Takuan Soho - Unfetter Your Mind!
“There is no place to put the mind.”
“When faced with a challenging situation, put your mind completely in tune with the present moment. Your thoughts must cease to exist, leaving only observation, accurate understanding, and purposeful action.”
Echoes of this concept from other Warriors are...
Yagyu Munenori
Concentrate on the area where heaven and earth remain unseparated and yin and yang do not show. You will achieve success straightforwardly. Once a fight has started, if you get involved in thinking about what to do, you will be cut down by your opponent with the very next blow.
Bruce Lee
Don't think… FEEL !
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
Takuan Soho mentored many influential people, including Yagyu Munenori, #miyamotomusashi , the #shogun #TokugawaIemitsu and even the #Emperor of Japan.
#Takuan continues in #UnfetteredMind
“If one puts his #mind in the action of his opponent's body, his mind will be taken by the #action of his opponent's body.
If he puts his mind in his opponent's sword, his mind will be taken by that sword.
If he puts his mind in his own sword, his mind will be taken by his own sword.
If he puts his mind in #thoughts of his opponent's intention to strike him, his mind will be taken by thoughts of his opponent's #intention to strike him.
If he puts his mind in his own intention of not being struck, his mind will be taken by his intention of not being struck.
What this means is that there is no place to put the mind.