenrab taught three paths to enlightenment:
1. Sutra - the renunciation path
2. Tantra - the transformation path
3. Dzogchen - the self-liberation path
His practices were recorded in the Zhang Zhung language, translated
into Tibetan, and from there they spread to India, Kashmir, and China.
Zhang Zhung
Kunlun Mountain
China
The Roots of Asian Practices?
We can speculate…
If the lowlands were inundated in floods in biblical times 6,000 years
ago, and only the mountains escaped devastation, could all of
Chinese, Indian, Asian, and Native American culture and wisdom
stem from these practices that flourished 18,000 years ago?
Kunlun Mountain of Fuxi and
Nuwa, is in Western Tibet.
The Zhang Zhung Province, is
also in Western Tibet, root of
the YungDrung Bon practice.
India
33. Fire
South
Summer
Heart
Earth
Center
Spleen
Stabilizing
Metal
West
Autumn
Lung
Wood
East
Spring
Liver
Water
North
Winter
Kidney
Early Daoist 5 Five-Element System
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Early writings show 5 elements as the four cardinal directions, with Earth as
a central fulcrum and stabilizing force as the other energies transform.
Fire and Water form a central axis of full Yang and full Yin. Wood and Metal are
transitions between the two extremes. The Fire-Water axis and cycle are found in all
elements (i.e. each element contains yin and yang) and in all cycles of life.
34. Chinese Medicine
The 5 Five-Element System
Heart
Summer
Risking, Manifesting
Shen, Heart-Mind
Mars
Expression/Arrogance
Spleen
Indian Summer
Supporting, Centering
Yi, Intention, thought
Saturn
Worry / Clarity
Kidney
Winter
Accepting, Forgiving
Zhi, Ancestral memory
Mercury
Fear/Generosity
Liver
Spring
Beginnings, Visioning
Hun, Ethereal Soul
Jupiter
Anger / Faith
Fire
Earth
Metal
Lungs
Fall
Reckoning, Discerning
Po, Corporeal Soul
Venus
Grief/Discernment
Water
Wood
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五行
The Five elements are called Wu Xing.
Wu means Five. Xíng means a Phase,
Process, or Agent of change.
36. The Sun
The human body is intimately
connected with the Sun in these ways:
In Daoism the Sun represents the energy of life, the creative Yang,
the Fire element, and the Masculine. The Sun is associated with
Shen / spirit consciousness, the left half of the brain, the Heart,
the Pineal gland, and the Solar Plexus.
• Day & Night
• 24-hour Clock
• Seasons
• Plants & food
•The Sun’s orbit
37. Chinese Medicine
24-Hour Circadian Clock
Harmonizing Habits:
Day
Night
5-7 am – Wake up, Move bowels, Meditate
7-9 am – Sex, Breakfast, Walk, Digest
9-11 am – Work, Best concentration
11 -1 pm – Eat main meal of day, Walk
1-3 pm – Absorb food, Short nap, Work
3 – 5 pm –Work or Study
5-7 pm – Exercise, Light dinner
7-9 pm – Light reading, massage feet
9 -11 pm – Calm Socializing, Flirting, Sex
11-1 am – Go to sleep, Cellular repair
1-3 am – Deep sleep, Detox liver & blood
3-5 am – Deep sleep, Detox lungs
12 midnight
12 noon
1 am
2 am
3 am
4 am
5 am
6 am
7 am
8 am
9 am
10 am
11 am 1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
4 pm
5 pm
6 pm
7 pm
8 pm
9 pm
10 pm
11 pm
Heart
Small
Intestine
Bladder
Kidney
Pericardium
Triple
burnerGall
bladder
Liver
Lung
Large
Intestine
Stomach
Spleen
Clear thinking
Spleen converts
food to Qi
Blood Circulation
High energy
Lunchtime Sort &
Absorb food
Low energy
Nap time
Energy restored.
Liquid waste released
Work & Study
Store Nutrients
Build bone marrow
Suppertime
Protection
Light reading
Self love
Endocrine
& Metabolic
balancing
Getting sleepy
Sleep
Release bile
Cellular repair
Build blood cells
Deep sleep
Detox blood
Rest & recovery
Planning
Deep sleep
Dreams & memory
Detox lungs
Wake up
Release bowels
Meditate
Breakfast
Good concentration
Walk
Fire
Fire
Water
Wood
Metal
Earth
Pie Chart by Jane Barthelemy
38. The Moon
The Moon is Yin, cold, empty. The Moon represents the subconscious
mind, feelings, instincts, intuition, one's emotional nature, one's heart
as opposed to one's head, nurturing, healing.
The Moon Rules the Water Element
It rules the tides, body fluids, cerebral-spinal fluid, kidneys, sexuality, and
bio-rhythms. The Moon influences the intuitive right side of the brain.
The 4 Cycles Of The Moon
1. A New Moon is Yin – It can bring a sense of calmness and balance. It is a time for
rebirth, new beginnings, fresh starts, acceptance. A good time to complete the last
cycle, and prepare for the next.
2. Waxing moon (growing) Young Yang - Excitement of new beginnings, fresh new
growth. Start new projects, plant seeds. Energy levels rise like a crescendo. It may be
easier to focus.
3. Full moon is Yang – Energy is at its peak, a high-energy time of clarity. It is an
opportunity to heal and cultivate, as elevated levels of energy can enhance one’s
state of being. A good time for social activities, creativity, sales
4. Waning moon (decreasing) Young Yin – Energy is being internalized. A good time to
finish projects, cleanse, release unneeded things.
The Moon Rules the Female Cycle. Lunar energy pulls the ocean tides, also effecting
ovulation and menstruation. In ancient times women’s menstruation always occurred
during the full moon. Thus the moon is the spiritual symbol of the female, and the sun is
the symbol of the male. In modern times, the natural female cycle has become
disordered through social and mental activities which disturb this balance.
39. Cosmological Qigong
Earth’s Seasons
Dec. 21
Solstice
Mar. 21
Equinox
June 21
Solstice
Sept 22
Equinox
Spring
Yang
Summer
Yang
Autumn
Yin
Winter
Yin
Feb 3
Cross
Quarter
May 5
Cross
Quarter
Aug 7
Cross
Quarter
Nov 7
Cross
Quarter
July 3
Apsis
Jan 3
Periapsis
Seasons are the result of the Earth’s rotation on it’s axis tilted 23.4°, causing either the North or South
hemisphere to face the Sun. Earth’s distance from the Sun has little effect on seasons. The Apsis, or
point of greatest distance is July 3. The Periapsis January 3 is the point of least distance from the Sun.
Seasons have a huge effect on the Earth and our bodies. We must adjust our
lifestyle and activities to the cycle of Yin Yang for optimum health and longevity.
40. Cosmological Qigong
Earth’s Seasons with Moon
Solstice
Dec. 21
Equinox
Mar. 21
Solstice
June 21
Equinox
Sept 22
Spring
Yang
Summer
Yang
Autumn
Yin
Winter
Yin
Feb 3
Cross
Quarter
May 5
Cross
Quarter
Aug 7
Cross
Quarter
Nov 7
Cross
Quarter
The Moon has 12.4 phases per year. Along with the day, night, and 4
seasons, the Moon’s rotations affect our bodies, especially fluids and
female cycle. These rhythms represent a constant ebb and flow in the body.
