alright, im only 7 minutes in the lecture and already . im glad to have found this channel, video . Thank you for sharing . i could change a bit in food patterns and drinking .
Much of this philosophy was in ancient Greece but people have forgotten it, like the concept of the four humours and how they can be manipulated by diet, how imbalance of the four humours causes sickness, how one should follow the seasons, how different humors predominant at different stages of life. A person is born in spring, reaches their peak in summer, starts to deteriorate in autumn and reaches old age and death in winter. Spring and summer is seen as masculine whilst autumn and winter is seen as feminine. The ancient greeks also seen during old age a predominance of dryness and coldness so they would counter the dryness by taking olive oil mixed with honey and they would counter the coldness by eating warming foods in old age
Yes - many ancient cultures have wonderful examples of natural wisdom, especially the Ancient Greek Culture - the special contribution of the Taoist Culture in Ancient China is their research that led to understand the method and process of developing Qi - Life Force Energy internally - this was called the 'Inner Elixir - the science of Developing the Inner Elixir and gaining Harmony with Nature is perhaps the greatest contribution for the World from Taoist Culture...
Thank you for your question. The first stage of development is Transformation of the Physical body - this is important to understand and focus on in the beginning. Practicing with the monthly or yearly cycles must be applied and introduced by the Teacher with the correct timing based on observing the students growth and inner development. One of the first and simple applications around time can be to practice during one or all of the 'Four Periods of Observation' during the day. These Four Periods are - 5:00am - 7:00am // 11:00am - 13:00pm // 17:00pm - 19:00pm // 23:00pm - 1:00am --- this is a first step in Inner Alchemy Practice to begin to attune and harmonise with the change of Yin and Yang in the day - and begin the Cultivation of the Inner Elixir. We wish you the very best in your Practice....
@@ImmortalArtsAcademythank you for the response to this question, as I was rewatching the video for this answer. Ive been following all the eating habits talked about here for over a year now & intuitively gave up wheat and gluten a few months back and has helped my practice and lightness. I do have coffee in the afternoon before I break-fast. Is this okay? (Sorry for long winded question)
@@andrews7414 - Generally it is viewed that coffee has a stimulating effect and most Taoist I spent time with avoid coffee. A good substitute can be green tea or a Pu Er Black tea - both have caffeine - but do not seem to have much adverse effect on long term practice. Wish you the best in your journey... 🙏
We currently welcome students for in person training at our center in Kamakura, Japan and we also offer annual intensive retreat trainings in the local mountains such as Mitake Mountain. 🙏
alright, im only 7 minutes in the lecture and already . im glad to have found this channel, video . Thank you for sharing .
i could change a bit in food patterns and drinking .
Thank you so much. Welcome to our channel.
Thank for posting these videos, the lectures are really helpful.
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Beautiful lecture today. Thank you, Jesse.
Much of this philosophy was in ancient Greece but people have forgotten it, like the concept of the four humours and how they can be manipulated by diet, how imbalance of the four humours causes sickness, how one should follow the seasons, how different humors predominant at different stages of life. A person is born in spring, reaches their peak in summer, starts to deteriorate in autumn and reaches old age and death in winter. Spring and summer is seen as masculine whilst autumn and winter is seen as feminine. The ancient greeks also seen during old age a predominance of dryness and coldness so they would counter the dryness by taking olive oil mixed with honey and they would counter the coldness by eating warming foods in old age
Yes - many ancient cultures have wonderful examples of natural wisdom, especially the Ancient Greek Culture - the special contribution of the Taoist Culture in Ancient China is their research that led to understand the method and process of developing Qi - Life Force Energy internally - this was called the 'Inner Elixir - the science of Developing the Inner Elixir and gaining Harmony with Nature is perhaps the greatest contribution for the World from Taoist Culture...
This is great. When are the 6 moon times during a month, and the 24 times during the year, that we should be practicing to be harmonious with nature?
Thank you for your question. The first stage of development is Transformation of the Physical body - this is important to understand and focus on in the beginning. Practicing with the monthly or yearly cycles must be applied and introduced by the Teacher with the correct timing based on observing the students growth and inner development. One of the first and simple applications around time can be to practice during one or all of the 'Four Periods of Observation' during the day. These Four Periods are - 5:00am - 7:00am // 11:00am - 13:00pm // 17:00pm - 19:00pm // 23:00pm - 1:00am --- this is a first step in Inner Alchemy Practice to begin to attune and harmonise with the change of Yin and Yang in the day - and begin the Cultivation of the Inner Elixir. We wish you the very best in your Practice....
@@ImmortalArtsAcademythank you for the response to this question, as I was rewatching the video for this answer. Ive been following all the eating habits talked about here for over a year now & intuitively gave up wheat and gluten a few months back and has helped my practice and lightness. I do have coffee in the afternoon before I break-fast. Is this okay? (Sorry for long winded question)
@@andrews7414 - Generally it is viewed that coffee has a stimulating effect and most Taoist I spent time with avoid coffee. A good substitute can be green tea or a Pu Er Black tea - both have caffeine - but do not seem to have much adverse effect on long term practice. Wish you the best in your journey... 🙏
Are there places in china that one can learn intensive training
We currently welcome students for in person training at our center in Kamakura, Japan and we also offer annual intensive retreat trainings in the local mountains such as Mitake Mountain. 🙏