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Master Jing - Kung Fu, Meditation & Self Mastery Perth W.A., Perth (2026)

08/11/2025

Through ‘quiet sincerity’ we come to know the intimate truth of our subtle nature.

It is called ‘quiet’ because it is a space where internal and external activity have come to a place of rest. It is called ‘sincerity’ because it is the fundamental element of our being which remains when illusion and delusion have vanished.

The natural sincerity of the truth is something that mental activity is unable to grasp. The nature of mental activity is to be engaged with all the fleeting comings and goings of life – each moment inwardly conceptualising, analysing, translating, and interpreting unfolding experience. Mental activity is bound to always be a reflective-after-effect of elements of life that have already occurred – and so via the ‘quiet’ element of ‘quiet sincerity’ we transcend the self-imposed limitations of constantly approaching life through the function of mental activity.

Where ‘sincerity’ is concerned, this very word is synonymous with truth, honesty, genuineness, i.e. ‘what is real’. If we are to make any progress at all in our approach to this realm of reality cultivation we must be committed to uncovering the truth and aligning ourselves with it. While we are not necessarily concerned with the truth of current events, political agendas, or religious belief systems … external truths – uncovering the truth of our own immediate experience of life is something we should hold very much in high regard. The term ‘sincerity’ gives us a hint that if we can experience ourselves as honest, truthful, real … then we will find ourselves in the best chances of making progress – and it is when mental activity has become quiet that we are best able to see clearly the deeper and most sincere elements of our-self.

This function of ‘quiet sincerity’ is very helpful when we need to clear away the limiting processes involved in self-delusion, but to be able to utilise it fully and in a way that lasts, we must respect the capacity it has to reveal very deep and powerful truths – this requires a certain amount of preparation on the behalf of the seeker which is what determines exactly how much progress the seeker will make. Thankfully, we are dealing with sincerity and so the rate at which the seeker progresses into these deep and powerful truths will be naturally governed by their own effort and capacity – with space left only for small hints from their master or guide.

It is true – that the truth hurts.
It is true – that the truth is hard to swallow.
It is true – that the truth is difficult to bear.

It is also true – that the truth is liberating.
It is also true – that the truth is empowering.
It is also true – that the truth is one with unsurpassed universal reality.

If something as simple as ‘quiet sincerity’ can carry us through the layers of illusion and delusion residing in the deeper layers of our consciousness, would it not be wise to live by its qualities – even if this requires great strength, determination and courage?

If firstly we learn to quietly listen, to awaken the capacity to detect rising insight, and secondly, we learn to utilise and apply direct honesty (a facet of sincerity), allowing us to challenge and discern the reality of the insights we detect, we will develop a fertile soil in which the seeds of great spiritual realization will be established.

Without the courage to embrace ‘quiet sincerity’ as the foundation of our daily life, there would be no chance for the clear communication of our spirit to reach us – instead we would have only the fleeting assumptions and conclusions of our deluded and illusory self.

It is a master’s undertaking to fully embody and demonstrate ‘quiet sincerity’ to encourage the various elements of their life towards the unthinkable reality of spiritual realization.

It is the student’s undertaking to learn how to embrace ‘quiet sincerity’ and to integrate and adapt to whatever revelation comes their way – through both their own sincere effort, and the support and guidance of their master.

It is the aim of both to dissolve the illusory boundaries that give rise to the concept of master and student, where eventually both are left in their rightful and present place on spritually level ground – unified in heart and mind, having settled into a shared space of simple and quiet sincerity.

05/11/2025

When we meditate, we should allow ourselves to fully settle into the experience of arrival. Though meditation is often approached as a means of getting somewhere, very often some peaceful state or transcendent experience, long-term meditation practice is much better approached with this pure and aimless intention alone – arrival.

