Wednesday, February 24, 2016

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HAVE done with learning,
And you will have no more vexation.
How great is the difference between "eh" and "o"?
What is the distinction between "good" and "evil"?
Must I fear what others fear?
What abysmal nonsense this is!
All men are joyous and beaming,
As though feasting upon a sacrificial ox,
As though mounting the Spring Terrace;
I alone am placid and give no sign,
Like a babe which has not yet smiled.
I alone am forlorn as one who has no home to return to.
All men have enough and to spare:
I alone appear to possess nothing.
What a fool I am!
What a muddled mind I have!
All men are bright, bright:
I alone am dim, dim.
All men are sharp, sharp:
I alone am mum, mum!
Bland like the ocean,
Aimless like the wafting gale.
All men settle down in their grooves:
I alone am stubborn and remain outside.
But wherein I am most different from others is
In knowing to take sustenance from my Mother!


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


CIRCLING
Always be the opposite
Of what I am
Confronted with
Mentally or physically
If others are bright
I am dim
This will cause the balance
Find the fulcrum
Just think it
Don’t say it
Feeling
Smoothness
Of the circle
As I reached
Further
Opened more
Felt closing
Focused
On my heart
Felt apprehension
About reaching far
Because too distant
Pulls me off balance
All animals
Have an apprehension
About everything
It is a physical feeling
Opening downward
Giving up
To gravity
Apprehension gets
Its strength
From gravity
Always
Be apprehensive
All others are
Bright/beaming
I am dim/apprehensive
If I suddenly want
To do something
My entire Being
Goes into it
Because I am totally open
Do to the reaching/apprehension
Resulting in elasticity
The rooted feeling
Is the other end
Of the reaching
Now the two ends
Of the elastic band
Are anchored
If someone
Is bright one end
I am dim
The other end
I am aware of this
I am elastic
Apprehension implies
Stillness/softness
Comes from closing
To the point of stillness
The further
From the center
The faster
The movement
Center is still
Outer edge fast
As I can think
Perhaps the above
Is the secret
To slow motion
That one experiences
During danger
Moving very fast
But thinking with
Stillness/apprehension
Be as still/sensitive
As a bubble
On a level
Even a thought
Can throw me out
Of level/stillness
The floor does not move
I move up and down
So neither should I
I maintain the bubble
Horizontal/vertical bubble
Is located in the inner ear
Sense it
At my center of gravity
Nonsense
Learning others
Knowledge
Be done with it
Be a falcon
On a fulcrum
For the future
Return into
The fulcrum
Do not let things
Throw me off
Rotate the outside influences
Around the center (hub)
If I have to move a little
Do so
Not too soon
Not too late
The thirty spokes
Will always
Be attached
To my hub
30 gestures
Always attached
To the Slow Set
Give up
Other peoples
Ideas/thoughts
Within me
The new
Creative
Ideas
Reborn
For I am pregnant
With new ideas
If pregnant
More sensitive
More alert
What I think
I should know
Others expect
Me to know
Only know
That which fills
My hub
At the moment
Heart is open
Do not focus
Heart
On that
Is good
Or that
Is evil
Just stay open/receive
The fulcrum
Like an infant
We mix up hunger
For food
With hunger
For pleasure or pain
Hunger is hunger
Eat
Appetite goes away
If worry disappears
New ideas
Will appear
As they are needed
I have no fear
There is great abundance
Accept that
This is offered
If I appear dull
Get less intent
From others
Take lessons
From Tai Chi Chuan
Stay between
Intent/apprehension
On my fulcrum
I am where
I am because
The lineage
Has put me there
Being poor
In demo
It protects me
I am only a stone
In some people’s minds
Not a jewel
Master sees
Inner
Shine
I am now open
To the sustenance
Of the Masters
Stopped reading
Be hollow
Of others ideas
Able to receive
New ideas from
Nature and
Sustenance
From the Masters
Be careful
Of influences
Have done
With other’s ideas
Remain outside
Of what others
Perceived
As happiness
Just do slow set
Until
I know myself
Better
Stop intent
To attack
Have no more aggravation
Just listen
With apprehension
No difference
Between pulling/pressing
Because there
Is a fulcrum
I never do anything
Others might enjoy
I know
I worry
I do not know
Worry dissolves
Change with Change
Follow
The universal chi
Negate intent
All animals
Have an apprehension
About everything
It is a physical feeling
Opening downward
Giving up to gravity
Apprehension gets its strength
From gravity
Always be apprehensive
And rooted
Others are bright/beaming
I am dim/apprehensive
If I suddenly
Want to do something
My entire being
Goes Into it
Because
I am very open
Do to reaching/apprehension  
This is elasticity
If someone is bright
At one end
I am dim
The other end
Because I am aware
I am elastic
Apprehension implies stillness
Softness comes from closing
To the point of stillness
The further from
The center
The faster
The movement
Center is still
Outer edge fast
As the speed of light
