25
THERE was Something undefined and yet complete in
itself,
Born before Heaven-and-Earth.
Silent and boundless,
Standing alone without change,
Yet pervading all without fail,
It may be regarded as the Mother of the world.
I do not know its name;
I style it "Tao";
And, in the absence of a better word, call it
"The Great."
Standing alone without change,
Yet pervading all without fail,
It may be regarded as the Mother of the world.
I do not know its name;
I style it "Tao";
And, in the absence of a better word, call it
"The Great."
To be great is to go on,
To go on is to be far,
To be far is to return.
To go on is to be far,
To be far is to return.
Hence, "Tao is great,
Heaven is great,
Earth is great,
King is great."
Thus, the king is one of the great four in the Universe.
Heaven is great,
Earth is great,
King is great."
Thus, the king is one of the great four in the Universe.
Man follows the ways of the Earth.
The Earth follows the ways of Heaven,
Heaven follows the ways of Tao,
Tao follows its own ways.
The Earth follows the ways of Heaven,
Heaven follows the ways of Tao,
Tao follows its own ways.
Translated by John C. H. Wu
Interpretation by Bill Bernsen
IDEA
Follow those
Who
Are great
How do I know greatness
They return
To return
Is to follow Master
To follow Master
Is to be humble
Is to be boundless
Force
Descends
To the earth
Thanks to gravity
To be great
Is to go inward
To go inward
Is to be rooted
Root is found
Go on
Out
Far
Eventually return
Tai Chi vortex
Of late
I have returned
To slow set
So I must be getting
Farther back
To the impending
Chi to man
From earth
Chi to earth
From heaven (universe)
Chi to heaven
From Tao (idea)
Ideas from ideas
Secret
To dragon/phoenix
Is in the 6th sense
Elasticity
Change with change
Bow to bow
Perhaps Masters
Entering me
Is like a foreign thing
Entering my
Immune system
Which kicks in
To get rid of it
This = flu symptoms
Irritable and cranky
All part of
Riding the Dragon
It is good
For the Master
If I am receiving
Energy
From students
Master
Is the human
Symbol
Of the Tao (art)
Tai Chi Chuan
Is born inside man
Combining spirit
Of the Masters
Gravity of
Earth/China
It is great
To be a student
Of Tai Chi Chuan
Students follow earth
Which follow heaven
This follows ideas
Going in circles
Going correctly
Great
Returning
To childhood
Thinking about
Master’s ability
Predicting situations
Prior to it
Happening
This is a Master
Spirit
Gravity
Art
Must have all three
To succeed
.Be hollow
To receive
The new
Quiet and infinite
Erect unaided
Without change
Is slow set
The Tao
Must Look
To the Masters
They have
Been there
Tai Chi Chuan
Follows
The ways of gravity
Gravity follows
The ways of spirit
Spirit it the art
Art is the Tao
Going
To the point
Of pain
Is completing
The circle
Then back to yin
To reach out
Is to return
Man
Can lose
His animal flavor
Tai Chi Chuan
Returns it
Once the idea
Is understood
Return to Wu Wei
Wait for another idea
To be pronounced
Is to practice
To go deeper
Is to discover
The art
To discover
The art
Is to return
To Slow Set
Must connect
To earth (China)
Masters
Are physically
Part of the earth
Spiritually connected
To heaven
Man is the conduit
Masters
Follow nature
So should I
The definition
Of man
Man is the Tao
Jing is born
From the top
Of the bow
And
Bottom of the bow
To string a bow
Press downward
On the bottom
From the top
Dwelling
In the insubstantial
Center/fulcrum/Tai chi
Between pulling/pushing
During Slow Set
Feel as if
I am
In water
I
Cannot go fast
In water
Follows the ways
Of physics
Use spirit
With physics
Move a mountain
To reach out
Is to return
To previous ideas
Wisdom upon arrival
Ideas are
Masters connection
To the student
Continue
Remote
Returns
With new idea
Slow set
Is the mother
Of all Tai Chi Chuan
Spirit is great
Gravity is great
Master is great
Master is one of the 3
In the universe
Tao
Is the combination
Of heaven/man/earth
Spirit/man/gravity
Masters/man/Tai Chi Chuan
All combine
In slow set
To be a gesture
Is to have Jing
To be Jing
Is to advance
To advance
Is to retreat
The above great feeling
Feeling goes far
To be far
Is to return
And start anew
Connection
To the past
Is the lineage
To the present
The earth/China
To the future
Ideas
Must be worthy
To receive it
The secret
Is to return
To youth
To see
Spirit/gravity
Must have
Visualization
And imagination
Man follows
Gravity
Gravity follows
Spirit
Spirit follows
Tai Chi Chuan
Tai Chi Chuan
Fulcrum
Between
Spirit and gravity
Idea is a
Fulcrum
The 1st move
Of slow set
Is in Tao #25
Ideas = Tao
Return to ideas
Gestures
To applications
Existed
Before awareness
Of them
Do not depend
Totally on
Consciousness
Mother
Of all gestures
Is the idea
Passing
The art on
Is to go far
And return
To nature
Get a correction
In slow set
From Masters
In the present
Apply it
To everything
Past/future
Go away
Assumes
Soon returning
Correct everything
In past/future
Then return
To present
For more
New corrections
The joy
Called far away
Wandering
