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Every once in a while in the martial arts one will hear of the concept of The Golden Sphere. Aikido is big on this theory, Pa Kua Chang deals with it directly, and Tai Chi Chuan done with consummate attention to detail will, eventually, create The Golden Sphere. And even those arts considered coarse and base, such as Karate and Tae Kwon Do, will, done long enough and with enough attention to detail, and with sufficient eye to the virtues of humanity, result in The Golden Sphere.
Unfortunately, most people never come across this concept of The Golden Sphere, have not heard of it, and are not blessed with even the rudimentary knowledge of how to attain it. Yet the Golden Sphere is nothing but a glow manufactured and sustained, an casement of energy, and the rules for that attaining are easily understood and simply done. Indeed, with a bare listing of the concepts involved, any one of any art could attain it, though, to be honest, it is easier if one has acquired all the knowledge, and studied all the arts.
First and foremost is the grounding of your machine, which is, after all, nothing but a machine. You must undertake a severe and deliberate study of stances, exploring all ranges of motion. You must course the energy through the legs, learning when to push against the ground, and when to brace upon it.
Second and equally important is the glow that one generates in the energy center. The energy center is called the One Point, or the tan tien, and it is the center of the body/machine. This energy center is generates the energy, and you must center your awareness on it, you must breath as if to it, cause it to glow from the excitation of energy running up and down the legs, you must make it work.
Third, most important of all, one must learn how to relax while doing the martial arts. If one is not relaxed, then energy is not concentrated in the tan tien, but rather dissipated throughout the body to points that are not relaxed. In other words, energy is locked up by points of the body that are not relaxed.
Now, you are breathing, grounding, focusing, and creating truckloads of energy inside the center of the body. This will cause you to glow, regardless of any wish or desire to the contrary--and, to be honest, only a fool would not want to glow. So liberate this energy, course it through the arms by doing forms, and like sparklers on a dark night, encapsualte your body with imaginations of geometric configurations, and let that energy surround you, protect you, and yet not bar you from the world, but rather open you to a different world, a world beyond senses, a world of ethereal perfection.
Eventually, as you practice without thought of time or other such worldly distractions, you will become the art. You will become the special and unique individual that, in your heart of hearts, you are. One thing that will help you to increase your progress on this path a hundred fold, is to study what virtue is, and how to manifest it in your life.
It is easy, you know, if you do your forms with attention to the details I have listed here, if you just get out of your way. It is easy if you put aside the problems of the world, solve them efficiently and quickly, and concentrate your time on this planet to what really matters, the creation and evolution of art. I advise you then, do what I have laid out for you here, and...and to do it through the learning of as many arts as you can, for to seek The Golden Sphere through but one art is slow, to seek it through understanding all is The True Way.
Unfortunately, most people never come across this concept of The Golden Sphere, have not heard of it, and are not blessed with even the rudimentary knowledge of how to attain it. Yet the Golden Sphere is nothing but a glow manufactured and sustained, an casement of energy, and the rules for that attaining are easily understood and simply done. Indeed, with a bare listing of the concepts involved, any one of any art could attain it, though, to be honest, it is easier if one has acquired all the knowledge, and studied all the arts.
First and foremost is the grounding of your machine, which is, after all, nothing but a machine. You must undertake a severe and deliberate study of stances, exploring all ranges of motion. You must course the energy through the legs, learning when to push against the ground, and when to brace upon it.
Second and equally important is the glow that one generates in the energy center. The energy center is called the One Point, or the tan tien, and it is the center of the body/machine. This energy center is generates the energy, and you must center your awareness on it, you must breath as if to it, cause it to glow from the excitation of energy running up and down the legs, you must make it work.
Third, most important of all, one must learn how to relax while doing the martial arts. If one is not relaxed, then energy is not concentrated in the tan tien, but rather dissipated throughout the body to points that are not relaxed. In other words, energy is locked up by points of the body that are not relaxed.
Now, you are breathing, grounding, focusing, and creating truckloads of energy inside the center of the body. This will cause you to glow, regardless of any wish or desire to the contrary--and, to be honest, only a fool would not want to glow. So liberate this energy, course it through the arms by doing forms, and like sparklers on a dark night, encapsualte your body with imaginations of geometric configurations, and let that energy surround you, protect you, and yet not bar you from the world, but rather open you to a different world, a world beyond senses, a world of ethereal perfection.
Eventually, as you practice without thought of time or other such worldly distractions, you will become the art. You will become the special and unique individual that, in your heart of hearts, you are. One thing that will help you to increase your progress on this path a hundred fold, is to study what virtue is, and how to manifest it in your life.
It is easy, you know, if you do your forms with attention to the details I have listed here, if you just get out of your way. It is easy if you put aside the problems of the world, solve them efficiently and quickly, and concentrate your time on this planet to what really matters, the creation and evolution of art. I advise you then, do what I have laid out for you here, and...and to do it through the learning of as many arts as you can, for to seek The Golden Sphere through but one art is slow, to seek it through understanding all is The True Way.
About the Author:
Al Case has studied the martial arts for forty years. His instructions on how to achieve The Golden Sphere begin with a free ebook at Monster Martial Arts.
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