The long-awaited release of Pedram Shojai’s book is finally here. We have arranged to receive 500 copies before they hit the book stores. The books are in press now and we should be receiving them between mid-April and early May.
We are going to open these first 500 copies to a Pre-Sale and Pedram Shojai is going to personally sign every pre-sale copy that goes out through this website.
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Tune your ears a bit and his English will start making sense. Here, Master Yo Hoon talks about meditation and how it is an understanding of the mechanism of the universe more so than any technique. From his zen perspective, Yo Hoon discusses how the mind works and how we cannot have more than one thought at one time. Essentially, time and emotions/thoughts are bound and our understanding of the changing nature of this phenomena can set us free. He claims that there is no reason to fret about changing anything because the universe is constantly changing in perpetuity. Heaven and Hell are right here and now based on our perception of the present moment and our ultimate freedom is derived from our understanding of the mechanism of the universe.
If we could all live on a dream beach somewhere in the tropics, would we still have stress? Most people believe that the answer to this is “No”, but I would have to disagree. Sure, we’d be pretty good for a couple of weeks- maybe even a month bu then what? We’ll have dragged our busy minds along with us and, after a short amount of time, will be loading old thoughts, emotions, and memories that have been plaguing us for years.
How does this stress get booted in so easily? Think of a computer. We have our operating system and then we have applications. If we get a good night’s sleep, we generally tend to wake up with a free desktop. What happens then? We start opening windows. We click application after application, trying to load everything at once. Within the first hour or two, we have too many windows open and things are starting to hang up. Our system slows down and we are diverting valuable resources to the multiple open windows and have precious little left for our immunity.
Most people can relate to not feeling 100% because some issue or memory from their past is haunting them. It happens to all of us. Mom or dad say something, a girlfriend leaves us, we fail a test, or whatever. The list of things that can traumatize people grows longer every day and, unfortunately, most people are not equipped with the tools to heal these wounds.
I’ve been working with patients on this topic for years. There are a number of different types of therapy that have proven effective but none have shown me as much promise as qi gong combined with five elemental emotional cleansing and some deep meditation. Again, it took years of trial and error to come up with a system comprehensive enough to see long-lasting results with patients. How does it work?
The chakras from the Indian Yoga system are energy centers that represent the spectral differentiation of light as it emanates in the human body. When white light hits our atmosphere, it differentiates like this:
Stress, anxiety, and depression are all symptoms of disconnection to our inner source of peace and tranquility. Here, Pedram discusses how it is through our loss of connection with nature that we have become fixated on abstract concepts and separated ourselves from our original connection with nature.
Anxiety and Depression are taking over in the modern era. Teenage depression has been increasing at alarming rates and parents are panicking about what to do about it. Many are racing to psychiatrists asking for drugs while others are searching for more natural approaches. Either way, parents are looking for answers because nobody wants to see their kids suffer. So why teenage depression?
Well, let’s think about it for a minute. These kids are being raised in a hectic, chaotic world where nothing makes sense yet they are being forced to fit in, finish their didactic homework, dress nice, and put a smile on their faces. Heck, I’d be depressed too! The problem with teenage depression is that we are trying to force these poor kids to fit into an insane world and wondering why their free and pure spirits resist.
One of the major lessons I end up teaching students when they fist start is how to establish and maintain healthy boundaries. Most people I meet are terrible at this! They have been taught to be nice and accommodating all of the time and this attitude has led to a cascade of problems in their lives. Why? It’s because they have not learned the value of the word “No” and what it can do for them.
This a a ten minute clip from my main zen mediation master who sounds like a Taoist but also speaks with some Buddhist influences. His discourse is part of a longer interview which I will post soon. This segment focuses on the nature of meditation and how we interface with our consciousness. His discourse is truly magnificent because it really illuminates how most people are fixed on meditation technique versus a profound understanding of Who we truly are and how the Universe works.
Zen mediation and a profound understanding of Reality is not a meditation technique but an enhancement of one’s consciousness. This falls in line with the true teaching of Taoist and Buddhist masters as well.
His English is a bit tough to understand but you’ll get used to it and its well worth the listen.
Enjoy!
In the world of Health and Wellness, we have four spokes that hold together the wheel of Vitality. The are the critical elements that constitute one’s lifestyle. Each of them have to be balanced in their own right and all of them need to feed into each-other in order to attain the ultimate goal of good health.
The first of these spokes is Diet. We literally are what we eat. The food we intake literally becomes the makeup of our body and the energy we run off of. A balanced diet of organic and locally grown ingredients brings vibrant energy and clean fuel to the cells. In Chinese medicine we derive out Gu Qi (Food Qi) from our diet and this, mixed with the air we breathe constitutes the foundation of our energy body. Qi Gong is excellent for the circulation of breath. The digestive organs assimilate the food we eat and produce usable energy for the body and brain- energy we need to run our daily lives. An abundance of energy can be derived from keeping this system efficient and eating quality foods in small quantities.
