April 7, 2013
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Eight pieces brocade
Eight Pieces Brocade
Health
1) Pressing the heaven : Air —,—,—
2) Drawing the bow: Wind —,—,- -
3) Separating heaven and earth: Earth – -,- -,- -
4) Wise Owl gaze: Water – -,—,- -
5) Big bear turns: Mountain —,- -,- -
6) Punching with angry Gaze: Fire —,- -, —
7) Touching toes and bending backwards: Lake – -,—,—
8) Shaking the body: Thunder – -,- -,—
Comments (2)
Hi Jurgens
I’m trying to get the Socrates Cafe site up and running again and as I know you are interested in philosophical discussion, I thought I’d remind you of the site.You regard exercise as necessary for full spiritual development and understanding. Many cultures separate the physical and the spiritual/intellectual. Why do you suppose there is this difference in belief systems – did it just manifest as a condition of the culture or is there another reason? After all we are all human and think pretty much alike.
@Socrates_Cafe - thank you for the reminder in term of Socrates Cafe. Some of my best writing I wrote in response to Socrates Cafe questions. I see physical health as essential to spiritual development. I think the separation between the physical and spiritual/intellectual came primarily from the idea to infer that the physical is connected to evil and especially that the body is the source of sinfulness. Rather than embracing the unity of man, man was banned to a duality where the spiritual/mental and the physical was at war with each other. The sad thing is that this split between the two has mad man more materialistic and aggravated the perception of isolation in man and emphasized the disconnection with the rest of the world. I initially thought that the link between body and spirit was primary an eastern philosophy until I started to see glimpses of it also in the Western esoteric tradition. In the Rosicrucian philosophy the body is the vehicle for spiritual evolution and for that reason all is done to keep the body in the best possible condition in the most sustainable manner possible.