Rather than thinking of meditation as means of moving from one state to another – perhaps from a state of busy-ness to one of calm, or perhaps from a state of agitation to one of relaxation – if we allow ourselves to settle only into the experience of arrival, the real aim of meditation practice can be more easily encountered. For it is in this arrival that the true purpose of meditation is found.

When we arrive somewhere, we can recognise that the journey we took in getting there is over – we have arrived at our destination and so now we can fully relax. Since we no longer need to move, we can fully absorb and experience the place we have now arrived to – as there is no more effort to apply, no more planning or coordinating, no more strategizing to organise things, no more anticipation of what we need to do or say or even think next. Instead, there is simple pleasant enjoyment of the present experience.

The style of meditation that is applied to take a person out of ignorance and into enlightenment, or out of stress and into peace – the kind of meditation we have all come to know and love, hides this very aim within itself anyway. The purpose of this type of meditation, whether this be breath-awareness, body scanning, watching behind the eyelids, progressive deepening of relaxation, etc, etc – is to guide a person from self-delusion into self-realization, but what is not commonly known is that these forms of practice culminate in the full and present arrival of the person’s attention and awareness in the immediate now – full arrival in the present. This is why starting with the element of arrival and letting all other activity and intention dissolve leads to very consistent natural progress in one’s meditation practice.

It is in this totally present state that one is established as the fundamental awareness which is aware of all things – a recognition of the real spiritual identity of life which all the enlightened sages of our species have come to personally and intimately know for themselves.

Here lives the home-ground of the awakened heart – the truth in which you have always been seated – the space in which you have always been able to rest.

With the practice of meditation serving as your means with which to arrive home, may your arrival be met with warmth – and light – and love, things which every traveller deserves in their long-awaited return.

04/11/2025

From the perspective of a lifelong meditation practitioner, modern mental health issues are very normal and very natural. You don’t have to look far to see that many ancient teachers of meditation revealed that it's not at all unusual to experience deep confusion, anxiety and stress – or other elements of 'misery'. This is a very interesting truth.

Why is it so, that when meditation is not utilised, our consciousness is bound towards strife and struggle?

What does meditation provide that is not normally accessible by the everyday waking state?

These questions are easy to answer – but perhaps an analogy would help best transmit the true feeling – as the reality of what meditation brings to one’s life is deeply profound and not easily recognised.

Imagine you have been wandering lost in the desert. You are burning beneath the midday sun. You are dehydrated with nothing to drink. You are tired, exhausted in-fact, after climbing endless dunes stretching as far as the eye can see. No-where you look around brings relief. There is no tree for shade – no water for drink – not even food for your belly. You are amid crisis and there is no easy resolution to your challenge. Eventually, after many hours of fearful and tormented wandering you stop – you give up – you collapse – and you rest.

And when you do, you fall into a kind of trance – an altered state of consciousness. In this trance state you are mentally transported through realms of comfort and relaxation – you are introduced to beings who provide you with food and water – you are taken to places that are cool and refreshing – all the things you have been seeking and desiring in your troubled life are freely available, freely given and easily accessible.

And then suddenly, you awaken, back in your body, back in the desert – but you are no longer hot, you are no longer thirsty, you are no longer exhausted, in-fact it feels as though you have just arrived with all your strength and energy and vigour intact.

Even if we don’t feel like we’re wandering through a desert, this does not change the fact that the refreshing energy outlined here is the exact same effect that meditation can bring to the mentality of our being – and it is well-known that the way our mentality operates directly affects the physicality of our being as well – but that is another point entirely.

Whether people realise it or not, this ordinary everyday life we live is fraught with mental stress. The processes we go through mentally – repeatedly, each day are truly massive. It is difficult to express, but the very fact of existing as a human being and having to deal with the various stresses and circumstances of life are truly exhausting – the fact of human aging proves that just simply living is tiring, as we spend our energy slowly (or quickly) on various things throughout our lives – exhausting ourselves until there is nothing left for us to give.

