This book contains meditations on the journey martial art students take when they embark on the study of tai chi chuan and the internal martial arts.   I believe this book contains the philosophical and spiritual essence of tai chi chuan and the martial arts.  
"The words of this book came to me like hand-me-down clothes, used and well worn… My mother planted a flower garden every spring and somehow, we always ended up with a handful of mixed flower seeds that we could not identify, the seeds of unknown flowers. These seeds were planted in a separate part of the garden and we would wait their blooming with special anticipation. When these seeds finally burst forth in a riot of color and fragrance we delighted in the surprise - and in the flowers variety of colors, sizes and shapes. Humanity is such a garden."