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This is one that needs a few listens or reads to really grasp the concepts. Lots of ancient wisdom here, but like many old proverbs l it sometimes requires quite a bit of pondering to fully understand and internalize the message.
The main points that I took from the letters were the necessity of focus and intent with anything you do. Did Samurai do a lot of killing? Yes. But they didn’t take it lightly. No.
They had immense focus, incredible calm, and purposeful intent. Kill only when necessary, let live when necessary. In addition to these ideas it seems as though the Zen Master intended to communicate the need for practice to achieve mastery. He spends a lot of time describing that if you let your brain slip your body will follow. So perfect practice paired with perfect focus makes perfect zen swordsmanship (rinse, apply to anything in your life, repeat). You should be such a master that you can weigh grain perfectly with just your eyes.
So much wisdom that we forget today in a world of multi-tasking and obsession with productivity. Sometimes it pays to slow down and perfect the small details so that when it’s time to execute you don’t have to think about it.
The main points that I took from the letters were the necessity of focus and intent with anything you do. Did Samurai do a lot of killing? Yes. But they didn’t take it lightly. No.
They had immense focus, incredible calm, and purposeful intent. Kill only when necessary, let live when necessary. In addition to these ideas it seems as though the Zen Master intended to communicate the need for practice to achieve mastery. He spends a lot of time describing that if you let your brain slip your body will follow. So perfect practice paired with perfect focus makes perfect zen swordsmanship (rinse, apply to anything in your life, repeat). You should be such a master that you can weigh grain perfectly with just your eyes.
So much wisdom that we forget today in a world of multi-tasking and obsession with productivity. Sometimes it pays to slow down and perfect the small details so that when it’s time to execute you don’t have to think about it.