It is these simple and honest truths that ancient meditation teachers were fully aware of – giving rise in them to deep compassion, empathy and understanding for the ills and ails of the world. Hence, the reality of modern mental health issues being very normal and very natural occurrences.

But what can we do with this information?

Well, I suppose one thing we could do is learn to meditate – but let’s try to ensure we are approaching this from the right viewpoint.

It would not quite be true to state that via the meditation process we are removed from the difficulties of our daily life – but it would not quite be untrue to state that either. I will try to explain.

When we learn to meditate, we slowly develop the ability to physically and mentally “settle down”. The ordinary waking mental activity which operates in the world telling us where to go and what to do – what needs to be done and what we still must do tomorrow or next week, etc, etc, becomes quieter and slowly but surely it goes silent. This could be seen as a kind of “removing” of ourselves from the equation – but in-fact, we are not removed at all – only the mental activity is. We are left fully aware of the deeper and more fundamental elements of our being – in which the mental activity is no longer preset and therefore none of the mental concerns we were experiencing are present either.

This has many profound effects but one of the most pleasant and important is the powerful relaxation it brings to our immediate experience of life. This relaxation comes over us in ever-deeper waves, and within it lies the potential for deep insight into the stress we have been experiencing in ordinary life – not only do we experience tangible relief from that stress, but if we look very deeply we may also gain insight into its cause.

Through this dual movement – immediate relief and lasting insight – we can approach life differently. Instead of compounding stress within ourself, we can release it, leading us to a more fulfilled and fulfilling way of life.

When meditation is approached from this perspective it becomes an immensely helpful and powerful resource and reservoir in our life – one of relaxation, insight, empowerment, freedom, beauty and tremendous energy – among many, many other things.

Meditation can rejuvenate, reorganize and restructure what may have become a very barren or inhospitable inner landscape.

If the modern mental health pandemic of this world needs anything at all – this wonderful practice of meditation should be at the top of our shopping list.

30/10/2025

The art of Kung Fu is often seen merely as self-defence or sport. It is far deeper than many people realise. As with much in life, there are many layers to Kung Fu when observed through the lens of human expression. It is regarded, by those who have cultivated a depth of insight and experience as ‘a vessel of complete development’ – allowing practitioners to not only refine the obvious elements of their being but also uncover faculties that were previously hidden from view.

In the physical sense exploring Kung Fu discipline revolves around the capacity and capability of the physical body. It contains methods of cultivation that develop strength, physical fitness, balance, coordination, flexibility, endurance, agility, and mobility – to name only a few of the more obvious. When practised as a science it can very effectively cultivate a wide-reaching increase in the body’s ability to withstand physical stress.

In the mental sense Kung Fu takes the practitioner through a journey that expands and develops awareness, focus, determination, consistency, insight – and self-knowledge, along with other aspects of confidence, fearlessness, humility and respect. With the mental domain fully integrated into one’s practise, Kung Fu can serve as a means with which the entire mental character of the practitioner can be developed.

From the spiritual standpoint Kung Fu presents an opportunity to expand one’s awareness into a deep and intimate experience of life itself, bestowing priceless gifts capable of transforming the practitioner’s very understanding of what it means to be alive. This is where Kung Fu practise enters into realms that much of the world does not understand nor recognise. It is where energy awakens, where perception evolves, where truths that are difficult to grasp live – and where Kung Fu becomes a gateway into the realms of mysticism and universal spiritual reality.

Yes, Kung Fu includes elements of combat, but this is not what lies at its heart. From this brief overview of some of the physical, mental and spiritual elements, which are accessible to those sincerely interested in true Kung Fu cultivation, we can see that, as a path of human development Kung Fu is capable of reaching into every aspect of a practitioner’s life. Certainly, it would be very unfortunate to regard this ancient art and science in the light of mere self-defence or style of fighting.

