Wednesday, February 24, 2016

27

27
GOOD walking leaves no track behind it;
Good speech leaves no mark to be picked at;
Good calculation makes no use of counting-slips;
Good shutting makes no use of bolt and bar,
And yet nobody can undo it;
Good tying makes no use of rope and knot,
And yet nobody can untie it.
Hence, the Sage is always good at saving men,
And therefore nobody is abandoned;
Always good at saving things,
And therefore nothing is wasted.
This is called "following the guidance of the Inner
 Light."
Hence, good men are teachers of bad men,
While bad men are the charge of good men.
Not to revere one's teacher,
Not to cherish one's charge,
Is to be on the wrong road, however intelligent one
 may be.
This is an essential tenet of the Tao.

Translated by John C. H. Wu
Interpretation by Bill Bernsen


NO INTENT


Practicing 
Gestures 
Out of order 
Causes creativity
When a student 
Loses respect
For the teacher
They both lose
As well 
As the school fails
First 
Make connection 
To the Masters
If they will have me
To prove my worth 
Practice
 Leaves no tracks 
Don’t speak
Be clear
Be tight
Those who leave 
The Master
Negate the ability 
To master the art
To Understand
Master comes
To me
From within
Say less 
Let students 
Assume more
To know
Them better
As to what 
To say 
Open heart/mouth 
Masters will speak 
Thru me
A good gesture
Leaves no 
After thoughts
Of where the gesture
Came from
Or what it did
No speak 
Just listen 
Good reckoning
Of gesture 
Needs not 
Count on 
Further self-defense 
Tai Chi Chuan
Path of enlightenment
Good standing (plumb)
Relaxed
No fear of falling
Honor and respect teacher
Revere the lineage
Treasure the art
Good ideas 
Once understood 
Become part of me 
So I can 
Stop thinking 
About them 
Follow 
The guidance 
Of the Masters 
Good Alignment 
In body/mind
Leaves 
Few mistakes
A good 
Gesture comes
From the heart
Cannot be seen
When it starts
Good attack
On opponent leaves
No reaction 
In the body
Tai Chi Chuan 
Is passive
Fa Jing 
Calmly
Concentrate
Good applications 
Leave no pain 
Behind
In me or opponent
Good push hands
Techniques
Leaves no response
The best push hands
Is no contact
Just practice 
Slow set 
Follow the lineage
They know 
The way (Tao) 
A good gesture
Does not start 
Externally
But does internally
He who masters 
Tai Chi Chuan
Does not have
To fight
He who understands 
Slow set
Does not have 
To do push hands
Answer 
To push hands
For every action there
Is an opposite reaction
Healing rebounds 
Caution
So does hate  
Good alignment
Leads to ward-off
Follow the direction
Of the 6th sense
Follow love
No love 
No follow 
Master does it 
Because he loves/follows 
The previous Masters 
Good gestures 
Show no intent 
To follow
The guidance
Of the Masters
I must be worthy
Good practice 
Makes for advancement
That is undoing 
Show no intent 
Hollow of intent 
I have arrived
To talk, walk, stalk
In class
Stalking students
To find deficiency
No intent 
Or after thought 
Perfect practice 
Leaves to
No after thoughts
Perfect push hands 
Leaves opponent unable
To grasp 
What I did
Perfect teaching  
Of others
Leads to
Perfect listening
Must align self
With the lineage
Look for
 The sincerely
In students
See the sincerely 
Thru
Self-knowledge
Work 
On the pure 
Be aware 
Of the tarnished 
He who does 
Not respect
His teacher
Is resisting
Not open
Gone astray
Perhaps unworthy
Good slow set 
Leaves no specific
Moves behind
Don’t dwell 
On Shortcomings 
During demo
Relax twice 
Before
Saying something
No need 
To keep count 
Of practice time
Just feel it 
Good ward off
Means I will not 
Swing open
Under lack 
Of concentration 
While pushing hands
Listen to all moves
Don’t overlooked any
This is called hiding
The light of procedure
Don’t wear attire
That stands out
Skilful push hands 
Practice with every one 
Learn from everyone 
Virtue is getting
The guidance
From the Masters
Therefore
I am virtuous
A second 
In time
Can be perfect
Then next not 
Difficult
For Americans 
To learn Tai Chi Chuan
Because we do not like 
To Kow Tow 
To anyone
Kow Tow
Is the secret
It is supporting
The Masters
All has
Spirit/gravity
Nobody 
Does not become 
Somebody
Nobody in abandoned 
But somebody
Who is not open
Is abandoned
By not
Being open
Being connected 
To the Masters
Find the art
Open 
To the Masters
Learn the basic technique
Find the spirit 
Of the art
Find the lineage
Find self
Find inner light 
Find nature
Find Tao
A bad man 
Is one 
Whom
 Is not open
Moving 
Thru life 
If I abuse 
Myself or others 
Physically
There will be permanent
Mental track 
In my mind
Concentration 
On the present
Negates the use of notes
Past or future
