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It is interesting to note the names of the last four Wudang Forms: Form number nine is called Wu-Qi (emptiness), form ten is called The Still form (only through stillness can emptiness be realised) form eleven The Prenatal Form (Prenatal is the inseparability of Emptiness and clarity) and finally The Finishing Form. Dzgochen is often called The Great Completion. Without doubt this has been the most difficult of all subjects to try and write about, I just hope it has not added too much to the confusion. So I’ll leave you on a lighter note:

A seeker after truth trekked for many years through the jungles and mountains to try find a highly realised Yogi, so that he could seek his advice on life. On this journey he encounter many dangers, and hardships, almost lost his life several times. At last, he found the great yogi in a cave at the top of an almost inaccessible mountain. Weary and exhausted, he collapsed onto
his hands and knees asking, “What is the meaning of life great yogi”? Without looking up the Yogi replied “Life my son is just
a bowl of cherries” With exploding anger, the seeker jumped to his feet, and screamed “What!” as he kicked and punched the cave wall in his temper” What did you say?” Staring fiercely at the yogi he continued, “Do you mean to tell me after coming all this way, all these hardships, and almost losing my life” then gathering his breath, he shouted “All you can tell me is that life is just a bowl of cherries?” The old yogi look up, raised his eyebrows, and said, “Do you mean it isn’t?”

Anthony Court

(Article reprinted from Combat and Healing magazine with kind permission from Master Erle Montaigue)