Friday, September 28, 2018

False Harmony.

I am a blunt person, but I am an honest person.
I will tell it exactly how I see it, and yes, sometimes I am a bit of an asshole, but the truth is that I am this way because I care too deeply to just let things go by with any amount of sugar coating.

To cut through all the nonsense is simply a way of remaining true, keeping things simple, and keeping things practical.
Nothing needs to be so overly complex or convoluted and complaining only means that our energy, our focus, is not directed where it should be.
Budo training shows us exactly how to cut through all the nonsense in our day to day lives; how to zero in on the solutions within ourselves and start implimenting what needs to be implimented.

False harmony and paying lip service have no place here, just as half-assed focus and technique have no place on the Dojo Floor.
The answers cannot be found on the floor if one is not fully present on the floor, just the same with life.

Do we complain over and over when we are not quite getting something? A new Kata? A new technique? Or do we simply question and work at it until we start to get it?
If people were to tell you what you want to hear in the Dojo then no progress could be made, again, just the same with life.

Conflict and difficulty, viewed from the correct context, are our true Teachers; they are the road to true harmony, to true strength of spirit.

This is NOT just philosophy. This is the sort of thing that shapes great people who, in turn, shape the world.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Learning styles play an important role and a teaching style must be open enough for each type of learner. But the true gift is learning or teaching without urgency; in this I mean when all resources are utilized then learner and teacher lose track of time. To me i see false harmony being related to ego and urgency is tied to value; which is tied again to ego. Be fluid.