Spring 2022 Living Tao Essential Tai Ji Series — Session Two
(June 2022)
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Renewal/Creativity ~ Nurturance/Receptivity ~ Thriving/Gratefulness
Master Huang’s teaching is designed to delve more deeply into the ongoing exploration of the Living Tao forms, metaphors, and philosophy. The areas of study for this Session include:
- TIME 時間 Shi Jian; SPACE 空間 Kong Jian; and HUMANITY 人間 Ren jian;
- More details of the “Five Moving Forces of Nature” 五行 (Wu Xing); and
- Metaphors of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Circles
TIME 時間 SHI JIAN; SPACE 空間 KONG JIAN; AND HUMANITY 人間 REN JIAN
[Refer to May 2022 Session Study Materials]
Heaven
Human –> –> –> Connecting
Earth
“SPRING COMES GRASS GROWS BY ITSELF”
Calligraphy by Alan Watts
Tai – Peace
Golden Flower – Jing Hua
Ba Ji
Jiang He Shui – River Water Flowing
Shui – Water
TAI JI RITUAL – [SEE SEPARATE PDF]
WU XING – THE FIVE MOVING FORCES OF NATURE: ELEMENTS AND SYMBOLS
火FIRE – HUO 水WATER – SHUI 木 WOOD – MU 金GOLD/Metal – JIN 土 EARTH TU
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time…”
T.S. Eliot – Four Quartets, Little Gidding
TOP CALLIGRAPHY
Tai Shui Dao
Love Time Space Human Flowing Water
MIDDLE CALLIGRAPHY
Ji Tiger Golden Flower
Wu Ji Jing Qi
BOTTOM CALLIGRAPHY
Don Nan Xi Bei War & Peace Yin/Yang
Heaven Earth are One Embrace Tiger Return to Mountain
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2ND, 3RD, & 4TH CIRCLES
PRACTICE & METAPHORS
2nd CIRCLE
Fist – Quan /Palm – Zhang
Slanted Flight – Xie Fei
Needle at the bottom of the ocean
(Digging Deeper)
3rd CIRCLE
Discover new energy that you can ride on
Riding the horse
Cloud Hands
Hitting the Tiger
4th CIRCLE
Turning Cloud Hands
Snake Creeps Down & Golden Rooster
Living Tao Foundation Tai Ji Ritual: LTF Tai Ji Ritual 2020