Martial arts or health-energising exercise systems like qigong, tai chi or yoga have one common objective - they all are created to give the practitioner a heightened sense of well being and reinforced immune system.
Since time immemorial, man has tried to extend his life-span beyond the years normally accorded to the race. Some have succeeded, while others have gone on to find out they have been embarked on the wrong road from the beginning.
The current developments with regard to healthy activities have given rise to many forms of internal and external physical systems. What must be impressed on those who are about to begin such a journey is that the "hard way" is usually the wrong way.
In other words, do not push yourself. That is not the way of the healthy. Instead, qigong and tai chi pave the way towards gentleness. It is the gentle way that much merit can be reaped.
Notice how the zen master remain still for hours, or the yogi meditating in silence for days at a time, or even the tai chi master moving as if he is being guided by the wind that brushes across the trees.
They all move in accordance with the rhythm of earth's breathing. It spells gentleness. Being gentle is then the key to good health. Do not rush. Do not be in a state of forced preparedness.
Instead be gentle in spirit, in your heart, in your mind and with your body. Be as gentle as a baby's hands. Be as gentle as the low tide waves that lick the sands of a golden beach.
Be as gentle as a lover's hands in yours. Such is the force that brings nothing but good to yourself and into your physical system.
Ultimately, be gentle with yourself in all manners of being, whether it be exercise or relationships. Do not underestimate the power that is called gentleness. Only the true masters comprehend this aspect of a force that is part of our true self.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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