Seguramente recuerdan como Sifu insiste en que la forma es importante, pero mucho más importante es disfrutar de la respiración. Y que la respiración es importante, pero mucho más importante es estar en "estado mental de Chi Kung". A propósito de eso, les comparto este artículo acerca de la "meditación del café", que parece escrito por el propio Juan Valdés...:
"...Most people think that to meditate, you have to sit quietly in a lotus position... chanting a mantra… but what I was doing had more to do with what was going on in my mind, than the position I was sitting in - and that, I've come to realize, is something you can do in any position, including sitting down drinking your morning cup of coffee.
Meditation is designed to quiet your mind and put you in a state of relaxation and peace. By focusing on your breath, your thoughts can come in and out of your mind more easily without attachment to them. This focus and concentration allows for inner transformation to take place, which can take us to a higher level of awareness…
When you wake up in the morning be aware of your thoughts. Allow them to come in and out of your mind by observing them.
Continue being aware of your thoughts when you do your morning ritual like brushing your teeth, showering and getting dressed.
Make a cup of coffee.
Find a quiet place to sit.
Focus your attention on drinking your coffee.
Feel the warmth of your drink on your lips, and going down your throat.
Be aware of how it tastes.
Feel the pleasure it gives you as you drink.
If a thought distracts you from enjoying your coffee, put your focus back on the pleasure it gives you by the taste and feel of it.
Be aware of not rushing to finish your coffee.
Stay present as you drink what is left of it.
Take a moment to hold your finished cup of coffee, feeling the appreciation and gratitude of it as a gift to being alive.
Get up from your chair slowly.
Put your cup down and begin your day with the mindfulness you feel being in the present.
Even if having your morning coffee is at your local Starbucks or Coffee Bean, you can sit there -- although it may not be quiet -- using this meditation technique to transcend the noise or talking around you by focusing and concentrating on mindful drinking. There's a great story about a Taoist master teaching his sons how to meditate at a busy, crowded park. When they questioned their father as to why he was teaching them how to meditate in such a noisy place, he replied, "If you can learn how to meditate here, you can meditate anywhere."
Everything we do is an opportunity to turn it into a meditation by allowing ourselves to be in the present, and focusing on whatever we're doing with awareness. If you're someone who would like to meditate, but don't feel you have time to do it, you can experience it while you're doing something like drinking coffee, and it will become more than just drinking. It becomes mindful drinking, which takes it to a whole other level. You become aware of yourself drinking your coffee with clarity of mind and a feeling of inner peace.
It sure beats drinking a cup of coffee in your car, rushing in traffic, trying to get to where you need to be, your mind racing everywhere other than being in the present. I call that drinking on the go, not drinking in the now..." - Ora Nadrich – The Huffington Post
Ufff me provoco un Café.
Entonces a disfrutar la tarde tica con un Café y meditar en ella.
Saludos.
Julius