The principle of this story applies to all the arts. When asked what the Way, the former replied that it was the normal mind, that this supreme state in which every neurosis has vanished and the mind has regained its normalcy, free from neurosis, even amid the neurosis.
Applying this precept in archery, if you think your shot when aiming your shot will be unstable and your arrow missed the target. Are you aware that you're calligraphy calligraphy while you, your brush will tremble. If you are aware of playing the harp at play, you play wrong.
If an archer forgets he prepares to shoot and maintain a normal state of mind, as he does nothing special, its bow will remain stable. You would a sword or ride, it's the same thing: do "not hold the sword", not "not ride," does "not calligraphy" and does "not play music" either. If you do what you have to do with a normal mind, as if you did nothing, everything will become easy and smooth.
Whatever activity you consider to be your way, if you make an obsession, it ceases to be a Way. If your heart is free from attachment, then you're Lane. Whatever you do, if you do a heart light and free, your task easier. "
Extract from the book by Thomas Cleary The Soul of the Samurai , who translated and commented three classic Japanese Bushido and Zen in the 17th century: Martial Arts: The Book of Family Traditions of Yagyu Munenori, The unfathomable subtlety of wisdom and unchanging Tai-A or Ki Thoughts on saber incomparable , of Takuan Soho. Yagyu Munenori
(1571 - 1646) was the master of arms and the head of the Shogun's secret police. Takuan Soho (1573 - 1645) was the Zen master of the emperor.
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