In the mundane world of crawling around for a long time, it is inevitable that the heart tired, exhausted. So, I hope to live a simple life, so that the body and mind can be peaceful.
What is a simple life?
Different people have different understandings and different expectations. I've seen a lot of people use WeChat signatures that contain the meaning of "simple", "simple point", "simple words", "so simple", "so simple", "so simple", "so simple", "so simple", "so simple", "so simple", "so simple", "so simple", "so simple", "so simple". "......
This is the voice of many people: just want to live a simple life.
We long for simplicity, don't want to put too many shackles on ourselves, and live a hard and tiring life. In the short span of a few decades, it's not necessary to live a life that is so calculating and laborious.
However, many people pursue simplicity, but only on the surface.
Really simple, not just the material cut off. The first thing you need to do is to get rid of some of the useless things, which essentially doesn't change anything. Really simple, not just boring silly life, do not have to take into account too much. There is a fundamental difference between pretending not to see and not really needing to see.
Really simple, is to be able to see through the surface of things, with the ability to see things clearly. With the eyes honed by the world, we can open the clouds, not be confused by the appearance and appearance, and reach the essence of things.
And the simplicity that many of us seek is mostly a form of simplicity. Perhaps, you think that eating only steamed buns and pickles for dinner is a kind of simplicity, living in a clean suburb is a kind of simplicity, or a completely vegetarian diet is a kind of simplicity.
The excessive pursuit of form of simplicity, more likely to bind you, so that life has an additional layer of invisible pressure, become more vain and difficult to grasp.
Really simple, even if you every day big fish, but can laugh at the interests of the dispute, the heart is not moved.
The real simple, is in the middle of the city, the heart is still pure, not for the prosperity of the confusion.
Really simple, is the heart of the breakaway, throw away the burden of the heart, easy to enjoy.
Take the tai chi that many people are now clamoring for. Strictly speaking, outside the square a large group of people practicing together and can not be counted as taijiquan, at most can be called taiji drill. Not much more advanced than square dancing.
The body will be as low as possible, the movement is maximized to exaggerate, so that people look at a kind of dashing feeling, a kind of taiji masters of the sense of vision came into being. This also makes a lot of people who practice Tai Chi exercises feel like they are a million notches higher than square dancing.
However, the fact is that the body low squatting, not only on the knees of the great damage, so that will also cut off the flow of qi around the body, is not conducive to good health. Long practiced Tai Chi exercise in the people, many people not only knee problems, the body is also a variety of problems, lost the meaning of exercise.
When practicing Tai Chi exercises, forcibly turning the hands, folding the wrists, pressing the legs, twisting the waist, and blocking the qi, it also violates the basic meaning of "Tai Chi is not hands-on, hands-on is not Tai Chi".
This is the danger of being confused by the appearance.
The real Tai Chi does not need to deliberately lower the body, but only through subtle movements, you can practice the feeling of loose, heavy, heavy, so that the qi flow in the body, section through the natural flow to the soles of the feet. Not only exercise, with health effects, but also a powerful regimen.
Only those who understand the true martial arts heritage of Taiji can put aside those pompous movements, see the core essence of Taiji, gain insight into the power of Taiji's body-use and use, and work out willingly to carry forward the Taiji pioneered by the old ancestors. (2021.7.14)