Stillness and action are relative, not absolute, principles.  It is important to find a balance of yin and yang, not just in qigong, but in everyday life.  In movement, seek stillness and rest.  In rest, be mindful and attentive.

... my life has been dedicated to my growth and evolution as a conscious being.  ... becoming more aware of all that was taking place within me and around me; how my inner world affected my outer world and vice versa.  I realized that the more awareness I have, the more choice I have in how I create or respond to the circumstances of my life.

... consciousness is an ever-unfolding, deepening, and expanding process with no end point.  We are infinite and complex beings, and our human journey involves not just a spiritual awakening, but the development of all levels of our being - spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical - and the integration of all these aspects into a healthy and balanced daily life.

Every creative genius has been a channel.  Every masterwork has been created through the channeling process.  Great works are not created by the personality alone.  They arise from a deep inspiration on the universal level, and are then expressed and brought into form through the individual personality.

As you learn to consciously observe the transformation process, you will watch yourself repeating a lot of old patterns long after you seemingly know better.  Spiritually and intellectually, you realize there is another way, but emotionally you are still clinging to the old habits.  This is a difficult time.  Try to be patient and compassionate with yourself.  When you recognize the futility of an old pattern so clearly, it's about to change!  A short time later, you will suddenly begin to respond differently, in a more positive way.

One human being, one village, one city, or even one country can no longer live entirely on its own.  Competitiveness - the desire to be the first, the best, the foremost, and only one - has simply become outdated as a "value."  This desire may have been useful in the past.  The concept of evolution describes a process from dependence toward independence, ultimately resulting in interdependence.

To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use.

The most distinctive mark of a cultured mind is the ability to take another's point of view; to put one's self in another's place, and see life and its problems from a point of view different from one's own. To be willing to test a new idea; to be able to live on the edge of difference in all matters intellectually; to examine without heat the burning question of the day; to have imaginative sympathy, openness and flexibility of mind, steadiness and poise of feeling, cool calmness of judgment, is to have culture.

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

We are called on to modify our definition of strength from the ability to control to the capacity to nurture.