Winter Living Tao Essential Tai Ji Series — Session Two
(February 2024)
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The Winter theme is 返樸歸真 Fan Pu Gui Zhen
“Circling Back To Youth And Pure Innocence To Return To The True Self”
Master Huang’s teaching encourages a holistic approach to Body, Heart/Mind & Spirit study through the practice of Living Tao philosophy, metaphors, and forms. Over the course of this Series, Master Huang will introduce new material in the following practice areas:
* Classics, Culture & Music: (Session Two: Chinese Lunar New Year – Green Wood Dragon);
(Session Two: 易經 Yi Jing / I Ching 1st Hexagram 乾 Qián / Chien);
道德經 Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) of 老⼦ Lao Zi’s 81 verses Wisdom;
* Related Calligraphy & Metaphors: (Session One Uncarved Block and Unbleached Silk); and
* Continued Articulation & Development of the Tai Ji Forms
(Session One: Wu Xing / Five Moving Forces & 1st Circle articulations;
(Session Two: Wu Xing / Five Moving Forces & 3rd Circle articulations).
METAPHORS OF AUSPICIOUS DRAGON YEAR FOR LEARNING
Long / Dragon (Strokes)
Long / Dragon (Cursive)
Artist Kerrie Smith
Yi Jing
Qian Hexagram # 1 – Heaven / Creative
Wood / Green: This year’s Dragon
Artist Kerrie Smith
Yi Bian Hua
Change – Metamorphosis – Transformation
返樸歸真 FAN PU GUI ZHEN
“Circling Back To Youth And Pure Innocence To Return To The True Self”
(Refer to January 2024 Study Materials)
THE SIX LINES OF 乾 QIÁN
Varied translations—read moving up from 1 to 6
(Consult I Ching .pdf and other resources)
# 6. Highest Flying Dragon (arrogant dragon) has regrets 亢龍有悔
# 5. Flying Dragon in the sky. It’s advantageous to see the great person. Or, Beneficial to have a network with great people. ⾶龍在天， 利见⼤人 Go deep to see the great person you can become.
# 4. Dancing in the deep recesses of your consciousness. Flying Across the Chasms. No regrets. No blame 或躍在渊，无咎
# 3. The good / cultivated person practice Qian (the creative power) day in and day out. Be aware and vigilant. No blame. 君⼦终⽇乾乾，夕惕若厲，⽆咎
# 2. See the Dragon in the field – get out in the world. Advantageous to see/learn from the Great Personage (teacher-mentor) and in yourself to become great. 見龍在田，利見大人
# 1. Submerged Dragon. Do not act yet. Learn and acknowledge your deep full potential. Don’t rush it. 潛龍勿⽤
MOVEMENT MOTIFS
Learn to discover another new way of making the practice stronger,
more meaningful, more NOW! ~ Chungliang
沉 Chén / Sink; 浮 Fú / Rebound; 提 Tí / Lift; 飄 Piāo / Drift on Air; 飛 Fēi / Fly; 翔 Xiáng / Soar
Five Moving Forces Of Nature 五行
Wu Xing Third Circle Motifs
雲 Yún/ Cloud ⼿ Shǒu / hand
Sometimes we do too much tai ji practice only with the form. . .
we get all the movement correctly.
But the whole transformative power of the practice
is often neglected, often is not experienced.
We don’t get the joy! ~ Chungliang
SUPPLEMENTAL REFERENCES
RESOURCES
- Learning from “I-Ching” Part 04 1-乾 Heaven – Creative Force (PDF)
- I Ching, Foreward by Carl Gustave Jung (PDF)
BOOKS
- Richard Wilhelm-Cary F. Baynes Translation, The I Ching or Book of Change with Foreword by C. G. Jung in Bollingen Series XIX Princeton University Press
- R.G.H. Siu, The Man of Many Qualities: A Legacy of the I Ching Hardcover – January 1, 1968
- Ralph Gun Hoy Siu, Portable Dragon: The Western Man’s Guide to the
I Ching Paperback – January 1, 1971
MUSIC
- The Flower Drum of Feng Yang 鳳陽花鼓— Album: Over the Ocean 彼岸 with Hao Jiang Tian 田浩江 (Sinocast Productions SPCD 001)
- 12 Girls Band, “Freedom”: 茉莉花 Jasmine Flower
- Paul Horn, “CHINA”
FLYING DRAGON – HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!
祝福木龍年快樂 幸福吉祥 萬事如意!