I am a former Adjunct Professor in the Department of Exercise Sciences at Utah Valley University, have a special interest in tai chi, philosophy, and world mystic traditions, and have traveled to many places in the US, Taiwan, Singapore, Borneo, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, China, and Japan.
Missionary Preston Flatt at a church meeting. Taipei, Taiwan 1977.
Preston Flatt
The name Preston Flatt sounds like “pressed and flat”, which can describe keeping low and balanced.
It has that as a secondary meaning.
There is a quote from the Tao De Jing that says, “One who stands on tiptoe is not steady”.
The opposite of that would be pressed and flat.
You’ll find the encouragement to keep steady, low, and balanced in many traditions.
There is a Christian tradition that Christ “descended below all things”.
So it is a good thing to practice balance and keep close to the earth.
That is how and why Preston Flatt became my pen name.
These writings are just one new angle on things, and shouldn’t be mistaken as being the answer to life, or the sole answer as to what life is all about.
Missionary Preston Flatt Teaching missionary lessons at Wen Chang Park, Taoyuan, Taiwan 1976.Master Alwin Leung and Students. Wan Tou Tai Chi Association, Las Vegas, NV. With Preston Flatt. About 1991.Preston Flatt Demonstrates How To Surf Without A Surfboard, to Swami Swahananda, Hollywood Temple, Vedanta Society of Southern California, April 29, 1994. The Spiritual Exercises.Dedication from Swami Swahananda to Preston Flatt. April 29, 1994.Master Alwin Sit Sun Leung and Students. Wan Tou Tai Chi Association. Las Vegas, NV 2012. Chang San Feng Festival. (With Preston Flatt)Visiting Master 鄭清斌 (Cheng Ching Ping), Master 張淑琴, and several of Master Cheng’s Students at Kaohsiung’s Central Park, Tai Chi Class Location. Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2016. (With Preston Flatt)Preston Flatt visits the Traffic Garden Tai Chi Alliance, Lalu Lintas, George Town Malaysia. 2016. Reposted here with the written permission of the owner. Thanks, Master John Teoh. All rights remain solely with the owner of this photograph, as labeled. Preston Flatt visits the Traffic Garden Tai Chi Alliance, Lalu Lintas, George Town Malaysia. 2016. Reposted here with the written permission of the owner. Thanks, Master John Teoh. All rights remain solely with the owner of this photograph, as labeled. Reuniting with my old Missionary Buddy whom I hadn’t seen in over 40 Years. Buddhist Temple near our old area in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Preston Flatt 2018.Visiting a Buddhist Temple near Taoyuan Taiwan. Preston Flatt. 2018.
Preston Flatt Translating for 87-year-old Master Lu Hung Bin. Also in the video: Nganga Mfundishi Tolo Naa (Master Raymond Cooper) standing along the wall; Master Mike Felkoff, and my son, Aaron. Las Vegas, NV, 1987.
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