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 -- by Cheryl Woodruff For many baby-boomers, Taoist wisdom brings to mind Bruce Lee’s “Fists of Fury” and the world of forbidden warriors. Yet, it was David Carradine’s portrayal of the exiled Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine, the mystic who wandered the American West in the 1972 hit TV show Kung Fu that introduced this tradition’s hidden spiritual dimensions. Who can forget the Taoist Master who challenged Caine’s errant “grasshopper” ways while dispensing the secrets of the universe in profound poetry borrowed from the Tao Te Ching? Yet Caine’s martial arts mastery was always juxtaposed against his ability to decipher life’s hidden secrets, “the mystery that can be indirectly known but not explained.” America’s boundless appetite for oriental wisdom over the past decade is reflected in the widespread consumption of all things eastern -- from acupuncture and herbs to Tai Chi Chuan and Tae Kwan Do. More recently, the unparalleled success of the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sparked a renewed cultural exploration. Once again the West is turning east to de-code the mysteries of body, mind and spirit. And yet what is it that we seek? For many of us, our fascination with the East reflects a search for wholeness in a mechanistic world -- a desire to recover that which has been lost to us in our increasingly homogenized, sanitized, faster and faster paced reality. We long for a way to reconnect with that which is greater than one being, and yet deep within ourselves. Fortunately, Boston seekers need look no further than the Chun Do Sun Bup Ki Energy Wellness Center for an introduction to Taoist healing arts. “Ki or Vital Energy” training transforms human energy into its superhuman or divine form. Through this art |
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 "“Ki or Vital Energy” training transforms human energy into its superhuman or divine form. Through this art of inner alchemy, one can glimpse into the traditions that generations of sages have turned to for self-healing, self-mastery, and self-realization." 
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of inner alchemy, one can glimpse into the traditions that generations of sages have turned to for self-healing, self-mastery, and self-realization.
What is this miraculous thing called Ki, the invisible force that has the power to revitalize body, mind and spirit? The Chinese call it Chi and the Koreans call it Ki, hence the terms Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Aikido, which all mean “vital energy”. No matter what label each culture assigns, Ki remains the primordial force that results when sperm and egg unite. It is the energy of life in its purest form.
In the Taoist view, to understand Ki we must develop an awareness and appreciation for the laws of Nature, especially as they are manifest in human life. In Ki Training, Nature must become our sacred text and indisputable guide for our personal growth and spiritual evolution. When Ki energy channels are open and flowing, the human being knows no limits. Ki is not only the basic component of matter; it is also the mind of matter. Everything one thinks and feels is transmitted to the body via the energy system. When there is harmony between body and mind, our energy flows smoothly like running water, but when there is discord, it becomes blocked or damned up with congestion, which eventually leads to disease. Learning how to recognize and master the healthy circulation of Ki throughout the body is at the heart of all Taoist training. Chun Do Sun Bup (CDSP) Chun Do Sun Bup, which literally means “the heavenly way to recover body, mind, and spirit” is a 6000-year-old Taoist form of South Korean martial arts training. For thousands of years, this discipline was secretly passed down from generation to generation until Dr. Haeng-Yong Mo and his wife Gui-Dai Park began to explore “The Way of the Taoist Immortals” and were called upon to revitalize this tradition for the modern era. The Grandmasters were to endure 30 years of arduous and often life-threatening ascetic training in the mountains of Korea, until ultimately they were capable of transmitting the perfect balance of yin/yang energy or Ki. As they wrote in The Book of Heaven, when Grandmasters Mo and Park perfected the “heavenly way” of the Taoist Immortals, they received extraordinary healing abilities. They traveled in Japan, and South America performing miracles and treating thousands of people relieving their illness and suffering. Yet, as they traversed the world, they realized that they would never be able to reach everyone who needed their help. Finally their prayer to “serve humanity” was answered in the Chun Do Sun Bup Ki Energy Training. KI ENERGY TRAINING Today there are more than 200 nonprofit International Chun Do Sun Bup Ki Energy Centers operated by Korean and Western Masters who teach this ancient art in South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and England. Ki Masters dedicate their lives to cultivation of their healing abilities to serve humanity. Introduced to North American