Cosmic Characters

Readers of the Vital Force might be interested in the following insight:

When I first learned the Cosmic Consciousness Pose, I was intrigued by it because the design made by the thumbs and the space between the fingers was strongly suggestive of a Chinese character. So I asked a friend literate in Chinese what such a character might be.

To my suprised delight, he came up with the character: “全” which means; “Complete, containing all the parts; Perfect; Absolute.”

Recently, I found out some further interesting facets to this character. It consists of the characters: “入” (to enter) and “王” (King) i.e. the King Enters or Manifests.

Also, if we take the mirror image (reflection) of the character, add two little strokes: “丷”, we get the character “金” which means “Gold.” In Chinese philosphy ( and other esoteric writings), Gold is a metaphor for Spiritual Enlightenment. Interestingly enough, the top part of this new character is now “人” which means Man!

It would seem therefore that hidden within the simplest and plainest of the T’ai Chi Chih moves, lies a pearl of deepest spiritual truth. I marvel at the spiritual elegance of this gift that Justin Stone has brought to the world!

Yours in joy,

– Maxime Wan
Edmonton, Canada