41. Chinese Calendar 24 Seasons
with Qigong forms
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Mar 20
May 5
June 21
Aug 7
Sept 22
Nov 7
Dec 21
Feb 3
Yang Time
Yin Time
Yijing 1
Spring-Summer
Transition
Yang
Tonifying
Full Spring
Yijing 2
Summer –Autumn
Transition
Yijing 4
Winter – Spring
Transition
Yang
Tonifying
Full Summer
Yin
Tonifying
Full Autumn
Yijing 3
Autumn – Winter
Transition
Yin
Tonifying
Full Winter
Spring
Wood
Summer
Fire
Autumn
Metal
Winter
Water
Earth
Chinese Names Chinese Meaning Time Period
Astronomical
Start Date Possible Qigong Forms
1 Chun Fen 春 分 Spring Equinox 6 ½ weeks March 20, 2015 Yang Tonifying
2 Li Xia 立 夏 Spring Cross-Quarter 6 ½ weeks May 5, 2015 Yijing 1 Spring - Summer
3 Xia Shi 夏 至 Summer Solstice 6 ½ weeks June 21, 2015 Yang Tonifying
4 Li Qiu 立 秋 Summer Cross-Quarter 6 ½ weeks August 7, 2014 Yijing 2 Summer - Autumn
5 Qiu Fen 秋 分 Autumn Equinox 6 ½ weeks September 22, 2014 Yin Tonifying
6 Li Dong 立 冬 Autumn Cross-Quarter 6 ½ weeks November 7, 2014 Yijing 3 Autumn - Winter
7 Dong Zhi 冬 至 Winter Solstice 6 ½ weeks December 21, 2014 Yin Tonifying
8 Li Chun 立 春 Winter Cross-Quarter 6 ½ weeks February 3, 2015 Yijing 4 Winter - Spring
42. The 5 Five-Element System with Planets
Heart
Summer
Risking, Manifesting
Mars
Spleen
Indian Summer
Supporting, Centering
Saturn
Kidney
Winter
Accepting, Forgiving
Mercury
Liver
Spring
Beginnings, Visioning
Jupiter
Fire
Earth
Metal
Lungs
Fall
Reckoning, Discerning
Venus
Water
Wood
Ancient astronomers noticed five stars that wandered across the sky
independent of the others. The English word planet comes from Greek
“astēr planētēs” which means “wandering star”.
Movements of the planet affect our bodies in more subtle ways than the
Sun and Moon. Examples are Mercury retrograde and Saturn return.
Chart by Jane Barthelemy
These five planets can be seen with the naked eye.
44. Not Flat Orbits
The Universe Moves in Spirals
The spiral is a universal motion.
Our galaxy, Sun, planets, heavenly
bodies, electrons, and atoms are
all forever spinning.
Our Cosmos is constantly
in motion, never ever returning to
the same point in space-time.
Video: Nassim Haramein, Model of Solar system
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex283trHBgE
45. Black Hole Dynamics and Yin Yang
Therefore the black whole is not only infinite
contraction, but also infinite expansion, creating
a feedback loop between two infinities.
A perfectly balanced system. A Yin-Yang.
Nassim Haramein of the Resonance Project observes
there is a black hole at the center of every galaxy.
In the holo-fractographic model of the universe, the black whole is the
fundamental source of creation. The enormous black whole pulls into
a void, creating a central fulcrum for heavenly bodies to stay in orbit.
What keeps everything from collapsing into the black whole?
Since galaxies also spin, hence the outward centrifugal force created by
the curling of space-time is equal to the inward gravitational pull.
46. Does the Sun have an Orbit?
Ancient astronomers noticed every 2,160 years, at the March Equinox
at sunrise, a different constellation appeared. A full cycle of
12 constellations takes 25,920 years. What causes this cycle?
There are 2 possible explanations.
1) Isaac Newton’s lunisolar Wobble?
In 1640, assuming the solar system could not move, Newton explained the Earth’s
changing position by unspecified gravitation forces from the Sun and Moon causing
the Earth to wobble. Scientists are beginning to consider otherwise.
2) The Sun moves in it’s own Orbit?
Another explanation for this cycle would be that the entire solar system could be in
orbit around a companion body. A binary star system means that there are two stars
orbiting around their common center of mass.
80% of the stars in our galaxy have a binary orbit, and many revolve with more than
two stars, called multiple star systems. We know that our galaxy is spinning and
expanding. Now we are discovering our Sun’s place in this.
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47. Ancient Astronomers Saw ‘The Great Year’.
•The Egyptian calendar saw a 25,920 year cycle with 12 sub-cycles of 2,160 each.
•The Hopi calendar says humans have lived in three ages, and are now in the fourth.
•The Chinese calendar refers to the periods time between convulsions of the Earth.
•The first Chinese astronomer to write about the ‘Great Year’ was Yu Xi in 300 CE.
•The Mayan ‘Long Count Calendar’ of 5,125 years represents 1/4 of a Great Year.
•The Hebrews trace the zodiac back through each age in the Psalms of David 19:4-5.
•The ancient Greeks called it the ‘Platonic Great Year’ of 25,920 years in 5 Ages.
•The Hindu calendar counts Yugas or Ages totaling 25,714 years.
The Great Year is the Earth’s
cycle through the galaxy.
80% of the stars in our
galaxy have a binary orbit
48. The Hindu Calendar
Great Year has 4 Yugas,
Golden, Silver, Bronze, and Iron Ages
Ancient Hindu astronomers charted a cycle of four rising Yugas followed
by 4 falling ones. All 8 Yugas represent ‘The Great Year’ of 25,920 years.
When our sun orbits through the galaxy, it is said to bring the Earth
closer to or farther away from the grand galactic center. This is the
center of subtle energy and creative power or spiritual force in the
universe which influences the mental and spiritual level of humanity.
The Earth’s proximity to this galactic center is said to determine the level
of human civilization, health, intelligence and spiritual wisdom.
Declining:
Last Golden Age - 16300 - 6700 BCE
Silver Age - 6700 - 3100 BCE
Bronze Age - 3100 - 700 BCE
Iron Age, Kali Yuga - 700 BC – 498 AD
Expanding:
Iron Age, Kali Yuga - 499 - 1698 AD
We are currently in the
Bronze Age - 1699 - 4100 CE,
a period of expanding electrical,
atomic and finer forces.
Coming Silver Age - 4100 – 7700 CE
Golden Age - 7700 - 12500 CE,
an age of the highest spiritual culture.
Could our lives and cultural memory be so short that we don’t even
know of the existence of higher cultures that came before us?
49. What Does This Mean for Us?
If Shree Yukteswar is right,
it puts history in a whole new perspective.
Swami Sri Yukteswar, author of The
Holy Science and guru to
Paramahansa Yogananda, writes
that we are now living in an
expanding Bronze Age.
(Yukteswar is also single-handedly
responsible for introducing Yoga to
Western culture, sending his disciple
Yogananda to America in 1920.)
• It puts us now in a period of return, when we remember
the old wisdom, and re-design it for a new time and place.
• It would put Tonpa Sherab, the first Buddha in a Golden Age
18,000 years ago, a time of high spirituality.
• It would see FuXi and NuWa as the re-inventors of wisdom in a
Silver Age, 6,000 years ago after the devastating flood.
• It would explain LaoTzu’s exasperation living in a declining age,
retiring to the mountains in the Iron Age.
• It would explain the violent and controlling Roman empire at
the lowest point of the Iron Age.
• It would explain the Middle Ages, or Dark Ages as Kali Yuga,
when humans forgot everything, until the Renaissance.
51. MogaDao Qigong has its roots in Daoist Shamanism over 6,000 years
ago. Qigong is two words. Qi is the vital energy of the body.
Gong means to work, cultivate, or move Qi.
“MogaDao Qigong forms relate to every organ of the zangfu system of
Chinese Medicine. With regard to the soul and to spiritual life, these
forms relate directly to Yin and Yang essences and to all the natural
seasons and the permutations of cosmic energy which inhere also in the
psyche and subtle body of human beings.” ~ Zhenzan Dao
The Roots Qigong
are Thousands of Years Old
These teachings and practices are derived from the practice tradition of MogaDao,
created and founded by Zhenzan Dao. www.mogadao.com
52. Jing, Qi, and Shen
Jing is the fundamental sexual or creative essence of the body, granted to us by
the eternal forces, and given to us at birth by our parents. Jing can be nourished,
increased, and distilled through a balanced lifestyle. It can be squandered and
drained by poor lifestyle, distraction, indiscriminate sexual activity, toxins, refined
foods, sugars, caffeine, and technological media.
Qi is the vital energy that pervades all matter. It motivates and animates all human
life, all action and thought, all healing and transformation. In short, all of life.
Shen, or spiritual energy is dependent on the Jing and Qi for its well-being and
fruition. A Daoist believes that the Shen can be vital only when the physical Jing and
Qi are strong, so that the refinement of the spirit comes through the sacred body.
