Crossing the Ocean
Long ago people looked to the North Star to find their way. The North Star was a navigation tool, not the destination.
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Inner Training
The Length of a Breath
As AI becomes autonomous and dominant it is necessary to recover our own autonomy. Use this critical mind training insight.
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Training vs. Artificial Intelligence
For us there is no other way. There is no other way for the titans and tyrants either. The difference is that we are free to do it.
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The End of the Asavas
We function as integrated open systems, connected to the world through experience and action. The boundaries are fields. Nothing about us is fenced off, walled in, or separate.
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真剣勝負 – Combat with Real Swords
It might be the sound of a pebble, launched by a broom while sweeping the Zendo courtyard, resonating against a tile. The shock may be a pair of strikes to the head, painful, stunning, with no recovery time between. The morning star shining red and gold at the horizon might do the trick, if your mind is right, right then.
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Bare Attention in Kata
if our attention is deflected in the heat of combat, we become vulnerable to attack and miss opportunities to respond. The same is true in every moment of life, in every action, reflection, and plan. So we stay sharp, using well-cultivated bare awareness…
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昔々 The Gate of Life and Death
…That may seem a strange observation, but it is good news. It means we can train our minds and open our eyes…
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Genjo Kata 玄奘 型
We human beings have an urgent need for training. Untrained minds are dangerous. Untrained bodies feel unwell.
Tap the Brakes and Take a Breath
Without physical training our body will not work well. Without mind training, our mind wanders like it’s lost. Always looking for something…
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Training In Darkness
Every time we are facing the unknown a flood of information is coming our way.
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The Present
By training the mind we recover our ability to be present, clear, and stable. Then we can do what we need to do, without haste or hesitation, distraction or worry.
You Are Your Training
An untrained mind is worse than useless. It is dangerous.
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Directed Energy
We build on our foundation of a powerful body and real combative skill. We develop a strength of mind that we can deploy anywhere, anytime.
Mind Training Pressure
For high-performance under pressure, keeping our attention in the present is an indispensible skill. It is not the goal. Of physical training or of mind training.
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Conquest of the Inner Empire
Inner training is not a way out of engagement with the world we live in. It is a way in.
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