There is a famous Zen poem called Faith In Mind. It starts with the sentence: "The Dao is not difficult if only you do not pick and choose." For me, freedom of choice is the curse of modern (bourgeois) life. When spiritual teachers talk about freedom they mean freedom from ego, which is the opposite of freedom of choice because choosing comes from, and therefore stimulates, the ego. A life dominated by choice never goes deep because given the choice we always chicken out. As my teacher used to say: "You are truly blessed to know you have no choice." This is why I hardly ever read about Taiji or Qigong or Meditation, or watch YouTube videos or the like. When you are following your own nose, assisted by a transmission from an absent but ever-present teacher, then you cannot allow yourself to be put off the scent, to be distracted by the possibility of alternatives. You make a choice – one choice – which then clears the field of all others, and suddenly life is very straightforward: you have work to do and you do it and so be it.