Qigong Cultivates the 3 Essences
These teachings and practices are derived from the practice tradition of MogaDao,
created and founded by Zhenzan Dao. www.mogadao.com
53. Qigong Tunes the Meridians and Organs
Chinese Medicine has 12 primary meridians or Qi pathways, each one
associated with an organ. There are 8 extraordinary vessels and
365 acupuncture points, each located on a meridian or channel.
Chinese medicine holds that disease is a loss of balance in the body.
Qigong tunes and harmonizes the meridians, organs, and channels to build
health. Thus a regular Qigong practice can optimize health and heal illness.
54. Qigong cultivates and balances the energy body. It creates new neural
pathways, making the senses keen, strong, and flexible at the same time.
Qigong builds Wei Qi, the non-visible energy barrier that protects us from
external pathogens, emotional, climatic, and electro-magnetic invasion.
This conscious barrier can selectively allow specific energies into its field.
Thus Qigong’s effects can increase both sensitivity and strength. The result is
to build vitality, prevent disease, prolong vital life, and cultivate the spirit.
Wei Qi is the ultimate protection, as it is intelligent and conscious.
It works far better than hiding, defensiveness, or pharmaceuticals.
Qigong Tunes the Energetic Systems,
Awakens the Senses,
Strengthens Wei Qi Protection
55. The Body as Energetic Conductor
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho, professor, research
scientist, author of The Rainbow and the
Worm describes a new quantum
understanding of liquid crystalline water
systems in the body – which make up most
of the body structures.
“There is a dynamic, liquid crystalline
continuum of connective tissues and
extracellular matrix linking directly into the
liquid crystalline cytoplasm in the interior of
every single cell in the body.”
Liquid crystallinity gives the body greater
flexibility, exquisite sensitivity, and
responsiveness. This coherent liquid
crystalline continuum has all the qualities of a
‘body consciousness’. The term ‘coherent’
means a state of being whole in which
molecules act in perfectly correlated ways,
with a special thermo-dynamic harmony.
Qi is also “coherent” energy.
James Oschmann, PhD, author of
Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis
sees the entire body matrix as one
interconnected organism, a living
communication matrix analogous to the
nervous system. He says:
"Each fiber of the living matrix, both outside and inside cells and
nuclei, is surrounded by an organized layer of water that can
serve as a separate channel of communication and energy flow.”
James Oschmann, PhD
56. “Qi or Vital Energy is
Double-Helix Water Spinning in the Body”
Dr. Shui-Yin Lo finds that double helix water is especially beneficial
for health, because it “works like a needle in acupuncture”.
Impressive improvements in the meridians based on thermographic
images before and after taking double helix water, suggest that
structured water crystals may be a key to a new view of healing.
Before double helix water After double helix water
Says Dr. Shui-Yin Lo, particle physicist,
acupuncturist, and co-author of the book
Double-Helix Water. He believes spiral water
to be the precursor of double-helix DNA, the
basis of the acupuncture meridians, and the
foundational language of Qigong.
57. MogaDao Qigong
Morning Medical Form
1. Calming the Waters Kidneys Water Fear
2. Opening the Two Worlds Lungs Metal Grief
3. Destiny Bridge Spleen Earth Worry
4. 5 Elements Meets 5 Elements Kidney Water Fear
5. Carry Tiger to the Mountain Spleen, Heart Worry, Joy
6. Phoenix Rising Spleen, Heart Worry, Joy
7. The Beholding (The Greeting) Kidney Fear
8. Yin-Yang Palm Spleen, Liver Worry, Anger
9. Silk Reeling Liver Anger
10. Turning the Taiji Ball Heart Joy
11. Condensing the Taiji Ball Kidney Fear
The original MogaDao Qigong form was created by Master Zhenzan
Dao to be one seamless, flowing form that nourishes all of the organs
of the zangfu system of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
The Morning Medical form became a container for archetypal and
mythopoetical considerations which in his teachings are inseparable
from the practice of medical qigong, setting the comprehensive
standard for the tradition of MogaDao Qigong.
These teachings and practices are derived from the practice tradition of MogaDao,
created and founded by Zhenzan Dao. www.mogadao.com
58. Cosmological Qigong
The Six Standard Forms
of MogaDao Qigong
These teachings and practices are derived from the practice tradition of MogaDao,
created and founded by Zhenzan Dao. www.mogadao.com Image by Jane Barthelemy
Yijing 1
Flourishing
Spring to Summer
6. Heart Beating & Toning (heart)
5. Heaven Going (heart)
4. Spirit Packing (heart
3. Heaven Slicing (heart)
2. Silk Reeling (liver)
1. Spring Root (liver)
Yijing 2
Yielding
Summer to Fall
6. Distilling (lung)
5. Regeneration (lung)
4. Crane (lung)
3. Opening Two Worlds (lung)
2. Arc of Heart (heart/)
1. Pyramid (heart)
Yijing 4
Rousing
Winter to Spring
6. Liver Fist with Curtain (liver)
5. Swimming (liver)
4. Silk Reeling (liver)
3. Five Elements (kidney)
2. Repulse the Monkey (heart)
1. Good Morning (kidney)
Yijing 3
Keeping Still
Fall to Winter
6. Total Storing (kidney)
5. Inner Reaping (kidney)
4. Shamanic Liver Fist (liver)
3. Mendicant (Beggar) (kidney)
2. Autumn Yin Yang Palm(lung)
1. Eternal Winging (lung)
Maximum Yang Stance
Flapping
1. Repression Wood/Liver
2. Warrior Fire/Heart
3. Serving the Plate Earth/Spleen
4. Crane Metal/Lung
5. Straddling the River Water/Kidney
Maximum Yang Stance
Flapping
Yang Tonifying
Maximum Yin Stance
1. Wiping the Pond Wood/Liver
2. Flame Shaping Fire/Heart
3. Walking the Bear Earth/Spleen
4. Eternal Winging Metal/Lung
5. Effortless Rowing Water/Kidney
Maximum Yin Stance
Yin Tonifying“All that upsurges joyously
forgets wisdom in order to
manifest wisdom.” Z.D.
“Fear is fortune if you
are not afraid.” Z.D.
“The field calls gently to
the leaves to slowly make
dust of themselves.” Z.D.
“Winter knows to be still because
the source of innocence will
otherwise be forgotten.” Z.D.
Zhen 51
Jin 35 Kun 2
Gen 52
60. Grounding in The Earth as Home
The Earth corresponds to the human cellular body home, stability,
family, grounding, nurturing, balance.
Daoism sees the human body as one with the Earth. Like Pangu, our
bones are the rocks, representing memory and structure. Our body
fluids, blood and lymph, correspond to the Earth’s lakes, rivers, oceans,
and underground tributaries.
Earth is very unique among planets because it has a much higher
density and stronger magnetic field than all the other planets in our
solar system if compared by size. The Moon also has the same high
density and strong magnetic field. Maybe that means it has more Qi..?
Sunlight (Yang) combines
With nutrients in the Earth
(Yin), which describes our
eco-system in a few words.
Sunlight nourishes plants,
which store energy in
photosynthesis. When we
consume plants (or animals
that have eaten the plants) we
receive this energy in our bodies.
Plants produce oxygen that animals need to breathe, and animals in
turn produce carbon dioxide that is needed by the plants. All life forms
return to the Earth upon death, in an intimate cycle, to be transformed
into nourishment for other life forms.
There is constant flow of nutrients
and minerals through these
liquids that sustains physical life,
and nourishes the Earth.
62. Nature’s Rhythms are Powerful
Qigong builds strength, balance, and awareness in the body.
We can deny the cycles, numb out, and be sick.
Or we can become sensitive and strong.
To experience health, we must harmonize with the cycles and seasons.
Universal energy exists inside our bodies and all around us.
Qigong help us tune into these cosmic energy cycles,
to use them for nourishment and growth.
How can we live with all these swirling cycles, spinning, pulling and
pushing us with emotional energy, historic winds, information–memory
overload, in an electro-magnetic soup, blowing around us and inside us?
63. “Do not feel lonely,
the entire universe is inside you.”
~ Rumi
A Return to a New Reality
There’s a Cosmos in every cell of your body. Our practice
integrates ancient wisdom, medicine, quantum physics,
and the greater cosmos into the sacred body.
