Fucking Hell ..

The Master doesn't try to be powerful
Thus he is truly powerful
The ordinary man keeps reaching for power
Thus he never has enough

The Master does nothing
Yet he leaves nothing undone
The ordinary man is always doing things
Yet many more are left to be done

The kind man does something
Yet something remains undone
The just man does something
And leaves many things to be done
The moral man does something
And when no one responds
He rolls up his sleves and uses force

When the Tao is lost, there is goodness
When goodness is lost, there is morality
When morality is lost, there is ritual
Ritual is the husk of true faith
The beginning of chaos

Therefore the Master concerns himself
With the depths and not the surface
With the fruit and not the flower
He has no will of his own
He dwells in reality
And lets all illusions go

Tao Te Ching


.. this last week, I have been on a remarkable journey .. a journey with my fellow travellers on the Deepening, many of them now true heart friends, people very different from the friends I have had in the past ..

.. there are no words to express the great honour I feel, firstly to be a representative of the Rising Dragon Tai Chi school out there in the world, secondly and even more so, to be lucky enough to have been given the opportunity to be part of Deepening VII .. I am thankful for so much and I feel amazing .. R said to me as we hugged yesterday 'There is no end to amazing' ..

I return and am quiet inside .. and as I rest in this beautiful place of amazing .. I can not bring myself to be distracted by my PC for long .. not even to write for my weblog, which has become a very integral part of my continual journey with life and with Tai Chi .. I will come back here to reflect soon enough .. and for now .. ..

.. .. I am amazing .. ..

SH June 2006