in 1994, Ki Energy Centers are now located in Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Vancouver. Commenting on their mission, Master Vera Zachariassen, head of the New York Ki Center said, “First and foremost, we recognize that every person is born with healing power. When the mind and body are in balance this healing power can be utilized, but when we lose our equilibrium this natural power can be disrupted or destroyed. So one of our primary purposes is to teach people how to develop their own innate healing abilities.” Chun Do Sun Bup is a complete self-healing system that combines the amazing power of Ki Energy Training and Chunsoo or Ki Energy Healing. It offers ways to realign our body and mind with the principles of harmony and beauty that rule Nature. When mind and body can tune back to the energetic frequency of Nature, our vital life force can regain its proper flow and restore healing of the most profound and lasting kind. Nature is unselfish, unbiased and harmonious. Nature gives unconditionally and only asks for cooperation and wise measure. Harmonizing the constantly chattering human mind with the mind of Nature, so that we can receive its healing power, is a long process because Nature heals slowly. But Nature heals best. It follows its own pattern, not ours. Ki Energy Training offers one of the shortest and most direct ways to walk this profound healing path. Ki Energy Training consists of 100 classes divided into 12 steps, performed in a small class setting in sessions lasting one hour. Each class consists of chanting and breathing exercises to purify the mind and refine the energy system; systematized ki movements to revitalize and strengthen the body’s energy circulation; and silent meditation to develop mental clarity and to enhance spiritual development. The training room is filled with the power of invisible Ki, and students learn how to receive, circulate, and retain vital energy. Ki Energy Training is believed by many to be a natural and lasting solution to such health problems as stress, migraines, back and neck pain, chronic fatigue, food allergies, digestive disorders, anxiety, depression, and other serious illnesses. Although many health programs deal with the mind and body separately, Ki Training restores emotional and physical balance by disciplining the body and mind simultaneously. As trainees participate in classes and receive healing treatments, they sometimes report that old energy blockages are dissolved, toxins are released, signs of stress and aging are removed and emotional balance is restored. Ki Energy Healing Treatment The hands-on application of vital energy known as Chunsoo, or “heavenly hands,” is an integral part of the Chun Do Sun Bup (CDSB) healing program. During this treatment, the Ki Master transmits cosmic energy into the body’s blocked energy meridians through finger pressure and sound frequencies. The sshhh breath sound deeply penetrates energy blockages by combining sound with vibration. A Ki Energy Healing Treatment can take between 15 to 30 minutes depending on the state of one’s energy system. Through this technique, energy blockages can be quickly located and opened, leading to the removal of pain, tension and toxins that are often the precursors of disease. After treatment, the physical body is detoxified, the mind is stabilized resulting in clearer thinking and emotional balance, and the natural flow of Ki is restored to the immune system. Ki Ancestor and Family Healing A commonly acknowledged cause of energy blockages is the accumulation of toxins and negative emotions such as chronic anger, worry or grief. Another source of energy blockage is an inherited energy blockage. As the name implies, our parents pass on this type of weakness to us. All energy blockages affect us physically, mentally and spiritually and inherited energy blockages can defy the best efforts of traditional and alternative medicine. Interestingly, both Western and Eastern medicine conclude that certain illnesses are familial such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and stroke. Western medicine would attribute these illnesses to mutations of a gene, while Eastern thinking postulates the influence of our Ancestors unresolved negative mind states and emotions. Through Ancestor Training Ceremonies led by the Chun Do Sun Bup Masters we’re allowed to heal such ancestral energy blockages and to restore new levels of health and well-being to our families and ourselves. A whole plant is contained in the seed. An entire person is contained in an egg. Every living thing in the world comes from seed. And every living thing in the world dies and falls to the earth. Bodies rot, only to feed the earth and release the seed. That is true rebirth. Tao is infinite. It is a seed of unlimited circumference, with its center any point in boundless eternity. Tao is a tiny seed, containing unlimited universes its dimensionless center. The seed is the whole of what we want to know. The seed is the center. The seed is the source. And the source is the whole of Tao. --- “Everyday Tao” - Deng Ming-Dao |
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