The True Victory.

Mind as the Source.

A Quote.

'Buddhist philosophy suggests that everything we experience in this life is stemming from our mind.

Therefore, our mind is like the essence of ourselves.

So if the mind generates something positive, then something positive is manifested if the right conditions are met.

Similarly, if the mind generates something negative, then unpleasant manifestation appears.

Therefore, whatever is manifested externally is very much dependent on how it originated from within.

So if the cause of it, such as the intention, the motivation, the commitment, the effort – all of those causes and conditions – if they are ordinary, then it will be the same case with the manifestation.

And if the causes and conditions are greater, then the same goes for the manifestation.'


#Karmapa





Blog author's comments.

... i've heard on a buddhist lecture that we are mind, not bodies.

We have bodies, but these grow old and die, eventually.

... but Mind itself is indestructible - keeps reincarnating in new bodies as new lives are conceived.

Martial Arts Inspiration #1.

... Goal of Martial Arts it to improve oneself, to win with one's own weaknesses.




... You'll get there !!!




Whether during training or in the life's situations, both inspirations can be combined.

When one tries to improve, often goes through hell.

But when a lesson is complete, when one leaves hell victorious - there's the reward, one becomes a better person.

A few Quotes.

Make the point on being underestimated,
if You wish to face less resistance than is needed to stop You.




Don't give up - if You care.
If You don't care - let it go, accept loss.




Don't fight if there are other, more important goals to fight for,
unless You have resources for that as well.

Prioritize Your goal(s),
Assess threats to Your priorities & make plans to neutralize these.




Prepare first.




Not every victory is worth fighting for,
When it's worth, however - add it to your costs & a budget plan.




Conflicts cost, avoid them.
Desperates hurt, avoid forcing others to desperation.




Inspire others by Your example.

Joining Martial Arts' Pearls of Wisdom into a Coherent Whole.

     

... i think that individual 'Pearls of Wisdom' might seem funny or pointless, but when they 'Click Together' with a Greater Plan - they are far more Meaningful than each of these alone.

i think it's wise to follow strictly Wisdom of the Wiser, of Philosophers & learn on the way.

Thinking is also a part of Martial Arts training, i am sure.

Martial Arts can be Enlightening, can lead to taking interrest in Buddhism & Spirituality - as it was with me as well.

It's a Buddhist lesson that what happens in Mind, later also develops on the Speech & Body levels.

Martial Thoughts can influence how one trains & fights later.

Fighting Thoughts.

Introducing Author.

i am not Greatest of Philosophers, but i think.

inspired by Bruce Lee's words, i read a few of Martial Arts Philosophy books at youth, they skewed my perspective considerably.

i had one or a few lessons of philosophy at a College (Politechnika Warszawska), but it wasn't degree ...

... i forgot degree i got, if any.


What is Philosophy?

it's 'Love of Wisdom'.

Philo - Love,
Sophia - Wisdom.


Fighting against Thoughts.

had episode in my life when thoughts appeared, many of them seemed hostile, aimed at harming me.

had to oppose these thoughts, beat them with my new Thoughts, Wishes & Mantras.

not to complain but to share for others as well, it's quite tiring experience - especially if it's intense & lasts for months or years without significant pauses when someone's mind is weak.

i think it might be important part of Philosophy practice to change thinking patterns quickly, using this methodology.

to consciously change Mind State using Thoughts, Wishes, Mantras, Affirmations, Symbols, ... whatever skillful means one has.


Objects of Perception.

had insight, i think it's nice.

'object of perception' is something held in a mind's focus (high priority in mind), to interact with, to analyze, to understand.

i think i should put as an 'object of perception' the very idea of 'object of perception', for four years since now.

i will do it, then, if i can.

i wish to do so, but not at all cost.