- First of all, in Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method, we do not use standing meditation.
- Secondly, we do not advocate the idea of relaxed. We believe this concept is very deep. It can be achieved through many years of proper training, but it is not part of the training.
- The main issue here is “feeling”. Chen Style Taijqiuan is a system that tries to train you to become a machine. Another way of saying this is to train you to get rid of “feelings”. According to Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method, unless you get rid of all illusions (feeling is one of them) there will be no real learning. This is not to say illusions are good or bad.
- Do not train/work on anything that is not real! This is not to say anything that is not real is not part of taiji. It is part of a different process, not the learning process.
During form training, silk reeling or standing meditation, i am really relaxed and try to go deep into myself enjoying the feelings.
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Hmm…no standing meditation. I know its seems like a foolish questions, but I thought stake standing was an integral part of internal arts?
Judah. It is. But it is not a part of PM training. To second Master Chen, we have to ignore everything we are feeling or we will never gain control of what we feel. We just follow the principles and do not worry. During internal training if your focus is on what you feel , then you will be consumed by what you feel. The energy is more intelligent than we human beings can fathom. It is beyond our comprehension.
We let nature be nature and change our bodies accordingly
Thank goodness, when I first read the title of this post on the home page, I thought, “Really? Then my understanding must be flawed.” I kept thinking that it made no sense. Then after clicking on the link and reading Master Chen’s comments I was relieved that my understanding was on the mark. What a relief.