Connectedness & time

The average approach in Tai Chi is to develop energy and power through diligent practice and then put that energy and power to use, generally in the service of the person who wields it. In Heartwork we aim for a different approach. Through our work we empty of self to become better connected so that higher aspects of the teaching and the Natural Process can wield us and our connectedness in their service. The nature of this service is not our business. Our only concern is to develop clarity and purity so that we can be better instruments for use. Such qualities result from not resisting – from yielding. When you really enter yielding – as a way of life – a rule by which to live every moment – then so much passes through you that self cannot help but be washed away. Then every moment trembles and because you are in no way disconnected you tremble with it. Those congested and clotted with self you don't see – they pass you by – they are of a different reality – impinging only momentarily, whereas the selfless ones touch you lightly but deeply and this touch is forever – it is out of time. My teacher has always said that immortality is not living forever but managing to touch and live through those dimensions of reality for which time does not exist. One of these dimensions is that of connectedness. If you work on and with connectedness then the special connexions in your life don't wane with time or absence, they actually get stronger, so much so that eventually you are able to conjure and become the energy of that connexion. Those you have special connexions with are all your teachers – necessarily so because a special connexion generally means that you have something important to learn – some transmission that will allow you to travel further on your path of service.