The desire to gain expertise and demonstrate a level of achieved power is often the impetus that drives practitioners of traditional chi gung and other methods of energy building systems to the brink of destruction: a life consuming yang-out brought upon by overt training. The levels of catastrophe that take place are mind boggling and myriad. Things simply just “fall apart”. Sadder still, although mentors and instructors may point the Way, once engaged in a yang-fueled cycle of destruction, it would seem as if it must run its course before the student has a moment of clarity.
The attributes of energy is an abstract concept. The idea that energy could have emotional content is counter intuitive. Even more so is the idea that we can control our emotions as opposed to vice versa. Once upon a time, Sifu Perhacs guided members of the “Total System” through the valuable but remarkably laborious process of creating autosuggestions: he said that our actions determine our feeling and state of mind, not the other way around. Recently I came across some data that supports Sifu’s claim and sheds light into the reasons as to “why”.
In the book Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach, the concept of “perfect speed” is touched upon and elaborated in such a way that it serves to provide all of us a lamppost as we navigate life’s journey.”You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn’t have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there.” (Richard Bach)
For those of us engaged in any form of meditative efforts, such as Chi Power, traditional chi gung, or even Zen meditations, each of us can personally attest to the brain’s “wandering” tendencies. Long ago, Buddhist monks created an analogy describing the wandering activity of the brain akin to a “chattering monkey”.
Henri Bergson, the French Philosopher who won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature, is attributed as to have said: “The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” Many members of the Inner Circle are experiencing a level of visual acuity never before experienced. These visual “side effects”, “floaties” [in the fore gaze] and wisp-like movements [from the peripherals] are typical side effects for anyone practicing chi gung activities, and even more so for those engaged in Chi Power training.
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