You only have a little bit longer to live. The end is coming, whether in the most violent or quietly unexpected way; it is coming. Make space in your daily life to focus on the few important things. There are many sweetly satisfying things that we can lose ourselves in. Enjoy your Netflix binge but it comes with a cost. Power through a few more levels in that video game tonight, it also has a cost. Working too much and trying to stuff things into an already packed schedule does not mean you are living life to the extreme. You are wasting it on purely empty experiences. Drowning in the honey tastes great but the end is not good.
Did you notice the subtle changes of things around you and within you? It takes time. There is a lot to contemplate within your bujutsu keiko let alone physically do. What is essential? There is an overabundance of information around us. Our attention is limited.
Just as a warrior must focus on the main threat in an army of five hundred charging at him, so we must properly choose how we live our lives. Too many goals and objectives do not increase the value. Get to know one or two things with great intimacy.
Be mindful and keep space in your life to properly enjoy and contemplate things. Be aware of all the honey around you.
©2020 S.F.Radzikowski
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館長Saneteru Radzikowski is the head sword instructor of Shinkan-ryū Kenpō. He lives and teaches Iaijutsu and Kenjutsu from Nara, Japan.
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thank you sensei for these inspiring insights. you point out one of the great challenges of being involved in the school, and surely a great part of the sacrifices I had to do to refine my behaviour tendencies. it makes me think of what once said my acupuncture teacher, as I was scattered in different studies, something like “julien, Chew well your own rice..!”. anyway fortunately I don’t really like honey… lol
Thank you so much sensei! This is exactly the kind of process I’m going through right now
Thank you Saneteru sensei, I will keep this in mind :)
Thank you Sensei for your insights! Being “in the business” I am acutely aware of just how precious and fleeting life can be and the shame of wasting it frivolously. Being a jack of all trades and a master of none is not to be envied.
Well said, sensei. There is not enough time or energy in our lives to do everything we may want to do. We must choose what really matters and make those things our priorities.
The image of “falling into honey” is a nice way to illustrate this.
Thank you, Saneteru-sensei. Each of us has to decide for ourselves what is most important in our lives, and what we wish to devote our limited time to. Overextension of ourselves leads to mediocrity.
Thank you Sensei. I understand the temptations in life and can only hope they do not win in the end.
Thank you sensei, our modern day lives are indeed faced paced and hectic, with many forms of distractions.
This is a topic that is very important to me right now. Thank you for wording it as you did, sensei.
Thank you for this post Sensei, this is a very important lesson to be learned.