The art of living beautifully: “The amazing man who lived 250 years”

<>This was the title of an article that appeared in the New York Times on May 6, 1933, when the newspaper announced the death of Li Ching Zuen, a Chinese healer, born in 1677. Documents of the time attested that the Chinese government congratulated him on his 150th birthday, and then on his 200th birthday. “At the time of his death he looked like a 50-year-old man,” as evidenced by a photograph taken in 1927. “This healer joined the Chinese army at the age of 71 as a martial arts instructor and tactical consultant,” says Susan Shumsky in the book titled “Ascension – Communion with Immortal Masters and Beings of Light” (Ed. For You). The same source cites General Yang Shen’s description of the astonishing man in a military report entitled “A Real Account of a 250-Year-Old Man Who Brings Good Luck”: “He can move very quickly through the mountains, although he is almost 250 years old.” …) At a single meal he consumes three plates of rice, chicken and other types of meat.” The secret of long life, described by Li Ching Zuen himself, is this; “Man must have a calm heart, remain as calm as a turtle, walk as princely as a pigeon, and sleep as soundly as a dog.”

The secret of the long life, revealed by a man who has lived an unnaturally long life, contains three essential elements; inner peace, the calm of the “turtle”, brisk walking, therefore movement and good sleep. But, the most important of all, the one from which everything is born, and the quick movement, and the good sleep is, in fact, the inner component; “peace”. “If people had a peaceful heart and were always in a state of inner peace, they could live for a century,” said the same healer. Consulting his biography, however, we find that he was trained in the field of healing with the help of medicinal plants and, perhaps, that this is another indispensable ingredient for long life, but one that he did not mention in the description quoted above. It is likely, however, that nature’s pharmacy is only what God has given us for cases when we lose our inner peace and, with it, lose our vitality, the ability to move quickly, as well as good sleep.

We acquire energy and vitality through movement, through constant physical effort, done day after day, but also through sleep, where we charge our worn batteries in the waking state. Essential wear and tear does not come from physical movement; The consumption of energy and the lack of vitality are not caused by a physical excess, but by a mental, inner one.

We are tired and weakened by anxiety, not by movement. We are overwhelmed by worry and stress, not work. As our hatred and irritation, anger and dissatisfaction age, we lose our energy and vitality through nervous consumption rather than physical consumption. A good night’s sleep refuels us physically and mentally, nourishes us with energy and strength because in sleep we reconnect with the source of life, with the power of “inner peace”, which is no longer broken by the mind, nor disturbed by our emotions and worries. If we manage to remain in a state of inner calm and peace during daily activities, we remain in touch with the “source of life,” with the truth that guides and cares for us.

That inner state is our natural state, as the tendency to continually worry and irritate, to feel dissatisfied and unhappy indicates precisely the fact that we are “unplugging” or disconnecting from our Self. Not only are we less inspired by dissatisfaction and restlessness, not only are we strangling our own energy, not only are we interrupting the relationship with the natural batteries of life, but we are aging faster and living less. “Don’t worry about tomorrow, for God knows what you need and will give it to you,” Jesus said, and in a way, he was saying that our mind does not bring us the things we need, but contact with inner peace can. For in this peace the mind is silent, but God speaks. In this peace, the Ego melts, but the power of life-sustaining energy is heard and seen throughout the universe. Perhaps that’s why the Bible says, “Peace be with you.”

For if peace is with us, it is all we need for life, including what we need for a long life.

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