Manifestations of the Great Chi

SMOKE AND HAZE OBSCURED THE VIEW
AS PHANTOM MOUNTAINS ROSE BESIDE
THUNDERING WATERFALLS,
THEN DISAPPEARED.
ROCK GORGES OPENED AND CLOSED
LIKE FISH MOUTHING WORDLESS HYMNS.
THE OPAL MOON TURNED RUBY RED AND CRIED.
YET,
WE ALL HELD FAST TO CENTER,
ANCHORED IN THE EXQUISITE BENEFITS
OF OUR INDIVIDUAL TAI CHI CHIH PRACTICE,
TRUSTING IN THE FLOW OF THE GREAT RIVER TO CARRY,
SUPPORT AND NOURISH US,
AND GATHER US BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
WITH OPEN HANDS AND OPEN HEARTS,
SEAMLESSLY, WE FLOWED TOGETHER,
THEN OUTWARD
AND UPWARD TO JOY.

THERE WERE NO SMALL GURUS AT THIS TAI CHI CHIH CONFERENCE.
EACH ONE THERE WAS A MIGHTY ONE, BESTOWING GIFTS
OF WISDOM, INTEGRITY AND HONOUR,
GOODNESS, COMPASSION, AND JOY,
TRUSTING AND ACCEPTING WHAT WAS,
WHAT IS,
AND WHAT WILL BE.

– Linda Braga
Sept. 2003