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the True Purpose of Training
"Remember
that you live always under the protection of some mysterious force. This
force is nature. Therefore, true self-defense does not stop with defending
oneself against others, but strives to make oneself worthy of defense by nature
herself. It respects the principles of nature. True practice must be
in consonance with the will of nature. When man observes the principles of
nature, he helps to make them the principles of humanity because they are
directed toward the good of humanity. True self-defense must be according
to the will of God. When your mind and your acts become one with nature, then
nature will protect you. Fear no enemy; fear only to be separated from the
mind of nature. If you are on the right path, nature will protect you, and
you need not fear anything. When an enemy wants to attack you while you
are asleep, nature will awaken you. When an airplane has an accident, you
will fortunately not be on that plane. Trust nature and do not worry. Leave
both you mind and body to nature. Do not recognize friend or foe in your
mind. In your heart let there be generosity as large as the sea, which
accepts both clean and unclean water. Let your mind be as merciful as
nature, which loves the smallest tree or blade of grass. Let your mind be
strong with sincerity that can pierce iron or stone. Repay the forces of
nature, work for the good of all and make yourself a person whom nature is
pleased to let live. This is the true purpose of training."
Aikido
master Tohei, in his book, Aikido, the Arts of Self-Defense
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Nectar-like
"Profound peace, natural simplicity, uncompounded luminosity. I have found a nectar-like dharma."
- The Buddha's words upon his enlightenment at the age of 35 in Bodhgaya
5/10/2014
Let us begin
"Physics has provided the basis for the design of the fission and
fusion bombs, biology -- germ warfare, chemistry -- nerve gas. And all
of them have helped bring us to the brink of doom. But they still do
not provide keys to ultimate power. If we do destroy ourselves, it will
be the minds of human beings, the unhealthy emotions of individuals, the
fear, the hate, the jealousy and the greed of individuals that will
trigger these horrors. . . .You can use Inner Science to educate each
individual to understand himself or herself, to control his or her
negative emotions and distorted notions, and to cultivate his or her
highest potentials of love and wisdom. And you can keep improving your
Outer Sciences to better understand, control and beautify the
environment for the greater benefit of all beings. There is an enormous
amount of work to be done. Let us begin it here and now." ~ The Dalai
Lama at Harvard
Follow the world of humans
Carlos
Casteneda has Don Juan state “there is a
world of happiness where there is no difference between things, because there
is no one there to ask about the difference.
But that is not the world of men.
Some men have the vanity to believe that they live in two worlds, but
that is only their vanity. There is but
one world for us. We are human, and must
follow the world of humans contentedly.”5/09/2014
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Peace is not weak
Peace is not weak. Standing up to a tank is harder than dropping a suicide bomb." Mattieu Riccard
Mind and Heart
"In all the Asian languages, the word for
mind and the word for heart is the same word. I you see the mind and
heart are the same, then compassion is built right into it. Mindful
attention is itself affectionate. It's open, spacious, curious, and in
the seeing of the interconnectedness, then compassion arises naturally
as there is no separation. Wisdom is the knowing of no separation, and
compassion is the feeling of no separation." - Jon Kabat-Zinn
Ethical Pragmatic
"The ethical and
pragmatic are really the same. Ethical behavior is not thought to be
some virtuous thing you do even though it or is against your interest;
it is pragmatic, because it molds you evolutionarily as a being. You
damage your evolution when you act unethically and you advance your
evolution when you act ethically." Robert Thurman
Core Capacity
"... the core
capacity needed to access the field of the future is presence. We first
thought of presence as being fully conscious and aware in the present
moment. Then we began to appreciate presence as deep listening, of being
open beyond one's preconceptions and historical ways of making sense.
We came to see the importance of letting go of old identities and the
need to control and... making choices to serve the evolution of
life...Virtually all indigenous or native cultures have regarded nature
or the universe or Mother Earth as the ultimate teacher. At few points
in history has the need to rediscover this teacher been greater."
Peter Senge, Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski & Betty Sue Flowers
Insane together
"It is time to be insane together! It is time to violate consensus reality... We are all holding each other in an emerging story that will restore and regenerate our hurting world."
--Charles Eisenstein
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