It’s been a bit of a bad day. This morning I suffered what I can only describe as an anxiety attack, I’ve been doing too much. So I returned to Tai Chi after a long hiatus, the class wasn’t on but a few other rogue students were there and we conversed and ran through the form. I can recommend the practise of Taijiquan, especially if you’re studying Taoist writings.
Earlier today I was mulling things over on my lunch break. With a little help from a friend, I decided part of the problem was not just that I was trying to do too much. It’s that I was straight jacketed by my structures and methods.
My mind wandered into a few of the lessons I learned from Taoism and Tai Chi and I realised that the the lesson was there. I was in the garden of a cafe and looking at a flower I remembered the Taoist teaching that things are self organising.
So, I thought, what does that mean for me? Well, I think that the wise course is to organise to a point, but not be stifled by it. Guidelines not rules, light sketches not heavy ink. You get the picture.
But most of all, lots of room to manoeuvre to change and to flow. Most of this will arise from the situation the moment, and like the flower in the cafe garden it will take a structure all its own.
If I use the Taijiquan principle of 4 ounces of force, and also simply yield to the moment, it will organise without needing organising.
I like that. Maybe not such a bad day after all?
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