Signs that one might be off-track from the practice (Copy)

Tao - The Way

How far have you come?

True cultivation is not mysterious at all; it is mainly about letting go...

Based on Fengshui, 2020 is an intensely conflicted and destructive year, but it is also a chance for cultivators to make changes to transform negative habits into positive characteristics. Now is time to evaluate how we are doing with our practice, and how we can do more letting go.

The following are the signs when one practices Tao incorrectly or is off track, especially if it keeps getting worse.

1. Feeling confused a lot with a foggy brain (Qi scattered, Qi leaks out the head)

2. Always feeling the need for more different styles of practice from different teachers (not following the Tao-inner path)

3. Having a sense of urgency to get it and get it now (ego/self energy centered)

4. Health conditions becoming worse or more weakened (usually because of the mixed practice of two conflicted Qigong styles)

5. Always feeling self-righteous towards others who become the target of blame (still hooked in drama)

6. Being unable to contain anger and raw emotions such as irritation (lack training on the wisdom eye)

7. Still being driven by addictions (looking for comfort from the outside rather than finding inner peace)

8. Always looking to calculate or bargain for almost anything (mentally stopping the natural flow)

9. Remaining mentally rigid rather than being flexible; having hardened energy rather than soft (energy is put to use in wrong areas)

10. Constantly pushing and doing, which makes things more complicated or difficult (not finding effortless doing)

11. Thinking of oneself as unique, awakened, and knowing of “the truth”; while others are still asleep and being fooled (deviation in views)

12. Feeling that one is so advanced, beyond teaching; seeing how the teacher or others have so many problems (arrogance creates trouble for the self; the more correct the practice, the more humble one becomes)

If this happens, one might need to reset the practice.

Editing credit to Robert H. Smitheram