Zurich 2012

3 Waves of Fluid Movement

Co-ordinate waves of lifting and sinking, twisting and bamboo bending (longi-tudinal, torsional and transverse). All waves are rooted in the foot pressure which is established by a small drop-ping of the centre towards the foot (phase 5 or 0). That pressure then rises through the leg into the centre which initiates 3 types of waves in the upper body. Lifting passes into the upper body through contraction and pres-sure. Twisting, generated by opening and closing the hip joints (qua), stretches the diagonal trunk muscles then passes into the arms through the opening and closing of the shoulders. Horizontal centre movements stretch ver-tical trunk muscles, in the back (when retreating) and the front (when advancing). More passive stretch occurs in the relaxed arms trailing behind when retreating. More active stretch is produced in the lightly activated arms when sinking and advancing.

Timing the Waves to Create Fullness & Emptiness

Usually, first move back, then when halfway back begin to turn, when halfway through the turn begin to sink. So the connecting into the back foot begins approxi-mately ¾ of the way back. Then the shoulders begin to sink as the centre begins to advance, while the elbows begin to sink a little after that as the upper-body begins to advance. All waves converge in the centre. For posi-tions like “Ward-off, Press or Push”, sinking ends only when the body has advanced to the central position while for single-legged positions like “Raise Hands”, sinking ends when the body is directly over the back foot.

In the pushing hands, the intercepting hand or full point ideally touches the opponent just as the turning begins and a little before the sinking begins. Then the body flows down to the back foot, draining the strength from the empty point, while the full hand, still receiving the power of the front foot, lifts and pulls to connect into the part-ner (2nd & 3rd timing), or gives a slight pressure down & forward if connecting later while advancing (1st timing).

Lengthen Muscle Stretch (3rd Phase)

When the body senses contact with the ground it instinctively in-creases the power in the elongating extensor muscles of the leg, stopping the body as quickly as possible. Send-ing the Mind into the ground modifies the information the body’s intelligence receives at that moment, reducing the rate of increase of the tension in the lengthening muscles, which lengthens the stretching phase of the chain of muscles supporting the body allowing the body to sink deeper. Training this clearly for 1 or 2 years will alter the stretch phase of the instinctive muscle cycle. This allows more time and space in which to absorb the partners force and momentum. It also reduces the shock on the joints at each step. With the Mind ¼ phase ahead of the body the Mind will have time to penetrate 0.4 to 0.5m into the ground (then it is said “the root is 0.5m deep”).

All internal refinement based on Deepbody Level

One result of the hours and years of training will be to stabilise the awareness of the Deep-body sensations, so they are seldom forgotten even while busy in normal life. This is the first real step of turning the Mind inward and all deeper work is based on it. The sleeping body produces excess energy. When the superficial-mind is active then the body’s energy depletes. Concentrating inwards through 1 or more of the 5 internal senses (rather than outward through the 5 external senses) reduces this energy loss. Then the efficiency of the body at producing energy can be increased by deep breathing, lead-ing the energy through the body with intention, and using gentle pressure changes in the body to pump the circu-lation of fluids (blood and lymph) – so that the body may then produce even more energy than when asleep.

But note that the Deep-emotions also affect the physical. It can destroy or enhance the health of the body. Sending out the light to others is perhaps the best way to refine the Deep-emotional. The opposite, of sending a bad intention (consciously or unconsciously) to others, blocks this refinement and may lead to physical illness.

Strengthen Muscle Stretch (Phase 3)

Bringing the Mind back from the foot into the centre modifies the in-formation the body’s intelligence receives, connecting into and influencing the strength of the stretching phase (just as sending the Mind into the ground lengthens the stretch). But if you bring the Mind up through body in the same way you take it into the ground (while listening for movement), then you will also, unintentionally, shorten the stretching phase of the muscles. Only if the Mind has sunk deeper and is fully listening to pressure and stretch can you train the rising pressure without creating hardness in the muscles and cutting off the sinking.

Enhancing the Personal Energy Sphere

The balanced and true way deeper is through the Deep-body sen-sations and body’s energy field, then the Deep-emotional (astral), then the Deep-mental (celestial), and on to the beyond. These 3 levels of the Deep Mind are associated with the lower, middle and upper dantiens. They can be trained in the sphere that surrounds the body out to arm’s length in all directions (Large Dantien). When concentrating into this sphere there will also be some component of imagination from the superficial-mind.

To initially reduce the imaginative component we use the expanding pressure wave, which begins with the fullness in the lower dantien then expands in all directions at the end of phase 4 as the centre finally presses into the ground, to create pressure and fullness in the hands, feet and top of the head. As pressure and heat sensors are sensitive to the body’s energy field, this connects the Mind into the etheric level of the Large Dantien after which it takes only one small step deeper and a slight expansion to find the Deep-emotional. These gradual steps deeper prevent the imaginative ‘jump inwards’ people may otherwise attempt, which can lead anywhere.

Concentrating on the Deep-emotional Sphere

The Deep-emotional (astral) level is the centre of the 3 worlds in which we live and train. Just as moving the Mind through the body draws energy through the body, so first concentrating on the body’s energy within the body, then sinking the Mind down to the Deep-emotional level while expanding it out to fill the personal energy sphere (centred on the middle dantien), will draw energy down to that deeper level. This will gradually energise and activate the Deep-emotional level within yourself. Then using intention on this level, while listening to the results, will increase the Deep-emotional intelligence.

Group Energy

When a group of people, who wish to refine themselves, practice together with some intensity then the Deep-emotional energy level is stimulated and the body energies generated by the practice will contrib-ute to that deeper level. “Old Teachers” who have died may choose to efficiently help by enhancing the group energy field of those who make a sincere effort to train their methods. Individual ‘private’ classes are fully defi-cient on this internal level, so neither myself nor any of my teachers recommended them. Private classes are usual-ly requested by those who want to ’buy’ more help and perhaps some ‘extra secrets’, and are given by teachers who hope to make some money from it. In fact more internal help is truly available in the group classes and more information is available there also, drawn out by the students’ efforts to practice and understand the teaching.

Deeper Self

Spirit connects into Deep-mental only tenuously – just enough to support the inner life of the Soul. The Deep-emotional must be fed from below by ourselves until it is sufficiently refined to receive energy from the Deep-mental, which itself needs to have grown to the stage where it is responsive to the Spirit. Gradu-ally as the Deep Self grows stronger, fed by your own efforts and later what comes down from above, it will give more support to your outer life. “Daily dying” – looking back with understanding from a deep state, over past dif-ficult events – or looking forward to see where you are being led, will enhance the deep support of your outer life.