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28AJournalofContemporaryShamanismVOLUME7ISSUE2FALL2014FengShuiChinesemedicinetraditionalmartialartsmusicorpaintingitisthroughthistechniquethatweareabletomasterourart.WuisthesourceofallclassicalChinesetraditions.ThroughtheirabilitytocommunicatewithnaturetheancientWutheenlightenedbeingscreatedthephilosophyoftheancientChinesecosmosthatthenaffectedthewholeofChinesehistoryandculture.ThiscosmologybecamethefundamentalelementsofClassicalChinesemedicineandQigong.QigongandtheEssentialWucultivationThroughstudyandobservationoftheuniversalwaytheancientChinesesagesrealizedthatachievingharmonyinthebodyispossiblewhenapersonfollowsthebalancingprinciplesoftheuniverseineverydayliving.TheWudiscoveredthattheenergeticpatternsofnaturearereproducedinalllevelsofthecosmosfromthelargestmacrocosmicUniversallevelscaletothesmallestmicrocosmichumancellsandtheorganelleswithinthemscalethroughtheirbodiestheydeducedthattheflowofQiinthebodyisjustliketheceaselessrotationsofthesunmoonandstars.Theirfundamentalexperienceofbalanceisthatwewillmaintainhealthandexperiencewellbe-ingifQiisfreeflowinginourbody.ToachievethisendtheancientChineseshamanscreatedanancientlifesciencesystemdesignedtokeepthephysicalbodythemindandthespirithealthy.TodayweknowthisancientlifesciencesystemasQigong.IngeneralQigongmeansQicultivation.Anymove-mentsposturesoractivitydoneinaconsciousrelationshipwithQicanbecalledQigong.ThreeoftheessentialpracticesofWuQigongtraditionaretheFutalismansJuemantrasandYinmudras.Talismanmudraandmantraarespecificritualscommontoancientshamanism.Inmytraditionwestillpreserveandutilizemanyspecialtalismansmantrasandmudrasasspecifictechniquesforcultivationandhealingself-healing.FutalismansareQivitallifeenergyenergizeddiagramssymbolsorChinesecharactersusedtochannelavitalenergyinordertocreateaharmoniousQifieldforhealingorliving.JuemantrasarespecialsyllablesspellsorsoundsusedspontaneouslytoresonatewithuniversalQiandtocirculatetheenergynetworkthroughthevibrations.Yinmudrasareancienthandpositionsusedsymbolicallytocon-nectwithuniversalenergiesandactasavehicletoaccesstime-honoredwisdom.PracticingQigongfromthisWutradi-tionisawayofcultivatingancientknowledgeintodirectbodilyexperience.Throughthedeliberatedancebetweenmovementandstillnesswelearntoliveinharmonywithnatureandmovethroughlifewithbrightnessofspirit.Endnotes1ThisarticleisbasedontheinformationfromauthorsVitalBreathoftheDaobook.2SeeWuZhongxianDancingandDrummingFeelingtheRhythmofQigongCalligraphyandWuShamanism.Qi-JournalWinter2003-200425.3LiZehouJimaoWuShuo.BeijingZhongguoDianyingChubanshe199968.4Yuanke.ShanhaijingJiaozhu.ChengduBashuShushe.1996466.5ChangK.C.ArtMythandRitualThePathtoPoliticalAuthorityinAncientChina.CambridgeHarvardUniversityPress.198345-47.6TherearetencommentariestotheYijing.ItiscommonlybelievedthatConfuciuswrotethesecommentariestoassistmodernpeopleinunderstandingtheterseandcrypticlanguageoftheoriginaltext.TodaytheseareincludedwiththeYijingandreferredtoastheTenWingsbecausetheyassistourmindsinunderstandingdeepermeaningsandthushelpusachievegreaterheights.ABOUTTHEAUTHORMasterZhongxianWualielongDaoistpractitioneristhelineageholderoourdierentschoolsoQigongandmartialarts.Since1988MasterWuhasinstructedthousandsostudentsbothEasternandWesterninhisuniqueandproessionallydesignedcoursesandtrainingprograms.Hehasauthored12booksfveinChineseonChinesewisdomtraditions.HeandhiswieDr.KarinTaylorWuoundedBlueWillowWorldHealingCenterandQinJianAkademintopreserveandpromotetheclassicalChineseartsthroughoutEuropeNorthAmericaandChina.Formoreinormationpleasevisitwww.masterwu.net.ChinesecharacterWUShangoraclebonestyleFigure1