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內功與《老子》裡「損」的觀念

/ Taoist philosophy in movement: Traditional Chinese bodymind practices with Ansgar Gerstner

「為道日損。損之又損。以至於無為。」(《老子》第48章)
在上篇文章中我提到《老子》裡有關內功動作與「自然」的觀念。然而跟、觀察及順應其自然的動作卻是聽而容易，做而難。實際上放棄有意識地控制動作、聽任動作、或多或少的觀察及信任存於體內的動作知識是件困難的事。

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Letting go / reducing (損 sun) in internal practices

/ Taoist philosophy in movement: Traditional Chinese bodymind practices with Ansgar Gerstner

„Practicing the Dao, you let go every day. You let go and let go, to get to non-action.“ (Daodejing, chapter 48)

In my last blog post I was talking about ziran in the context of internal practices. However, following movements, observing them and allowing them to simply be sounds far easier than it actually is.

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