Just concluded Chi Kung Small Universe right here in Langkawi ( my hometown ) with Sifu Wong . Met my buddies from the Intensive Course and made lots of new friends. What an experience .! Just fantastic. The Graduation dinner was a mixed feeling event. Hoping to hear from all of you who attended this workshop . Thank you Sifu .
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The Small Universe course was indeed amazing. It has been a incredible journey since I arrived here in Malaysia.
I remember someone made a statement after leaving one of the evening sessions that basically said "Wow we have just attained the small universe and now we have stepped out into paradise". Yogesh you are very lucky to live in such a beautiful place.
I apologise as I cannot remember who it was exactly that originally made the statement as I cannot quote you by name. However I think that it highlights how amazing the course was as we experienced paradise internally and externally, in the phenomenal realm and in the transcendental realm.
Yogesh the food that you prepared for us was delicious and I would be interested in knowing what it was and how to prepare it. Thank you so much for the food.I think I amenlightened ............
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You are most welcome John . My wife and I are very happy that so many of you enjoyed the food preared by my wife and my mother in law . I do consider myself lucky to live here and even more that the workshop was conducted here in Langkawi . Iam looking foward for more such courses being conducted here . Very grateful to Sifu and the Wahnam family for this wonderful oppurtunity .
Regarding the preparation of the food , my wife said all of you are most welcome to come to Langkawi and enjoy it anytime you want . I'm not sure about the preparation and the mrs is quite secretive about it .
Have fun and enjoy your journey .
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Originally posted by Yogesh Thaker View PostRegarding the preparation of the food , my wife said all of you are most welcome to come to Langkawi and enjoy it anytime you want . I'm not sure about the preparation and the mrs is quite secretive about it
Thank you very much for the invitation, I will take you up on the offer the next time that I am in LangKawi.I think I amenlightened ............
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Yogesh Thaker
Hi Yogesh Shi Heng,
It is my pleasure knowing u. Thank you very much for your hospitality. The food u gave us was really nice & tasty.
Everyone enjoyed the food very much in the bus.
Pls give me a call whenever u & family come to KL. (my ph: 012-6608081, email: tkn2009@gmail.com)
Looking forwards to seeing u in the near future.
Take care & keep in touch.
Best Regards,
Kok Neang Tan
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Tan Shi Heng ,
Pleasure is mutual , glad you and the rest enjoyed the food . My wife and I always have the pleasure of providing food to our friends . Do keep in touch ( my number 0124097335 , e mail charu3@streamyx.com
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Small and Big Universe
Dear Yogesh!
Dear Family!
What a great blessing to all of us for having been given such an opportunity. It was again a historical course indeed.
This course was the most beautiful thing that EVER happened to me, inspite of the fact that all courses with Sifu were very beautiful so far.
I will never forget the vibrating atmosphere, the smiling and happy faces, the light and the halos, the changes that most of us have experienced, the love and piece, the deep and profound experience of TAO and the meeting with our original self.
And most of all, the knowledge that so many wonderful people have shared such a splendid event.
I will never be the same person again.
Hugs to everyone...
PS Yogesh - Thank you and your family for the Indian Food. The bus ride was definitely a perfect ending for such a beatiful trip thanks to you..•´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`°irene°´¯`•.¸¸. ´¯`•.
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“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”
Hafiz
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It was indeed an incredible experience and so wonderful to have shared it with old and new friends. I too felt it was a life changing experience and although I was happy and content to begin with, I feel that I have been given an incredible affirmation that I am on the right path with my life choices. I will continue to be grateful for everything I have and all that I am able to do. Thank you so much to Sifu for offering this course and inviting us all to the wedding as well as the review courses. I can't believe that such a profound experience could also be so much fun! I really enjoyed all the laughter and I hope to see many of you in Australia some time in the future.
Thanks again to Yogesh and his wife Charu for providing that delicious feast we all enjoyed on the bus.
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First of all, thank you, Sifu, for a transformational course. I am still trying to decide if this course tops my very first intensive course with Sifu (which of course has a special significance for me). I really enjoyed meeting with Wei Foong and Peter again, and of course Chun Nga. And it was a nice surprise seeing the wedding couple - I thought they had gone off for their honeymoon already.
