networked transformation: general #582

The more neurotic elements the environments we grow up in contain, the more transformational processes in our development (childhood, adolescence, adulthood) get distorted. Certain initiations simply fail. Constructively balancing transformational processes at later stages need a complex network approach. They can be initiated on any level, but it becomes problematic again if they are too exclusively directed by one sphere alone.

[From the perspective of the philosophy of the Tao Te Ching, we can say that this is exactly what happens on a larger scale if we overemphasize human language and human intellectual capabilities. It is so enriching to improve communication and interaction on all possible levels.]

A complex bodymind practice oriented in the philosophy of the Tao Te Ching takes all this into account. Such a practice goes beyond conscious control by design. Otherwise, blending becomes just another means of control.

My current experience with Nei-kung methods is that beyond for instance a “simple” physical coordination relation between hands and feet, there is so much content on so many levels that has an influence on the hand foot coordination. The relations are so complex and interlocked, and they extend over all kinds of dimensions.

In this context, I fully agree with the relational concept of an echo Steve Cook mentioned in our video number 17 on the internal aspects of the Wing Chun forms. His comment there was, “Does an echo exist as a thing or only as a relationship?”

Video 17 is all about waves. With this way of moving, it’s all about transitions, transformations, permanent change, and communication. There are no clearly defined boundaries. It’s a permanent negotiating, exchanging. Meaningful interactions create closer relationships.

From the movement experience in my Nei-kung practice, I can completely relate to the relational viewpoint. And these relationships are very obviously crossing dimensional boundaries. To observe and transform these relationships more deeply, the observer and the observational methods need a multidimensional approach. The “I” of an observing individual is an illusion as well. It’s always a complex “we.”