64. “The tiny particles
which form the vast universe
are not tiny at all.
Neither is the universe vast.
These are notions of the mind,
which is like a knife,
always chipping away at the Tao,
trying to render it graspable and manageable.
But that which is beyond form is ungraspable,
and that which is beyond knowing
is unmanageable.
There is, however, this consolation:
She who lets go of the knife
will find the Tao at her fingertips.”
Hua Hu Ching
The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu
These teachings and practices are derived from the practice tradition of MogaDao,
created and founded by Zhenzan Dao. www.mogadao.com
65. A talk by Jane Barthelemy
MBA, CBP, CRM, DRM, Author,
Certified MogaDao Morning Medical
Instructor, MogaDao Qigong Guide,
MogaDao Sacred Sexuality Instructor
www.MogaDaoInstitute.com
jane@janeshealthykitchen.com
www.JanesHealthyKitchen.com
The Cosmology of Qigong
Discover Optimum Health Through Nature’s Cycles
MogaDao Institute, Santa Fe NM
Teachers’ Lecture Series 11/21/14
Hinweis der Redaktion
Adam and Eve with the Snake – Paolo Uccello
Adam and Eve with the Snake – Paolo Ucello
Adam and Eve with the Snake – Paolo Uccello
Outline
History of Daoism
Huangdi Neijing, earliest known Medical book and
8 Branches of Chinese Medicine
The 5 Element theory
The I-Ching
I-Ching, Yin Yang and Quantum Physics
Seasons of the Earth & Larger Cycle of 25,920 years
Qigong forms for harmonizing the body to cosmic cycles
Planets and their effect on health
24 hour clock
Microcosmic Orbit
Conclusion – find health by alighning the body to Heaven and Earth
In Chinese mythology, Pan Gu is the primeval man, born of the cosmic egg. One day the egg split open. The top half became the sky and the bottom half the earth. Pan Gu, who emerged from the broken egg, grew ten feet taller every day, just as the sky became ten feet higher and the earth ten feet thicker. After 18,000 years Pan Gu died. Then, like the cosmic egg, he split into a number of parts. His head formed the sun and moon, his blood the rivers and seas, his hair the forests, his sweat the rain, his breath the wind, his voice thunder and, last of all, his fleas became the ancestors of mankind.
Creation of Heaven and Earth by Pangu is the creative myth that was spread in the Orient in ancient times.
Story has it that the heaven and earth were integrated into one body that resembles an egg, with Pangu slept inside. He slept for about 18000 years and then awoke. He found that he was in a vast of dark; therefore, he expanded his huge hands and cut into the darkness. After an explosion, the heaven and earth started to split. He feared that the heaven and earth may come together again, so he held the heaven with his hands and trod his legs on the land. His body grew three meters every day. Consequently, the distance between the heaven and earth became three meters longer every day. Time flies! Another 18000 years passed and now, the heaven became far away from the earth and the earth was now very thick. At the same time, Pangu also grew to a huge man. During this period, the heaven continued ascending and expanding while the earth sinking and thickening until the distance between them was as far as 90,000 kilometers which had reached the extreme. That was the condition of the universe in our eyes at present. Pangu gradually weakened after he separated the heaven and the earth. After he died, his body turned into all the things in the universe. His left eye became the sun and his right eye, the moon. The protruded parts in his body turn out to be high mountains and his blood became rivers. His muscle became the soil field, and his hair and beard became the stars on the sky and grasses on the ground. His teeth and bones turned out to be iron and huge stone while the essence in his body became pearls and precious jade. His breath became the wind and cloud, his shout became the thunderbolt, and the sweat turned out to be the rain. A lot of insects on his body were blown by wind into living human beings. This story was first appeared in Sanwu Liji written by Xu Zheng in the Three Kingdoms Period.
The myth of Pangu was pervasively spread among the southern ethnic minorities long long ago. Both of the Miao and Yao people took Pangu as their ancestors. So far, the Zhuang people are still singing "Song about Pangu Creating the Heaven and Earth". The song goes like this: Pangu split the heaven and the earth, and created the sun, moon and other stars. It is thanks to Pangu that human beings can get brightness... From historical record and oral tales, we can detect the evolution trace of the myth of Pangu in the process of spreading. Pangu split the heaven and the earth, seeded all the things in the universe and turned into the heaven and the earth. He is not only the god that created the world but also the hero who broke darkness and sought brightness. Pangu will forever remain living in the minds of generations after generations of the Chinese people.
Pangu Creates the World
According to Chinese mythology, a giant called Pangu used his own body to create the world. Before creation, Pangu was like an egg yolk inside an egg. After eighteen thousand years, the world began to open. The light air called "Yangqi" flew up and became sky, and the heavy and wet air called "Yinqi" sank down and became earth. When Pangu breathed, his breath became wind. When he cried, his tears became oceans and rivers. After many years, Pangu died, and his head, body, and limbs turned into five famous mountains in China.
He also invented the earliest Chinese characters by carving small pictures and numbers onto bones and tortoise shells.
Fuxi and the Bagua
Fu Xi: Mid 2800s BCE. Was the first of the mythical Three Sovereigns () of ancient China. He is a culture hero reputed to be the inventor of writing, fishing, and trapping. However Cangjie is also said to have invented writing.
Fu Xi was born on the lower-middle reaches of the Yellow River in a place called Chengji (possibly modern Lantian, Shaanxi or Tianshui, Gansu).
According to legend the land was swept by a great flood and only Fuxi and his sister Nüwa survived, leaving all other disappeared and vanished from the surface. They retired to Kunlun Mountain where they prayed for a sign from the Emperor of Heaven. The divine being approved their union and the siblings set about procreating the human race. It was said that in order to speed up the procreation of humans, Fu Xi and Nüwa found an additional way by using clay to create human figures, and with the power divine being entrusted to them, they made the clay figures to come alive. Fu Xi then came to rule over his descendents although reports of his long reign vary between sources from 115 years (BCE 2852-2737) to 116 years (BCE 2952-2836).
He lived for 197 years altogether and died at a place called Chen (modern Huaiyang, Henan) where his mausoleum can still be found and visited as a tourist attraction.
Among the three primogenitors of Hua-Xia civilization, Fu Xi in Huaiyang Country ranks first.
During the time of his predecessor Nüwa (who according to some sources was also his wife and/or sister), society was matriarchal and primitive. Childbirth was seen to be miraculous not requiring the participation of the male and children only knew their mothers. As the reproductive process became better understood ancient Chinese society moved towards a patriarchal system and Fu Xi assumed primary importance.
In the beginning there was as yet no moral or social order. Men knew their mothers only, not their fathers. When hungry, they searched for food; when satisfied, they threw away the remnants. They devoured their food hide and hair, drank the blood, and clad themselves in skins and rushes. Then came Fu Hsi and looked upward and contemplated the images in the heavens, and looked downward and contemplated the occurrences on earth. He united man and wife, regulated the five stages of change, and laid down the laws of humanity. He devised the eight trigrams, in order to gain mastery over the world. – Ban Gu, Baihu tongyi
Fu Hsi taught his subjects to cook, to fish with nets, and to hunt with weapons made of iron. He instituted marriage and offered the first open air sacrifices to heaven. A stone tablet, dated 160 AD shows Fu Hsi with Nüwa.
Traditionally, Fu Hsi is considered the originator of the I Ching (also known as the Yi Jing or Zhou Yi), which work is attributed to his reading of the He Map (or the Yellow River Map). According to this tradition, Fu Hsi had the arrangement of the trigrams () of the I Ching revealed to him supernaturally. This arrangement precedes the compilation of the I Ching during the Zhou dynasty. Fu Hsi is said to have discovered the arrangement in markings on the back of a mythical dragon-horse (sometimes said to be a turtle) that emerged from the river Luo. This discovery is also said to have been the origin of calligraphy (Wikipedia b)
The trigrams of the Bagua were considered to represent cosmic and human situations such as “the Creative”, “the Receptive”. They were associated with images from Nature and human life. They also represented he cardinal points of North, South, East, West, and the seasons of the year.
