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Greetings
We have just returned from two
profound meditation retreats at Worth School,
Sussex. These were the Return Journey and the
Internal Alchemy Retreats. For those of us
attending it was another opportunity to receive the
Transmission of these powerful teachings and to be led
into a timeless state of meditation and
connection.
Many of us would agree that there can
be no more important work for us as human beings than
to focus on realizing our original natural
state of energy, vibrancy and health.
Originally child- like, supple, resilient and full of
light by the time we have reached adulthood we are well
deviated from our original state. Often full of
shadowy, smokey energy, and messed up
information we find ourselves held
back unable to realise our true
potential. The  Return Journey Meditation
reminds us that though we may employ many practices
of diligent body work and be very
flexible and strong, we will always need to take
care, as this is not complete of itself. If we
cultivate the form of the body (or Jing) it is not as
good as cultivating the Qi. If we cultivate the
airy or Qi nature, our body is quickly
taken care of. To cultivate the Shen or Body
light, is to draw back our scattered
energy, to make it gather and
center and we will be well
safeguarded. Our inner energy and information will
be reconfigured.
The Return Journey is one such
practice to cultivate the Body Light and to connect us
to the Dao-which is the Infinite cosmic
presence. Zhixing reminds us to meditate on the
Light nature of the body, which is its essential nature
anyway.
"As in nature, we know that the bright sun
is just beyond the clouds".
We need to remind ourselves of
this.
The Return Journey symbol at the top of the
newsletter is a code to help us to connect
to the practice.
The Internal
Alchemy focuses on opening certain energy channels and
also on centering the energy within the body
cavities. The inner alchemical state is more like
electricity, or a magnetic sense of the Qi. We
experience a sense of Light radiation as the inner
cavities open up, and the body becomes supple and
juicy. Again we are much more in touch
with our original state. A closely guarded secret
of the ancient masters this practice is renowned for its
rejuvenating effect.
The Dantian meditation DVD is one tool which we can
use to help us to connect to this
state.
For those of us who are practicing
these Hua Gong meditations, traditionally a very good
time to concentrate the energy is between 11pm and
1am. As Zhixing and many of us
students also meditate then, it is
indeed a good time to turn our thoughts in
this direction...
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The Wisdom of the Dao De Jing..
The WAY is shaped by use, but then the
shape is lost
Do not hold fast to shapes
But let sensations flow into the world
as a river courses down to the sea.....
Lao Tsu
The Fundamental
Hua
Gong Weekend London
Dates:September 4/5, October 2/3,
November 6/7, December
4/5.
Internal
Alchemy Training Friday evening
(London)
The
Internal Alchemy meditation training with Zhixing
continues in 2010 on a Friday evening before the London
weekend.
Dates:September 3,
Please note this date has been
cancelled.
October 1, November 5, December 3.
Times:
Class 1: 7.00pm-8.30pm
Venue:
to be confirmed.
This
is an opportunity not only for those who have already
taken the retreat but also for new students to learn
this ancient and powerful practice. It is
important to email if you wish to join as
spaces are limited.
The Cloudy Dragon September
9-17
The Dragon is known for its mysteriousness and
invisibility and much of the information relating
to this Gong necessarily has to remain hidden
until the transmission is experienced. Students
will be asked to maintain this mystery element to it so
as not to influence future students experience of taking
this course.
Also It may not be repeated again for a
number of years.
Attendance at this retreat is limited to those
who have practiced the 5 Animals and the Turtle &
Snake.
Ther are still some spaces available, so please get
in touch if you wish to
attend. .
Devon
Weekends (Dartington)
Nov
18/19/20/21
July
23/24/25
Retreat dates
2010
Oct
28-Nov 3 5 Animals Devon
November
8-14 Turtle & Snake (St Katherine's
Parmoor)
Your Journey
in Hua Gong
Barbara
Richter, a long time practitioner
is compiling a journal of student's
experiences with Hua Gong, to be handed to Zhixing and
Zhendi at the end of this year. This could be
about your overall experience or any experience
pertaining to a class, retreat or
meditation.
Resources
to assist us in our practice
Please
contact the office if you would like more
information.
Information
Tea
Green
Teas
Last
but not least we have extremely high quality precious
teas available .All of these teas are *First Flush^ and
contain strong lifeforce. These include the precious Bi
Luo Chun, Iron Guan Yin and Dragons Well.
We
also have Puer tea available this
month It
is
not easy to source such quality even in China, and all
have specific physiological and energetic
effects..
Please
email if you would like further information and
stay in touch
Chinese Heritage
Institute
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Please let us know if we can be of assistance, if
you have any questions, please contact Catherine
today on 0845 055 3666
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