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.
Read MoreIf 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.
Read MoreWhat 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?
Read MoreYour 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.
Read MoreSo, 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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