A Flash of Patience

In order to fully take advantage of what Alexander discovered, we have to find a balance between "doing" and "non-doing". We have to differentiate between the things we have to do and those things which we have to allow to happen. If we try to do the things that should be allowed to happen we are too pushy whereas if we wait around for a thing to happen when it needs to be done we are too passive.

Noticing is a way to sort these things out. When we begin with it, its disappearance alerts us to when we're being too pushy. During an activity, its continued presence tells us that our manner of use is not interfering with our freedom and flexibility and we are operating efficiently. Noticing makes it possible to instantly access more of our available resources. All it requires of us is a flash of patience.

"We must be patient, we must wait; but wait correctly, through the creative process of Non-Action. We make ourselves accessible to the flow of chi in our bodies and the current of the Tao in our lives. The method is to eliminate blockages. There is nothing which we have to do; that to which we aspire is already there. We must disolve the blockages and let it emerge."

Cheng Man-ch'ing
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