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POST 751
2026 Linda’s Thursday Quotation
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Remember not only to say the right thing in
the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the
wrong thing at the tempting moment.
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www.clubmasterhoang.blogspot.com POST
443 11 April 2020
EXERCISE 2 Watering the Peach Tree
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The aim and benefit of this
exercise: keeping
balance, feeling young and happy. Rejuvenating tonic ; longevity. This
exercise TUOI-DAO also implies five related aspects as in the previous exercise
: 1.
Physical form- The movement, at
the beginning and during the inhaling phase, is flowing smoothly and deeply
then becomes more and more firm and strong at the exhaling phase. 2.
Breathing method- Tho-Phoi-Bung: Inhale with wide thoracic
movements using dynamic respiratory muscles activities; exhale with dan-dien (belly) pressure. 3.
Inner-energy and
vital points- In term of inner-energy (noi-khi), the mission of movement TUOI-DAO is to ensure the balance of
PHE-DAN. This means keeping balance between the high energy flowing in the
upper part of our body and the deep energy sleeping in the lower part of our
body. 4.
Vital points to keep in mind are: 5.
Mind and Thought- As you are doing this
movement TUOI-DAO/ WATERING THE PEACH TREE imagine you are walking on a quiet
path bordered by many flowering peach trees and plum trees. Under an immense
blue sky these pink flowers, the most beautiful flowers preferred by spiritual
people, make you feel happy, optimistic and free. You are free to grow the
way you like, to dream the most beautiful dream of your life. When doing this
movements with your arms and your body you seem watering the peach tree, the
tree of long life. You feel happy, and you can help others to be happy too.
You can be a teacher because you can show to others something wonderful you
have experienced yourself with this movement of Watering the Peach Tree. 6.
Symbolism- In Vietnam peach tree
(dao) doesn’t grow everywhere and when people can find it they take great
care of the trees to obtain beautiful flowers and delicious fruits. The peach symbolizes Longevity and
the flower Spring and Love. 7.
Behavior- “Watering the peach
tree” teaches us that for obtaining good things in life we have to work for
it, with patience and perseverance. But working with pleasure. You can change
your mind and your world just by smiling each time you see flowers of peach
tree, or any flower. STORY The
dream of reaching immortality was almost universal, especially in Asia. In
ancient time, supposedly there were two ways to realize this: the chemical
process, we now label it as alchemy, and the natural process which was what
we nowadays might call as a magical “green” way. The famous emperor Qin Shi-Huang/ Tan
Thuy-hoang (3rd Century BCE), the one who had ordered the
construction of the Great Wall at the cost of millions souls, followed a
chemical process by administering every day to himself a very small dose of
arsenic. After a few years, as a result, he really reached immortality. Not
on earth but under the earth, in an immense tomb kept secret for twenty two
centuries! Regarding
the magical green way, people believed in some place elsewhere it existed a
specific one thousand year old peach tree which took one hundred years to
produce a unique peach called Dao-bat-tu/The immortal peach. Who
eats it will become immortal. And legend has it. Once, many centuries ago, a
man came to a royal court offering a pretended Immortal Peach to the king. While
the king has not yet looked at the precious fruit, one of his ministers had
swiftly grasped the Immortal Peach and rapidly ate it. The king became
furious and ordered to execute the minister. Going
in the knees he implores the king to have mercy: Majesty!
I am innocent. This man pretended his peach was an immortal peach; I just ate
it and now my life is in trouble. So yours too, Majesty, had you eaten this
peach. We should punish those who preach untrue believes to our society and
reward those who dare risking their life for discovering the truth. The good
king listened, nodded and laughed nicely.
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