In this respect, the ego knows only its own extremes of relaxation and tension. True relaxation is to be rested in the Creative Centre, detached from external phenomena. What we come to know is that the positive principle of creative energy is everywhere, and our perception of external phenomena is our dreamlike identification with its apparent activity. The Spiritual aspect of Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung is quite literally beyond our grasp and cannot be fully understood as it is unfathomable. However once one is surprised by its light, the meaning of its essence is personally verified, and the tradition through which it comes is continued.
Continuity occurs because the experience is self-communicating.
The only 'secret' of these arts worthy of note is that there is no secret other than correct and faithful practice. There is no master outside yourself. There is nothing external to yourself. These arts were passed down from monasteries and Holy mountains of a highly sophisticated ancient culture, for the benefit of all. Enlightenment' is a process of refining discernment through a series of disillusionments.