Enlightenment

Outer chaos, inner calmness, and healing

Master Glenn Tobey

Addressing your emotional response to the pandemic.

April 11, 2020

Enlightenment is truly about the awareness of the higher-level pattern of understanding. A number of years ago, the father of one of my friends died. Every year the family would gather together to honor him. There would be golf and a little food afterwards. Once a year they invited me in. We played for golf. I don’t want to embarrass myself too much, just want to make sure I hold the right position of the cub. One time, maybe a few years ago, they couldn’t pull that off. I had already scheduled. So, I went out and played anyway. I got to the 8th hole. All of a sudden, I was holding the golf club. And I fully understand about golf. The way, the swing, the poise, the direction, everything about golf. So, I played the rest of the 9 holes. I got 15 strokes better than anyone ever played. I have never played golf again because I knew I would go back to this competition. What I discovered the understanding was — I want to stay above the competition. So beautiful. The understanding of how things worked.

In 2003, I had cancer. Once I got past the cancer, I realized the cancer really saved my life. The study of Spring Forest Qigong came right after that. Ever since, I have not been sick almost for anything. What Qigong taught me is I cannot go back to the same vibration that brought in the cancer. If I want cancer again, go back to the way I was living. So, I realize I could not go back to the way I was living. I had to find a way to live at a higher level of vibration.

What’s happening with the virus going on? There are more deaths in the United States to heart disease every year. Then cancer every year. It’s not raising up that much commotion. Suicide. High number. More than the number going on in the United States at least. Whole worldwide. So, the universal joining in on this impact the virus that all sheltered. They are all experiencing pain and suffering that we don’t do when someone died in cancer, someone died of heart disease or a suicide. If you know those people, then it does. But not universally does it. So, there’s something powerful about what’s going on with this. We are all sheltered in place.

The reality of the virus is powerful. Illness, death, and other thigs going on. But that’s the reality. But the spiritual message of the virus is really getting touch with shelter in place, it has everyone shelter in place. In order to say, we cannot go back to the way we had things. We have been talking about coming back to the economy. We have been talking about this, talking about that. Reality is important. But we cannot go back to the same vibration we are living. How are we going to live our life now? We cannot go back again to the same vibration.

Spring Forest Qigong is so beautiful because it teaches us how to live at a higher vibrational level. Here I am in my garden. I am trying to create something beautiful. I don’t want to go back what I had. I want to find a way to live at a higher vibrational level. Getting out to the nature. Finding a way to create something beautiful. How to stay connected with myself?

Qigong Master Glenn Tobey

Master Glenn Tobey, M. Div., M. A. in Management, is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Duluth, Minnesota.

He has almost forty years of experience in the Human Service field and has worked in both urban and rural settings, and values the collaborative community-based model.

He has also taught at the college level, and conducted numerous SFQ workshops and trainings in various community settings. Glenn continues to teach and to share his knowledge and wisdom of Spring Forest Qigong which is at the center of both his professional focus and his personal passion.

Glenn is a member of the SFQ teaching team. He teaches Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Instructor Certification, and other workshops.