“The nun Wu Jincang asked the Sixth Patriach Huineng, "I have studied the Mahaparinirvana sutra for many years, yet there are many areas I do not quite understand. Please enlighten me." The patriarch responded, "I am illiterate. Please read out the characters to me and perhaps I will be able to explain the meaning." Said the nun, "You cannot even recognize the characters. How are you ... Read more
Endurance Race Recovery And Context As The Wallpaper Of Life
"In JKD [Jeet Kune Do], one does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity." Bruce Lee. "Any effort that has self-glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in disaster." by Robert M. Pirsig, from The Painter's Keys. "If you could wish for one athletic-enhancing gene it should be the one that ... Read more
Overcoming Setbacks From A Poor Race Performance To A Major Health Problem
Buddha told a parable in a sutra: "A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him. Two mice, one white and one ... Read more
A Good Man And His Cat And The Value Of Mental Imagery In Safe Exercise For Better Health
"Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail." From the Tao te Ching by Lao-tzu, translated by Steven Mitchell. Hi ... Read more
Grief Is An Interesting Phenomenon And One That You Will Encounter So Be Prepared If You Can
"A rich man asked a Zen master to write something down that might encourage the prosperity of his family for years to come. It could be something the family would cherish for generations. On a large piece of paper, the master wrote, "Father dies, son dies, grandson dies." The rich man was angry when he saw the master's work. "I asked you to write something down that could bring happiness and ... Read more
As You Get Older Your Body Becomes Weaker But Your Life Is Richer
"The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the ... Read more
Stress And The Older Endurance Athlete Or Just Older People In General
"Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad." Tim Ferriss, 'The 4-Hour Work Week'. Hi folks, As I study other people, who, in large part, I have ignored most of my life, hiding happily in a research laboratory having great fun, making mucus movies and the like, I find that I am learning more about myself than I am about them. The trick is to open your mind to who you really ... Read more
Hopes, Dreams, Worry, Sleep, And The Joy Of Fresh Peaches with Hoop Cheese At Three AM In New Jersey
Hi folks, Books and peaches seem to have something in common, in that sometimes they have to ripen before they are really digestible. There are three books that took a while to grow on me, and now I refer to them all the time. They are like the peaches that I bought at a farm stall three or four days ago, at which time they were as hard as bullets. I was assured by the farmer, who also made the hoop ... Read more
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