Eastern Philosophy

All Faith is false, all Faith is true:

Truth is the shattered mirror strown

In myriad bits; while each believes

His little bit the whole to own.

-Haji Abdu El-Yezdi (Richard Burton)

“it is said that what is called ‘the spirit of an age’ is something to which one cannot return. That this spirit gradually dissipates is due to the worlds coming to an end. In the same way, a single year does have just spring or summer. A single day, too, is the same.

   For this reason, although one would like to change today’s world back to the spirit of one hundred years or more ago, it cannot be done. Thus it is important to make the best out of every generation. This is the mistake of people who are attached to past generations. They have no understanding of this point.

   On the other hand, people who only know the disposition of the present day and dislike the ways of the past are too lax.”

- Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure (the book of the samurai)

 

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“They say: ‘Become Jews or Christians if you would be guided (to salvation).’ You say: ‘Nay! (i would rather) the Religion of Abraham the True, and he joined not gods with Allah.’ You say: “We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Isma’il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) Prophets from their Lord: and we bow to Allah (in Islam)*”

-the Qur’an, Surah 2:135-136

*islam means submission

Tonight im going to see the lake house with some friends (natalie (my girlfriend), katelyn, and maybe some other people) has anyone seen it? what did you think?

i bought a book yesterday about northern shaolin sword and it recently struck up some questions on the exsistence and nature of chi.

Chi according to google:
The vital force believed in Taoism and other Chinese thought to be inherent in all things. The unimpeded circulation of chi and a balance of its negative and positive forms in the body are held to be essential to good health in traditional Chinese medicine.

in my searches on web forums and martial arts books iv been exposed to many differing oppinions. this article might interest anyone who thinks chi is interesting:

http://www.yiquan.org.uk/art-zz.html

what do you think?

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