The historic doubt of Chang San Feng
The chief physician of the chinese Emperor living in the 13th century entertained a historic doubt.Of all the living beings created by the God, human beings alone live with fear without knowing how to defend themselves from their fellow beings even though they are gifted with sixth sense. They are physically weak and afflicted with diseases. But the life style of animals is quite different. They are very strong in physique and they are capable of defending themselves. Chang San Feng was curious to find out this basic difference. Hence, he resigned from the office of the chief physician of the emperor and returned to the forest. He observed and analysed the life style of the animals and birds with a peaceful mind and single minded purpose.
In the end, wisdom dawned upon him and he discovered that the birds and animals live in harmony with nature without any stress. Therefore, they are strong and are capable of defending themselves. But human beings weaken themselves through stress, indisciplined mind, irregular food habits and leading a life that is not in harmony with nature. Therefore they live in fear throughout their life. Sang sung peng received a divine gift from God to address these weaknesses of humanity. The divine gift is Tai chi.
Taichi unites human beings with God without stress, and helping them lead a life in harmony with nature. It helps them overcome the internal conflict and elevates their thinking.
The natural flow of movements of Tai chi help the life giving oxygen reaching the every cell in the body.
All the weak points in the body get rejuvenated.
Therefore, human beings get full strength and strong mind power to face life with courage. A healthy strong body with a healthy strong mind reaches God through noble thoughts.
Those who learn and practise Taichi get released from fear and live in harmony with nature. They lead a happy and peaceful life with physical and spiritual strength to face sufferings, pain and enemies.
What is the life force?
Before we delve into the doubt and the answer of Chang San Feng it is instructive to know about Chi. The life force flows freely through the meridians in the body. But the negative thoughts in the minds of the humans produce certain toxins in the body. This toxin destabilizes the harmony of the basic elements (vatham, piththam and kabam) in the body. This results in diseases in the body. If such blocks are eliminated then the free flow of chi is restored.The solution of San Sung Feng
While observing the life style of the birds and animals, a stark truth dawned upon the mind of San Sung Feng. The birds and animals, without any tension of pressure, walk, fight and sleep in their own nature. They always live in a relaxed atmosphere. In other words, they live by their own nature and not guided by the mind.This fundamental truth is the guiding philosophy of Tai chi.
If humans also live by their spiritual nature, they will also live without any disease. Moreover, the free flow of the life force generates a powerful spiritual energy. That is Tai chi. Yes Tai chi is a unique spiritual life style.
To understand this it is imperative to understand the basic principles of Tai chi.
