“Because of the concentration, if you can hold; that’s where the clarity comes. With the clarity you have that kind of peacefulness.”
~GM Sam Chin
Mindfulness = Direct: Knowing and Acting in the Present Moment
We have been here [at Mid-America Buddhist Association] for the past 6 days. So, what have you guys learned? [Looks around]. What is the most important part that you are here for, first of all? Yes, mindfulness. Another word for mindfulness is the purpose is to have DIRECT. Direct experience. Direct experiential knowing of the moment. Yes? So, the same thing as we do training (in ZXD); that’s what the reverend (Ji Ru) talked about. Practically, we don’t need to remember. When you ‘remember’ things, that means you try to get things from the past. If you want to use things you ‘remember’ on, that’s from the past. So we talk about the past and the present. The training of present is direct! Direct doesn’t need to remember.
Our brothers and sister from Russia sent a small team of competitors to Taipei, Taiwai to compete in the international Tai Chi competition where they won several gold and silver medals in both push hands and forms competitions, as well as giving several demonstrations of I Liq Chuan at the tournament and in several pubic locations around Taipei. Congratulations to everyone!
