It all started when I was in my late twenties. I
started practicing yoga with the 3HO Foundation.
My good friend, Mark Singh, was my teacher and a
darn good one at that. We did classes a few days a
week, started fasting to clear out the toxins, and
generally, had a great time. He told me that there
was a retreat twice a year, one at the summer
solstice and one at the winter solstice. So, I
took off to New Mexico to do my first spiritual
retreat. There was ten days of meditation and it
was all done in silence. The only words you were
allowed to utter were the names of God. We got up
before the sun rose and chanted sacred mantras
until daybreak. And then, we had to take a cold
shower. It was a lot of fun and really pushed me
to my limit at the time. Since that time, I have
done many spiritual retreats, some in silence,
some focused on Buddhist teachings, and others on
the Daoist teachings. I would say that, on
average, I spent a month a year in spiritual
retreat.
So, the other day, my executive assistant told me
she was going on a retreat this Friday. It made me
smile inside as I know the importance of doing
spiritual practices. They enrich your soul, open
your mind, and force you to grow in ways that one
would never expect. Whenever we do a discipline to
make our lives better, it forces us to grow
internally and expand our horizons. It gives us a
way to operate from outside of the box. The norm
for people is work, sleep, eat, and they don’t put
much attention to the spiritual realms at all.
Even the religions of today have so many rules
that it’s hard to get beyond yourself and open up
to the Divine.
In my type of work, when people are coming to me
for healing and counseling for their ills and
being lost in the path of life, I take the time
every day to meditate, relax, and open up to the
spirit. This allows my Qi to flow and, as I build
my own energy, I am able to give to others. That’s
why I create programs, videos, CDs, and write, so
I can pass this type of work to you. It makes me
smile inside as I open my heart to share with all
of humanity. Yes, I am one of the blessed ones. My
programs are distributed to seven different
continents and next month, they’ll even be in the
Philippines. It makes me smile and laugh inside
that I can affect so many people. You can, too!
You just need to get started on a path that makes
you smile inside.
Some years ago, I put together a program called
Turn Stress Into Power. One of the exercises in
this book is called the Smile Meditation and it
works on putting a smile in every part of your
body. And then, spontaneously, laughter comes up.
Last week, I shared this program at Unity Church
here in Miami and sold out most of my books. I
only have twenty left before the reprint. If you
don’t have one as yet, click here and order today,
http://rechargingqigong.com/turn-stress-into-power.html
and you’ll be chuckling to yourself with a big
smile on your face.
I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth and
Happiness!
Dr. Wu Dhi
