Categories: Justin Stone: In His Words
The Japanese Call It ‘Seijaku’
By: Justin Stone
THE JAPANESE CALL IT ‘SEIJAKU’, AND THE PEOPLES OF THE CROWDED ORIENT GENERALLY KNOW THIS FEELING OF “SERENITY IN THE MIDST OF ACTIVITY”. IT IS NOT BY REFRAINING FROM ACTION THAT WE ACHIEVE IT, BUT BY MAINTAINING A FIRM, UNCHANGING CENTER IN THE MIDST OF DISTURBANCE.
WHEN WE DO THE MEASURED MOVEMENTS OF ‘T’AI CHI CHIH’…SERENITY SHOULD SPILL OVER INTO OUR EVERY-DAY LIVES, MAKING POSSIBLE A CALM AND JOYOUS INTERIOR EVEN DURING THE MOST HECTIC TIMES.
(from T’ai Chi Chih! Joy Thru Movement by Justin F. Stone, The Originator)
Originally appeared in: August 1994