The Tao of Mind

Yet how often we play taiji
Without conforming to this basic tenet?

Many claim peng jing
Is mother jing

Yet when asked
What is an jing

They cannot answer
Because they don’t understand yin-yang

For in accordance to yin-yang principle
Xin jing must be the mother jing

Only then can we have the
Yin-yang of forces whereby

Peng – an is a yin-yang couple
Lu – ji is a yin-yang couple

Cai – lieh is a yin-yang couple
Zhou – kao is a yin-yang couple

Alas, the “wisdom” of modern practitioners
Have distorted this most wonderful

Treasure of our Chinese heritage
And make a mockery by

Substituting mindmechanics with
Biomechanics which is “xing”

When another taiji tenet has
Stated clearly that

Use intention, do not use strength
But how many really understand this?