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How do we transfer our chi kung or kungfu practice to enrich our daily life?
"Then how could chi kung overcome diseases where the cause is unknown or when there is no cure? The question is actually incorrect. The expressions "the cause is unknown" and "there is no cure" are applicable only in the Western medical paradigm. The expressions no longer hold true in the chi kung paradigm. In the chi kung paradigm the cause is known, and there is a cure."
Family
Spiritual
Work
Sports/Physical Activities
Creativity
Education
Social Life
Health
Finance
Problem Solving
These are interesting topics!
I'd like to start with "Problem Solving". I have my 'favourite' and 'neutral' patterns (this includes sequences and sets etc) that I practice. The difference between these two categories is that I don't have to think at all with the 'favourite' ones (the chi just flows), and for the 'neutral' ones there is a measure of awkwardness or hesitation that is still present. Some of the training time is spent on gently working with 'neutral' patterns so that they graduate over to the 'favourite' category. This transition takes time and consistent training. If I were to change neutral pattern A for neutral pattern B on Day 2, and then neutral pattern B for neutral pattern C on Day 3, and neutral pattern D on Day 4 for neutral pattern E, and so on and so forth, then it would take a long time for neutral pattern A to become favourite pattern A. I have come to realize that working on neutral pattern A for short periods every day until it has made the transition to favourite pattern A is actually more expedient than jumping hastily on to B, C, or D and not achieving excellence with any.
I should mention that this is a personal thing, and I expect other practitioners will have other ways of going about their training very successfully. But I hope that the above example illustrates how I came to experience that 'training one thing at a time' is a way of 'starting later, arriving earlier', and more pertinently, a way of solving a given 'problem'.
In life, I have learnt to take the same principle and apply it. If there is a 'problem' that I wish to solve, after careful consideration, I may choose to apply a given method. I will carry out that method to the end to see if it has worked or not. If it hasn't, then I may switch to another method. But generally, I try to stick to the first method until it has been completed so that I can make a fair assessment as to whether or not it worked to solve the problem.
A simple example would be trying to arrive at Yonge and Bloor (a major intersection in Toronto city) at an earlier time so that I can be ready and prepared for an appointment at 6pm. So that would be the 'problem'. I might research what methods of transportation there are and calculate roughly that going by car during rush hour is slower than going by the TTC subway. So I might take the subway and discover that I do arrive earlier, but that I don't feel 'ready' or 'prepared' for the appointment because of the 'sardine-like' crowdedness on the train. Having implemented the method and ascertained that it does not produce the desired result, I would consider driving by car even earlier to avoid the rush hour, sit in a nice cafe and have a tea, and then walk the short stretch to arrive at the appointment 'ready' and 'prepared' at 5:45pm.
The success of this outing would form the basis for other calculations for trips to the nearby area. It would also form an extended foundation for calculations for trips to areas that are further away, i.e. driving by car much earlier to have the time to be at a venue in advance is a good way to be 'ready' and 'prepared' (part of the Shaolin principle of Four Preparations!).
Thanks again for starting the thread, Mark. Looking forward to posting again, and to reading what others have to say!
Dear Mark,
thank you for starting this thread. This is a very important topic for me.
When i started practicing our shaolin arts, I had my training times twice a day. And the rest of the day was my "normal life".
After each training session I felt very good and energetic, but soon after training I changed into my old habits and mindset.
So during this time I missed out on the experience that my practice can enhance my daily life.
Later on, my life became very busy. I had less time for training and was very sad about it.
I remembered my Sifus words about being mindful in our daily life, observing ourselves and relaxing whenever we feel we are tensed.
Because i had not much time for regular training sessions, I started to transfer my training into my daily life.
I tried to focus on being mindful to myself and others, opened my heart and relaxed my body and mind when i felt tensed.
When life went busy, I tried to stay focused on the moment without worrying and without intellectualizing.
I tried to change my mindset by thinking positive most of the time, tried to be mindfull and compassionate to others and keeping my ego low.
Of course acting by our shaolin laws was also important.
Unfortunately i often failed and went back to old habits.
Later i figured out, that with regular force training like "golden bridge" it was much easier to transfer my practice into daily life.
I experienced that I had more energy to stay on track.
From then on, my practice had a very big impact on enriching my daily life.
Looking back now, I think a big mistake from me, was to divide my practice into training sessions and regular live, expecting that my life will change by itself just by doing regular training sessions.
Nowadays, it's very important for me to deepen the skills in my daily training session. But it's just as important to apply those in everyday life to enrich daily life.
For me, the most useful skills for daily life are " opening my heart and smiling from the heart", "relaxing my mind and body" to keep the chi flowing
and "building up energy" to maintain everything.
So by applying these skills in my daily life it enriches it in every aspect you mentioned. I can't remember any difficult situation in the past years that i couldn't solve.
I have a good relationship to my family, a good job. I enjoy my life...
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