Shut off 
A past abuse
Do not need 
Bygone things 
Or people 
To cope 
Things/people 
Remind 
Of past abuses
But not to think
About them 
In the old way 
Teaching 
Tai Chi Chuan
To others
Having them go
 Thru the same
Don’t assume 
Anything 
About the 
Opponent 
Good 
At saving ideas
The ideas 
Are acted upon
Inner light
Is very bright
Once the old abuses
Are darkened
People who 
Know themselves 
Can then get 
To know others
Poor students 
Make me think 
Not to respect
The teacher
Is not listening
To lineage
Measure twice 
Cut once
I do not run  
Because 
I have nothing 
To run to 
Or run from
I listen to
The Masters
Who listens
Thru me
I am constantly 
Interpreting energy 
The best idea (secret) 
Has no way 
Of understanding it 
From the outside 
Hence no one can
Get the answer
Have heart’s
Eyes open
To see the light
Don’t just 
Say it 
Sense it
Never turn back 
On an oral (in person) exchange
Good, bad or in different 
For there is something 
To be understood here 
The exchange 
Is needed 
For a future
It is happening 
Because the Masters 
Set it up
See I am listening 
During the exchange
Don’t try to teach
Just listen
If done correctly
Will leave no
Footsteps coming/going
To the exchange
After the exchange
There will be
No fault or blame
Bind forever
Application 
Innerness/nothingness
Then it leaves
No track  
No mark  
No words 
No evidence
It just appears 
Like a new idea/feeling
Master is always noble 
At saving effects
This journal proves this 
Therefore
Noting is wasted
Energy is not wasted
The journal 
Contains Jing
Dexterity 
In using
New ideas
Same height 
Same speed 
Same need
To be even/clear
During slow set 
I must not listen
To others
But follow 
The supple
Energy
Practice 
Means alone
Even if 
With someone
Revere Masters 
The art
The best 
Practice session 
Is open 
To the Masters
Following 
The light
Light means 
self-knowledge
Connect 
To Masters 
Prior to push hands 
Then when others 
Try to push 
They have to
Push the Masters
Don’t give 
Them anything 
To criticize 
Honor 
The lineage
Connected
Masters will teach 
Thru me
Want to get 
Somewhere 
Ask someone 
Who has already 
Been there
Ponder it 
Before doing it 
Or saying it 
Speed of thought
Can be at
The speed of light
Connected 
To Masters
Waiting 
For their answer
Always respond 
Even if it is just 
In thought 
The trip 
To China
Master’s way
Of finding out
The student’s 
True nature
Thinking 
About my progress  
I have made
A lot of mistakes
None as bad as 
To cause me 
To stop
Making the mistakes 
Henceforth 
I must 
Leave no tracks
Count
By just looking
Doors 
Know
What is behind them 
Without looking
Ropes
Don’t get tied up 
In nots
Stop stammering
Never turn back 
On anyone
Good art 
Metal assemblage
Need not welds
Good gestures 
Lead 
To no doubt
And
More new ideas
Following 
The Masters
If worthy/connected
The 6th sense
Balanced 
On a fulcrum
Tai Chi Chuan
Is the Masters
Working thru me
Since the unworthy 
Cannot 
 See/hear them
No one is aware 
Of me
Use the 6th sense
This is poised
On scale
Push Hands
Has no intent
Apprehensive about
Even doing partner practice
Follow the Masters’ intent
Kow tow 
To the Master
To support the art
Always open the door
For the Master
Guidance 
Of the Master
Follow
Master
Who follows
Student
A good gesture
Leaves 
No afterthoughts
Following 
The guidance
Of the Masters
For the past
40 years
A good gesture
Has no intent
Fulcrum
Balances
Life 
Good gestures
Leave no trace
Heart
Opens the door
Hence all
Is heartfelt
Must have a
Homing instinct
To Slow Set
Following Masters’
Resolve
Good 
Tai Chi Chuan
Shows no intent
Merge apprehension
With the 5 senses
Results in
A 6th sense
This is the conduit
To the lineage
A good application
Leads to a new
Application
My art
Use it up
Wear it out 
Make it do
Or do without
Old Yankee Saying
I say “Make it art”
Pay attention
To past/present/future
This is following
The 6th sense
Slow Set
Sure footed
As a tiger
Stalking
No intent
Leads to 
Intense awareness
A good gesture
Leaves
No doubt
As does
A good demo
Unite
With point 
Of focus
It will lead
Venerate
The virtuous
Fulcrum
Spiritual/physical
Alignment
Leaves
No illness/injury
Following
Limitlessness
Good gestures
Follow force 
Change with change
Negate intent
With apprehension
Use a fulcrum
To respond
Interpreting energy
First in self 
Then other
Be receptive
To rejuvenate
Tai Chi point
Balances all
Walking
Is percussion
Practice
The lineage
Lights the way
Be apprehensive
With intent
Mine and others
Not to be
Is the ultimate
Being
It is oneness
With the Tao
Touching
The Tao
Spirited
Existence
Supported by
Gravity
Merged
At the heart
A good gesture
Needs no adjustment

