{"id":656,"date":"2007-11-03T01:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-03T01:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/?p=656"},"modified":"2007-11-03T01:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-03T01:34:00","slug":"meditation-point-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/meditation-point-98\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation Point #98"},"content":{"rendered":"

The turnip farmer points the way with a turnip.<\/em><\/strong> — Issa<\/em><\/p>\n

Perspective, one of the most important things to gain in life. Our perspectives are derived from our experiences. In life we have ourselves and our experiences. Our Self emerges from our experiences and our reactions to those experiences. The problem is that the world is a large place filled with a multitude of different people with different experiences. What is interesting though is that there seems to be a finite number of ways the Self can emerge. We either seem to devolve into “sin” or self-indulgence or we evolve toward selflessness. Often this path a conscious choice similar to the different paths chosen by Siddhartha<\/a>. For people who are not introspective life develops more like a ship without a rudder finds its course.<\/p>\n

Perspective and introspection are important counterparts vital to our development. Introspection aids us in finding ways to better understand ourselves and gain perspective from our experiences. Thus introspection is crucial for our perspectives to become more diverse.\u00a0 Perspectives increase our understanding not only of our own life but of the lives of others.\u00a0 Understanding breeds empathy.\u00a0 In a heightened state of understanding or empathy\u00a0 we can communicate with people in terms which they can relate.\u00a0 So no longer would the turnip farmer only be able to point the way with the turnip.\u00a0 He would speak to each person in terms they understood seeing the world through their eyes.<\/p>\n

That may seem like a strange reflection to many of you, but it is my perspective.\u00a0 Think on it while you train and perhaps the next time you are in a conflict you will see the world through the eyes of your adversary.\u00a0 And in that moment of clarity perhaps you will see a way to communicate and avoid the conflict.\u00a0 But in case that doesn’t work… Train hard and kick their butt!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The turnip farmer points the way with a turnip. — Issa Perspective, one of the most important things to gain in life. Our perspectives are derived from our experiences. In life we have ourselves and our experiences. Our Self emerges from our experiences and our reactions to those experiences. The problem is that the world Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-zen-thing","category-it-is-a-zen-thing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}