It’s easy to assume that things go right, things go wrong. Sometimes you rise, sometimes you fall. But if we observe the world objectively, we may see it’s perfection. How trees make energy via photosynthesis; how a single cell divides and differentiates to become a functioning, self-aware animal. It’s quite possible the what we see as “mistake” is simply our limited awareness. If we assume that maybe, just maybe, everything is as it should be, we have a chance to…
Reality is comprised of frequencies, vibrations, and cycles. Frequencies can be high and light, or dark and heavy. Vibrations can fast and light, or slow and dense. Cycles are the closest our minds can come to grasping eternity; no start, no stop. No beginning, no end. Everything is in a state of change, and yet cycles can be “good” or “Bad”, “heavy” or “light”, and they can be self perpetuating, like a feedback loop…like a rut you’re stuck in. The…
Achieving a Black Belt in Martial Arts is often interpreted as mastery. This is a common misconception. While a worthwhile pursuit on the Martial path, it is important to remember that the Black Belt student is someone who has gained proficiency in the basics of physical technique; far from Mastery. We often are drawn to Martial Art because we feel physically victimized, or perhaps vulnerable. It seems that the goal then is to become more physically adept, more likely to…
Our viewpoints are uniquely our own. No two people see things exactly the same way. Insisting that there is only one truth and everything else is false suggests mental illness, rather than sage wisdom.
The concept of flow is often overlooked, or misunderstood. If you want kindness, give kindness away. If you want abundance, give some of yours away. We so often think in linear terms; that once we part with something, we think it’s gone forever. The true nature of existence is cyclical; what you send out comes back. If you want happiness, it’s probably because you’re miserable, and that’s what you are sending out. The cosmic mirror can only reflect back what…
Thoughts on true Warriorship: Accept the blows, learn the lesson, be grateful, remain supple.
It is so easy to think that when troubles arise, we must have done something wrong, or external forces are conspiring to keep us down. “It’s not our fault, life won’t leave me alone” we cry. When we realize that without conflict, there can be no growth, we see that conflict is Nature’s challenge to us: Grow, or perish. These challenges keep us in the Present, for you can only act in the present. If you are thinking, you’re not…
It takes a Warrior mindset to turn hardship into a meal.