…Their quest for mastery was greater in scope than a country, a continent, a world. It was universal, without boundaries in space or time. The moral equivalent of war. It can’t be faked. It can’t be lost. It can’t be taken away.
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Telling truth to power has always been risky.
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Finding the balance of energy and calm persistence is the task set for each of us – in mind training, combative training or any high-performance skill.
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The quality of our character determines the course of our life.
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Balance is a requirement for combative excellence. The implications for mind training are stunning. Your potential is limitless.
“Listen to the sound of water. Listen to the water running through chasms and rocks. Little streams make a lot of noise. Great waters flow in silence.” –The Buddha, cited in the Milinda Panha *** Post by Jeffrey Brooks, MountainKarateNC.com, Yamabayashi Ryu, Mountain Karate, Saluda, NC Photo by Tom Fisk via Pexels *** read True Karate Dō by
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“We must not think evil of this man”. Another Amish father noted, “He had a mother and a wife and a soul and now he’s standing before a just God”
There is no time to wait. There is no way to defer responsibility. There is no one else who can do it, and no one else who will.
The constellation of causes and conditions which produce our field of experience are vast, hidden, and surprising. So we train.
What is good is not secret. This is not a sectarian matter. What we practiced today is good for all of us and available to everyone. It costs nothing and offers everything. It is designed to refine and strengthen your life. Just as karate does.
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It is essential for us to train our minds to reach our potential, with the same degree of intensity and purpose that we use when we train our physical skills.
Mind Training Group – Orientation Read More »
Your power increases every time you train. Use it well.
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…they find themselves caught in a vortex, a revolving sequence of desire, obstacles, gratification and renewed desire, a cycle that is vacant, urgent, painful and endless. It does not keep them going. It traps them.
Technological progress is not human progress. Training our bodies and minds together, with wholesome purpose and other people, we can recover our humanity and fulfill our mission.
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