Training with The Professor

My second day of training with Jon Ashley Weston consisted of an overview of The Inner Smile, and learning the Microcosmic Orbit, Chi Self Massage, and the Six Healing Sounds. On the first day of training, he let me know that I could record our sessions, which is really helpful for me to remember the details about the concepts behind the practices. I apologize for the “beeping” noises, I was getting notifications on my vibrating phone. Full session: He taught me that The Inner Smile is always done first as it transmutes your energy into positive energy, which you don’t want to be moving negative energy inside you. The Six Healing Sounds are always done last to cool the body. The sounds release the heat, and the movements release the heat in the connective tissues. All the other practice go in between The Inner Smile and The Six Healing Sounds. I took the original audio from above and cut them into shorter files for easier use: Full Guided Session: The Inner Smile: Opening the Microcosmic Orbit (The Healing Light): Chi Massage: The Six Healing Sounds:

I had my first training day with Jon Ashley Weston, who is a Universal Tao Senior Instructor. I met him at the Mantak Chia PDX Workshop this year, as he was the coordinator for the event. In the 90’s he was the Head Instructor at Tao Garden in Thailand for ten years. He seems to have a good amount of history with Mantak as he was the Marketing and Construction Coordinator for the Tao Garden. He is a coauthor for a number of books with Chia. He also goes under the name of William U. Wei, and The Professor (Master of Nothingness). Perhaps you are getting the feeling that he is kind of eccentric. The Professor is on his way into retirement as he has some land in Southern Oregon where he has a mountain retreat/retirement home that he is planning to live in soon. My tuition  is helping to pay for the winterization of his retirement home. At the workshop that both Veronica and I went to, we met him in crutches as he had a terrible car accident in Thailand. Today I followed his instructions and opened his extremely warped yard gate to the inside of his backyard. I found three smaller units, so I had to call him again to figure out which one he was in. I tried opening the closest door which was locked, then going around to another side I opened the door to find him on a couch near the door of a small dwelling. He spent most of the two introductory hours talking about the Tao, his related life experiences, and Mantak Chia. We ended the session with a guided Inner Smile meditation, which was done a lot faster than when I practiced it. I feel fortunate to be learning from him given the number of years he has been involved with Grand Master Chia. I had mentioned to him that my father had taught me the postures of Iron Shirt, but none of ways of moving energy in around in the body through breathing techniques in Mantak’s version. The Professor made a distinction between “Iron Shirt” and “Iron Shirt Chi Kung”. I think I understand it a little more, but I doubt I will ever fully uncover the mystery of my father’s Iron Shirt and that of Mantak Chia’s Iron Shirt Chi Kung.   [expand title=”My notes for the day:”]

• 4 levels of the UHT system:
  • Taoist Internal Alchemy Living Tao
  • Chi Nei Tsang Healing Arts Practices
  • Cosmic Healing Arts Practices
  • Immortal Tao Healing Arts Practices
• 3 paths to enlightenment:
  • Prayer and worship
  • Good service
  • Tao
    • Knowledge
    • Wisdom
    • Understanding
• Mind controls the emotional; emotion controls the body
• Learn to reverse the roles: think with the heart, feel with the mind.
• Monkey mind is the ego (action oriented)
• Tao is the life force
  • Life has patterns
  • Prison is our 5 senses
  • Internalize VS externalize
• Used a river analogy to describe the Tao
• Slow life down with meditation
• Organs are connected with the universe
  • Organs both create and store emotions
• Taoism is a type of shamanism
• Wu Wei VS Monkey mind
  • To go against the monkey gives fuel to it
  • To be passive it will take over
  • Indifference will bore the chimp
• The goal:
  • Taoism: let go (and enjoy the ride)
  • Buddhism: detachment
  • Christianity: forgiveness
  • Science: surrender
• 4 bodies in one body, ground the physical body and the rest will follow
  • Physical
  • Soul
  • Spirit
  • Light
• Enjoy becoming and let go
• 3 thinking centers
  • Mind: observation
  • Heart: consciousness
  • Abdominal: awareness
• Mind as a tool
• Ego is a parasite that needs energy

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