For a few days after I came back, I was without internet access, but I see that others have already gotten started on a discussion of the Small Universe course. Well, I have some good news. I have Sifu’s blessings to start a thread on what we learnt at the Small Universe Course 2010. Of course, my starting a thread is not really good news – the good news is that most of the material here was generously provided by Sifu himself, so you can rest assured that there are no misleading directions from yours truly.
Where I am giving my own comments and opinions, these will be made clear in the text. In fact, come to think of it, to make it doubly clear, where I am adding my own views, I will use square brackets like these […………], so you know which parts to skip over.
I must stress, though, that this thread is not meant to be a self-teaching manual. It is intended more as a review for those who have attended this recent course, and for those who attended the earlier two courses, a means of comparison to see how Sifu has progressed in this teaching methodology.
Before I go into the thread proper, I will give some of my preliminary comments. There is no question that this is an art that cannot be learnt from a book, no matter how well-written, and this includes Sifu’s books. In “The Complete Book of Shaolin”, Sifu stresses in bold font that the description he gives of the Small Universe training methods is for information, not instruction. Yet, for those who already know the art, the description is very helpful. The moment I got home, I went to all the books I had on the Small Universe and compared my own direct experience of the flow with what was described. I won’t bore you with the details but suffice it to say that the written instructions were quite different from how Sifu taught us, at least for the books written by other masters (or armchair masters, as the case may be). Even for Sifu’s books, the sequence of the 5 steps was slightly different, as was the focus of visualisation on the various energy centres. But there is really no contradiction. The art is alive and dynamic.
What I am trying to highlight is that learning from Sifu personally is not the same as learning from his books. I actually admonished one of my students who had devoured Sifu’s books and who had tried learning from “The Art of Chi Kung” beforehand that he should come with a clean slate and pretend he had never read the book before. For a while, he was asking whether he should add steps from the book that Sifu had omitted during the course.百德以孝为先
Persevere in correct practice
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Beloved family,
Getting back home to my family is beautiful, specially when your are away from home for sometime. However, I feel it was worth the effort.
I can clearly appreciate the words that my sisters and brothers mention to Si Po during the welcoming dinner and how generous Si Po is for allowing Sigung to teach and spread the arts in such passionate way.
Traveling for 3 days made me realize and actually agree with my Sihen Wuji, because during the long flights I had to take I was thinking if the Intensive CK course was more amazing than the small universe course or not, but for now I just leave as is, each one was amazing in its own way ...
I know that we all have changed forever, at least that is how I feel at this moment, it is impressive how the transmition of such amazing art is so simple, so directive and so effective. I still have to come down, literally, to planet earth.
Just remembering the feeling, the emotions, the understanding that I lived through the course will last in my memories and in my practices for a life time.
It is incredible to see how many different experiences, how each one of us understood the transmition. At the end all that matters to me, is that we all came out of the SUC with a big smile in our hearts, opening our hearts even deeper, expanding our spirits and for me when that happens, you know you are on the right path.
To our past masters, to Sigung, to Tai Si Pak, to my Saholin Wahnam Family thank you very much for you contribution on my development, as a member of the Shaolin Wahnam family, as a son, as a fathers, as a husbands and as member of my society. The form, the flow but specially the joy this practices bring into my life.
Sihen Wuji,
It was very nice to meet you in person and I am waiting to start reading and hopefully writing on the thread you will be opening.
I have Sifu’s blessings to start a thread on what we learnt at the Small Universe Course 2010Last edited by AColarusso; 11 October 2010, 07:39 PM.
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Just thought I would sneak in one short post (very busy day). Don't worry, the entire series of posts is more or less ready, but I need time to format it.
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Sifu began the course by giving us an overview of the Small Universe (aka Microcosmic Orbit or Small Heavenly Circuit / Circulation). He also distinguished between a real breakthrough and an apparent breakthrough, which Sifu explains at length in “The Complete Book of Shaolin”. One point I would like to reiterate is that this is not a course (or an art) for beginners.
As Sifu said, intermediate and advanced students would be able to rely on the foundation they had built to attain the Small Universe. Traditionally, one needed at least 10 years to achieve the Small Universe. Sifu himself took 3 years, a remarkable achievement, which was surpassed by his earlier students who did so in 6 months. But that time frame is deceptive, as those students had earlier taken a basic course for 6 months and practised daily, so in effect, they had a whole year’s foundation.