Shennong 2700 BCE was known as the Emperor of the Five Grains
He is considered to have been one of the "Three Sovereigns") who lived some 5,000 years ago. Shennong is credited with teaching people about agriculture , the invention of the plow, axe, digging wells, irrigation, preserving stored seeds by using boiled horse urine, the weekly farmers’ market, the and the Chinese calendar (especially the division into the 24 or solar terms. He is said to have refined the understanding of taking pulses, acupuncture, moxibustion, herbology., and the discovery of tea.
Everything you eat and drink and when
Any bodily symptoms and the time of day they appear
Your physical activities and how long you do them
Sleep patterns
Digestion and patterns of elimination and urination
Your emotions and when they arise
Intake of drugs, prescription or recreational, alcohol, nicotine products
Mental clarity or lack of clarity
Process previous events. What happens to me is not as important as the meaning I assign to what happens to me. Journaling helps me sort through my experience and be intentional about my interpretation.
Clarify my thinking. Writing in general helps me disentangle my thoughts. Journaling takes it to a new level. Because I am not performing in front of a “live audience,” so to speak, I can really wrestle through the issues.
Understand the context. Life is often happening so quickly I usually have little time to stop and reflect on where I am in the Bigger Story. Journaling helps me to discern the difference between the forest and the trees.
Notice my feelings. I understand feelings aren’t everything, but they also aren’t nothing. The older I get, the more I try to pay attention to them. They are often an early indicator of something brewing.
Connect with my heart. I’m not sure I can really explain this one, but journaling has helped me monitor the condition of my heart. Solomon said “above all else” we are to guard it (see Proverbs 4:23). It’s hard to do that when you lose touch with it.
Record significant lessons. I’m a better student when I am taking notes. Writing things down leads to even deeper understanding and, I hope, wisdom. I want to write down what I learn, so I don’t have to re-learn it later.
Ask important questions. A journal is not merely a repository for the lessons I am learning but also the questions I’m asking. If there’s one thing I have discovered, it’s the quality of my questions determine the quality of my answers.
Confucius
Some say the I-Ching is the most refined view of universal reality that can be represented in the binary forms of 0’s and 1’s. To some extent the binary foundation of every computer has its root in the I-Ching.
Martin Schönberger, in his book The Hidden Key to Life, noted that the 64 Hexagrams ( ) of the I-Ching correspond exactly to the 64 DNA codons, the genetic code of life.
The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism is a book by physicist Fritjof Capra, published in 1975 by Shambhala Publications of Berkeley, California.
This representation corresponds in a number of respects to that of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, as has been noted by several authors (Katya Walter, Tao of Chaos: merging East and West, 1996; Johnson F. Yan, DNA and the I Ching: the Tao of life, 1993; Martin Schonberger, The I Ching and the Genetic Code: the hidden key to life, 1979). Katya Walter has shown that the Fu Xi Earlier Heaven Ho Tu arrangement of the 64 hexagrams can represent the DNA genetic code:
The genetic language consists of nucleotide (DNA) strands (ie.A-T-C-G), which store vast amounts of information (represented mathematically by binary numbers, with countless variation in “0” and “1”) [sim.Sumerian: (me)] within fundamental components, codon sets (paired three letter words; A links with T, C with G). DNA computation (like a computer, which also utilizes binary mathematics) involves the activity of messenger RNA, that decodes, transcribes, and recombines the DNA (“letters into words”), at lightning speed, to formulate codon sets (three letter words), spelling the biochemical language of the 20 amino acids found in all living organisms. Similarly, words in the Hebrew language are based on three letter root words, quite a departure from its mother Akkadian language. ”Death and life are in the language.” (Proverbs 18:21)
“The light is not in the body alone, nor is it only outside the body. Mountains and rivers and the great Earth are lit by the Sun and Moon…
All movements of the spirit are likewise this light… The light flower of Heaven and Earth fills all the thousand spaces.
The 64 Tetrahedron Flower of Life is the basis for 3-D physical structure. the #FlowerofLife is simply a flattened version of what is a 3 dimensional structure. If you put spheres around each of the tetrahedra of a 64 #tetrahedron grid, you get a 3D Flower of Life. "Any 2D version of the #FlowerofLife is simply a flattened version of what is a 3 dimensional structure. If you put spheres around each of the tetrahedra of a 64 #tetrahedron grid, you get a 3D Flower of Life.
Confucius
Outline
History of Daoism
Huangdi Neijing, earliest known Medical book and
8 Branches of Chinese Medicine
The 5 Element theory
The I-Ching
I-Ching, Yin Yang and Quantum Physics
Seasons of the Earth & Larger Cycle of 25,920 years
Qigong forms for harmonizing the body to cosmic cycles
Planets and their effect on health
24 hour clock
Microcosmic Orbit
Conclusion – find health by alighning the body to Heaven and Earth
Tàijí is the unity from which everything originates
Yin
Source of manifestation
Destination of the Return to source
Frames all existence and experience
Wisdom
Profundity
Sincerity
Comparisons
Body – Clothes
Mind – Works of expression
Soul – Spirit
Love – Emotion
Female-Male
Tranquil-Active
Left-Right
Earth-Heaven
Mind
Soul
Shadow: False Modesty, Sentimentality
This simple form echoes sacred images of the Christian Cross, the Shamanic Four Directions, the Medicine Wheel, and the Celtic Cross, ancient stone circles
Shadow: False Modesty, Sentimentality
Kunlun Mountain (China), residence of the Immortals and the site of a peach tree offering immortality
Mount Kailash regarded by Hinduism and several religions in Tibet, e.g. Bön
Kailasa (India), the abode of Shiva, . It is considered a sacred place in four religions: Bön, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche embodied three different paths to enlightenment: Sutra, the renunciation path (Chi Gyu Tsen Nyi Thek Pa); Tantra, the transformation path (Nang San Wa Ngak Kyi Thek Pa); and Dzogchen, the self-liberation path (Sang Wa Sem Chok La Na Me Pei Thek pa).
There are three biographies of Lord Tonpa Shenrab. The earliest and shortest one is known as “Epitome of Aphorisms”; the second is in two volumes and is called “Piercing Eye”. These two accounts were rediscovered as terma in the 10th and 11th centuries respectively. The third and largest is the twelve volume work entitled “The Glorious”. This last book belongs to the category of Bon scriptures known as “oral transmission”, and was dictated to Loden Nyingpo who lived in the 14th century.
The Its transmission was secured by siddhas and scholars who translated texts from the language of Zhang-Zhung into Tibetan.
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THE YUNGDRUNG BÖN SYMBOL
Some students unfamiliar with the Bön tradition, are very surprised and confused about the YungDrung symbol we use. Many western people only know the symbol as evil or negative because of World War II. Recently, one of our Sangha members brought her young son to meditation practice at Sherab Chamma Ling. When he saw the YungDrung symbol he was quite upset and told his mother that the symbol was very bad. At the request of his Mother, I talked to him and explained about the Bön YungDrung and why we use this symbol.
I know there are many translations and ideas of how the YungDrung came into being and many different meanings depending on which religion or organization or person you listen to. Some say it came from Greece, others that it began in India at the time of Buddha Shakamuni, and still many others believe it is the symbol of the Nazi Party from World War II. I would like to share with you a little of what the Tibetan YungDrung Bön tradition teaches and why the symbol is so important to us.
The YungDrung symbol is over 18 thousand years old from the time of Tonpa (Buddha) Shenrab. Tonpa Shenrab was born in the ancient Zhang Zhung kingdom to the west of Tibet, called Olmo-lungring, in 16017 BCE. In the center of Zhang Zhung there is a great mountain which Tonpa Shenrab, using the Zhang Zhung language, named Ribo YungDrung Gutseg. In English it means, the Nine Stacked YungDrung Mountain. It was called "Nine Stacked" because the mountain has what appears like nine stacks or "step-like" formations with a flat or level top to each stack or step.
The English meaning of the Zhang Zhung word YungDrung, is"eternal", or "everlasting", or "original". It means without conception, without judgment. It is the pure, primordial, original mind, body, speech and spirit, which is the origin of the universe, which in turn, is the neutral state. There are two syllables - Yung: means no beginning and Drung: which means no end. That is the literal meaning of the word YungDrung according to the commentary of the textbooks about Bön. It is also the original and pure teachings of Tonpa Shenrab.
