Cosmic Breathing: Question-Answer 8 -- Part 2
Cosmic Breathing: Question-Answer 8 -- Part 2:
Cosmic Breathing: Question-Answer 8 -- Part 2:
(Continued from Part 1)
Of course, fundamental techniques and skills of performing the techniques well, like standing upright, being relaxed and not thinking of anything, are very important. Without these fundamental techniques and skills we cannot attain Small Universe or Cosmic Breathing. We cannot even generate an energy flow, which is fundamental, which means necessary to attain any other skills.
The core technique is also the same. It is dan tian breathing. In other words, irrespective of whether we perform Small Universe, or Cosmic Breathing, we use dan tian breathing, or we let our dan tian rise and fall.
But the core skill is different. In Small Universe, we let energy flow round continuously along our rem and du meridians. In Cosmic Breathing we let energy exchange between our dan tian and the Cosmos.
It is helpful to realise that differentiating between skills and techniques is our innovation, which gives us a lot of benefits and makes us very cost-effective. Most other practitioners, including masters, in the past or at present, do not make this differentiation. It is also helpful to realise that the terms “skills” and “techniques” are for our convenience and better understanding.
Sometimes there may be overlapping. Sometimes it may not be easy to tell whether what we do is a skill or a technique. For example, is standing upright a skill or a technique?
We normally refer to it as a technique, as opposed to sitting down or moving about. But how well se stand upright is a skill. Many other practitioner thinks that they stand upright when they lean backward.
Strictly speaking, and this may come as a surprise to many people, including instructors and students in our school, the technique that best facilitates a progression from Cosmic Breathing to Merging with the Cosmos, is standing upright and be perfectly relaxed.
This is the technique we use when our instructors and students merge with the Cosmos and attain a life-changing spiritual awakening. We do not lie down, sit on a chair, or move about. We also do not tense our muscles or think of countless thoughts. But more important than the technique is the skill — the skill of merging with the Cosmos.
To accomplish the skill of merging with the Cosmos, a lot of internal force is needed to break through the illusory body. Hence of the three arts mentioned —
Shaolin Sinew Metamorphosis, Taoist Small Universe and Medical Big Universe — the art that is most effective to facilitate a progression from Cosmic Breathing to Merging with the Cosmos is Shaolin Sinew Metamorphosis. This is because Sinew Metamorphosis produces the great internal force to break through the illusory body.
Here is a good example of overlapping between skills and techniques or of the difficulty of stating whether Shaolin Sinew Metamorphosis, Taoist Small Universe and Medical Big Universe should be referred to as skills or techniques.
In saying that Sinew Metamorphosis is the most effective in merging with the Cosmos, we refer to the techniques in performing Sinew Metamorphosis compared to the techniques of performing Small Universe or Medical Big Universe, with the presumption that we have reasonable skills to perform them well. If all other things were equal, including the skills of perform the arts well, the force generated from Sinew Metamorphosis will be greater than the force generated from Small Universe or Medical Big Universe. This greatest force generated from Sinew Metamorphosis will enable practitioners after they have pulsated with the Cosmos in Cosmic Breathing to be most effective in applying the skills of Merging with the Cosmos.
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Of course, fundamental techniques and skills of performing the techniques well, like standing upright, being relaxed and not thinking of anything, are very important. Without these fundamental techniques and skills we cannot attain Small Universe or Cosmic Breathing. We cannot even generate an energy flow, which is fundamental, which means necessary to attain any other skills.
The core technique is also the same. It is dan tian breathing. In other words, irrespective of whether we perform Small Universe, or Cosmic Breathing, we use dan tian breathing, or we let our dan tian rise and fall.
But the core skill is different. In Small Universe, we let energy flow round continuously along our rem and du meridians. In Cosmic Breathing we let energy exchange between our dan tian and the Cosmos.
It is helpful to realise that differentiating between skills and techniques is our innovation, which gives us a lot of benefits and makes us very cost-effective. Most other practitioners, including masters, in the past or at present, do not make this differentiation. It is also helpful to realise that the terms “skills” and “techniques” are for our convenience and better understanding.
Sometimes there may be overlapping. Sometimes it may not be easy to tell whether what we do is a skill or a technique. For example, is standing upright a skill or a technique?
We normally refer to it as a technique, as opposed to sitting down or moving about. But how well se stand upright is a skill. Many other practitioner thinks that they stand upright when they lean backward.
Strictly speaking, and this may come as a surprise to many people, including instructors and students in our school, the technique that best facilitates a progression from Cosmic Breathing to Merging with the Cosmos, is standing upright and be perfectly relaxed.
This is the technique we use when our instructors and students merge with the Cosmos and attain a life-changing spiritual awakening. We do not lie down, sit on a chair, or move about. We also do not tense our muscles or think of countless thoughts. But more important than the technique is the skill — the skill of merging with the Cosmos.
To accomplish the skill of merging with the Cosmos, a lot of internal force is needed to break through the illusory body. Hence of the three arts mentioned —
Shaolin Sinew Metamorphosis, Taoist Small Universe and Medical Big Universe — the art that is most effective to facilitate a progression from Cosmic Breathing to Merging with the Cosmos is Shaolin Sinew Metamorphosis. This is because Sinew Metamorphosis produces the great internal force to break through the illusory body.
Here is a good example of overlapping between skills and techniques or of the difficulty of stating whether Shaolin Sinew Metamorphosis, Taoist Small Universe and Medical Big Universe should be referred to as skills or techniques.
In saying that Sinew Metamorphosis is the most effective in merging with the Cosmos, we refer to the techniques in performing Sinew Metamorphosis compared to the techniques of performing Small Universe or Medical Big Universe, with the presumption that we have reasonable skills to perform them well. If all other things were equal, including the skills of perform the arts well, the force generated from Sinew Metamorphosis will be greater than the force generated from Small Universe or Medical Big Universe. This greatest force generated from Sinew Metamorphosis will enable practitioners after they have pulsated with the Cosmos in Cosmic Breathing to be most effective in applying the skills of Merging with the Cosmos.
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