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ce toward peseenal liberation.
Tug!Three swordene: ant dove o¢ 2 table ip a erouded Japenese
inn and pagan te naka Loyd commante abont thesr neighpor, poring
fe goad hin inte a @uel.” The master seemed to take no aotice of
hem, ur womn their TRnarks became ruler and nore pointed, ke
Ealede his chopsticks ant, ia gaick snaps, effortisaziy sauzht
ibar Elies on the wing. As he slowly laid down the chopsticks,
ihe three avarsanon auceledly Laft the enon.
he story aijuserates a grant difference botwoen Orienta?
and Western thinkiag. ihe average Westerner would be intrigued
Gy someone's ability to caten Elise wits abopectaka, and wnela
Lobebly say that nam nothing t= eo wien how good ne is in canbas,
Bae the Orianta: vowlé realize that a man who has attacasé such
eomplete mastery of an aft reveals is presence of mad in every
action, Tha seste of wiclenesa and imperturbability demonstrated
Sy the ester indicates hia mastery of a0lé.
and so it ig with mapsial arts, To the Westamer the finger
jabs, the si¢e kicks, the bask fist, etc,, axe tools of deceruction
2ha Violence wnich 15, indeed, cne of thaly funetaend. But the
Oriental baldeves taet the primary function of cumh tools i
Sevecled wach they are scifvdlgected and daatroy greed, fear,
anger and folly
Menipelazive ski2] ix agt the Orientel's gool. te is aiming
his Kicks and biows at haaclf and vaeo sucoeesfal, may aver
Succeed in laceking Rinael? out, After yaars of training, ne
fopee to adhiava tase vital Laccening and equabiiity of ell powers
Snich is woat the ehree svordscen sav in the master.
an every day Lige the mind ¢ capable of moving irom one
thought or sbjece to another — "reing” mind instead of “naving’
find: Nowsue2, wan face to face vitu an oppoosnt in a daadiy
Gonsast, the mind cones to stick end loses ite mebsliry. Stack
SEEDS *G.“Sicepage ds prooles thet Auunts every martial artist.
gvan-ia (valokitesvara), the Goddess of mercy, Lg scmetines
depresentad with one thousand arms, aash holding « a:ffczent
insermest, 1f her mind stooa with she wae, for instance, of a
spear, all the otter area (999) wit bo of no uae Whatever, IS
WeSiy“Decnuse of ber Bind net efopping with the se of ane ara,
but uoviag fren one instrament to mether, Tet 2ll Rem ams prove
Caodul wich the sercet dagree of erticiance. Thus che ioure ia
warn! to denoastrate that, qiien the ultinese truth is sealised
Geen a5 samy as Gne thousand eras ca one bedy may each be sarvicen
shle fa one Way ar another.
vpurpose lesaness " “eaptyanindadness" ox ‘he ars exe #roquant
terns used iz the Celent tovcemote tne sitinate schiaverent of 2)
REED Giuas. “according we den, the epirat is ny ature formlessand no Tobjecto" are to be Kebered in it. When anytning is
hecbored these, pepohie onary in éraun seuare i, anc waen peyenss
energy? loses ifs'Salenee, i58 native activity bectaas crasived
ape fp as longer fics vich te stream, Shere tis enerey Le
Hoped, these 23 too much of Ge in ane dizee,
efi: in another dixection, Where there ie
Sverfiow: and canact be cantrolied. Tn aitner casa,
fo cope with everschenging Bur when there prevetls
a state of “purposelessnass' Hetae
2e stens from,
falf = the ability, ae Shetagh calé-aiacizline,
Sy avere, and conplacaly in tone with oneself ane
‘Then, and only then, can 2 person keow minse!z.
‘rus mastery transcends any particule: ext.
mastery of cm
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