Wujifa is
Wujifa is a wonderful art
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Wujifa at Posterous |
The School of "Cultivation and Practice" |
In Wujifa our feet are shoulder width apart and parallel. What does this mean in our standing Wujifa practice? They say a picture is worth a thousand words and so I spent a few hours making one up that I like. I hope this clears up a few questions. Yes in the beginning you might stray as your personal body may not allow this placement yet you can allow yourself to slowly discover how you can adjust toward the intention of this picture.
I really find some interesting insight from the following story. In NLP the ask the question "How do you know?"
In Wujifa we notice how methods are not the truth and simply aim to experience aka feel the connectedness in real time... Leaving the limitations of methods behind.
In this regard I share the following story. I believe reading this story from time to time could be a "method" to deeper understandings if Wujifa.
"The Happiness of Fish" (魚之樂, yúzhīlè). The names have been changed to pinyin romanization for consistency:
Zhuangzi and Huizi were strolling along the dam of the Hao Waterfall when Zhuangzi said, "See how the minnows come out and dart around where they please! That's what fish really enjoy!"Huizi said, "You're not a fish — how do you know what fish enjoy?"
Zhuangzi said, "You're not me, so how do you know I don't know what fish enjoy?"
Huizi said, "I'm not you, so I certainly don't know what you know. On the other hand, you're certainly not a fish — so that still proves you don't know what fish enjoy!"
Zhuangzi said, "Let's go back to your original question, please. You asked me how I know what fish enjoy — so you already knew I knew it when you asked the question. I know it by standing here beside the Hao."
Here is a quick un-edited podcast for those of you who practice Wujifa may enjoy. Wujifa is not the method. Wujifa is not the paridigms. Saying that, I guess I should say Wujifa is not this recording too. On that note I hope you enjoy the podcast. May this inspire more questions than answers. I wonder?
This is one of my favorite internal martial arts text. Simple, clear, and direct, is the main reason why I have found it so useful not to mention practical.
Take a good look... Take a little time... Notice the steps, concepts, and principles and simply follow the path.
I remember one of my teachers saying many years ago "There are many paths up the mountain. Once you get there the immortals sing, laugh, and argue about which way was best!"
I agree there are many paths and this is just one of many. Hopefully this text will be one of those for you as well. Enjoy!
Here is a nice google indexing plus a bunch of other good stuff watch this if your into Seo page rank etc...
I may have to open a different posterous and have different info on different grouping... For now this works. Sent from my iPhone
Wujifa is a principle based (or the reason we say "fa" in Wuji-fa) practice where connections are noticed and develop in many different ways. The methods use in the practice of Wujifa are as we say "not the truth" to what Wujifa is or can become with training. Although we say "methods" are like medicine and can help one understand more directly the aim of this practice like the finger pointing toward the moon it is not the methods that are important as the outcome of connecting with the deeper meanings and understanding. Since people can have many different levels at which they understand so by doing one method it may not be as useful as another method could be and so the willingness to explore, verify, and notice ones own progress is very important.
