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Chinese Spirituality - Xamchen
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In the physical disciplines of yoga or the martial arts, we develop what is called in English, a heightened sense of Propriocentric Perception.
This is logical and practical, and accessable to anyone who works at it.
Propriocentric Perception is the full, wide, readily accesible cognition of exactly where every part of our body is in space, and ease of movement, muscular recall, and balance.
With years of practice one naturally develops a 'sense' of where one is in any given space, and our senses can kind of "expand" that perception in sort of an egglike configuration around us.
Nothing woo-woo mysterious, just neurological recall and heightened awareness.
Thanks for your response :)
I certainly believe training in a martial art helps spiritually - I plan to return to Wing Chun at some stage in the near future.
Woo woo is ok :) I am in touch with my energy body.
Talking about an egg-like awareness is interesting - I'm not sure if you're aware there are other traditions that talk about the egg-like energy that surrounds us.
The main reason I'm interested is that to talk of a state such as one like Xamchen implies other knowledge - it would be fascinating to know what body of knowledge it's referenced in. Quoting: ExileThe egglike realm around us has practical application. It can be kind of defined by the furthest reach of one's fingers and toes in all directions. At any given moment, we can -- and may -- physically reach all around us, and we need to be neurologically aware of everything within that immediate 'area of operations'. Through yoga or the martial arts, we gain familiarity with everything within that realm, and develop sort of an intuition about what is going on 'within the egg'. Somehow -- naturally, as compared to 'supernaturally' -- we take all the interior of the egg shape into our field of working knowledge. Fluctuations of light, shadow, temperature, air movement. We come to "live in" our whole "range of motion" rather than just within the flesh.
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