We can't really experience Taiji without a full understanding and experience of Wuji. If we go back to the basics, we know that Taiji is born of Wuji. Wuji is potential. Taiji is actualization. But to truly actualize in space and time, we must return to that which precedes The Ten Thousand Things. To be too Yin or too Yang is unbalanced and incomplete. Ideally we want to exist on the dividing line between the two. That line is neither, thus it is Wuji. When we inevitable slip one way or the other, we aim for balance. Perfect balance is equal Yin and Yang, thus there is no difference, no imbalance. And while we may attain this, it doesn't last. This is the way of Nature. Nature abhors a vacuum. Heat rises, weighted objects fall, water changes state as it freezes and boils. The science of physics is based on Nature attempting to achieve equanimity.
But that never really happens does it? It doesn't happen in Nature, it doesn't happen in our lives. And that is how it should be. We are Nature manifested. We live in a world of change, it is our entire existence. But we don't ride the dividing line in an attempt to avoid change. We utilize Wuji to better navigate Taiji. Wuji is the essence of Ultimate Reality. It is the essence of who we are. And while we live in a world of change, or Yin-Yang, we can be and are anchored by the stillness, the serenity of Wuji. Ultimately, Taiji is informed by Wuji. By spending time in stillness and silence, we are better equipped to find the elusive balance we need in life. Perhaps we can see the interrelationship between them. If we can see the movement in stillness, it is that much easier to find stillness in movement, refuge in the midst of a storm. It's never an either/or thing. It is Yin and Yang; Wuji and Taiji, now and always.
But that never really happens does it? It doesn't happen in Nature, it doesn't happen in our lives. And that is how it should be. We are Nature manifested. We live in a world of change, it is our entire existence. But we don't ride the dividing line in an attempt to avoid change. We utilize Wuji to better navigate Taiji. Wuji is the essence of Ultimate Reality. It is the essence of who we are. And while we live in a world of change, or Yin-Yang, we can be and are anchored by the stillness, the serenity of Wuji. Ultimately, Taiji is informed by Wuji. By spending time in stillness and silence, we are better equipped to find the elusive balance we need in life. Perhaps we can see the interrelationship between them. If we can see the movement in stillness, it is that much easier to find stillness in movement, refuge in the midst of a storm. It's never an either/or thing. It is Yin and Yang; Wuji and Taiji, now and always.
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