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Do what you can
“Do what you can”. That’s what my Sensei told me when I was in Cleveland in 2009. It was snowing badly that day, and I wanted to skip the martial arts class that I had been going for a few months. That was a small non-profit dojo, very kind but talented martial artists. It’s called “Aikido”, a form of Japanese Zen-style martial arts. We start the day with a small meditation, some gentle exercises, and off we go to the mat. The initial few classes were about how to fall without getting hurt. And my Sensei said I am picking it up really good. I loved it. But the class…
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Self Help
“Mind” – the entity that fears insecurity. That always looks for security, perpetuating the survival. That complicates everything, from studies to career to relationship to money. That deludes rope to a snake, and snake to a rope. Mind, the sole reason for existence, the protector of the body; that generates adrenalin in times of peril, to make us more alert; that generates serotonin for happiness, to give us enthusiasm and smiles; that generates gastrin for digestion, to digest food at the right time, and not secrete acids at the wrong times as to digesting our own stomach; that generates hormones to sustain creation, the hormones that make us look for…
