meditation(2/0)
Meditate day and night
Psalm 1 describes the ideal, flourishing human in this way: [H]is delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. I feel inadequate to the task whenever I read this song. The ancients had the entire Torah memorized and their culture infused with Yahweh’s instruction. My culture, even at home, is infused with much besides the words of Yahweh and my brain is not up to that monumental task (and I’m better equipped for mass memorization than most).…
Practice embryonic breathing
Embryonic breathing is a Qigong practice: Qi (chi/energy) and gong (kung/practice which takes great energy and time to master). Was originally two characters translated “no heat” and “water rice” because first “no heat” describes peace (where to have heat was to be out-of-balance) and second “water rice” describes the sources of energy to the human body. The practice of Taiji (Tai Chi) and Qigong have similar aims. While Qigong can span from intense physical activity to motionless meditation, it typically falls in the middle, as does Taiji.…