Taoist Medicine -part 2-
The tao is to be natural and despises artifice. Cultivate the authentic and does not repress natural instincts, rather the purified and properly targeted. As water will adapt to any surface.
The Tao prefers the tiny, very small, because he knows that happiness comes in little things and help you advance in the way of his own spiritual elevation. His ideal of perfection is to bring life to the cosmic rhythm, blending with nature and moving towards unity, accept with pleasure all the changes, even death.
When man is freed from the tyranny of the passions, opens cosmic impulse, even the tiniest of reality becomes of immense value.
The attitudes of the scholar Tao
Food is fundamental to the Taoist medicine. According to the Taoists should be eaten only if it has a real appetite. The desire to eat should not arise in the head, but in the stomach. It is the stomach who must produce the sensation of hunger. if famine comes from the head is better not to eat.
It is important to finish eating before you feel full. On a scale of 1 to 10 at the end of the food we should be satisfied by 7.
Another important step is to drink only when thirsty and not drinking liquids in quantities during meals.
Zen Meditation is another rising of the attitudes of the scholar Tao. Sit facing the east makes practice open focus exercise of Zen Meditation
Breathing in a relaxed standard and nose.
Relax as much as possible members.
Use cushions and pillows to make it more comfortable position
Identify the field for 10 minutes visal and stay care setting at all points of the visual field
Although it seems an easy exercise, can cost quite at first. It’s like losing the attention and discover focusing on a particular point in the room or thinking dramatically in the day’s activities. If this happens, return to the starting position and resume attention to all points. In about two or three weeks of daily practice will be possible to reach a point where you feel will be to be a mirror that reflects the reality of the moment but without participating in it. Its aim is to satisfy the need to perceive reality and the need to transcend individuality.
Source: www.armonialive.com.ar/medicinataoista.htm
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