Love and Do as You Please

Carmen Brocklehurst, Albuquerque, NM

Krishnamurti said, “Love and do as you please.” When we teach T’ai Chi Chih, we are teaching people the first steps of love. This doesn’t happen because of words, which are so often misunderstood, but rather because of what is experienced inside of the practitioner. The best way to know what is happening with our students is by becoming aware of what has happened to us during our journey with T’ai Chi Chih. Look at how many of us have gotten married since we began T’ai Chi Chih. Look at how many T’ai Chi Chih babies have been born, how many new experiences we have been willing to have! The list of creative endeavors is endless.

How wonderful it is to know that by practicing T’ai Chi Chih for ourselves and sharing it with others, a way has been opened to allow life to fulfill itself. This gives us, as teachers and practitioners, a different and privileged perspective of life, one that seems ordinary to us but extraordinary to others.

When we were very young, we wanted to make a contribution to life, and believed we could make this world a better place to live. Now we find that we do. Perhaps because of our T’ai Chi Chih classes and practice, in our lifetime the world will truly know love. Let your love flow and share the Chi.