suckinlhbf wrote:When you practice an instrument as piano or violin you'll learn to use your body in a different way than you are used to. The same thing could be said about Taijiquan, though Taijiquan is obviously much more complex as it involves your whole body.
Human Beings and Musical Instruments may not be comparable when we talk about martial arts. Musical Instruments may not be able to think, resist, fight back...........
Lol! An instrument doesn't think. Your hands and legs don't either. Your brain does in all cases. In Martial arts you learn to use your body as a tool. Building a shenfa in the internal arts is about re-learning body movements. Again, I can't see much difference.
windwalker wrote:Not asking for any to agree or disagree only sharing perspectives and some experiences.
And I am sharing mine. From my +35 years of Tai Chi practice.
"Physicists perform experiments involving an elaborate teamwork and a highly sophisticated technology, whereas mystics obtain their knowledge purely through introspection, without any machinery, in the privacy of meditation.
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To me seems fundamentally different.
Along with the differences between Western and Eastern thought.
Fundamentally different? Of course it's different. Your example involves meditation, the mind. I am speaking about using the body as a tool or an instrument. VASTLY different indeed.
Thank you, but I know much about the differences between eastern and western thought. I took university classes in Chinese philosophy. And yes, I have also read the Tao of physics.