Lineage

Guidance

Good gestures

Leave no 

Hesitations

Lineage

Legacy

Lingers

In the loyal

Tai Chi Chuan

Gestures

Use a fulcrum

Balancing

Intent and apprehension

Good walk

Good talk

Inspires

Prize

Practice

With epiphanies

Virtuous gestures

Are imaginative

Virtuous   

Gestures

Need no 

Hesitation

An error

Undermines

An epiphany

peace

Of mind

Perfect

Posture

Desires no

Pondering

A good

Gesture

Needs 

No afterthought

Epiphany

Everlastingly

Never ends

Spirited

Gesture

Leaves

No doubt

Spirit

Percussion 

Guides

Jing/Chi

From China

To gesture

And beyond

Just think it

It’s not

The applications

we don’t know

it is the ones

we do know

but are wrong

Good 

Tai Chi gesture

Leaves 

No dilemma

Virtuous

Gestures

Leave

No misgivings 

Tai Chi Chuan

Results

In

Perfect alignment

With

Spirit

And

Gravity

Tai Chi Chuan

Leads 

To divine

Direction

In life

Tai Chi gestures

Feel the same as 

Jumping off 

A swimming pool

Diving board

Song-kai

Loose-open

Between

Anchored ends

Of vortex

Is elasticity

A virtuous

Tai Chi application

Cannot be seen

Want to feel 

It again?

Honor 

Own spirit

Honors

Master’s spirit

A good

Tai Chi application

Gets no

Response

A good response

Has change

With change

Intuition 

Essential

Envisaging

Epiphanies

Guiding 

Gestures

Worthy students

Have

Worthy teacher

Have

Master 

Sharing

Lineage legacy

Tai Chi Chuan

Is passive

Gestures/applications

Have no malice
Their energy

Is enlightenment

Tai Chi awareness

Always attains

An accurate

Induction and

Deduction

Slow Set

Spirit and gravity

Must be connected

Like string

Connects

To bow

Tai Chi Chuan

Gestures/applications

Harmonious

First with Master

Then with opponent

Slow Set

Plumbing

Spirit to gravity

Perfects postures

Push Hands

Good gesture

Leaves no intent

Good application

Leaves no defense

Push hands

Good applications

Are spontaneous

Warding off

Rolling back

Pressing and 

Fa Jing

Only spirited

Tai chi gesture 

Becomes 

A Jing/Chi

Application

Tai Chi Chuan

Good gestures

Are unimpeded

Resulting in

Uninterrupted

Applications 

Push hands

Applications

Change with change

Coming from

Unseen

Gestures

Tai Chi Chuan

Tenet

Be a tree

Leaves/gestures

Reaching/receiving

Roots/absorbing

Good practice

Reels silk with

Next practice

Inspires

Insight into 

Previous practice

Push Hands

Change with

Change

Starts with

Stillness of

Application

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