Tag: taiji

  • The Practice: A Poem

    WUJI: NO-Polarity
    To Know Taiji, one must practice Wuji…
    Be Still and Quiet…
    Observe EVERYTHING happening around you…
    Now shift ALL of that focus to just yourSelf…

    Notice any undue Effort or Tension…give it to Gravity instead…
    Notice your BReath…Notice your Breath…Notice the Motion…
    Notice the RHYTHM…
    Notice the Pace…
    Relax and just let it happen
    This Is;
    The Practice

  • WuJi Wednesday

    The infinite manifestation of Things can all be reduced via YinYang,
    yet YinYang cannot be reduced.

    It can be dissolved, perhaps, but not reduced.
    In this way, Wuji (No-Polarity) is not a true reduction; it is a sublimation.

    Oneness already contains YinYang as the polarity of Existence/NonExistence;

    To-Be or Not To-Be.

    Furthermore, once there is Some-Thing, it can be divided.
    Only NoThing cannot be divided.

    WuJi is Indivisible.
    Irreducible.
    It is like the Origin of Things, not unlike an Uncaused-Cause.

    YinYang arises from It, which blossoms into all manner of complexity (Entropy),
    yet all of That can be reduced by YinYang.

    The Universe is complex, yet simple; simple, yet profound.

    WuJi is Nothing; Zero.
    Yet Everything blossoms from it.

    If you aim to understand TaiJi (Great-Polarity), you must aspire towards WuJi.

  • Three Seconds is More Than Enough


    This morning we were reminded that the quintessential skill of genuine TaiChi Practice takes less than three seconds.

    Cultivating Awareness of your Body and Mind happens the instant you allow it.

    Checking in with your posture and making physical adjustments can happen in less than three seconds.

    Noticing that your Mind is wandering, and bringing it back to the task at hand, can happen in less than three seconds.

    The only impediment to Practice is your commitment to the belief that you cannot.