As you begin to
practice Tai Chi walking, notice when your walking is disrupted.
In particular, does it come from your attending to it?
Can you attend to your walking and allow it to remain natural
without interference, without your influencing it in any way. This is wu wei, non-interference. Allowing
things to be as they are.
You might find
different words useful when doing this overtly simple practice.
Don't pay attention
to your walking. Rather gently let your
awareness seep into it.
Notice that your
awareness surrounds and suffuses you. Allow it to interpenetrate your body/mind
as you walk.
As you walk, see if
you can keep your awareness/attention on your whole body continuously.
Notice when your
awareness/attention lapses and it rests on parts and not the whole. Gently
allow awareness/attention to include the whole.
Notice
that the umiverse spreads around you in all directions. Gently
allow your awareness/attention to include the whole,
mind/body/universe. All in one.
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