Posts
The absolute truth of the martial art known as Tai Chi Chuan is easily seen in a symbol that nobody understands. If you read to the end of my words here you will understand that symbol, and it will enlighten your practice of the martial arts. I am speaking of that symbol of the grand terminus which we call yin yang.
The symbol we call the Yin Yang is two fishes swimming is night and day is good and evil is...silly. The Yin Yang symbol has nothing to do with those beautiful but pint-sized observations possible to our short lived species. The Ying Yang symbol is actually an empirical observation and quite mechanistic approach to life in this universe.
Everything in the universe is nothing more than a motor. A motor is defined as tension existing between two objects. Doesn't matter whether the tension is pull or push, just that the tension exists, and that is what holds our universe together and...keeps it apart.
An atom, with proton and electron, forever chasing and never catching, is but a motor. A cell, with sodium and potassium bubbling their happy little lives away, is but a motor. And this dichotomous viewpoint of the universe can be expanded to include all the combined motors, which are but machines, up to the repulsion and attraction of celestial bodies of the largest and most intense magnitude.
When you do Tai Chi you are pulsing energy up through the legs, across the generator, which is called the Tan Tien, and down the legs. Back and forth, alternating current, causing the generator to bubble its unique energy, called chi. Imagine the generator as a little cup of tea, being gently mixed, not to slosh over the sides, but to be mixed in yin yang motorific fashion, just enough to froth up a bit of steamy chi.
As you do Tai Chi you become aware of the space that is your body, and awareness hollows out your body to receive this chi. Eventually the golden elixir, summoned far more efficiently than any ancient alchemist might believe possible, fills the body, becomes responsive to the wishes of the student/philosopher. Strength, good health, endurance, mental clarity, all are the product of a body made to function the way it was designed.
Animals practice tai chi endlessly in the simple stretches of their natural movements, and wonder why we don't. Babies demonstrate high levels of Tai Chi, and are robbed of this ability through the cultural expectations which accompany the aging process. And, the space of yourself being found out, you know the answer to the questions...who were you before you were born, and who will you be after you die?
I sell nothing with this article, I only search for friends, and give away my knowledge. Can you have it? Can you have yourself, the eternal you that all love and none see?
The symbol we call the Yin Yang is two fishes swimming is night and day is good and evil is...silly. The Yin Yang symbol has nothing to do with those beautiful but pint-sized observations possible to our short lived species. The Ying Yang symbol is actually an empirical observation and quite mechanistic approach to life in this universe.
Everything in the universe is nothing more than a motor. A motor is defined as tension existing between two objects. Doesn't matter whether the tension is pull or push, just that the tension exists, and that is what holds our universe together and...keeps it apart.
An atom, with proton and electron, forever chasing and never catching, is but a motor. A cell, with sodium and potassium bubbling their happy little lives away, is but a motor. And this dichotomous viewpoint of the universe can be expanded to include all the combined motors, which are but machines, up to the repulsion and attraction of celestial bodies of the largest and most intense magnitude.
When you do Tai Chi you are pulsing energy up through the legs, across the generator, which is called the Tan Tien, and down the legs. Back and forth, alternating current, causing the generator to bubble its unique energy, called chi. Imagine the generator as a little cup of tea, being gently mixed, not to slosh over the sides, but to be mixed in yin yang motorific fashion, just enough to froth up a bit of steamy chi.
As you do Tai Chi you become aware of the space that is your body, and awareness hollows out your body to receive this chi. Eventually the golden elixir, summoned far more efficiently than any ancient alchemist might believe possible, fills the body, becomes responsive to the wishes of the student/philosopher. Strength, good health, endurance, mental clarity, all are the product of a body made to function the way it was designed.
Animals practice tai chi endlessly in the simple stretches of their natural movements, and wonder why we don't. Babies demonstrate high levels of Tai Chi, and are robbed of this ability through the cultural expectations which accompany the aging process. And, the space of yourself being found out, you know the answer to the questions...who were you before you were born, and who will you be after you die?
I sell nothing with this article, I only search for friends, and give away my knowledge. Can you have it? Can you have yourself, the eternal you that all love and none see?
About the Author:
Al Case has taught the martial arts 4O+ plus+ years. He has written hundreds of articles and had a column in Inside Karate. His work is available in a free ebook at Monster Martial Arts.
No comments:
Post a Comment