In Justin’s Words, At The Conference

Before we showed a DVD of Justin’s talk at the 2005 teacher conference, I offered an introduction.

As the DVD starts Justin sits at the piano and plays two songs: Loverman, by Rogers and Hammerstein, and Can’t Help Loving That Man of Mine. These two songs are about earthly love, but our love and gratitude to Justin has to do with how he has helped us to go deep within, through T’ai Chi Chih. We are just beginning this journey.

Justin was a very good musician; he did everything well. When Brock and I went to the Kawloon side of Hong Kong with Justin, he was invited to jam with a group that was playing at the Peninsula Hotel. Justin was a very good composer and pianist, but his destiny was to create TCC to help humankind. Not a bad trade off, wouldn’t you say? The Chi knows what it is doing. For this, I think we are all grateful.

On the DVD, Justin talks about ideas later put into the booklet, Play Within The Play, available from the T’ai Chi Chih Center [or for free download at www.gkpub.com]. It is worth reading. He offers us some good advice about gratitude. Justin was always grateful to Sandy for knowing the importance of TCC and wanting to share it. Sandy singlehandedly hosted conferences; she later helped others host them. It is selfless work.

Pam has also hosted a couple of conferences. Justin would have appreciated all the work done this year by Dan, Siobhan, and their team. He always took time to thank people. It set a good example for us. About two weeks before he died he told me to say to all of you: “Tell them how grateful I am for all they are doing.” Justin was grateful to us for growing our TCC and sharing it, which is what we are doing by being here at this conference.

One of Justin’s favorite words was teh (inner sincerity), and he used this to point out the importance of something. teh, in all of us, was of utmost important to him.

TCC in scientific experiments didn’t really interest Justin. He only cared if the participants were doing the movements correctly – and doing them daily. He wasn’t interested in the show, but rather how we benefited by our TCC practice.

There is a life force. Most people don’t know this, but we teachers fortunately do because of TCC. It is something that affects all aspects of our lives and the length of our lives. Remember, Justin lived until he was 95.

Justin asks, ”Does T’ai Chi Chih have a purpose?” What do you think? Let’s see what Justin has to say. [DVD of Justin speaking then begins.]