professor cheng man ching

the cosmic roots of marriage

When a man and woman unite in marriage, their personal union draws its power from the cosmic marriage that underlies the whole of existence -- the bonding of the divine masculine and feminine energies emerging from the Creator's Infinite Light to generate existence, a world, and life.

Winter Solstice is the basis for our date of marriage. We will be joined in Holy Matrimony at 2 pm on December 23rd on a grassy knoll overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Valle de Paradisa of Nicaragua.

The 23rd is two days after the Solstice and the second day the sun has begun to shine longer and brighter. The number 2 is symbolic of relationship; and the relationship that has formed between LiChen and me is a reality where 2 becomes 1.

Gabriel Cousens, MD and his wife, Shanti Golds-Cousens will perform our ceremony based on ancient mysticism of the Kabbalah and the Cherokee peoples' custom, as it pertains to praying to all four directions, Heaven and Earth. My mother and father and LiChen's mother and father will take part in our ceremony so that all four families' lineages are merged into one.

Note: picture attached is from December 23rd, taken just after our ceremony was completed.

songs that sing!

Minor Threat sings a song entitled, "Live for today!"

To observe the irony of how it's learned that to live for today is a major threat to what exist in the States currently, is eye opening. If one were a rolling stone in a clear stream, would it matter to some inward thought surfacing to recognize many lives are lived for the day before or tomorrow to be?

Supposing this reflects back to an earlier blog about how crossing your legs is really funny, or at least John Prine thinks so...? It's great agreeing because sitting on top of a rainbow makes me grin while howling OM at the moon! The reality is, I cross my legs often and still find it fun--thank GOD for meditation!

our teachers who have to dress so to disguise themselves; still, can not disguise the light within their hearts, shining through their bright eyes

the precious pagoda

Caldera

Crater Lake reflects as the beacon of Truth: The precious pagoda: there’s no need to keep searching — It refracts its multifaceted light in every direction. The sage says: be willing to work, pray, and bow down. And if you do, Heaven can bless you with every reward.

agronomy

Yesterday morning, while in the warm shower, a thought arrived in form of a metaphor that I would like to share; and to see if anyone has any comments on the matter. The idea here is:

What does "middle path" suggest?

Is the human relative-mind's perceptive similar to that of driving an automobile? Typically, we seem to speed from point A to point B and if any obstacles arise, we often are met with frustration as if the end destination is anymore poignant to reality than what arises along the way.

Touch the gas pedal on the car with your foot...go, go, go.......... (future) - yang - masculine

Touch the break pedal on the car with your foot...stop, stop, stop... (past) - yin - feminine

Touch no pedal on the car with your foot...still, still coasting... (present) - duality ends - whole again

This brings me to discuss "Agronomy" which is the science of soil management, land cultivation, and crop production. If one were to agree that human beings are the connectors (who serve as a meeting ground) between Heaven spirits and Earth beings, then would our food (fuel) be the middle path of our existence?

nova : einstein's theory and it's relevance to acupuncture

Nova 2

Nova 3

“A Human being is a part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” Albert Einstein