To begin to perceive the real depths of Kung Fu practise, to allow the higher mind of martial arts to begin to awaken – we must evolve our efforts towards cultivation of Awareness. It is by this singular means alone that we can develop the fertile soil of our consciousness in which these deeper perceptions and insights form, grow and emerge.

With awareness encompassing our practise the boundaries which define the specific forms we encounter begin to dissolve – this sentence is difficult to pe*****te so I will try to elaborate more on the meaning of this.

If we are well established in the forms of mental training encountered in many of the more common modes of spiritual cultivation, we should be familiar with the concept of ‘the divisive mind’ – the inner process of labelling and identifying particular forms (things, states, moments, etc) which segregates things into being different from one another. This inner process, though completely natural and essential for living in the modern world and understanding that an apple is different from an orange – is exceptionally limited. It is this process that creates within us the illusion of time passing from one moment to the next – or if we consider Kung Fu practise, from one movement or form to the next. However, as we establish ourselves within Awareness, which does not contain any form of division, these self-created boundaries do not cause us to experience any form of divided observation – our perception begins to touch something unified and whole. This is the key and fundamental element that takes Kung Fu beyond the ordered and predictable experience of other means of self-expression.

Contact with this awareness re-establishes the practitioner in the position of what is often referred to as the “higher-mind” – with the “lower-mind” being the ordinarily divisive intellect we touched upon earlier, in which most people are permanently positioned. It is in this space of higher-minded functioning that the foundations of real Kung Fu cultivation are formed, sustained and built upon. It is here that the possibility of world-shifting realisation lives. The objective of permanent establishment in this domain is the highest intention of those who would take Kung Fu to its ultimate end – that is to say, to enter the full path of physical, mental and spiritual development with a complete Kung Fu practise as their vehicle.

My own Master said this in much simpler language – “Kung Fu is not about battle. It is about Self-Mastery.” It is my own wish to uphold this ancient tradition in the same loving light that it has upheld me. In my life Kung Fu has served as a profound means of life-support. It is clear to me that within this way of life lie gifts deserving of bestowal upon those who seek the depths of physical, mental and spiritual cultivation. For those in question it is only a matter of dedication, determination and consistent right-effort in their application of the way – if this can be achieved the intended deepening and eventual outcome of holistic transformation is, with utmost-certainty, inevitable.

If, as practitioners, we apply ourselves properly and consistently – a whole universe of limitless potential becomes our home. What greater aspiration in life is there than this?

29/10/2025

Cultivation benefits from recognition of the function of ‘forming foundations’.

When we consider our life, and the direction it has gone or is going — we can see that our current state of being is the result of foundational actions and circumstances that occurred previously. Therefore, the present actions and circumstances can be seen as foundational seeds of conditions that will materialise later. This seems very simple, almost so much as to say it is rather obvious, but there is something very subtle and wonderful about this truth.

Ordinarily we might cultivate certain aims with intense focus on realising the outcome, figuring out which steps to take to more efficiently reach our goals. This is fine — and often effective. However, when we can sit in recognition that the whole of the present moment is unfolding in the nature of ‘forming foundations’ we become aware of this ‘immediate and ongoing unfoldment’ — which is without beginning or end. We see that life is ‘mid-unceasing transformation’, and our present actions and circumstances become partners of conscious intent — which more naturally reflect universal rhythm — rather than being self-centredly driven.

If our cultivation — whether material, mental, or spiritual — is only confined to objective-based processes born of a linear perspective, our life appears to move simply from one event to the next. However, if we can observe and align with the reality of the present moment itself, which unfolds in a way more reflective of ‘forming foundations’, our perception begins to directly touch the true timelessness of experience itself — which is beyond the so-called “self-centred” perspective of personal-goal-oriented living. This is why schools of mystical cultivation emphasise the fundamental and inescapable importance of ‘going beyond yourself’, an aim that is both path and destination, and not really a means to an end.

