Three Treasures Qigong

01/09/2026

Giving people space is a form of universal love that enables them to come back, in time, to their true selves.

Hexagram 4, Meng, Youthful Folly

A Guide to the I Ching, Carol K Anthony

31/08/2026

Includes Qigong ☯️

Analysis finds ‘high certainty evidence’ of their effectiveness for the 1.7bn people worldwide with musculoskeletal conditions

30/08/2026

Heaven’s way does not strive
yet it always overcomes
It does not speak, yet it responds
It is not summoned, yet it appears
It does not hurry, yet it completes everything on time

The net of Heaven spans the universe
yet not the slightest thing ever slips by

Tao Te Ching, chapter 73, trans. Star

28/08/2026

People follow earth,
earth follows heaven,
heaven follows the Way,
The Way follows what is.

Tao Te Ching, chap. 25, trans. Le Guin

24/08/2026

MEDITATION

Every meditation asks you to sit still, with a straight back and a relaxed body. That puts you in a vigilant posture, and it lets your chest and abdomen move freely.

Meditators consider three kinds of breathing: chest, abdomen, and clavicles. Chest breathing is our normal everyday mode. Abdominal breathing means that your abdomen expands and contracts like an infant’s. Clavicle breathing means those bones open up. While that usually happens when people are frightened, meditators use that movement to maximize their inhalations. The increased breathing nourishes the body and calms the mind.

This is why the breath is the gateway to the spiritual: chanting, prayer, song, recitation, reading, blessing, and breath control—we utilize all of these to commune with the holy. We do that by stilling our everyday preoccupations and opening ourselves fully.

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23/08/2026

WATER OVER STONES

No matter how long I live,
how much I paint,
or how much I remember,
it isn’t enough

to explain mystery.
No matter how much
I use all of history,
it still isn’t enough.

So I turn to water over rock,
and how much they persist,
devoid of human thinking
and daily effort.

Water moves, but doesn’t think.
Rock remains, but doesn’t strive.
Yet both are examples
of what is enough.

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Water Over Stones
Deng Ming-Dao
Ink and watercolor on paper
22 x 30 inches
25_028
https://www.dengmingdao.com/art/2025-paintings-ink/

Solar term: Limit of Heat

23/08/2026

Man doing qigong - Draw the Bow? Ming Dynasty (16th century)

21/08/2026

If you want wisdom, empty your heart of ignorance. If you want contentment, empty your heart of greed. If you want serenity, empty your heart of ill will.

~Buddha

19/08/2026

The Way of the world
is as a stream to a valley,
a river to the sea.

Tao Te Ching, ch. 32, trans. Le Guin

19/08/2026

In love lies the seed of our growth. The more we love, the closer we are to the spiritual experience ~ Paolo Coelho