WeR1FamilyThe eyeless swordplay
January 4th 2007 04:08
There was once lived a very talented swordman in mainland China. One day, he travelled to a mountain, there he saw a tremendously steep cliff and below it a very strong river flows. On the other hand, in front of his eyes is a wooden old bridge that can be only passed by one person one time laid ahead. Seemed like the old bridge is the only way to get across, so he stepped forward. Though when his left foot stepped on it, looking down at the very steep cliff and the river underneath the bridge, he started to feel dizzy, his heart was beating fast, and even his whole body trembled. He could no longer move his right foot ahead. A slight carelessness can send me to a terrible death, he thought.
He stepped back, no longer has the courage to move ahead. Not a while later, he saw a blind man walking slowly with his walking stick crossing the river, without any fear, and the blind man managed to get across.
Seeing that, the swordman realized: "For i see, i am overwhelmed with fear. If i close my eyes, i shall be able to get across as well". So he really walked across the river blindfoldedly. On the time he reached the other side, he understood the essence of sword mastery.
He trained hard based on the insight he had, and had became an invincible swordmaster of the land, he called his swordplay: "Eyeless sword".
Source:Zen dan Cangkir Teh
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Comment by Adrian
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Comment by Lilla
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I have been in this very same situation, although not a great swrodsman or woman, I fully unerstand his understanding at the end of his crossing ...
how sublime ...
Lovelly ...
*still smiling*