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Tai Chi (Taiji)
This is a philosophy as well as a martial art technique. (The correct spelling is “Taiji” but “Tai Chi” is more common.) The philosophy of Tai Chi comes from Taoism. According to Taoism, the essence of life has no limitation. In Chinese it’s called wuji. According to the philosophy, wuji acts in two opposite directions:…
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How to develop a happy heart
Happy Heart You build up stress and get psycho because of a bad habit: you don’t balance your stress every day. It’s like a little snowball rolling down a hill. In the beginning, it’s small and you can stop it. As it rolls, it becomes bigger, big enough to smash your house. If you…
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Meridian Lines
A meridian in our body is just like a freeway through a city: it helps transfer various types of vehicles (information) to different areas. The connection points between meridian lines – the nerve points – are like freeway junctions which allow cars to pass through without blocking traffic. When a nerve point gets blocked, it…
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Emptiness Meditation
Your presence has no presence. This is the same for all consciousness. Having the presence means you have to let it go every second, and then you have no presence. It means everything from your past has been hooked onto you. Whether you want it to or not, it will still hook onto every part…
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Two Buddha-Essence Meditations
In order to climb even the highest mountain in the world, you have to start from the lowest point. You can understand this wisdom today, but it will take you a million lifetimes to feel it from your heart. Buddha’s First Essence Meditation Buddha essence is in you: it wants to teach you to become…