The Principle of Taoist System

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Without relying on any strict rules or obligations, the Taoist Natural System is based on certain grand principles that permit the redirecting of our lives toward the proper practice. In order for the teaching to be efficient, it is necessary that we can merge it within our everyday life.

The Taoist Traditional System accounts therefore for eight principles that draw from the Bagwa of the Book of Changes. In the Taoist tradition, the numbers have always had a magic aspect and indeed were used as such. The principles are presented here in a chronological order, since they become more and more difficult to receive and apply in the daily life. On the other hand, when these eight principles are integrated, it is obvious that they end up connecting with one another, mixing without separation. The only reason we separate them is to help the beginners avoid confusion. The method of isolating each principle helps us to understand and integrate them better in life in order for the principles to merge naturally. We will develop every principle later on, but presently we will be content with establishing a fast summary of their essence. Every big principle corresponds to a specific work of Chi Kung, a stage in meditation and a particular awareness that will ask for precise daily work.