The ability to extract, define and redesign concepts is the key process of
simplification.
(Edward De Bono)
Freedom in tai chi
A
tai chi person has tremendous liberty.
They can do whatever they want providing it adheres to the core
principles
of tai chi.
Your
tai chi must be
performed within the context of the
core principles.
Providing you follow these
criteria, the
character of your practice will be
tai chi.
If you chose to move your arms independently of the torso, or employed
contracted musculature, you will have lost that context and no
longer be performing tai chi.
Seeing the false
In everyday life people identify with celebrities, media figures or even
individuals they encounter on the street or at work.
They see what they want to see.
When you interact with
somebody, are you seeing that person as they are or do you have an image of
them, an impression?
The image we have in our heads is not reality; it is often an idealised
perception of that person, a distorted view of them.
Remember context.
The actor, celebrity, singer is simply a performance artist.
They are merely another person, just like you.
They eat, sleep, defecate, worry, live and die.
Money, popularity or talent does not make them any more or less significant
than anybody else.
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