09 August 2005

Single-Weighted

We all remember Newton’s Third Law of motion: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. So, if I want to push something forwards I also have to purchase the ground and push back with the legs (standing on ice I’d have difficulty). There are always two forces. Similar can be said for energy: energy is generated when things interact: the clash of excitement.

Single-weighted is just a practice to shake the cloying tension from the body, mind and energy, and reveal the relaxed double aspect of everything we have. Once the two halves have been shaken loose of each other they can then start to interact dynamically and energetically.

Going deeper into the Tai Chi is really just finding the double aspect of things you thought were single. This process is never-ending and is what I mean by a fractal reality.

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