Tai Chi Dharma: The Geometry of Motion and the Vibration of Intention

Class Overview: Three Core Subjects

1. Function: Understanding how to use the Tai Chi sign (☯️) as a blueprint for the body.
2. Daoyun (道韻): Using the "Melody of Dao" to enjoy Tai Chi Dharma and release worry, fear, and tension.
3. The Five Concepts: 悟道 (Realization), 法則 (Laws/Principles), 道韻 (Melody), 奧義 (Deep Meaning), 本源 (The Source).

Part I: Physical Practices – The Rolling Ball (Tai Chi Sign ☯️)

This section uses the geometry of the Taijitu (Yin Yang) to create a multi-dimensional "Awareness System" within the physical body.

1. Full Body Imagery: Multiple Rolling Balls

• The Visualization: Do not visualize just one ball. Instead, use the Tai Chi sign to create many rolling balls throughout the body. Imagine multiple "Rolling Tai Chi signs" functioning simultaneously.

2. The Feet: Rotation & The Laser Line

• Power Generation: Power is generated through rotation at the feet.
• The Laser Line: Use the feet to "charge up" energy, sending a direct "laser line" from the ground through the body to the top of the crown.

3. Dantian & Spine: The Internal Rolling Mechanism

• Lower Abdominal Mechanics: The low stomach pulls in and up. This movement draws the lower back toward the spine.
• Directional Energy: The Tai Chi ball rolls inside the body, pushing energy up the spine to the back of the head.Key Principle: The direction of the roll (Lower abs \rightarrow Up the spine) is crucial for the internal "reverse energy" flow.
• Abstraction: Once the physical movement is mastered, you should be able to rotate the ball in both directions abstractly.

4. Upper Body & Joint Mechanics

• The Chest: The chest acts as a rolling ball. It opens specifically at the heart center to create a feeling of lightness.
• Smaller Tai Chi Balls: Visualize smaller balls at the shoulders, elbows, wrists, and knuckles.
• From Tai Chi to Wuji: * Tai Chi: We train the physical body within its limits.
• Wuji: This is the state of being unlimited. These internal balls should eventually be able to move in any direction freely.

5. The Curve: Natural Stretching

• The Stretch-Twist: When practicing the specific curve of the Tai Chi sign, every "stretch" should include a slight twist or curve. This is more natural and effective than "stiff," linear stretching.

Part II: Daoyun (道韻) – The Melody of Dao

This section explores how intention and vibration (Dharma) affect physical matter and your internal state.

1. The Science of Intention & Sound

• Vibrational Impact: Thoughts and intentions have physical effects, similar to how intention changes the structure of frozen water crystals (Messages in Water).
• Cymatics: Just as sound waves move metallic filings into geometric patterns on a plate, your Dharma (intention) acts as a wave that shapes your reality.
• The Waves:
• Sound Wave: Moves sand and filings into shapes.
• Dao Wave: Harmony experienced as a melody.
• Dharma: Your intention acting as a wave.

2. Practice and Energy Reset

• The Tuning Fork: Find music that is peaceful and harmonious for your Qigong or Tai Chi. You create a sound/vibration through meditation, placing yourself in a state where the self vanishes to "create your future."
• Energy Reset: Practice Tai Chi with a "complete drop" (total release of tension) to achieve a 100% reset of your energy.
• Awareness Shift: Aim to be more aware of the energy flow and less aware of your "I-feeling" (ego/self-consciousness).

Part III: Philosophical Definitions of Dao

These are the broader, more aspirational concepts regarding the nature of the "Awareness System."

• The Three Systems of Dao: 1. The Body: Awareness within the physical form. 2. Space: Awareness of the environment. 3. Time: Awareness of the flow of moments.

Aspirational States

• Middle Dao: As seen in the "Empty Master" story; moving clouds with "No-I." In this state, even space feels like your body, and "golden light" may leave the body.
• Da Dao (The Great Dao): The macrocosm—Sifu shared his Big Bang and twisting galaxies story
• Continuous Growth: Sensitivity grows through the discipline of maintaining your conditioning and practicing the Dharmas you have learned.

Training Mindset

• The "Robot" Phase: Practice initially like a robot. Follow the procedure strictly without letting the "I" (ego/personal preference) interfere.
• The "No-I" Phase: Transition into a state where you follow the procedure so naturally that the "I" vanishes.

9 Soft Explosions Philosophy

The poem is below. 

Freeze the emotion. Sure the intention. 

Abstract the body. Recharge the energy. 

Kill the heart. Awaken the  (god consciousness)

Sink power to spring point. Explode. 

Practice: This poem can help us, in combination with the Tai Chi ball, to be more sensitive and aware of the energy in our body and start to connect to the elements around us.