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Both the moving and non-moving forms relax the practitioner. And when one's body is
relaxed, the mind quiets down - just like the clear waters of a still
lake. A quiet mind leads to an open heart. Everyone has experienced this endless
chatter running in our heads, "Why did she do this, why did I say that, what will
happen tomorrow, I might get sick, he's now angry at me...." When the mind quiets
down, it comes to rest in an open heart. And an open heart is a knowing heart. An open
heart instinctively knows what to do at any given situation. Without fear. Without
hesitation. And of course, an open heart is a giving heart because it is overflowing -
there's a lot to spare. This is not the so-called bleeding heart who cries when he sees
others suffer. An open heart has a fearless quality about it. A fully open heart has no
fears. It loves effortlessly without reservations, without expectations.
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So the more relaxed the body is, the more qi can flow into the body. With the mental and physical
exercises, the qi circulates, and this in turn circulates the blood. And this is why a
person who is relaxed has good circulation.
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This state of happiness and contentment is man's natural state. It is the state
of love. If we functioned the way we were designed to function, we would all be
happy and contented no matter what.
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A journalist once asked, "What exactly do you mean by the
line 'Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong is a way by which people can return to their
natural state.' What is the natural state?" It is
the feeling of constantly being happy and contented. To use an analogy, imagine a lake
during a typhoon where the waters are murky because of so much movement caused by the
winds. That's not the natural state of the lake. But when the winds have died down and the
waters have settled down, what do you have - clarity. You see clearly right to the bottom
of the lake. In a human being, when the nagging noise in the mind has died down, when
there is inner silence, tranquility, and harmony, there is also clarity. Happiness and
contentment follows. This is man's natural state. Continued...
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