The Green Wizard
“Standing at the Mysterious Pass
Centered in the Eternal Now,
Balanced in Body and Open in Mind,
Rooted into the Sacred Space,
Motionless as the Golden Mountain,
Fingers around the Primeval Sphere.
Dragons and Tigers are still dreaming -
Ready for Rebirth.
I breathe in, the World Breathes Out.
The Gate of Space opens;
Heaven moves and Yang is born.
The hands move out, embracing the One.
The mind settles and is clear.
The Dragon Howls,
Ravens fill the Vast Cauldron,
Mind forms melt like mercury,
Spirit rises in the Clouds of Eternity.
Yin appears like the moon at dusk.
I breathe out, the World Breathes In.
The Doors of Emptiness close;
Earth quiets and Yin is born.
The hands move in, entering the One.
The body settles and becomes whole.
The Tiger Roars,
The Great Ox is nourished by the Valley Spirit,
Substances spark from flaming furnaces,
Essence roots in the Watery Flesh.
Yang appears like the sun at dawn.
Dragons and Tigers
Transformed within the Mysterious Pass -
Chanting and Purring.
Awakened,
Peaceful,
Free.”
- Michael P. Garofalo
Opening at the Mysterious Pass
Opening Hands (Kai Shou) and Closing Hands (He Shou) Qigong
Sun Lu Tang’s Style of Taijiquan
Mike Garofalo sometimes writes under the pen name of “The Green Wizard.”
Is Mike really a wizard? Come, come, my friends …. He, like like his lanky and legendary mentor, Grand Master Chang San Feng, likes to keep on walking, gardening, dancing at dawn, creating, and letting others bang his brass wizard’s hat.
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