Have you ever felt that you’re most creative when you don’t try to be creative?
I found this out in a push hands session recently. It was a surprising move even to me. I didn’t know of the “counter attack” as I didn’t react to the oncoming force. I just followed through the force while the [...]
My father was doing the “swimming” routine on land, i.e. waving his hands in a crawl (free style) fashion, while standing in a park. I noticed the wobbly knees as he swing from left to right and back again. I suggested that he should try to relax his hands and not wobble the knees as [...]
I have an online presence and an offline presence. I sometimes wish they’re one and the same, so that I don’t have to keep track of what I can say, and what I cannot say. At other times, i’m glad I have kept them separate, because of the fear that the information contained here might [...]
I borrowed this expression from a chinese book * I am currently reading, only to find it ironic to find it in a book! “Two-legged bookshelf” refers to people (the bipeds - hence two-legged) who stores plenty of knowledge, but do not put those knowledge into good use. Hence these people only serve as storage, [...]
In the spirit of changing personalities (see previous post), I thought I highlight this beautiful account of the Way of Tea.
This person has described tea as moving meditation (not unlike tai ji at all!). She has also described how her behaviour has changed by following the Way of Tea, by having a “tea mind” in [...]
“How are you?”
A very simple question, with a variety of answers you can choose from, but somehow, we stick to the familiar, like “i’m ok” or “good good” or “fine”. There’s no denying the convenience of picking from stock answers. It’s simple, it’s effective and it doesn’t draw you into a long drawn discussion about [...]
We’ve heard of outsourcing. Companies are doing it. Employees are afraid of it. China (among others) is welcoming it. As a result, outsourcing has different meanings to different people. To me, outsourcing actually holds a deeper root than what companies are currently doing. It has become a convenient tool for us to relinquish our responsibility [...]
Honest answers - an endangered species of the human vocabulary. It’s extinction among adults is probably just on the horizon, saved by the fact that human population is growing - more kids, more honest answers, until they grow up. Even kids tell lies.
So why do we find honest answers so difficult to come by? Or [...]
I think there are plenty of reasons out there on why you should blog. But blog to heal?
A personal view on why balancing work and life is hard. It’s all in the perspective…