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't call it by its Chinese name or he will cross both of his index fingers at you
to protect himself from anything having to do with Chinese dragons, Dragon Pear
ls, Pearls of Great Price and all of those mythical things that modern men think
of as nothing but allegories from fables of long ago.
Through meditation practice, the student learns to keep the mind centered at the
lower Dan Tien. The Dan Tien energy, guided by the mind, directs all movements.
In Tai Chi, this practice is developed further; Tai Chi practice uses the menta
l power developed through meditation to direct the life force to any bodily poin
t. If the practitioner wants to turn left, for example, the mind directs the Dan
Tien Chi to turn left and the energy guides the hips into the turn. The same ap
plies to moving forward and sinking back.
This point is so named because when we align the body's weight over it, the eart
h energy seems to freely flow up into the body, just like a bubbling geyser.
When a person stands straight, with the central line of gravity perfectly
aligned from the crown through the perineum and down to the feet, the weight is
equally distributed over the nine points of the feet. This is called Perfect Bal
ance of the Heaven.