Thursday, March 26, 2009

Tapping In

So the esteemed Mr. Bruce Lee was all about transcending form. What? What does this mean? Well, in his own words, he once said "The highest Art is no art, the highest form is no form." Again, what? Ok, let's approach this with a bit more description. We've all felt times in our life when our physical bodies felt very dense, heavy, lethargic, or stiff. In these contracted states it's very difficult to see how one is to "transcend form". However, we all know through our own experience that the body is a bit pliable...it is when we begin to churn things up(perhaps through a workout of sorts), that we begin to open up. There are never-ending possibilities to the level of openness that we are capable of experiencing. It all depends on what your body and nervous system can handle, and what sort of grooves or patterns you have established within your bodymind. At a certain stage it is possible to lose all sense of self, and to enter into Tao; in essence becoming Tao. You are then in the Tao of _____. Could be Tao of skiing, Tao of Yoga, Tao of Martial Art, Tao of Music, Tao of Parenting, Tao of Drumming etc., etc. Really quite a cool concept when you think about it.

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