Within self is also known
As the far
Away passing on
Past and future
Spirit/gravity
Is the idea
The idea of all ideas
Constantly flowing ideas
Teaching the art
It becomes distant
Being distant
It returns
Hence a circle
The Enigmatic
Open up
To experience
The Tao
Ongoing
Remote/reaching/return
During demo
Audience is trying
To reach me
Must receive
Their feelings
To send
It back
Completing
The circle
Demo is the same as
A magnetic field
Lines of force go
From one side
To the other
Students
Follow the ways
Of the Master
Master
Follows the ways
Of earth/China
Earth of heaven
Heaven of Tao
Tao the student
Shaking hands
With people
Always have
Heart open
It is beforehand
Ward off/rollback/press/push
Concentrate
On hands
After balance
Is obtained
Further I look
The more balance
I have
Learning
Emulates
To be far
Is to return
Stretching an elastic band
Elastic band = Tao
Use it
Aware of it
Passing on
It becomes distant
Event though
Not thinking about it
It is still there
When called
To consciences
Diminishing thoughts
About it
Increases it
And vice versa
To be aware is
To proceed
To advance is
To be aware
To be aware is
To return
The sphere/earth
Is circling back
To go back to China
In a thought
At the speed of light
Then return
Back to home
To be remote
Is to return
Masters shadows
The traditions of China
China follows
The ways of Tao
Lineage passes
On relentless course
Tai chi Chuan
Returning concept
Teaches certainty
Control in evolutions
Tai Chi Chuan
Gestures
Are formed
Out of obstacles
That is born
In Slow Set
The merging
Of spirit/gravity
Masters and China
All in Man
Gestures are
Silent/tranquil/pure/profound
I have been working
On the process/evolution
Cannot chase
After the Masters
Open your heart
And wait
20 years or 20 mins
To achieve
If worthy
Eliminate things
Go back to the beginning
Of things
Back to the future
Look at life
As if everything
Is adjusted and
Taught for me
Alert
Yu Pei Shih
Standing/listening
Something
Enigmatic
Existed before
I learned
Tai chi Chuan
A spirit connection
To the lineage
Spirit and gravity
Body first gesture
Inaudible incalculable
Standing alone
Empty mind
Static
Stirring without end
I am connected
To the universe
The epiphany
Is the greatest idea
At the moment
Continuing thru out
The form practice
Continues into other
Forms/students/opponents
Returning as
New ideas
A person
Of Tai Chi Chuan
Shadows the lineage
This follows spirit
Follows Tao
Don’t try
To push the past
Follow the prior
Receiving info
From the Master
Master must have outlet
Alert
Standing alone
Ready to change with change
Projecting everywhere
At once
Student of Tai Chi Chuan
Follows gravity
Gravity
Follows spirit
Spirit
Follows Tao
Man follows
His own nature
Thru show set
Opening and closing
Keep in mind the closing
That is opening
In other direction
Rooting
Returning to the source
Reaching back to the future
Become a child again
Become an animal again
Physical ability
Of an animal
It is still within
Just forgotten
Capture it
With instinct
Get the animal tail
feeling
Is absolutely natural
Balancing like a Dragon
Express gravity/spirit
In Tai Chi Chuan
Adjust to environment
Give self-up and sink
Connect to the earth
Thru gravity
Masters connect
To China
Thru worthy
Students
Practicing for years
Means returning
To the first day/class/ practice
The canon
Of returning
Past Masters
Present classes
Run in a cycle
Those students
Who have left
Will return
If they are worthy too
Student follows
Senior student
Follows the Masters
All follow
The beginning student
It is the return
Masters
Follow nature
Beginning student
Is part of nature
We are all beginners
Student follows
The ways
Of the lineage
Masters follows
The ways
Of China
Master follows
The ways of the physics
Physics follows
The ways of heaven
Students follow
The Masters
Master adjusts
To his environment
This includes
His students
I adjust to the Master
Don’t mindlessly follows
Think too
For Master
Will make many
Tests on to see if
I am worthy
The Master
Follows gravity
Gravity
Follows spirit
Spirit
Follows Tai Chi Chuan
Tai Chi Chuan
Follows the Tao
This is the Master
Hence the return
Man is schooled
By the environment (gravity)
Gravity is supported
By spirit
Spirit is guided
By Masters
Learn to follow
Absolutely natural
Being prodigious
Means practicing
Everywhere
Practicing everywhere
Means evolution
Of the art
The original point
Is the point of origin
The fixed point
The anchor for
Centripetal force
Origin, insertion = physical
Thinking insertion
To origin = mental
Find the point
Of origin first, root
Then look for insertion
Don’t over tax
Students/ money/ time/information
Leave it up to them
How often they come
To class
Or practice/ listen/study
They may starve/over eat
It is up to them
Their worthiness
Don’t interfere
With the Masters
Overall plan
That which is great
Practices
That which practices
Goes far
That which goes far
Returns
The practice circle
Practicing infuses
All things
Soak in water
(Tai Chi Chuan).
