Chi – From the Physical to the Ethereal
3 July 2026
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Someone asked me to explain Chi and I thought I’d explain it in terms of the connection between the spiritual and the physical. Then I realised like the old man, who is asked directions to some place, answers “You can’t get there from here. If I […]
Introduction to Meditation
5 March 2024
Sifu Mark Ringer explains the benefits of meditation. What it is, why to do it and how to do it.
The Law on Use of Force (Video)
5 March 2024
Sifu Mark Ringer explains the law on use of force in the UK that individuals ought to know.
Who’s Reality?
15 November 2019
Enlightenment through Koans, just join the dots and a picture emerges. A Koan is a story or a question that encourages the listener to reframe their view of reality; see things from a different angle. I have found such devices profoundly useful in teaching high school students. The idea is to shake the set of […]
The Unconscious
15 November 2019
We learn to create the world we live in. The unconscious processes billions of bits of information per second and makes automatic judgements about which information to bring to our conscious attention; about 2000 bits of information, out of 400 billion. It accesses filtered memories, knowledge and provides the insights of creative wisdom. It runs […]
The Learning Process
15 November 2019
I was considering the down times in the learning process. Those points when we are likely to quit. You might find these thought provoking. The foundation course is for many the hardest. It is during this stage that they go from unconscious incompetence to conscious incompetence. That is, when they begin they don’t really know […]
Understanding Stress
15 November 2019
The sympathetic nervous system arouses the body, preparing it for vigorous activity. Often referred to, inaccurately, as the “fight or flight response” it is a complex psycho/chemical mechanism that enables us to behave appropriately in very particular situations. A sound, an image or even a smell can alert us to danger. This need not even, […]
Meditation & Self Hypnosis
15 November 2019
Meditation and Self Hypnosis Before reading this I suggest that you read the Understanding Stress Blog Stress is the result of prolonged activity of the sympathetic nervous system. It is the curse of our age. There is more information in one edition of the times than a medieval man would have read or heard in […]
The Elements
15 November 2019
As students progress through the Masters’ Course they develop their understanding of the Elements that they have been learning about during the Advanced Course. I thought it might be helpful to introduce some of these ideas here; there is no particular reason to leave these ideas to later if you are interested now. Remember, when […]
Chi Kung
15 November 2019
Chi Kung or working with energy. I’ve recently had one or two people ask about the Chi Kung we do in class, so I thought I’d make a few comments about it. I should say that Chi Kung (or Qigong) is very ancient. It pre dates any of the philosophical or religious traditions that have […]