Tai Chi

Look, and it can't be seen.

Listen, and it can't be heard.

Reach, and it can't be grasped.

Above, it isn't bright.

Below, it isn't dark.

Seamless, unnamable,

it returns to the realm of nothing.

Form that includes all forms,

image without an image,

subtle, beyond all conception.

Approach it and there is no beginning;

follow it and there is no end.

You can't know it, but you can be it,

at ease in your own life.

Just realize where you come from:

this is the essence of wisdom.

- Tao Te Ching, by Lao-tzu

In Lao-Tsu's Tao Te Ching, he is describing the tao, another name for chi. How do you think his description can relate to the practice of Tai Chi? What is the purpose of the chi? Is it a concept to which you are able to relate?

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