The mind, like any other tool, needs guidance. Turn on a power saw and leave it there. It will begin to chaotically saw away at anything around it. Now, take hold of that same saw and guide it to help cut away at what's needed.
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Like the samurai of old, they say that ‘all life is but a dream’. We have already died, and therefore, we should not fear what has already come.
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If you begin to take a look at the varying "great" personalities and free-thinkers, you will begin to realize that each of these "great" individuals was simply a merger between them both - the mystic who also found themselves out to be the scholar.
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What makes a great teacher? Is it skill? Technique? Does it require a specified format or predetermined pattern of call and responses? Can a real teacher be developed or must they go out and develop themselves?
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Your mind is that limit. Your mind is the origin of the self. And so, I began my journey from self-ish-ness into self-less-ness. No mind. No problem.
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So, what was it that I had learned most during my time as (and still) a martial artist? Well, I had learned a lot about control, both of the body and of the mind. I also learned a lot about who I was.
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