Water Method Blog
Taoist Philosophy, Neigong and Meditation, Medical Qigong, Tai Chi and Bagua
Part 1 of 2: Find Your Root in Foundational Neigong
By Paul Cavel
In China the number eight is regarded as auspicious and it gets applied to just about everything, from feng shui and good luck charms to the ancient philosophy of the Tao. According to the I Ching (Book of Changes), eight primary ...
Both the I Ching and the 5 Elements talk about Water, Fire and Earth energies, but they are not the same! The Five Elements are applicable to the manifest realm, here on Earth, whereas the Eight Trigrams are the templates for manifestation, applicable to our realm and beyond.
This is Part Two of the Water Method series with Paul Cavel and Mir Ali. Go back to Part 1
Much of the documentation on Daoism has been destroyed, but the oral tradition has been preserved with the teachings being transmitted from master to student for millennia, to us in the present day.
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Bagua is a pure energy art originally practised by those interested in the I Ching or Taoism — having been derived as a physical manifestation to realise the teachings of the I Ching. In this way, bagua is an embodiment of the universal principles of change.
It is also a high-level martial ar...
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