The Medicinal Side of Tai Chi, Is It What You Think?
My senior training brother and fellow taiji disciple, Michael, coined the term SPD for those times when we think we’re really good at our forms and it’s true… in our heads. SPD stands for Self Perception Disorder and I’ve come to the conclusion we all do this all the time, with many things.
In tai chi I can work hard at a form until I think I’ve really gotten it down, and then my teacher, Miriam, or Master Cui come along and point out how it could be better. With tai chi, as with life, the refinements never end. To me that’s the real beauty of it.
We do this with others too. We see them doing something we don’t yet know how to do, or we project things on to them that exist mostly in our minds. Later we inevitably learn we’ve distorted reality yet again. Usually by then we know the person well enough to accept them for who they are. Duhism Master Bob Tzu put it so eloquently in his blog yesterday.
“When you can see all beings as divine and perfect, then it’s time to cut back on your medication.”
Your Thoughts?
John
P.S. Visit Master Tzu here: http://www.duhism.com/
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Mar 13, 2010 - 11:03:17The perscription for this unknown cat I would say is leave the cage open and when it is therr in the morning Bring it to the Vet ad fix the cat, Or You might leave the Dog on the porch at night. I on the other hand leave Mothballs around the perimiter of the house for many reasons. And seven 7 DUST
I did I did but something went wrong so it wasn’t meant to be
Bobby,
Seven dust and mothballs are great multipurpose household goods. You never know when you’re going to need them.
John