In Tibetan culture, various types of energies or Feng Shui, are consulted and used to help determine where and how to build houses, temples, stupas, monasteries, meditation or retreat centers. Tonpa Shenrab, used the energies of the mountain Ribo YungDrung Gutseg, as an inspiration to plan and design all of his teachings around the idea that they would be "eternal" or "everlasting". In the Bön teachings of Tonpa Shenrab, the numbers of three, five and nine are very important as you will see as I explain further.
So, the YungDrung is a very ancient and important symbol in the Bön tradition. It is the symbol of Tonpa Shenrab, his energy and his teachings. All Bön images, both ancient and present day, use the YungDrung symbol. In Tibetan thankas, paintings and statues of Tonpa Shenrab, he is shown with his right hand touching the ground, and in his hand is the Bön sceptre which depicts two YungDrungs joined by a short column. In the Zhang Zhung language, the sceptre is known as a "chagshing" and represents the three methods of teachings. One YungDrung symbolized the Sutra or outer teachings, the other symbolizes the Tantra or inner teachings, and the middle bar represents the Dzogchen or secret teachings. The YungDrung sceptre is held in the right hand of teachers and Masters. Bön Yidams (meditational deities) use the symbol of the YungDrung sceptre as a protection against all negative energies. Many Bön teachers and Masters may hold the YungDrung sceptre when teaching or in rituals, to liberate the negativities and misconceptions of others.
In Indian Buddhism and the Sanskrit language, Bodhisattva is the name for an elightened Buddha figure who serves all beings, or one who is committed to the path of awakening, or a buddha-to-be. In the Bön language of Zhang Zhung, the word YungDrungsemba is used to describe the same kind of being. The actual translation is "courage of the mind".YungDrungsachu means the "path of enlightenment".
YungDrung is also used in the names of monasteries such as:YungDrung Ling and Tashi YungDrung Ling. YungDrung is used as a person's name. My name is YungDrung! Very often the translation and spelling of Tibetan words and names is done incorrectly and that is why we see so many variations of Tibetan words. Everyone spells a little differently. My name has been translated and spelled in several different ways: YongDong, YungDrung, Yongzhong, and so on. But in fact, my name is YungDrung, my lineage is YungDrung Bön, and I was given my name by a YungDrung Bön Master.
In the Bön tradition there are two types of meditation concentrations; one is called the YungDrung or eternal concentration, and the other is called the Namkha or sky concentration. YungDrung is also used in names of Bön deities. YungDrung can also mean the state or realm of enlightenment.
The word is used to mean good luck or good fortune. Tibetans often talk about "auspicious" days to do certain things, or "auspicious" acts to create positive karma or merit. Auspicious just means a favorable time or date. And the word YungDrung also means auspicious. When Tibetans build a new house, they draw a YungDrung symbol for good luck and protection from fires, floods or destruction by any negative spirits. Also, when a Master or high Lama visits a new home or temple, Tibetans draw the YungDrung symbol using rice on the cushion where the Master sat or in front of his table. We believe this again is an auspicious symbol and protects the energy between the teacher and the student. Before the Master or teacher arrives, we draw on the ground in front of the entrace door with rice, or paint the YungDrung - which means welcome.
In a wedding ceremony if the wife is riding a horse, there is a special chair or saddle for her to sit on. On the chair, a YungDrung is drawn which means good luck for the wife. So again, the YungDrung is very auspicious and means very good luck or good intentions and protection from all negative energies. Simply, all positive and good things are represented by the YungDrung.
The YungDrung symbolizes the five directions of the universe. The corners of the symbol are the four directions and the middle or center indicates the structure of the universe (all the energies of the universe).
Many spiritual traditions are based on an understanding of the five elements. In the Tibetan Bön tradition, these are known as space, air, fire, water and earth, and are understood as the underlying energies from which the physical world, our bodies, our emotions and our minds arise. The elements are used in all nine levels of teachings of Bön including Shamanism, Tantra and Dzogchen. The YungDrung also represents the five energies and the five seed symbols and is also a symbol of the antidote to the five emotions.
Buddha Shenrab presented Bön in three successive cycles of teachings:
First CycleNine ways (stages or steps) of practiceSecond CycleFour Bon Portals & Fifth, the TreasuryThird CycleOuter, Inner & Secret PreceptsThe YungDrung symbol represents the second cycle of teachings: the Four Bön Portals (doors), and Fifth, the Treasury. The four corners signify the four portals, and the center stands for the fifth - the Treasury.
The first portal deals with esoteric Tantric practices, the second portal consists of various rituals for purification, the third relates rules for monastic discipline and lay people, the fourth portal instructs on psycho-spiritual exercises such as Dzogchen meditation; and the fifth teaching is called the Treasure and comprises the essential aspects of all four portals.
FIVE DIRECTIONS & ENERGIES OF THE UNIVERSE
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Zhang-ZhungThe first Bön scriptures were translated from the Language of Zhang-Zhung into Tibetan. The works contained in the Bonpo canon as we know it today are written in Tibetan, but a number of them, especially the older ones, retain the titles and at times whole passages in the Language of Zhang-Zhung.Until the 8th century Zhang-Zhung existed as a separate kingdom, comprising the land to the west of the central Tibetan provinces of (dBus) and Tsang (gTsang) and generally known as Western Tibet, extending over a vast area from Gilgit in the west to the lake of Namtsho (gNam-mtsho) in the east and from Khotan in the north to Mustang in the south. The capital was called Khyunglung Ngulkhar (Khyung-lung dngul-mkhar), the 'Silver Palace of Garuda Valley', the ruins of which lie in the upper Sutlej valley south-west of Mt Kailash. Its people spoke a Language classified among the Tibeto-Burmese group of Sino-Tibetan languages.The country was ruled by a dynasty of kings which ended in the 9th century A.D. when the last king, Ligmincha (Lig-min-skya) was assassinated by order of the king of Tibet and Zhang-Zhung militarily annexed by Tibet. Since that time Zhang-Zhung has become gradually Tibetanized and its Language, culture and many of its beliefs have been integrated into the general frame of Tibetan culture. Due to its geographical proximity to the great cultural centres of central Asia such as Gilgit and Khotan, it was through Zhang-Zhung that many religious concepts and ideas reached Tibet.Yungdrung BönBon is Tibet's oldest Spiritual tradition. It includes teachings and practices applicable to all parts of Life, including our relationship with the elemental qualities of nature; our ethical and Moral behavior; the development of Love, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity; and Bon's highest teachings of the Great Perfection, Dzogchen.
Kunlun Mountain (China), residence of the Immortals and the site of a peach tree offering immortality
Mount Kailash regarded by Hinduism and several religions in Tibet, e.g. Bön
Kailasa (India), the abode of Shiva, . It is considered a sacred place in four religions: Bön, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche embodied three different paths to enlightenment: Sutra, the renunciation path (Chi Gyu Tsen Nyi Thek Pa); Tantra, the transformation path (Nang San Wa Ngak Kyi Thek Pa); and Dzogchen, the self-liberation path (Sang Wa Sem Chok La Na Me Pei Thek pa).
There are three biographies of Lord Tonpa Shenrab. The earliest and shortest one is known as “Epitome of Aphorisms”; the second is in two volumes and is called “Piercing Eye”. These two accounts were rediscovered as terma in the 10th and 11th centuries respectively. The third and largest is the twelve volume work entitled “The Glorious”. This last book belongs to the category of Bon scriptures known as “oral transmission”, and was dictated to Loden Nyingpo who lived in the 14th century.
The Its transmission was secured by siddhas and scholars who translated texts from the language of Zhang-Zhung into Tibetan.
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THE YUNGDRUNG BÖN SYMBOL
Some students unfamiliar with the Bön tradition, are very surprised and confused about the YungDrung symbol we use. Many western people only know the symbol as evil or negative because of World War II. Recently, one of our Sangha members brought her young son to meditation practice at Sherab Chamma Ling. When he saw the YungDrung symbol he was quite upset and told his mother that the symbol was very bad. At the request of his Mother, I talked to him and explained about the Bön YungDrung and why we use this symbol.