As I can think
Perhaps this is the secret
To slow motion
That one experiences
During danger
Be as still/sensitive
As a bubble
On a level
Even a thought
Can throw one out
Of level/stillness
The floor does
Not move me up/down
I should
Maintain
The level bubble
The horizontal/ vertical
Bubble is located
In your inner ear
Sense it
Fulcrum
All applications
Opponent presses
On one part body
Respond with
Another part  
Can even do this
At the point of contact
By making a very small circle
Of energy
My instructions
Come
Right form
The Masters
Remain outside others
By staying inside self
While going thru
The repair phase
Be done
With the past
Focus on present
Have patients
For the future
Fulcrum
Is everything
Is the doctrine
Of the mean
Balance above/beneath
Just do slow set
Turn to anew
By being
Be hollow
Be a fulcrum
Behave the Tao
Tai Chi point
Be hollow
Masters will fill   
Apprehension
Arrest pride
I alone and inert
Like a child
That has not yet
Given sign
Stop learning
Others knowledge/emotions
Start feeling
From nature
The real teacher
Superficial happiness
Must experience all
Old emotions
Old sickness
Injuries
Before I can
Negate them
Feel the situation
Before making a comment
Perhaps have
No feeling about the
Subject
So appear dim
If I know
Myself first
Then I can
Know others
In the womb
Of the Master
Feeding on his wisdom
My reaction
To various tests
By the Master
The mother
Is the Masters
Direct link to them
Is thru practice
The only line of communication
Cannot get
The true transmission
Thru others
Be done
With knowing
Past or future
Thru listening
Know the present
Be open
Answers will appear
First move
Of slow set
Opens
To Masters/China
Some students
Are open
To Master
Few students open to
The entire lineage
If I am still
And unsympathetic
I have the energy
Of the earth
Jing/Chi
While others
Are pushing or pulling
I just stay
In neutral and listen
Be receptive
Allow sustenance
To come
From the Masters
The difference between
Good and evil
Is listening
Like a fulcrum
The examination
Of effects
Is to do good
Remove evil
My substance
Comes openly
From the Masters
A good time
A bad time
Are wastes
Of time
Be lazy
When it comes
To others
Let them answer
Their own questions
I can answer it faster
Only they can
Answer it correctly
Be unambitious
With the past
Others ideas
And expectations
Blunt
Confirmation
Of other’s ideas
Follow the flow
Stay a float
Fight the flow
Be forced under
When going
Thru the changes
Others seems peaceful
Happy
Looking down
Upon me
As if
They are feasting
On me
Like a sacrifice
They do not understand
If they are feeding
On me
I am becoming
Part of them
You are what you eat
The groove
Is the valley
This receives all
Only the imagination
Can see over the
Mountains of stillness
Keep moving
Like a river
In the valley
Looking over
Different parts
Of the mountain
With imagination
Instead of
Looking for
A good time
To practice
Practice all the time
A great time
Everything
Is supportive
To Slow Set
Be calm
To understand
What I need
To know
Be able
To see
The insincere
See opponent anger
Even if he is pretending
Watch emotions
Other’s knowledge
Is usually untested
By the Masters
Try being
More of a fool
Others will
Reveal themselves
Try being aimless
Others will show
Their intent
To direct
Substance
Is from the Tao  
Undoing
Material things
Past knowledge
However discriminate
Same with knowledge
Eliminate
Old unimportant
Knowledge
It takes up
Too much time
I always seem
To be missing
Something
Perhaps this is the key
To the next new idea
From the Masters
Show no intent
Either way
Good or bad
Everything
The 5 senses
Sense
Is part of nature
6th sense
Is what decides
What to do with it
If the 6th sense
Is connected
To the Tao
Then sustenance
Is from
The Master
Most students
Are trying
To add more forms
I am trying
To eliminate blockages
In joints/sinews
And my soul
How I learn
Not knowing
What comes next
Remaining open
Empty to receive
The sustenance
From the Masters
Remain
An interloper
Isolated
Never join anything
Including
Other’s cravings
Have done
With news/entertainment
Negate exasperation
I never do anything
Others might enjoy
Condition to find
The fulcrum
Between
Depression/epiphany
The Tao
Be hollow
To receive
Dull/dim/demos
A protection
Protest
Workshops/camps
Hollow
To fill
During
Solo practice
Negate
News/entertainment
Worries
Will wane
Be done
With learning
From others
Be guided by
The Masters/Tao
If you feel
Like a clay dragon
Or straw dog
Sustenance
Surprises appear
Lonely
Being merged
With the lineage
Ward off want
To press tranquility
Push peace
Slow Set
Parallels
Slow living
The reason
It is called
Slow Set
Is to slowly
Learn by
Starting over
As others race
To finish all
And quit
I take
The difficult
And worthy
Approach
To learning
Tai Chi Chuan
Tai Chi Chuan
Is the distinct
Fulcrum
Between
Advance & retreat
Use a fulcrum
To focus
I am not
Of the past
Nor future
Only the now
A fulcrum
Weighting all
Including
The past and future
Find
The pivot
Of perception
Be hollow
Echo happiness
Slow Set
Is salvation
I am elated

