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physical energy, emotional or spiritual, and it rises
up to open our heart center. Then we start to sense
the strong flow that is life.
As our life force naturally rises up to the upper energy center (upper dan tian – collar bone upwards
including neck and head), it literally starts to light
up the inside of the head. It begins to activate our
ability to see beyond this physical world, and beyond time and space. We begin to see a greater
perspective of what life is and start to understand
the cause and effects in life, our karma.
When our life energy continues to go upward, opening our connection to the universe, we see where
we’ve come from and where we’re going. That is
when we are no longer afraid of death.
Often when there is enough life force accumulated,
one is ready for a great shift. This is when everything changes in our life to a new level. We flow in
it with ease, and things appear to be manifested
out of thin air as if by our imagination, but it is part
of that energy flow. This is what is said, that from
within we manifest the without. It becomes easier
to let go of internal knots or struggles. In general,
life becomes simpler instead of appearing complicated.
It is a practice that uses our physical body as our
greatest gift and as a guardrail for self-empowerment and deep transformation. It is not about
transcending from the daily life on earth but rather
earth being one of our greatest supports and allies in this transformation, together with the sky.
There’s a reason why human beings stand between
earth and sky. Many ancient teachings say that with
an incarnated body we can reach enlightenment in
this lifetime. When disincarnated it may take a soul
eons. This is a practice through the body, not leaving the body or disregarding the body. “
Janai: What were the conditions of your cave retreats and what were some of your experiences
that taught you about yourself?
Claire: “People experience spiritual crisis or emergencies. I had an episode of this when all that I
was concerned about was discovering the meaning of life and knowing why am I here. We have
crisis when our soul is ready for a big change and
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it knows it is the right time. It was a time to try to
shift to a new level of perspective, and live life from
a different level of awareness. I did three months
of be gu shi qi (no food and eight days of no water)
followed by twenty eight days of solitary meditation on top of the Song Shan Mountain. I also did
twenty eight days of solitary practice in a Tibetan
cave at an earlier time.”
Janai: How do you see ZY Qi Gong having impact
on the new consciousness the earth is evolving
into at this time?
Claire: “We are coming into a faster time on the
planet. Energies are strong. The energies spiral
in two directions, with both directions traveling
stronger and faster. As we do our own work shedding our own blockages, stagnations and dark energies, we manifest that outward into our life and
into the lives closest to us. And when there are
enough of us doing that, it affects a whole community, a whole population and the whole earth.
There have always been Buddhist teachings about
how the earth is one living thing, and when a large
group of people is fearful and slipping into the dark
energies of greed, the earth will experience water
related calamities. When large populations of people continue to be angry, resentful, judgmental,
and critical, there will be fire related calamities on
earth. Ignorance, which could mean living in ignorance without finding ourselves, and doing the inner work to enlighten ourselves, (which means to
literally bring light into ourselves), and also living
in ignorance without understanding other living
beings on earth, there will be wind-related calamities. And excessive pride brings earthquakes.
When large populations of
people continue to be angry,
resentful, judgmental, and
critical, there will be fire
related calamities on earth.