Unapologetic Fragility

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We love trees in the spring
Green leaves appearing, flower buds peeking
Birds building nests and singing in the branches.
We enjoy trees in the summer
Luscious crowns providing much needed shade
Rich green colored leaves softly rustling in the summer breeze.
We admire trees in the fall for their beautiful colors, sun bouncing off them.
But the winter is when trees are most vulnerable
With no leaves, no birds, no colors, they are exposed
They cannot hide their uneven trunk, a branch bent or broken by the wind,
weathered bark, holes made by woodpeckers
They show themselves unapologetically, for everyone to see and judge, as they have no choice.
Let us not be harsh in our judgement
It is in the winter that they allow sun to shine through them bringing warmth and light
We can find beauty in their fragility

Thinking of Limits

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In mathematics we have a notion of Limit going from zero to infinity. Lim f(x), x->∞. We really do not know that it is truly infinity but we accept that we do not know where the limit is. And, we are comfortable with this notion, we build theorems and theories based on it. Greatest inventions have been made because the inventors did not set up limits to their imaginations. So, why don’t we apply this notion of “no limit” to ourselves, to our own growth? What if we lose all prenotions of what is expected and what is “normal”, and what is good enough, and keep going wanting more. We will not know if we reach our limits, but it is exciting to believe that there is always more, we can really have fun with this!

ME and The Law of Conservation of Energy

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How many MEs do we have? For sure more than one. In my case, those MEs do not always coexist very well, creating tension and stress, this constant necessity to choose which ME should be embraced at the time. Logical ME, emotional ME, sensual ME, habitual ME, the list goes on.

How do you achieve peace? Do you decide which ME is worth keeping and which one should be gotten rid of or suppressed? You really cannot get rid of anything. It’s a simple law of conservation of energy, it cannot be destroyed, it cannot be created, it only changes from one form to another. And then this AHA moment, and it is so obvious, so clear (it is really amazing that it took so long to come to this) – those MEs are supposed to blend into one ME, energy easily flowing between them. That whole ME is greater than the sum of all of them. The challenge is, of course, to be able to do that (and have fun with it!). For now, at least, there is an awareness.

Going Forward To The Beginning…

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A young girl asks herself “Who am I? What am I?”

She is too young to answer. There is nobody to guide her. The question remains unanswered and fades away with the time. The question fades away but a feeling of something missing stays. Time passes, she does not ask the question anymore, but still there is uneasiness inside her. She cannot put her finger on it. Her mind is strong, her will power is even stronger. She decides that it is not logical to have this strange feeling of something she cannot identify. So, she directs her mind to suppress this feeling. Time passes. Logical thinking comes easily to her, it becomes her. Years pass. Life happens. There is a lot of happiness, but also tragedies. She feels overwhelmed by this constant fight between logic and emotion, this feeling of fire inside her. She turns to Tai Chi. And then, seemingly out of nowhere (to her), her Tai Chi Master pulls her aside and tells her “I am going to help you”.  And so begins her journey to answering this long forgotten question “Who am I? What am I?”

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