Similarly for us, although the course is only 3 days long, most of us came with years of qigong and kungfu training (although some had only a year of qigong under their belt). Beginners would only learn the techniques but would not acquire the real skills.百德以孝为先
Persevere in correct practice
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Dear Shaolin Wahnam family,
The Small Universe course was the really very impressive and it has a profound impact in my life. The life changing experience was incredible, marvellous and in fact, no word can describe it properly. It is also wonderful to meet up with so many family members on this special occasion. Thank you to Sifu & generations of past masters for passing down this wonderful art to us. Also thank to Shi Mu & family for supporting Sifu's teaching all this while, the new couple (Siew Foong & Jeff) for giving us the opportunity to come for the review courses, Wei Fong Shi Jie & Chun Ngah Shi Heng for arranging all the hotel booking, transport, tour, lunch/dinner etc. I would also like to extend my special thanks to Anthony S. Shi Heng for teaching some of us the Iron Wire Set, Dr Damian & Family for their continued encouragement throughout my Chi Kung & Kung Fu practice, and not forgeting, all family members who shared so much of their experiences during the course. It is great to know so many brothers & sisters of our family.
As I believe in reincarnation & Karmic cycle (personal believe), I have a thought to share with everyone: I think Sifu might be one of the great master in the past and we were once his disciples before in our previous lives. Sifu found us back at the present live. We should value this opportunity to stay closely with Sifu and make a vow to follow Sifu life after life... We should try our very best to promote our school to ensure the special arts of Sifu & past masters will continuely being passed down in the proper manner to the future generations...
Now, everyone of us who attended the small universe course, have enjoyed not only the inner peace, happiness, joy, well being, mental clarity & spiritual expansion, but also marked energy elevation. Sifu reminded us to use the energy wisely when we are enjoying the health, vitality, and longevity. I strongly recomend my beloved family members to get ourselves involved in charity missions e.g join as a volunteer in international disasters relief mission, etc.
Take care everyone and really looking forwards to seeing everyone of u in the near future.
Regards with Shaolin Salute,
Kok Neang
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Dear dr. Tan,
It was nice to meet you during the Review Course and Wedding dinner.
Congratulation for your excellent result in Small Universe Course.
Originally posted by Kok Neang Tan View Post
As I believe in reincarnation & Karmic cycle (personal believe), I have a thought to share with everyone: I think Sifu might be one of the great master in the past and we were once his disciples before in our previous lives. Sifu found us back at the present live.
We share the same thought. Please take a look at this Q&A, Questions 1 and 2.
Regards,
JokoLast edited by joko; 13 October 2010, 12:08 PM.开心 好运气
kai xin... .......hao yunqi... - Sifu's speech, April 2005
open heart... good chi flow... good luck ...
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Have we not opened up thy heart ...? (The Reading, 94:1)
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Be joyful, ..and share your joy with others -(Anand Krishna)
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Wow. What a truly amazing course and a spectacular experience of which to be a part. I can't begin to express my gratitude and good fortune not only to have been able to attend, but also to share the experience with so many wonderful people and receive Sifu's transmission of the Small Universe after having two previous courses to hone his teaching skills. I had no idea what to expect when I went so I came with no expectations. Even if I had any, they would have been blown out of the water and into outer space. I feel, as many of you probably also do, that I did not come back the same person. I am now much more grounded, quiet, and focused, yet brimming with joy, peace, power, and affirmation of my path ahead of me.
As always, Sifu's simple instructions made everything easy to follow. Even as someone prone to too much blah blah I found myself much more able to follow along with little worry or concern. Occasionally I could feel my intellect holding me back. But letting go of it made the experience so much deeper and affirmed the benefits of following the method simply, without question- a beautiful gift for me in and of itself.
Honestly I could go on and on about how amazing this was to an extent that would rival War and Peace, but instead I'll just say this:
10 years ago I thought I could maybe attain the Small Universe after 20 years of proper training. I also thought I could perhaps attain the skills of Sinew Metamorphosis and Marrow Washing in such a time. I thought 10 years of training would be enough to use kungfu patterns in sparring. Instead I learned those skills from Sifu in either a matter of days or a few hours. Sifu, I am truly blown away by your generosity of the skills you give us and the ease with which you impart them so that we may live the richest of lives. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
As always, a huge thank you to Wei Foong for all your efforts for organizing an enormous course.
And a thank you for everyone in the family, friends old and new, who took part in this and shared your energy and experiences. This was a course for the record books.
With love and gratitude,
Molly
P.S. I never thought I would attain the Big Universe. But now here we are .有志著事竟成
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