CompleteMartialArts.com - Relaxing into Your Being: The Water Method of Taoist Meditation Series, Vol. 1
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 299.514435 EAN: 9781556434075 ISBN: 1556434073 Label: North Atlantic Books Manufacturer: North Atlantic Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: 2001-09-09 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Release Date: 2001-08-13 Studio: North Atlantic Books
This is the first volume of a two-book series that peels away the metaphors and explains the living tradition of Taoist meditation, which is little known or taught in the West. Most of what people know about Taoism comes from philosophical texts such as the I-Ching or the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tse.
However, outside China virtually nothing is known of Lao Tse's living tradition of Taoism. Bruce Frantzis wrote this book so that this great meditation tradition might reach and inspire a wider audience. It is relevant not only to anyone interested in meditation but to anyone who wants to find out how to lessen stress, let go of negative emotions and rediscover deeper levels of inner peace and stillness. The book includes breathing lessons that help calm your mind and relax your emotions. Includes fascinating stories of the author’s training in China with Taoist Lineage Master and Sage, Liu Hung Chieh.
In Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body, Bruce Kumar Frantzis introduced a huge audience to a potent method of Chi Gung, the ancient Taoist art that has revitalized generations of Chinese and is attracting many practitioners worldwide.
Now, Frantzis gives us, in two accessible volumes, the theory and practice of the Water Method of Taoist Meditation. Frantzis’ tradition was originally described by Lao Tse in the Tao Te Ching over 2,500 years ago, and has been passed down from teacher to disciple in an unbroken lineage through the Taoist sage Liu Hung Chieh to the author.
Relaxing Into Your Being explains the Water Method with its complete internal energy system, and teaches how to slow your breath, use more lung capacity, massage your internal organs, and develop meditative awareness. Frantzis provides tools, unique to the Water Method, to reduce stress and help maintain optimal health in today’s fast-paced computer age.
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Customer Rating: Summary: practical advice Comment: Frantzis makes something as nebulous as meditation very concrete in this book. It helped me understand things I was experiencing as I got deeper into the practice and helped give me direction. I refer to it frequently. Many teachers have told me "just sit," or "keep your back straight" but none go into as much detail as Frantzis. He illuminates the subtleties that activate the practice. Customer Rating: Summary: This Is It ! Comment: Every so often a book is written that will forever change the course of Taoist study. This is it. For the first time written in English comes a "bible" of Taoist Water Method Meditation. Clear, precise explantions of Taoist philosophy can be found along with an overview of the various processes used for thousands of years by monks. Even though it is explained that a qualified instructor is needed for more advanced work, great introductory techniques are taught (like breathing). This book carrys much more then words with it. It carrys the first hand experience of the first American to master the Taoist arts. This book will explain what is truly means to practice Taoism and lead you in the right direction to find an instructor. The author has created a series that will continue to carry on a life of its own for centuries to come. Customer Rating: Summary: Disappointing Comment: A few breathing exercises were OK, but not much instruction on developing a good practice. Most of the book explaining Taoist water and fire methods put me to sleep. Was like New Age goobly guk. Customer Rating: Summary: A book every occultist should have Comment: Every occultist who is serious about using breathwork may want to strongly consider reading this book and utilizing the practices found therein.
The taoist philosophy and explanation of the differences between fire and water methods of working with energy are insightful and useful for getting an Eastern perpsective on energy work, often lacking in the majority of western books on said subject. The exercises definitely work and will have an effect on you, in a variety of manners. I do urge readers not to take these exercises too lightly...practice them diligently, but be open to what experiences occur, as you will find yourself examining a lot of the emotional and mental triggers that are embedded in the fluid stream of your consciousness.
If nothing else, consider that this book provides a different way of understanding how you breath and that such perspective can be very enlightening...For the occultist this is a must have book! Ten stars out of five Customer Rating: Summary: A Textbook for the Internal Arts Comment: One of the best meditation and internal books I own. It goes through the process on how to stand and use the Outer-dissolving process. It also helps to develop your practice with regards to breathing which I have noticed many people have problems with. Although it is always better to have a teacher to teach you things like this; you could, with the Companion CD, practice these things with little problems.
