Yi Jing Quotes

Lan SiZhui reproached, "JingYi, how could you call someone like that behind their back?" Lan JingYi protested, "I clearly call him the same thing to his face.

Qigong Interpretation This chapter has pointed out a few important things about qigong practice. First, it has again emphasized the accumulation of good deeds and virtues. This will create in you a righteous, generous, peaceful, harmonious, and benevolent mind. Second, it mentions that the key of keeping the qi at its residence (or center) is embracing singularity. This means to keep your mind at the lower real dan tian (center of gravity). When keeping the mind at the center, your mind is not actively leading the qi out of its residence. This practice is called “keep at singularity” (shou yi, 守一), “embracing singularity” (bao yi, 抱一), or “hold and firm” (wo gu, 握固).

You become one with the Tao by Ren Di Tian Tao Shen Qi Jing He Yi.

The Root of Chinese Qigong — The Secrets of Qigong Training 2. Muscle/Tendon Changing and Marrow/Brain Washing Qigong — The Secret of Youth (Yi Jin Jing and Xi Sui Jing)() 3. Chinese Qigong Massage — Qigong Tui Na and Cavity Press for Healing (Qigong An Mo and Qigong Dian Xue)() 4. Qigong and Health — For Healing and Maintaining Health 5. Qigong and Martial Arts — The Key to Advanced Martial Arts Skill (Shaolin, Wudang, Emei, and others) 6. Buddhist Qigong — Chan, The Root of Zen() 7. Daoist Qigong (Dan Ding Dao Gong)() 8. Tibetan Qigong (Mi Zang Shen Gong)()

According to Joseph Needham, li is not a mechanical order or “a pattern thought of as something dead . . . it is dynamic pattern as embod- ied in living things, and in human relationships and in the highest human values.”⁵⁸ This idea is closely aligned with the notion of logos or “pattern” in the West, yet it derives from ideas found in the appendices of the an- cient divinatory text, the Yi Jing (I Ching) or Book of Changes.