T’ai Chi Chih for Continuing Refinement

In T’ai Chi Chih we open ourselves physically by moving with “softness and continuity”, providing a greater entry for chi, the refined spiritual energy to inter-penetrate our mental field and physical body. For this process to function optimally we must not only relax our body deeply, but also allow the thinking aspect of our mind to surrender into the feeling aspect by relaxing into a refined sensitivity. When we practice the movements with this desired emphasis, an opening for the increased flow of transforming spiritual energy is created which usefully impacts the mind-body, bringing a concrete influence for refinement, integration and increased capacities for creative expression and enjoyment. When each movement is brought to its conclusion, the attitude of open stillness embodied in the “Resting Pose” brings the fullest absorption and assimilation of the refined spiritual energy that has been attracted during the performance of each movement pattern.

This cycle of opening the mind-body, receiving an infusion of chi, then allowing it to be absorbed is repeated each time we practice T’ai Chi Chih. In time the infusion of spiritual energy through the mind-body becomes dynamic and continual, as the mind-body improves the capacity to receive and transmit spirituality. T’ai Chi Chih practice is aimed at increasing our ability for expansive expression and fulfillment; living wholly by actualizing our deepest potential as spiritual beings.

When Chi changes, the state of mind is altered.
This is the great secret and the basis of real healing.

From Meditation for Healing by Justin Stone