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Yi versus imagination

Submitted by michael young on 2021-12-15 19:46
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I have recently began to notice the qualitative difference between the light yi associated with movement and what I normally associate with "thought". With yi, it always leads to movement or change in the body. I feel like it could be compared to wind. Yi is wind when it it fills a sail and the boat is moved along. Imagination is wind as well but it's immaterial to the boat because the sail is not up and the direction is wrong.

Authenticity

Submitted by michael young on 2021-08-31 19:53

Lately, I've been thinking about how compete UCB is. What I mean is that I can feel how there are aspects of my personality that are associated to my habitual posture. These have to released to allow my body to stretch in response to the foot couple. My whole feeling of my "self" is affected. I'm beginning to see that our collapsed structure is not the only thing that is has us mimicing Standing by doing a tall crouch. Often times, we smile and facially emote in a superficial way that is not connected to this deeper, primal, way of moving that is innate and not a cultural affectation.

Frustration and training

Submitted by michael young on 2021-07-26 10:59

My training over the last 6 months had consisted of times of breakthrough and release where I felt more comfortable and at ease in my body followed sudden, inexplicable regressions to a level of discomfort that I didn't have previously. Then, I spend time trying to train me way out of that. It's like a switch gets flipped and my body just does something else. Training sessions loosen me up and I feel better but often it doesn't last regressing into some other uncomfortable position. I know training is the answer.