From Murky to Clear Waters

Whether you're sitting, standing or going about your day, keep your mind calm.

Suppose your mind were a murky pond.  Be still, keep its waters calm.  In time the natural murkiness settles down, and waters become clear.

In T'ai Chi meditation, we do not aim to keep thoughts away or even push thoughts out.  Rather, we simply are.  We simply let our minds be.  Once again, be still.

The T'ai Chi Classics say, In stillness, be like a great mountain peak.  (In movement, be like the current of a great river.)

As thoughts come in and go out, observe them dispassionately.  That is, without wish, expectation or interest.  Like murky waters in a still pond, these thoughts settle over time and your mind clears.