This form of internal architecting of the human consciousness is not a new phenomenon — but it is not common in the modern world. Today we see people mistaking deep spiritual cultivation for personal development. The latter is designed by and for the so-called individual; the former is the means by which that same individual may ‘go beyond’ — and consciously return to the reality of the infinite. These two modes of cultivation are worlds apart.

We may get started in the worlds of personal and/or spiritual development for self-centred means — that is to say, with the idea of ourself (or a self) being at the centre of the entire process — but when we begin to touch or perhaps even sniff the presence of a precipice — an edge that may call for a push or leap into the unknown — we would be wise to see this as an invitation into a world far deeper and richer than any we could have attempted to conjure via personal means alone.

And so — as we are in the midst of the eternally forming foundations of our life, let us choose to cultivate a world that unceasingly takes us to new heights — greater shared love and connection, ongoing mutual support and development — and, of course, deeper selfless abandon into the heart of this great primordial mystery.

Such things are not ‘mere whimsy’ but the natural domain of a mind living deeply in tune with the presently forming foundational state of life.

It is accessible to all. Hidden from none.
Yet recognised by few.

28/10/2025

We share the same anxiety - and we share the same relief.

It is not for some obscure or complex process to introduce us to the foundation of our-self in which the knowing of anxiety and of its relief is experienced.

We are already present with the truth of our condition - and in this exact same truth the transformation of our problem is found.

We need not overcomplicate the practise.

The release of one’s own self is immediate, clear, unmistakable, and true. This release - containing not only the transformation of anxiety into absolute serenity, but also the keys to many powerful potential awakening faculties - is all we truly need to move beyond the restrictive grip of anxiety in its many forms.

An example of one of these awakened faculties is the ability to recognise and employ the essential function of trial and error, which can be endlessly employed to tackle any problem that might arise. Another faculty being the ability to observe life very deeply and see life very clearly - another obviously very beneficial trait.

All that is left after our direct encounter with this release is the singular living way of reality - the inherent clarity of this space empowering us to approach life fully and with an ever-evolving capacity for expansion - not to mention the fact that we are now fully aware of and equipped with the fundamental antidote to our anxiety.

What a blessing!

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A Guiding Reflection

It took me many years to recognise that my personal life was very much motivated by anxiety. I believed myself to be somewhat different from other people. My mind was plagued by deep thoughts and even deeper perceptions. It is a strange thing to sit here today and recognise that I was once so completely stuck in a very fundamental error – the error of constant inward rumination, and along with that a secondary error: that I believed myself to be contained in those thoughts.

I am very grateful for that entire experience. It led me to seek a way of going beyond myself. I spent many years in deep confusion, looking for a way out – though I was unaware, the way out of my anxiety was very literally the same way of going beyond myself.

That truth is the underlying reality at the heart of the passage above. I was, have been and always will be the problem. The inward ruminations I was so confined by, so confused by - the perpetual sense of self-identity trying to understand every element of my life - were and always will be the source and cause of my anxiety. That untrained, undeveloped mind - lacking deeper function and constantly giving rise to seeds of insecurity and stress - quieted by the underlying awareness of silent, tranquil, sublime … truth.

I can’t express enough how much of a heaven it is to realise this.

Through many years of focused effort culminating in a peak of experiential absence from that same old suffering anxious self - I can finally relax.

I am very grateful to those who stood by and still stand by as powerful reminders of the ineffable beauty and sacredness of patience, diligence, dedication, determination - as servants of the great remembering of the truly divine origin of that troubling process that once plagued my heart with such tension.

Thankfully, the answer always was - and still is - simple.

But where’s the fun in simple?...

“If you are floating in space and you are facing away from the sun so that all the life you see in front of you seems to be cast in shadow - don’t worry, just remember - to see the light, all you have to do is turn around.”

I spent a good number of years attempting to pe*****te that one.

With all my heart, I wish you the very best of luck in your own turning toward the light.

😎🙏

Master Jing - Kung Fu, Meditation & Self Mastery Perth W.A.

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