I know there are many translations and ideas of how the YungDrung came into being and many different meanings depending on which religion or organization or person you listen to. Some say it came from Greece, others that it began in India at the time of Buddha Shakamuni, and still many others believe it is the symbol of the Nazi Party from World War II. I would like to share with you a little of what the Tibetan YungDrung Bön tradition teaches and why the symbol is so important to us.
The YungDrung symbol is over 18 thousand years old from the time of Tonpa (Buddha) Shenrab. Tonpa Shenrab was born in the ancient Zhang Zhung kingdom to the west of Tibet, called Olmo-lungring, in 16017 BCE. In the center of Zhang Zhung there is a great mountain which Tonpa Shenrab, using the Zhang Zhung language, named Ribo YungDrung Gutseg. In English it means, the Nine Stacked YungDrung Mountain. It was called "Nine Stacked" because the mountain has what appears like nine stacks or "step-like" formations with a flat or level top to each stack or step.
The English meaning of the Zhang Zhung word YungDrung, is"eternal", or "everlasting", or "original". It means without conception, without judgment. It is the pure, primordial, original mind, body, speech and spirit, which is the origin of the universe, which in turn, is the neutral state. There are two syllables - Yung: means no beginning and Drung: which means no end. That is the literal meaning of the word YungDrung according to the commentary of the textbooks about Bön. It is also the original and pure teachings of Tonpa Shenrab.
In Tibetan culture, various types of energies or Feng Shui, are consulted and used to help determine where and how to build houses, temples, stupas, monasteries, meditation or retreat centers. Tonpa Shenrab, used the energies of the mountain Ribo YungDrung Gutseg, as an inspiration to plan and design all of his teachings around the idea that they would be "eternal" or "everlasting". In the Bön teachings of Tonpa Shenrab, the numbers of three, five and nine are very important as you will see as I explain further.
So, the YungDrung is a very ancient and important symbol in the Bön tradition. It is the symbol of Tonpa Shenrab, his energy and his teachings. All Bön images, both ancient and present day, use the YungDrung symbol. In Tibetan thankas, paintings and statues of Tonpa Shenrab, he is shown with his right hand touching the ground, and in his hand is the Bön sceptre which depicts two YungDrungs joined by a short column. In the Zhang Zhung language, the sceptre is known as a "chagshing" and represents the three methods of teachings. One YungDrung symbolized the Sutra or outer teachings, the other symbolizes the Tantra or inner teachings, and the middle bar represents the Dzogchen or secret teachings. The YungDrung sceptre is held in the right hand of teachers and Masters. Bön Yidams (meditational deities) use the symbol of the YungDrung sceptre as a protection against all negative energies. Many Bön teachers and Masters may hold the YungDrung sceptre when teaching or in rituals, to liberate the negativities and misconceptions of others.
In Indian Buddhism and the Sanskrit language, Bodhisattva is the name for an elightened Buddha figure who serves all beings, or one who is committed to the path of awakening, or a buddha-to-be. In the Bön language of Zhang Zhung, the word YungDrungsemba is used to describe the same kind of being. The actual translation is "courage of the mind".YungDrungsachu means the "path of enlightenment".
YungDrung is also used in the names of monasteries such as:YungDrung Ling and Tashi YungDrung Ling. YungDrung is used as a person's name. My name is YungDrung! Very often the translation and spelling of Tibetan words and names is done incorrectly and that is why we see so many variations of Tibetan words. Everyone spells a little differently. My name has been translated and spelled in several different ways: YongDong, YungDrung, Yongzhong, and so on. But in fact, my name is YungDrung, my lineage is YungDrung Bön, and I was given my name by a YungDrung Bön Master.
In the Bön tradition there are two types of meditation concentrations; one is called the YungDrung or eternal concentration, and the other is called the Namkha or sky concentration. YungDrung is also used in names of Bön deities. YungDrung can also mean the state or realm of enlightenment.
The word is used to mean good luck or good fortune. Tibetans often talk about "auspicious" days to do certain things, or "auspicious" acts to create positive karma or merit. Auspicious just means a favorable time or date. And the word YungDrung also means auspicious. When Tibetans build a new house, they draw a YungDrung symbol for good luck and protection from fires, floods or destruction by any negative spirits. Also, when a Master or high Lama visits a new home or temple, Tibetans draw the YungDrung symbol using rice on the cushion where the Master sat or in front of his table. We believe this again is an auspicious symbol and protects the energy between the teacher and the student. Before the Master or teacher arrives, we draw on the ground in front of the entrace door with rice, or paint the YungDrung - which means welcome.
In a wedding ceremony if the wife is riding a horse, there is a special chair or saddle for her to sit on. On the chair, a YungDrung is drawn which means good luck for the wife. So again, the YungDrung is very auspicious and means very good luck or good intentions and protection from all negative energies. Simply, all positive and good things are represented by the YungDrung.
The YungDrung symbolizes the five directions of the universe. The corners of the symbol are the four directions and the middle or center indicates the structure of the universe (all the energies of the universe).
Many spiritual traditions are based on an understanding of the five elements. In the Tibetan Bön tradition, these are known as space, air, fire, water and earth, and are understood as the underlying energies from which the physical world, our bodies, our emotions and our minds arise. The elements are used in all nine levels of teachings of Bön including Shamanism, Tantra and Dzogchen. The YungDrung also represents the five energies and the five seed symbols and is also a symbol of the antidote to the five emotions.
Buddha Shenrab presented Bön in three successive cycles of teachings:
First CycleNine ways (stages or steps) of practiceSecond CycleFour Bon Portals & Fifth, the TreasuryThird CycleOuter, Inner & Secret PreceptsThe YungDrung symbol represents the second cycle of teachings: the Four Bön Portals (doors), and Fifth, the Treasury. The four corners signify the four portals, and the center stands for the fifth - the Treasury.
The first portal deals with esoteric Tantric practices, the second portal consists of various rituals for purification, the third relates rules for monastic discipline and lay people, the fourth portal instructs on psycho-spiritual exercises such as Dzogchen meditation; and the fifth teaching is called the Treasure and comprises the essential aspects of all four portals.
FIVE DIRECTIONS & ENERGIES OF THE UNIVERSE
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Zhang-ZhungThe first Bön scriptures were translated from the Language of Zhang-Zhung into Tibetan. The works contained in the Bonpo canon as we know it today are written in Tibetan, but a number of them, especially the older ones, retain the titles and at times whole passages in the Language of Zhang-Zhung.Until the 8th century Zhang-Zhung existed as a separate kingdom, comprising the land to the west of the central Tibetan provinces of (dBus) and Tsang (gTsang) and generally known as Western Tibet, extending over a vast area from Gilgit in the west to the lake of Namtsho (gNam-mtsho) in the east and from Khotan in the north to Mustang in the south. The capital was called Khyunglung Ngulkhar (Khyung-lung dngul-mkhar), the 'Silver Palace of Garuda Valley', the ruins of which lie in the upper Sutlej valley south-west of Mt Kailash. Its people spoke a Language classified among the Tibeto-Burmese group of Sino-Tibetan languages.The country was ruled by a dynasty of kings which ended in the 9th century A.D. when the last king, Ligmincha (Lig-min-skya) was assassinated by order of the king of Tibet and Zhang-Zhung militarily annexed by Tibet. Since that time Zhang-Zhung has become gradually Tibetanized and its Language, culture and many of its beliefs have been integrated into the general frame of Tibetan culture. Due to its geographical proximity to the great cultural centres of central Asia such as Gilgit and Khotan, it was through Zhang-Zhung that many religious concepts and ideas reached Tibet.Yungdrung BönBon is Tibet's oldest Spiritual tradition. It includes teachings and practices applicable to all parts of Life, including our relationship with the elemental qualities of nature; our ethical and Moral behavior; the development of Love, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity; and Bon's highest teachings of the Great Perfection, Dzogchen.
Nurturance, Hope
Expression of Form (Memory)
Profundity, Balance
Transparency, Discernment
Life & death, Understanding,
Wood spiritual Purpose of the Wood Element:
Growth and hope, nourishing original vision; retrieval f original (childhood) gifts. Yin aspect of the purpose: Nurturance
Spiritual purpose of the Fire Element: Expression, passion, power, fruition – full potential, divinity, transformation, consummation.
