Quotes from Books

Be happy with what you have in this moment.

The ancient meditation methods of Taoism have been used for thousands of years to help people cope with stress and the challenging issues of the times. #energyarts #qigong #taichi #taoism #meditation #martialarts #bagua #tao #spirituality #yinyang

The third of the four conditions is tricky. Our inner worlds are filled with an amazing amount of congestion. Most people are not even aware of what’s there. As infants, we have many experiences before we understand and can use language. When we were in our mother’s womb, we picked up everything that happened to our mother. #energyarts #taichi #taoism #qigong #bagua #meditation #martialarts

From the Taoist perspective, our age's spiritual dissonance is a result of a profound disconnection between our bodies, hearts and souls. The Taoist solution is to reconnect and integrate ourselves, both internally and with our environment.

"Taoists believe that without the water of balance, the seeds of genuine compassion will not emerge." – Taoist Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis, The Power of Internal Martial Arts and Chi #brucefrantzis #taoism

The science of qigong is based on the axiom that the mind has the ability to direct chi. Qigong can be used to begin to feel one’s nerves, and this ability increases with time. You can literally learn to go inside your body with your mind, feel what is there, and direct your chi where it needs to go. This is not a mysterious process, but a natural one that can be acquired with time and effort. #energyarts #taichi #taoism #meditation #martialarts

Explore how to use the Tao Te Ching as a practical guide for living in the modern world, interpreting the original phrases and applying them to the present. This is a brand new translation by Dr. Alan Peatfield and Bruce Frantzis.

Lao Tse's Tao Te Ching is intimiately connected to the path of meditation. To follow the path of meditation you will have a desire to know yourself at a deep level. You will also want to seek the direct experience of going beyond mental ideas.

Tai chi has been called moving meditation. Most often in the West we think of meditation is something that is to be done while sitting cross-legged, or in a chair. Moving meditations, however, are very useful. If you can learn to meditate while moving, then you can bring meditation into every movement that you do in life. #taichi #meditation #energyarts

For more than 50 years, Taoist meditation has helped me flow with change and brought me to a higher state of awareness and being.

Tao Te Ching Quote ~ Humanity, oneness, world service, taoism, Lao Tze

Increasing your life-force energy, which can be achieved from regular tai chi practice, can produce extraordinary healing. It also provides the gateway to human intuitive or psychic capacities.

Reflect on this for motivation

Quotes from the Tao Te Ching - "Between good and evil, how much difference is there?" ~ Lao Tzu

Quotes from the Tao - "The reason why we have great distress is because we have a self." #TaoQuotes #taoism

Although bagua zhang and tai chi chuan have important differences, they are wonderfully complementary brother and sister practices.