13/04/2022
This way or that? Qigong flows for the Wood element clear the way.
What does it mean to walk on an awakening path?
It is something much simpler than you might think.
Imagine – you are walking on a path through fields of green grass. Everywhere, there are bright little dandelions. What do you say to yourself? “My goodness! Look at all these obnoxious little weeds everywhere!” Or, “What beautiful little flowers! I’m going to pick a few and make a nice green salad and some tea with them!”
Maybe you remember the joy of plucking these flowers as a child. Or maybe you think with disgust of the toil of digging them up in your garden.
Now. The truth is, there is just you, the fields, and the dandelions.
Are dandelions obnoxious?
Are they delightful?
If you really look at it, those experiences – delight or disgust – have to do with YOU
Do you want dandelions to bring you happiness and joy?
Or do you want them to make you miserable? This is the choice you get to make.
That is how life is, and that is what it means to choose to walk on an awakening path.
Our life is like a path. We have to walk it every day. Along the way, we will encounter many things, people, and events. Every one of these can open our hearts more, teach us more about life, and deepen our connection to others, to the living world around us, and even to the universe.
This path we walk every day can bring us more joy, peace, gratitude, and contentment. Or, it can turn us around, wear us out, and take us deep into thorns, thickets, and muddy places.
Our mind might end up going one way, our body another, and our spirit – who knows!
We can get lost easily. That means being disconnected within ourselves, disconnected from what is around us, and being caught up in pain and suffering.
This path of thickets and thorns is a very easy path to go down. It is very easy to see weeds and nuisances. But it is just as easy to see flowers and delight, and to walk an easier path.
That is exactly what Spring Forest Qigong helps you to do!
There is an easy way to reconnect to yourself and to the world. There is a simple way to see the world differently.
The choice is yours my friend. Choose Happiness.
Many Blessings,
Chunyi Lin