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passing clouds

5/20/2013

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Justin Stone, originator of Tai Chi Chih, embodies the fluidity of clouds passing by in the movement bearing that name.  To watch a master is mesmerizing. To practice the teachings of a master is the work. To achieve a glimmer of understanding is the living of the work.  I am grateful to Jean and Richard, my two teachers of Tai Chi Chih, for their dedication to the practice and their gentle and loving teaching.  

This morning I am sitting with the wisdom of another teacher, Mahatma Gandhi. I have few words.  Like passing clouds, thoughts are coming in, moving through.  Gandhi offered to us the four sustaining pillars of Ahisma:  A (non) + Hisma (violence). Gandhi embodied the four pillars. I offer them to you today without additional comment.  I have no words that reach to the essence of the teaching.  Perhaps the four sustaining pillars will speak to you and absorb your thoughts, creating a meaning for you.  This is what the pillars are doing for me.

  • Sarvodaya = Justice for All Creatures
  • Swaraj = Self-Rule
  • Swadeshi = The Genius of the Local
  • Satyagraha = Nonviolent Revolution 
                                        -from “Gandhi’s 4 Gifts,” Yes Magazine Summer 2013

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