There is a definite relationship between thinking and life, and all positive thinking can enhance the vitality of life, develop intelligence, delay aging, and treat diseases. There is no intention to do nothing, and on the basis of thinking, a lot of exercises can be formulated. The secret of the Jinggong method has a lot to do with the selection and application of the content of the mind. The basic method of Jinggong thinking is to focus on the practice of the five major contents of "relaxation, quietness, mental translocation, distraction and micro". Among them, the word "micro" is the most, which is the key and difficult.
The body relaxes
The purpose of relaxation is to lay the foundation for active true qi. The more fully relaxed, the more free the True Qi will be active. The time required for a well-trained practitioner to relax can be no more than 5 seconds, and in an instant, the whole body will be relaxed, and the speed is so fast that it is carried out almost at the same time
For beginners, start with a partial experience. Arrange the parts of the body in order, relax only one part at a time, and add up many parts to loosen the whole body. Commonly used is the segmented relaxation method, which is easy to learn and natural.
The sequence of segmented relaxation is to first loosen the head, face, neck, and shoulders, then loosen the chest, abdomen, waist, and back, and then loosen the limbs. Stillness and pine are intrinsically linked, and stillness is the foundation of pine. Before trying to relax, the spirit is first calmed down, the mood is unstable, the relaxation is not sufficient, and it is not easy to forcibly relax. Then the eyes are lightly closed, and the posture is natural. Sitting flat or lying on your back can loosen your head, you can shrink your neck slightly, your neck is soft but not stiff, and your shoulders are sagging. The method of loosening the face can have a smile in the heart, and the face is slightly smiling, that is, a natural reflection of the joy of the heart. The method of loosening the shoulders allows the mind to float slightly under the armpits and around the upper arms. The method of loosening the waist can make the waist sink slightly and make the part soft and soft. The mind is slightly placed on the posterior hip area. The method of loosening the abdomen, the mouth is slightly opened a small slit. The mind is slightly placed on the front side of the perineal area and the base of the thigh. The method of loosening the limbs can be imagined that the limbs are immersed in warm water, which has the meaning of softness and softness. If it is not easy to relax somewhere, there is no need to be anxious, you can loosen other easy places first. When most of the relaxation is complete, try to loosen the more tense areas.
Mindfulness
The ancients said, "It is better to practice silence than to practice pine, and it is better to practice pine than to practice emptiness; Empty and empty, get its dwelling. This is a very good argument. True Qi activities are inseparable from the relaxation of the body and the tranquility of the mind.
The so-called practice is to forget one's body when practicing, so that the mind is scattered in the space one meter away from the lower body, and strive not to touch the body. For beginners, if it is difficult to enter the void, the following two methods can be tried.
1. Add a kind of sleepiness to the heart, and when sleepiness comes, it helps to feel empty. Sometimes I really fall asleep, and it doesn't matter, I sleep a few times and then I don't sleep anymore.
2. Add a kind of blue cloud and white fog to your heart. Like the goddess scattered flowers in the mythical story, the lower body is submerged in the blue clouds and white mist, this method can be used as a temporary transition. After a few days, when the mind can be empty, the thoughts of the clouds and mist are removed
The purpose of practicing void is to disperse the qi, to evacuate the concentrated qi in the body, including the sick qi, and tend to be balanced. It has the effect of curing diseases and strengthening the body with the practice of pine and meditation.
The meaning of tranquility refers to the relative peace of mind, rather than the extinction of distracting thoughts. The degree of meditation depends on the person and the time. There are differences depending on the conditions. The so-called thoughtlessness and emptiness can only be regarded as an occasional phenomenon in the exercises, and it is not the goal that practitioners pursue for a while. At present, there is one of the greatest tendencies in society, that is, to exaggerate the occasional phenomenon of meditation, to deify it, to tempt people to force it, and to go astray. This kind of artificial ideological confusion has brought many difficulties to practitioners, and there are many people who have gone astray. Don't worry about distracting thoughts, which are normal and not strange. This is because there are many traces of impressions in the cerebral cortex of the human being, and these traces, when they are normally awakened, are inhibited and do not allow them to be resurrected at will. During the exercises, the excitatory function of the cerebral cortex is relatively reduced, or the excitatory area is relatively reduced, and the traces of the past impressions are taken advantage of the void and manifested in the form of distracting thoughts. Distracting thoughts are also one of the effects of practice.
The handling of distracting thoughts should be reasonable in understanding and appropriate in technique. The following can be used for trial reference.
