Posts Tagged ‘Spiritual Evolution’

Jerry wrote me at 4:30 in the morning with a
burning question.

Here is what he said:

Dr. Wu Dhi I am 33 years old. Single male and in
good physical health. I have two of your programs
Flying Crane Qi Gong and the Recharging Qi Gong
program and I train every day. My energy is on
fire and I seem to be having a lot of Urges lately
that I feel may not be normal. What can I do about
them?

Jerry we all have natural urges. I read something
on Tantric yoga in the book “Sexual Secrets” that
I’ll share with you.

“One general principal that repeatedly appears in
Tantric teachings is to refrain from suppressing
natural urges. Any suppression of our physical
nature causes an inner reaction, a kind of
distortion that destroys inner harmony. The whole
range of physical emotional and mental urges
should be included in this admonition, even though
such a statement may seem like an endorsement of
self- indulgence.

Self-indulgence is rarely the product of a Natural
Urge. Rather, it results from a lack of emotional
and psychological maturity. Of course it is
all-important to be able to distinguish between
the natural and the unnatural.

Correct Judgment is the key to putting the
principle into practice. This point of view is
unique to Tantric traditions. Almost without
exception the other spiritual teachings prescribe
strict rules for the suppression of natural
functions such as hunger, sleep, and above all
sex.

Tantra teaches that suppression of natural urges
is potentially harmful to both mental and physical
health and can lead to neurosis or disease. Though
suppression of natural urges may bring about
desirable effects temporarily, the long-term
result is limiting and true spiritual evolution is
rarely achieved by this means.

There is a common misconception that the Tantric
teachings condone licentiousness. On the contrary,
Tantra requires great discipline. It enjoins, for
example, a disciplined effort to uproot unnatural
and unhealthy habits. As soon as a natural urge is
understood, it can be either satisfied or
transcended. Tantric texts state that unnatural
urges should be replaced by natural ones rather
than suppressed.

There was a man called Sarvabhaksha who had an
obsessive compulsion to eat whatever he could lay
his hands on. One day he met a Tantric Guru called
Saraha and begged for some advice to help him with
this problem. The Guru initiated him and taught
him to visualize his belly as the empty sky and
his digestive fire as the ultimate conflagration
of all the worlds. He told him to view all food
and drink as mere worldly phenomena and, while
eating, to imagine himself devouring the whole
universe. Finally the Guru advised him to meditate
on the essential emptiness of all phenomena.

Sarvabhaksha followed his teacher’s instructions
and, instead of suppressing his urge to eat,
replaced a excessive mental attitude with a
meditation. After some years he achieved
self-realization and became revered as a teacher,
illustrating that it is not so much what we do but
how we do it that transforms us.

Self-discipline should be undertaken willingly and
consciously, and performed from a position of
inner strength. Learn to distinguish the real from
the unreal, the natural from the unnatural in
yourself. For example, it is natural for the body
to need food every few hours, but unnatural for it
to crave food every ten minutes; the former urge
should be gratified and the latter transformed.

By including the unnatural urges of body and mind,
one loses the capacity to recognize true needs.

Once again, don’t suppress authentic physiological
urges. If you have the urge to sneeze, vomit or go
to the toilet, then by all means do so as soon as
possible. If you don’t obey these natural urges,
the accumulation of pressure on the internal
organs may lead to disease. The same principle
applies to sexual urges, which should be viewed
with similar common sense. If you wish to free
yourself of an unwholesome habit, do so by
degrees, replacing the negative habit with a
positive one.

I practice Qi Gong on a regular basis.

Flying Crane Qi Gong

http://rechargingqigong.com/flying-crane-qi-gong.html

It’s my habit to workout every morning. I replaced
my old negative habits with positive ones that
support health and longevity. You become an
Alchemist of your own life.

I wish you the best in your
Health, Wealth and Happiness

Dr Wu Dhi