Written by Mathew Naismith
Most western minded people would say
that martial arts is primarily about taking control, the same with
spirituality as with meditation, in actuality it is the opposite, you
release yourself from control. I will explain.
Everything around you can be
distracting therefore controlling, it is this distracting controlling
energy you want to avoid, in the process, in a sense, leaving you
with a purer energy form. This purer energy form is more focused due
to the absence of distracting energy. Many people would say this
distracting energy is a negative energy form but that truly is not
the case, that is unless the energy is distorted. Distorted energy,
such as an ego on steroids that is all about lust, power and control,
has an adverse reaction to focusing this energy, even though this
energy can be used to focus on lust, power and control. In a sense,
in this case distracting energy, such as morality and human
connections with other humans, is avoided for better focusing of
energy on lust, power and control.
Bruce Lee, one of the best known
martial artists in the world, not necessarily the best, could send a
person airborne by just pushing them, but by a push of focused
energy. The question is, do martial artists also use the ego on
steroids to focus their energy?
In a material lusting reality, the ego
on steroids is used to focus energy by avoiding distracting energy
forms that hinder the focusing of energy, like morality. In sports
this is called the zone, where sports people seem to enter into a
reality of the absence of external distractions, like lust, power and
control, in the process are able to outperform other competitors,
like with martial artists and multinationals. To answer the question,
yes, martial artists can also use the ego on steroids to focus their
energy, however, not all martial arts are into this energy that can
too easily become distorted, erratic.
Look at where spirituality in history
have been about control, where the religion or even the church came
before God, in the process creating an erratic energy flow, a
distorted energy flow. To me and many eastern minded people, it would
seem control is not apart of spirituality, in actuality quite the
opposite. Spirituality is not meant to cause or create an erratic
energy flow, it is meant to create an energy flow of consistency, in
the process create an environment and proceeding reality of the
absence of extremes. In other words creating an energy flow
consistent with harmony and peace with the surrounding environment.
Yes, this means being at peace with other spiritual practices and
teachings.
It has been said to me quite often that
I am not spiritual, when I am not the one using spirituality and
mediation as a controlling device. Just the other day a friend of
ours visited and said how peaceful our environment is. It was obvious
they wished they could create the same energy flow within their own
environment and relationships with their partner and child. The
problem is, not everyone is into extracting themselves from external
and internal distracting energy flows.
I am also not spiritual because I delve
into the often critically judged negatives of the world, often in the
process losing some degree of focus. I don't try to stay focus, this
is control, but what I can do is come out of an erratic environment
in harmony and peace. You are not meant to try to be in harmony and
peace with an erratic energy flow, what you are meant to do is not be
controlled by this energy flow after leaving this environment. You
need to make peace with what is erratic otherwise you become of what
that erratic energy flow is. Avoiding this erratic energy flow
because it is critically judged negative is even worse. Why? Critical
judgement to start with is of this erratic energy flow, as is being
fearful of facing this energy flow face on. There is nothing to fear
as long as you stay focused, to some degree, by not trying to take
control. Never try to control this erratic energy flow, even within
yourself.
So you meditate or sing hymns, in the
process focusing energy in the absence of distracting energy forms
around you, like with sports people. I can delve right into this
erratic energy flow and come out still focused where the people in
fear of this energy will not. Why is this so? Because too many people
want to control what they fear the most or avoid what they fear the
most. In truth though, if you critically judge this erratic energy or
fear being within this energy flow, avoid it because all you will do
is become apart of it so yes, their fear is justified but living like
this is not truly being spiritual.
As with mediation, you enter into a
focused energy flow of the absence of mental controlling
distractions, you are not taking control of anything, you are in
actuality releasing yourself from control, especially controlling
ways within yourself. You are in fact releasing yourself from the
controlling ways of you mind, releasing yourself from your mind that
is about control and being fearful of being controlled.
Yes, in the absence of control
therefore this erratic energy flow, all you are left with is a purer
form of energy.
As I wrote recently in reply to an
eastern mind on this subject stating, “Well
explained, big wisdom of East explained like few can”.
I have lost count how many western
minded people say that mediation is of taking control, it is the
opposite, in actuality meditation is about releasing yourself from
the mortal mind. What occurs when people get right into singing
hymns, you are no longer focused on the mortal mind, a very
controlling mind.