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The Archer’s Secret The winner of the 1988 Olympic gold medal for archery was a seventeen-year-old woman from South Korea. When asked how she prepared, she replied that the most important part of her training was meditating for two hours each day.
Francesc Miralles • Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Thus, between these two states of bodily relaxedness on the one hand and spiritual freedom on the other there is a difference of level which cannot be overcome by breath-control alone, but only by withdrawing from all attachments whatsoever, by becoming utterly egoless: so that the soul, sunk within itself, stands in the plenitude of its nameless o
... See moreEugen Herrigel • Zen in the Art of Archery
The effortlessness of a performance for which great strength is needed is a spectacle of whose aesthetic beauty the East has an exceedingly sensitive and grateful appreciation.
Eugen Herrigel • Zen in the Art of Archery
find your own Okugake. Fuelled by an intrinsic form of motivation for self-discovery through self-discipline
Ross Edgley • The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body
Remember, the usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness.
Bruce Lee • Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts
even after all the obvious levels of skill and craft (chi) have been mastered, the Yu still depends on the discovery of new challenges (the “complicated place” or “difficulties” in the above quotation), and on the development of new skills ... In other words, the mystical heights of the Yu are not attained by some superhuman quantum jump, but simpl
... See moreMihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Flow: The Psychology of Happiness
“Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Then, when you’re no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn’t
... See moreAgain, like the Zen approach to archery or anything else, you identify the goal and then forget about it and concentrate on the process.
Naomi Klein • Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
