Bao wrote:Usually, I would say that Mr Barlow is derailing the thread as usual, but I have to agree with his conclusions, that it's better to read about Cook Ding, as Mr Graham (Kelley, not Barlow) seem to not be able auto answer my questions about the practical implications - the "how to" part. Well, this is something I presume by the lack of replying direct questions.
If someone can't explain it in a practical manner, I always suspect that the choice of words has more to do with the writers intellectual work... nuff said.
Maybe you didn’t see this from a few days ago.
Thanks for your comments. 'Separate Left and Right' is dependent first on 'Separate Bones and Meat'. Also, it is true that, 'While The Bones May Rise and The Bones May Sink, the Meat Always Remains Sunk'.
I look at it - and these are my own words - 'Heavy Yi Brings Wild Qi, while Light Yi Reveals Mild Qi'. The problem for the beginner is that the only Qi that can be perceived is Wild Qi. The underlying body-mind confusion from conflicting assumptions or 'unclear yi' about the intention of training creates noise within movement. Wild Qi is just able to overcome that noise and be subjectively perceived as various 'subtle energy circulations'.
Relevant Excerpt from
https://sifuondemand.com/gravitas:
As for a concrete training methodology, there are several requirements during practice. What movement you choose doesn't matter, although certain movements help. In order of dependency:
1) Clearly distinguish Shen. ( Refined Warrior Spirit ) from Yi. This takes some meditative work, but with the Standing Mental Model it becomes clear that these feelings arise from different sensory networks. Confusing the two leads to 'Heavy Yi and Wild Qi'. In general, this means do not strive for any positive outcome. Notice the interactions between Shen and Yi->Qi. Avoid anything that imparts Heavy-ness.
2) Be intentional. Intentional learning in this context means your expectations govern outcomes. This is the most difficult aspect to understand.
3) Mind the Slack. By maintaining slack as the object of your moving mediation, you are cultivating the mental model and movement primitive that together stimulate the deep sensory networks needed to condition the tissues to clearly pearceive that the bones and meat are already separate. This reinforces the Yi.
And from yesterday:
As for softness into hardness. Another big topic, but more about inner tissue conditioning as the result of bones training. The separation of bones and meat realization comes first, then, over time, the new perceptions become part of 'everyday and ordinary' movement. There is huge change in the type of training a student can perform after the change in Yi that supports Separate Bones and Meat. I would be further interested in how this difference is addressed.
For example, certain extremely twisty NeiGong shapes that, before the change in Yi, constrict the breath and range of movement, while the same movement performed after, the breath is free and range of movement increased. Then we play with the different expectations and notice the effect on the breath in the same twisty postures. After a month or so, the Heavy Yi and Light Yi difference begins to become clear. In my experience, the Heavy Yi and Light Yi difference is required to directly access the bones. This is very different than indirectly accessing the bones by way of the 'meat reference'. 'Softness into hardness' as a deliberate training process is dependent on this change in perception and the resultant change in Yi.