Yin aspect of the purpose form, (which is memory)
Spiritual purpose of the Earth element: Balance (management of opposing forces), stability, association-connecting, friendship, transition between each seasons (all transitions), maternity, community, the great passage from Yang to Yin, quiet acceptance of eternal patterns.
Yin aspect of the purpose: profundity
Spiritual purpose of the Metal element: Discernment, warriorship, wisdom, treasures, jewels, separation, internal self-reunion, weaponry, refinement, economy of energy, the teacher within, visualization, imagination.
Yin aspect of the Purpose: transparency
Spiritual purpose of the Water element: Life and death and birth, nurturing, eternity, the Dao, haven of the imagination, formlessness, pool of gestation, the unconscious, reverie, effortless flow.
Yin aspect of the Purpose: Understanding
How they affect the human body.
Outline
History of Daoism
Huangdi Neijing, earliest known Medical book and
8 Branches of Chinese Medicine
The 5 Element theory
The I-Ching
I-Ching, Yin Yang and Quantum Physics
Seasons of the Earth & Larger Cycle of 25,920 years
Qigong forms for harmonizing the body to cosmic cycles
Planets and their effect on health
24 hour clock
Microcosmic Orbit
Conclusion – find health by alighning the body to Heaven and Earth
Day/Night, Seasons, Light for food nourishment, 24-hour Cosmological Clock, Ages or cycles
Pie Chart by Jane Barthelemy
Seasons have a huge effect on the Earth and our bodies. We must adjust our lifestyle and activities to the cycle of Yin Yang for optimum health and longevity.
Nurturance, Hope
Expression of Form (Memory)
Profundity, Balance
Transparency, Discernment
Life & death, Understanding,
Wood spiritual Purpose of the Wood Element:
Growth and hope, nourishing original vision; retrieval f original (childhood) gifts. Yin aspect of the purpose: Nurturance
Spiritual purpose of the Fire Element: Expression, passion, power, fruition – full potential, divinity, transformation, consummation.
Yin aspect of the purpose form, (which is memory)
Spiritual purpose of the Earth element: Balance (management of opposing forces), stability, association-connecting, friendship, transition between each seasons (all transitions), maternity, community, the great passage from Yang to Yin, quiet acceptance of eternal patterns.
Yin aspect of the purpose: profundity
Spiritual purpose of the Metal element: Discernment, warriorship, wisdom, treasures, jewels, separation, internal self-reunion, weaponry, refinement, economy of energy, the teacher within, visualization, imagination.
Yin aspect of the Purpose: transparency
Spiritual purpose of the Water element: Life and death and birth, nurturing, eternity, the Dao, haven of the imagination, formlessness, pool of gestation, the unconscious, reverie, effortless flow.
Yin aspect of the Purpose: Understanding
Outline
History of Daoism
Huangdi Neijing, earliest known Medical book and
8 Branches of Chinese Medicine
The 5 Element theory
The I-Ching
I-Ching, Yin Yang and Quantum Physics
Seasons of the Earth & Larger Cycle of 25,920 years
Qigong forms for harmonizing the body to cosmic cycles
Planets and their effect on health
24 hour clock
Microcosmic Orbit
Conclusion – find health by alighning the body to Heaven and Earth
Nuclear physicist Imke Bock-Möbius discovered a symmetry between Qigong and Quantum Physics. In her book Qigong Meets Quantum Physics she says “All things exist only when they arise together with their complementary opposite.
“Since there is no such thing as an isolated particle,
how can there be such a thing as an isolated human being?”
Black Hole Dynamics and The Dual Torus
In the Holofractographic model of the universe the black whole is the fundamental dynamic of space-time which generates all of creation. Yet until spin was accounted for within Einstein’s field equations, a true understanding of the nature and dynamics of black holes was not possible.
In every galaxy that observed, it has been discovered that there is a black hole at the center. And as you can imagine, the forces that are generated by the collapse of space-time towards singularity must be enormous in order to keep billions of stars in orbit.
But galaxies also spin, hence the centrifugal force created by the curling of space-time (space-time torque) which is great enough to spin billions of stars must be equally enormous.
Black Whole Dual-Torus Dynamics
As space-time curves and curls towards singularity, eventually it will be spinning at such an enormous velocity that the resulting centrifugal forces would eventually overcome the gravitational attraction of the singularity.
This would only occur nearer the singularity because the closer you get to singularity the greater the magnitude of space-time torque which produces centrifugal force which would result in an expansions of the space-time manifold.
Therefore the black hole is not only infinite contraction, but infinite expansion as well creating a feedback loop between the two infinities: infinite expansion, and infinite contraction (image right).
As space-time collapses towards singularity at both poles simultaneously, it accelerates in a vortex until the point where the centrifugal forces created overcome the gravitational attraction of the singularity and radiate at the equator of the black hole.
Then eventually the expansion would be overcome by the immense gravitational attraction of the singularity and it would collapse back into itself, in an infinite feedback.
A perfectly balanced system.
The Egyptian calendar saw a 25,920 year cycle with 12 sub-cycles of 2,160 each. The Hopi calendar says humans have lived in three ages, and we are now in the fourth. The Chinese calendar refers to the periods time between convulsions of the Earth. The first Chinese astronomer to write about the ‘Great Year’ was Yu Xi in 300 CE. The Mayan ‘Long Count Calendar’ of 5,125 years represents 1/4 of a Great Year. The Hebrews trace the zodiac back through each age in the Psalms of David 19:4-5. The ancient Greeks called it the ‘Platonic Great Year’ of 25,920 years in 5 Ages. The Hindu calendar counts Yugas or Ages totaling 25,714 years.
We are here
Expanding Bronze Age.
Keep on Truckin’!
What Does This Mean?
Outline
History of Daoism
Huangdi Neijing, earliest known Medical book and
8 Branches of Chinese Medicine
The 5 Element theory
The I-Ching
I-Ching, Yin Yang and Quantum Physics
Seasons of the Earth & Larger Cycle of 25,920 years
Qigong forms for harmonizing the body to cosmic cycles
Planets and their effect on health
24 hour clock
Microcosmic Orbit
Conclusion – find health by alighning the body to Heaven and Earth
History of Qigong
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History of Qigong
There is a dynamic, liquid crystalline continuum of connective tissues and extracellular matrix linking directly into the equally liquid crystalline cytoplasm in the interior of every single cell in the body (see Ho, 1997; Ho, 1998). Liquid crystallinity gives organisms their characteristic flexibility, exquisite sensitivity and responsiveness, thus optimizing the rapid, noiseless intercommunication that enables the organism to function as a coherent, coordinated whole. In addition, the liquid crystalline continuum provides subtle electrical interconnections which are sensitive to changes in pressure, pH and other physicochemical conditions; in other words, it is also able to register ‘tissue memory’. Thus, the liquid crystalline continuum possesses all the qualities of a ‘body consciousness’ that may indeed be sensitive to all forms of subtle energy medicines including acupuncture. (Mae Wan Ho)
Before
After
Calming the Waters Kidneys Water Fear
Opening the Two Worlds Lungs Metal Grief
Destiny Bridge Spleen Earth Worry
5 Elements Meets 5 Elements Kidney Water Fear
Carry Tiger to the Mountain Spleen, Heart Worry, Joy
Phoenix Rising Spleen, Heart Worry, Joy
The Beholding (The Greeting) Kidney Fear
Yin-Yang Palm Spleen, Liver Worry, Anger
Silk Reeling Liver Anger
Turning the Taiji Ball Heart Joy
Condensing the Taiji Ball Kidney Fear
Outline
History of Daoism
Huangdi Neijing, earliest known Medical book and
8 Branches of Chinese Medicine
The 5 Element theory
The I-Ching
I-Ching, Yin Yang and Quantum Physics
Seasons of the Earth & Larger Cycle of 25,920 years
Qigong forms for harmonizing the body to cosmic cycles
Planets and their effect on health
24 hour clock
Microcosmic Orbit
Conclusion – find health by alighning the body to Heaven and Earth