Sharing Is Cosmic

As witnessed at the 2008 teacher conference, the essence of T’ai Chi Chih has many interpretations. Sharing is one aspect. We share the work to put on the conference. Teachers audit training courses and share their teaching tips, experiences, and support. They bring fliers, handouts, and business cards to inspire new teachers develop their own. Teachers run the TCC center in Albuquerque, produce newsletters, maintain TCC websites, and keep local communities connected. All of this sharing is a result of love – love for TCC and the desire to see it flourish and be shared with others.

In doing a practice that opens us so directly to the vital force – the flow of life – we begin to see the world differently. We feel how we are all connected, how we are part of something greater than ourselves. We may have intellectually known this before but now we feel it. And feeling this connection, realizing we are not separate, we are more acutely aware of inequities and needs in the world and we want to help. We feel strongly about causes, recycling, and such, not just because we recognize a need “out there” – but because we feel a deep connection within. And we want to share to help.

TCC opens us up, sharpens our awareness, and clarifies being part of something greater than our individual selves. One of the wonderful gifts of TCC is the people who are drawn to it. These are people of the heart. You can feel a loving connection without really knowing them. Despite our faults and weaknesses, the love flowing from the heart connects us. We recognize the true essence of another, the inherent goodness within, not because we overlook personalities and behaviors, but because our judgments and negativity disappear when we are in the cosmic rhythm. Have you not experienced a deep feeling of love and gratitude for nothing particular at the end of a TCC practice? Judgments, fears, annoyances, and disappointments vanish, leaving us with serenity and acceptance. We may not remain in this state for long, but we have glimpses. We taste the experience. We know how it feels to be in the flow of the cosmic rhythm.

In the TCC community we freely share our ideas with one another. We write articles for The Vital Force; we give our time to ensure that events are successful. That is why TCC has managed to succeed without an organization – because teachers share with open hands and hearts. We share because we love. We love because we see. We see because we experience the cosmic rhythm. We experience the cosmic rhythm because we practice TCC.