T'ai Chi builds our awareness, not only of ourselves (i.e. body, mind and spirit) but also of our surroundings (immediate environment and broader universe). It does so by fostering an open mind, which Westerners may call mindfulness but which practitioners call
empty mind. It is a mind that neither allows nor disallows thoughts, but simply remains still, centered and nonjudgmental. It is a mind, in other words, that is open to everything but doesn't attach itself to anything in particular.
T'ai Chi as empty mind helps us sense things in ourselves, in people, and in our surroundings which may be out of view or earshot.
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