And the extract
Is the substance of Jing
Masters follows physics
Physics follows nature
Nature follows Tao
Have I tapped into this?
The epiphany
Ideas
Master conforms
To gravity
Gravity submits
To spirit
Spirit monitors ideas
Ideas are man
Awareness
Infinity icon
Worthiness
Weightiness
Of the way
Masters follows
The ways of
Tao Te Ching
Epiphanies
Masters lead
Masters follow
New ideas
Slow Set
Great to return
Each day
Follow earths
Center of gravity
To be first
With spirit
Heirloom
Behold
A Tai Chi
Immortal
Tree
Tai Chi Chuan
Slow Set
Gestures
The laws
Of nature
Understanding
Practicing physics
Countless
Is the
Circle
Creativity
Is Change
With change
Spirit and gravity
Compose
Heartfelt
Gestures
Lineages
Legacy
Lineage
Legacy
Lingers
Center of gravity
Supports
The heart
Is a fulcrum
Go far
Use fulcrum
To return
Gravity/slow set
Supports
Spirit
Slow Set
Gives the worthy
Strength
To follow
the lineage
Spirit/gravity
Is the Tao
Tai Chi life
Yu Pei Shih
Vortex
Percussion
Riding
The eternal
Elevator
Tao
Is a body/bow
Man, kowtows to gravity
Gravity kowtows to spirit
Spirit kowtows to Tao
Tao is nature
Man is the Tao of nature
Man obeys gravity
Gravity obeys spirit
Spirit follows
The heart
Tai Chi Chuan
Is stalking
The Tao
Faithful
Foundation
Tai Chi
Secret to
Chinese treasure
Between
Spirit and gravity
Is the human body
Which contains
All that is
All that will
Ever be
Call it
An idea
Great gestures
Go far
To go far
Be anchored
Seek elasticity
Between
Time and space
Tai Chi Chuan
Is complete when
Spirit and gravity
Prevail gestures
Student follows
Ways of Master
Master follows
Lineage follows
Spirit and gravity
Tai Chi Chuan
Slow Set
Handicraft
Magical tool
To design/create
Infinite artistic
Gestures
Tai Chi circular
Routine
Practice
Slow set
Continue
To Weapons
Return to
Slow Set
Student follows
Ways of Master
Master follows
Ways of lineage
Lineage follows
Ways of spirit
Master’s
Guidance
Is silent/boundless
Worthy student
Progress/realize
Returning to
Beginning
Each day
Mystery
Of Slow Set
Is solved
By plumbing
Spirit/Gravity
Tai Chi student
Follows ways
Of Master
Master follows
Ways of evolving
Student
Tai Chi sphere
Of influence
Tai Chi Chuan
New Ideas/feelings
From Slow Set
Creating
Perfect postures
Resulting in
Innovative
Applications
Slow Set
Spirit/gravity
Alliance
Results in
Everlasting
Epiphany
Slow Set
Isolation causes
Inspiration
Resulting in
Insightful
Gesture
Student follows
Master follows
Lineage follows
Laws of physics
Tai Chi elasticity
Great gesture
Goes far
Into future
To go into future
Gesture must be
Anchored in
The past
Slow Set
Betwixt
Spirit/gravity
There is elasticity
Its greatness
Can reach far
Its prowess
To return
Completing
Gesture
Tai Chi
Percussion
Gesture
Goes far
Then returns
Anew
Tai Chi Chuan
Student follows
Ways of Master
Who follows
Ways of Lineage
Following Ways of
Physics
Spirited
Gestures into
Centrifugal
Future with
Centripetal
Gravity
Anchoring from
Past