By epiphanies

Other ecstatic

By entertainment
Use a fulcrum
To balance
The way
Yin/yang
Make a Tai Chi
Circle
Always changing
With change
In time/space
Peaceful
Solo
Practice
Tai Chi
Is the fulcrum
Of right/wrong
Listen
Quietly
Quarantine
Practice
Find
Fulcrum
Fulfilling

Sustenance

Absorption

From lineage

My hidden

Connection

To the lineage

Seems odd

To the unworthy

Appear

A fool

To fool

I live

In the radiance

Of self-esteem

Perceive

Future

With heart’s

Fulcrum

A heartfelt

Gesture

Is Song-Kai

Loose/open

When using

A lever

The fulcrum

Has no intent

Just listens and 

Supports

More forms

I acquire

The less

Slow Set

I practice

Pondering

Past

Pauses

Present

Procrastinates

Phuture

There is  

Elasticity

Among good/bad

Anchored/rooted  

Ideas of 

Right/wrong

Find fulcrum

Then decide

Tai Chi Chuan’s

Parents

Mother/fulcrum

Supporting

Weighting

Balancing

Father/practicing

Two together

Enduring

All endeavors

Pivoting practice

Repudiating old

Renovating

Routine

Tai Chi focus

A fulcrum

Mind decides

Gesture’s

Application

Private

Placid

Practice

Produces

Platitude

Postures

Tai Chi Chuan

Between

Opening

Centrifugal force

Closing

Centripetal force

Is elasticity

Always changing

With change

It is Jing/Chi

Slow Set

Spirited

Silk thread

Between

Intent and apprehension

Control it

With elasticity

Slow Set

Solitary

Secures

Structure

Veracity

In group

Practice

Technique in 

Applications  

Of push hands

Comes from 

Sustenance of

Slow Set

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