What matters is what you experience...what you feel...
You are capable of a constant open flow of this river of joy that is always passing through your heart.
Michael A. Singer
Energy is a real thing no matter if we can or cannot see it or intellectualize it or pick it up on a MRI or even what we name it: Shakti, Prana, Chi, Qi. Energy is real. How do we know? Because we can feel it...we notice it inside us...we experience it. We are aware when we are up, and we are aware when we are down. That is energy moving in us.
I remember what the Tai Chi Master taught us in those early classes I took in the 90's. He suggested that we rub our hands together and slowly pull the palms a part...what we experience in the palms is the vibration of energy. The palms are holders and distributers of "Chi" (what energy is called in this practice) and the position of the hand is a very important part of it. Of course, Tai Chi is a martial art and every position of the hand/palm is either a defensive (retreat and protect) or offensive move ( strike) but it is not a "resistance" or "fight against the opponent" art. It involves a balancing, relaxing, harmonizing and working with ...not against...the energy of the opponent (the energy of Life). There is no resistance in Tai Chi. There is an openness to the energy the opponent is expressing towards us...and Tai Chi is a means of absorbing, using, and letting go of that energy as well as our own. It is a passsing on of a relaxed and calm Chi from us. Hmm!
Tai Chi offers a wonderful analogy for life and dealing with reality. Handle what is coming at you. Relax first...get yourself balanced...lean this way gently, gracefully, purposefully, slowly...pause...lean this way gently, gracefully, purposefully, slowly. Stay open . Allow the energy to flow from the other, from Life...and allow it to harmonize with the energy in you. It becomes a dance. Watch a true master doing a practice and see how beautiful and graceful of a dance it is. You can see the "flow" in the soft and subtle movements. It is absolutely beautiful.
Using the energy that is always there within us and outside of us as we process through Life can be a beautiful dance. That is why I am coming back to Tai Chi. I want to "feel" and experience Chi (Shakti, Prana). I want to dance with the energy of Life.
We all need to start letting go of the stuff we tend to store inside us that blocks this energy flow...and this tendency we have to tense up and resist Life so we learn to stay open...not just when we are practicing Tai Chi but in whatever we do.
All is well.
Michael A. Singer/ Temple of the Universe (n.d) Extra Talks: Working With Your Inner Energy Flow.https://tou.org/talk-archive/
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