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Further on the Chicago Retreat (24 months later)

It’s now mid June, with an early summer solstice and a rare accompanying solar annular eclipse, unfortunately not visible from my current location. Nine months since the Chicago Wang Li Ping retreat. If you have not read Part 1 of … Continue reading

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Study and Practice with James

I’m looking for a small band (or bands) of keen Daoist (or Taoist!) practitioners to join me in living aboard and sailing, exploring the primordial rainforest that is Canada’s Pacific North West. The Land of the Salish people, totems, giant … Continue reading

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Pandemic Practice and the I Ching

OK, so it’s now late October 2021, yes, 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic is waning, sort of, depending on where you are, if it’s not Russia or Ukraine. I’m where I’ve been since March 2020, aboard Santorini, 10 miles up the … Continue reading

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The Tzu Ciao, Ziran and important initial steps in Opening the Heavenly Eye

What if I told you that the most important ‘point’ in your Daoist body was not actually in (or even part) of your physical body, that it (this most important “point’) was almost unknown to the general public and that … Continue reading

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Thoughts on the Chicago Retreat, Part 1

It’s already more than 6 months since the Chicago retreat with Master Wang Li Ping. I’m writing this during the COVID-19 pandemic, self-isolating aboard my live-aboard sailboat Santorini in Vancouver on Canada’s West Coast. The retreat was a huge event … Continue reading

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Permission to Teach

Master Wang Li Ping’s International Winter Solstice retreat, hosted by his translator Richard Liao was held in Dalian China in 2017. The venue that year was the old Hot Spring Hotel in Anbo Town, 2 hours north-east of Dalian in … Continue reading

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Master Wang Li Ping Retreat at Bayshore Weston San Francisco CA December 20 – December 29, 2018

December 20 – December 29, 2018 Master Wang Li Ping, 18th generational transmitter of Dragon Gate Daoism will teach a 10 day retreat intensive in San Francisco CA, USA December 20 – December 29 2018. This is a unique opportunity … Continue reading

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Inspiration from Wang Chongyang ( Wang Zhe )

I’ve been re-reading “The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters” by Steven Eskildsen, available from Google Books as an ebook. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how many useful and inspiring quotes from Wang Zhe and his students. … Continue reading

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Further on Reading the Taoist Classics

To the great good fortune of practicing Daoists everywhere, new translations of both available texts and previously un-translated ones are becoming available. Most importantly Fabrizio Pregadio has added his translations of The Canton Qi, Awakening to Reality, Wang Mu’s Foundations of Internal … Continue reading

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Jin Hua Retreat, October 21 – 31 2012 — Dreaming about the ‘Immortal Realm’

On the third morning of the retreat I had a ‘vision’. This would be similar to what is referred to in the west as a vivid dreaming state. You are in a dream-like state but you are awake. You are … Continue reading

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