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The principle of Cheng Hsin

I want to prose a little consideration on the "principle of Cheng Hsin."

Namely, the principle, as if, behind the principles we use to study and adopt effective ways of moving or supporting our discovery.

In the principles of effortless power, after listing the five principles of an effortlessly effective body being (being calm, relaxing, centering, grounding, being whole and total,) this quote is shown.

"Actually, these words do not really indicate what the principles are; it is more accurate to say that they refer to what arises out of being aligned with the principles."

And, later on in the section,

"The following descriptions do not name the principles, but only allude to them by speaking of the states that appear in the principles’ unfettered presence."

Earlier on in the chapter, before it lists the 5 principles, it also says

"The basic principle of Cheng Hsin as it occurs in the event of being (being a body, being alive, being in interaction) is approached here through several apparently separate considerations. Since it is especially difficult to realize the actual principle of Cheng Hsin itself, this divisible form of presentation is much easier to grasp. But keep in mind, discovering the actual Principle — behind the sub-principles we use to investigate it here — is possible, profound, and encouraged."

That's a pretty interesting collection of stuff right?

Here I also want to point out, (although this could be different, I still think it's useful to point out here) that in the book of not knowing, in chapter 5, 5:7, before listing the principles of discovery, it's written

"Although they are actually four distinctions within the same basic pursuit—and it is the spirit of this pursuit that we wish to adopt—they act as cornerstone principles for this endeavor by setting the stage for true inquiry."

And after listing them, it says

5:49 You may begin to see how these principles are intertwined, really four parts of a single endeavor.

So, with all this, the issue of language comes to the fore. The interesting thing about models is that while being accurate to language in the sense they represent something "technically," as in you could say that's "technically" true, the experience of the thing could be so much different that there's different angles and ways to describe it that that could just be one possible way, and it's necessary to recognize that when learning from another, and remember to keep investigating the potential of the words and stay honest with yourself about what's real when looking for an experience of something someone else says. Anyway, just thought I'd share my recent musings of principles

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