Meaning
“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.” – Joseph Campbell
What do people hear?
“Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” – Paulo Coelho
Spirit first, technique second.
“Spirit first, technique second.” – 5th point of Shōtōkan nijū kun (松濤館二十訓)
Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan Karate-Do
The secret of life
That “one thing” – from “City Slickers” (1991)
Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is?
Mitch: No. What?
Curly: This.
Mitch: Your finger?
Curly: One thing. Just one thing.You stick to that and everything else don’t mean shit.
Mitch:That’s great, but… what’s the “one thing”?
Curly: That’s what *you* gotta figure out.
To the edge of defeat…
A very impressive scene from “Searching for Bobby Fischer” (1993)
Don’t miss the full movie!
“Vinnie: He didn’t teach you how to win, he taught you how not to lose. That’s nothing to be proud of. You’re playing not to lose, Josh. You’ve got to risk losing. You’ve got to risk everything. You’ve got to go to the edge of defeat. That’s where you want to be, boy – on the edge of defeat.
Josh Waitzkin: But…
Vinnie: But what? Play. Never play the board, always the man. You’ve gotta play the man *playing* the board. Play *me*. I’m your opponent, you have to beat *me*. Not the board, beat *me*.”
If you only focus on the problem…
…you might miss the easy solution.
What is Wrong With Our Culture (Alan Watts)
Thought-provoking 5 minutes on the state of the world from the late, great Alan Watts, a man far ahead of his time.
(Please note that he died in 1973…)
Who directs your life?
‘Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.’ — C.G.Jung
Blind folded woman
