{"id":290,"date":"2019-02-01T10:29:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T18:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/?page_id=290"},"modified":"2025-01-29T06:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:56:30","slug":"wuweidao-cultivation-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wuweidao-cultivation-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Wuweidao Cultivation Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In 2019, I began hosting the “Sitting & Forgetting” wuweidao cultivation group to continue the teaching & practice I received from my wuweidao lineage teacher, Liu Ming.<\/p>\n

This group consists of up to 12 people who make a 1-year commitment to conduct a daily formal practice of wuweidao.\u00a0 Practice consists of studying the Dao De Jing (we use an unpublished internal translation & commentary) and sitting in non-conceptual meditation (Zuowang<\/a>) and may include various supporting practices.<\/p>\n

I hold “Full Moon Talks” in Santa Rosa, CA, to open up our monthly chapter in a detailed line-by-line commentary, and issue writings, talks, and other supporting materials via email at each Full Moon.\u00a0 I record my commentaries in seclusion, but we also try to gather online at or near the Full Moon to connect, reflect, and practice together.\u00a0 I also dialogue regularly one-on-one with each participant, according to their appetite.<\/p>\n

I interview prospective participants during the Rat & Ox moons \u2013 basically December & January \u2013 and open the group at the Full Tiger Moon, which is culmination of Chinese New Year.\u00a0 The group closes at the end of the Pig Moon, just before Christmas.<\/p>\n

To secure the commitment of participants and to keep away casual spectators, I request a donation of $36 per month.\u00a0 Participants with financial difficulties can donate less \u2013 provided they are seriously carrying out their practice commitment.<\/p>\n

A 1-year commitment provides participants with a thorough introduction to the view & core method of wuweidao, with some exposure to the broad suite of supporting practices.<\/p>\n

For those who are really resonating with the view & method and wish to continue in a more extensive apprenticeship with a lifelong commitment to this path, we can discuss the\u00a0Original Root\u00a0Investiture<\/a>\u00a0program.<\/p>\n

I am currently interviewing prospective participants for my 2025 cohort, which will begin with an opening assembly over Zoom on February 12.\u00a0 For more information, see my website, www.oldoakdao.org<\/a>.\u00a0 If you are interested in participating in this group, contact me at oldoakdao@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In 2019, I began hosting the “Sitting & Forgetting” wuweidao cultivation group to continue the teaching & practice I received from my wuweidao lineage teacher, Liu Ming. This group consists of up to 12 people who make a 1-year commitment to conduct a daily formal practice of wuweidao.\u00a0 Practice consists of studying the Dao De … Continue reading “Wuweidao Cultivation Group”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1496,"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290\/revisions\/1496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldoakdao.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}