JM, Your advice is valuable that you need to be in good physical condition in order to meditate efficiently. You are an expert in cultvating chi. That is a very good practice. It is also why you are resistant to the stones I throw at you. LOL. However, if you maintain samadhi every moment, you will be hit by a car, when you cross the street. The correct term should be to maintain mindfulness. I have not cracked jokes with you for a while. Anthony
________________________________ From: 覺妙精明 （JMJM） <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 6:58 Subject: [Zen] Samadhi Dear Merle and Bill (not Bill!), Thank you for your interest in taking a peek at our meditative technique. We practice first to reach tiptop physical condition. Only then could we integrate our body, mind and spirit. Thus a dedicated chi cultivation is the necessary first step as well as its foundation. Some call this state samadhi, though it is only a name, we need to understand however it differs from a state when we are physically exhausted as in a long retreat. In order for us to maintain a state of samadhi in every moment, we must be in our best physical condition, not when we are exhausted. Besides, it is explicitly so stated in traditional Chinese meditation. Heightened state of awareness requires the support of heightened state of chi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Treasures_(traditional_Chinese_medicine) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Treasures_%28traditional_Chinese_medicine%29> Bon Voyage, JM
