If
you ask people what is most important to them, many will respond with “health.”
But how many people actually live by this belief? Here is a translated list
from on of the Shaolin Classics. Complied by a monk who was also an amazing
scholar and martial artist. Below, he gives his advice on how to stay healthy
and young.
Ten Tips From A Shaolin Monk On How To Stay
Young
1. Don’t think too much. Thinking takes
energy. Thinking can make you look old.
2. Don’t talk too much. Most people either talk or do.
Better to do.
3. When you work, work for 40 minutes then stop for
10 minutes. When you look at something all the time, it can damage your eyes
and also your internal organs and peace.
4. When you are happy, you need to control your
happiness, if you lose control then you damage your lung energy.
5. Don’t worry too much or get angry because this
damages your liver and your intestines.
6. When you eat food don’t eat too much, always
make sure you are not quite full as this can damage your spleen. When you feel
a bit hungry then eat a little.
7. When you do things, take your time, don’t hurry
too much. Remember the saying “Hasten slowly you will soon arrive.”
8. If you only do physical exercise all the time
and you never do Qigong this makes you lose your balance and you will become
impatient. You lose the Yin of your body. Exercise balances the Yin and the
Yang.
9. If you never exercise, just peace, meditation,
soft training, Qigong, then this doesn’t give you Yang energy so you use up
your Yang energy.
10. Shaolin Gong Fu gives you everything. The
purpose of our training is to balance our Yin and Yang. How many hours is not
important. It’s down to knowing what your body needs.
