Categories: Pyramid Poetry
Student Poetry: T’ai Chi Chih
By: Marion Thiel
T-eaches that those who want to be happy must become part of “the Way.”
A-uthor, Lao-tzu, wrote the sacred book, Tao Te Ching which
I-nstills a simple philosophy that to be happy you must be close to nature.
C-onfucianism and Buddhism are related to Taoism;
H-appiness comes from a rootedness to the Earth,
I-nternally calm, like a still lake.
C-hi symbol based on the principles of balance and harmony,
H-alf of the circle represents yang (light) and the other half yin (darkness);
I-nside the circle the two dots indicate further balance and interdependence.
H-aving practiced this discipline balances the yang and the yin, stimulating and circulating vital energy throughout one’s being.
– Marion Thiel
(Student of Jean Katus)
Topics: Chi and Intrinsic Energy, Chinese Roots, Poetry, Yin and Yang
Originally appeared in: Fall 1988