We Are the Future

What is T’ai Chi Chih for you? What was it that first brought us to T’ai Chi Chih? Can you remember? Was it a stressful life? Did your doctor send you?

For most of us, it wasn’t just idle curiosity. There was an urge inside that wouldn’t let us rest until we made a new commitment. It is that same impulse that holds the key to our future and that of the entire planet.

From the beginning, we have been told that prajna (wisdom) is the most important guiding force in our lives. It is not moved or swayed by “the times”, “the political climate” or “the current fad.” Because of this, we can trust it and let it be our focus, not just during our T’ai Chi Chih practice, but moment by moment. Even when we do not seem to be in the moment, It is. This is the reason we can trust It. It has brought us here and It is guiding us, just as surely as we feel ourselves propelled during our T’ai Chi Chih practice to make the amazingly simple shape of the platter–round, continuous, flowing. It is Its nature to be round (or whole), continuous (no beginning, no end) and flowing (joyous movement), and so it is our future. It is what we are.

The more we embody prajna the more we can trust ourselves, and the more we can trust the future.

Love and Share the Chi.

(Permission to use this article granted by New Mexico TCC News)