1. Distracting thoughts belong to one of the effects of practice, which marks the continuous deepening of the inhibitory function of the cerebral cortex and the progress in a beneficial direction. While this form of effect is unpleasant, there is no need to be overly concerned. It does not have a major impact on the progress of the exercises, and the requirements should not be too high.
2. Indifferent to distracting thoughts. Don't refuse to come, don't chase after it, more or less, accept it, don't mind, don't get tired of it, don't blame it, and blame it for self-defeat.
3. After the distracting thoughts come, they do not disappear for a long time, but you can follow the general idea, think about it roughly, push the boat down the river, and row by; Next time, it will be the same
4. There are too many distracting thoughts, which cannot be opened, and you can practice the body to relax. Recite it for him with a loose prayer to cushion it.
5. Those who are well-trained in practice, distracting thoughts are just born, and they are at the beginning of their studies, and they can use a slight intention to block and force distracting thoughts to subside. For beginners, this method should not be used, otherwise the mental tension will be bad and the consequences will be bad.
Mental translocation
Changing and moving the direction and position of the mind is called "mental translocation." Mental translocation is to exercise the flexibility of the mind, which can be separated and used freely. If you want to keep your will, you can't leave, that's not good.
Up and down, front and back, left and right, inside and outside, belong to different directions. Put your mind in one direction first, and when your mind is calmed down a bit, then move your mind to another direction. When moving in a new direction, it is advisable to forget about the previous position as soon as possible. This change has been repeated over and over again. The speed of beginner transposition can be fast or slow, which varies from person to person, and does not seek uniformity.
Some people feel difficult in translocation operations, mostly caused by two reasons, one is the heavy mind and lack of effort in micro-words; The second is that the mind is not calm. The opportunity for translocation is when the mind is calm, and if the mind is not calm, do not force it. After the experience, then find the speed, and transposition more than 10 times a second.
In addition, spiritual translocation should be tried in the great space of the universe first. 50 meters away from the space, set up 2~4 areas, horizontally arranged, and open the block distance. The size of the pitch is determined by the individual's subjective adaptation. After the experience of the far position, you can try to practice at close range in the front, back, left and right of the human body, and the distance from the human body is 3~5 meters. The fictitious position should not be too high, you can take the neck line, and do not put it on the top of the head casually (except for hypotension). After the space trial has been experienced, it will be carried out on the surface of the body. Yongquan, Laoguan, perineum, Qihai, Changqiang, life, spine, etc., can be alternately translocated.
The continuous operation time of mental translocation should not be too long, about 1~2 minutes; Afterwards, practice calming for 5~10 minutes.
Distraction is used for two purposes
Setting up two different directions, taking both sides of the mind into account, is called "distraction and dual-use". The imaginary of two directions can be in space or in the body, or one in space and one in the body. The specific application of the three forms depends on the situation, and the two directions are all set in space, either horizontally or vertically. The distance and distance are self-adjusting. There are two directions, one is set in space and the other is set in the body, such as space and the sea of qi, space and life. The two directions are both set in the body, one up and down, or one left and one right. such as the spine area and the heart area; Left and right knee area.
The method of distraction is dual-purpose, and the use of ideas must be gentle and subtle. After the direction was determined, he first paid a slight attention, and then tried to cancel the idea, and left from here, and the little concept that remained was enough to suffice.
For beginners, you can't do it for a while, so you don't need to be reluctant, you can use the mental translocation method first, take turns in the two areas, and walk alternately. After becoming proficient, follow the method of distraction and dual-use at the same time. Or you can focus on one area first, use it as a foundation, and when your mind is stable, then release your mind to another area, and if it doesn't work, try again next time.
Small thoughts
The biggest difficulty for newcomer practitioners is to master the word "micro". Nine times out of ten, they are strong-minded, and there are no ones who have failed to do so. Strong ideas are the biggest root cause of deviation
The meaning is subtle, and the ancients made many descriptions, which can be pondered in practice. For example, "it is not a rigid defense, it is not a failure to keep it, if it is a departure, it seems to be something or not." "The subtlety of the intention is in the void, and the intention or unintentional is the truth." "If there is no thought, if there is no thought, it seems that there is no intention or not. "Knowing but not keeping, surviving first and then dying, conserved in the non-existence and non-existence." ”
Based on the above, the intention of the analysis lies in the transition zone between the intentional and the unintentional. The amplitude of this realm, from experience, is about ten seconds, there is no clear boundary between the front and back, and it meets in infiltration.