How to practice internal skills

Quiet is the first level of practicing internal skills, and it is also a crucial level. With the deepening of quietness, kung fu is also improving. Quiet means entering what we usually call qigong state. In this state, the yogi replaces all thoughts with one thought and is in a daze. There is no distinction, no difference. Taoism calls it keeping one, and Buddhism calls it entering the air. There is a passage in Lao Tzu's A Tao Te Ching that describes this state: "Tao is a thing, but it is a trance." Vague, there are images, vague, and something ... "The word trance is very learned and many scholars have been explaining it. Mr. nan huaijin thinks: "Trance refers to the state of bright mind. We don't need tedious exegesis to explain these two words. Just by the shape, you can see that it is the light words beside the vertical center, and the sudden words beside the vertical center indicate that your mind is bright, floating and lively, and you are not upset at all. "Here we should pay attention to two points. First, being in a state of silence means being in a trance. There is no difference, no difference, that is, thinking nothing, putting everything down and not needing any logical thinking. Secondly, in the trance state, JL is naturally bright and lively, which means that there are images and objects in it. This kind of internality is the result of practicing to a certain extent, and the natural qi of heaven and earth acts on the internal qi of people.

Very conducive to regulating body functions, balancing yin and yang, dredging meridians; More importantly, in a quiet state, qi can be started and vigorous. People coming down to the abdomen are like a melting pot, and only when they are quiet can they ignite a blazing flame; It is also like a steamer, which can only cause boiling when it is quiet.

A quiet posture

Static kung fu is mainly sitting posture, and of course it also includes lying posture. However, prone position is only used when the exerciser is too weak to sit still, and most people try to practice sitting position. There are three ways to sit: sitting flat, scattering discs, single disc and double disc. These postures also reflect the different depth of kung fu. Beginners should sit flat, so that their limbs are comfortable, and they are not oppressed, which is conducive to silence. With the deepening of kung fu, practitioners must gradually transition to cross-legged, especially when entering high-level practice. They must use two sets of kung fu. Because the biggest advantage of this posture is deterrence, the stability of the footwall is conducive to the movement of qi in thousands of parts of the body, and once the qi is full, the solid resistance of the footwall is also conducive to exercising the strength of qi in the body. No matter what posture, the most important principle is to relax naturally, and the whole body can relax to be quiet. Relaxation is not slack, but requires the whole body to relax when the spine is vertical, which is both calm and not stiff. In Tai Ji Chuan, there is a term called "the spirit is weak". When the head rests on the top, the spine will naturally be vertical. However, for a beginner, it is impossible to care too much, otherwise it will cause tension. In fact, just remember to relax, and then pay attention to adjust the nervous parts of the body at any time to keep the whole body comfortable. Quiet method

Breathing and sedation methods

Breathing into silence, also known as the breathing method, refers to the method that the mind focuses on breathing and goes up and down with breathing to achieve undivided attention instead of thinking all the time. For beginners, breathing into silence is a convenient way. Breathing into silence can only pay attention to inhalation, and exhalation will come out inadvertently, or only pay attention to exhalation, not pay attention to inhalation, or rise and fall with breathing.

With a certain foundation, the yogi can concentrate the skin of the whole body, use the capillary pores of the skin, breathe in the refreshing air between heaven and earth, and exhale the sick air and turbid air of the whole body. With this idea, they can take a good breath for a while, then relax, think nothing, breathe naturally, keep their minds blank, and relax and be comfortable. Once the distractions come up, they can be expelled by skin breathing, which can be done for generations.

Abide by the laws of peace and tranquility.

This is the most commonly used meditation method. The acupoints observed mainly include the upper, middle and lower abdomen, perineum, Mingmen and Yongquan (see Figure 5 for acupoints). The advantage of obeying the law is that it is easy to get angry, and the disadvantage is that it is not easy to master the temperature. The so-called heat refers to the severity of God's intention to acupoints. Caution is generally required, and you can't forget to help, or put it down when exhaling, or put it down when inhaling. Don't be persistent, otherwise the phenomenon of hyperactivity of yang and stagnation of qi will appear, causing discomfort in all aspects of the body, especially dizziness. Generally speaking, it is common to observe the lower abdomen (one inch and five points below the navel), because the lower abdomen is a sea of qi, and generally practicing Zhou Tiangong mainly observes the lower abdomen.

Dynamic static method

After practicing martial arts for a period of time, the whole body meridians are ventilated, and then there are various feelings in the body. Buddhism has the saying of "eight touches", that is, moving, itching, light, heavy, cool, hot, astringent and slippery.

In fact, the feeling in the body is not just "eight touches". Everyone will not feel exactly the same. To sum up, the most important feeling is the feeling that qi starts in the body, such as the flow, movement and jumping of qi, the trembling feeling of qi when the whole body is ventilated (similar to the feeling of electrification) and the feeling of gas field, and the heat feeling when qi grows. In short, the yogi can carefully understand these feelings, search them wholeheartedly, and unconsciously eliminate all kinds of distractions, so as to achieve the purpose of silence. According to the author's experience, somatosensory meditation has a better effect. On the one hand, this meditation method is relatively easy, and it will not bring any disadvantages or cause tension. On the one hand, this method can improve the skills of introspection and lay the foundation for future ideas and some higher-order functions.