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chalambok · 10-06-2002, 08:39 PM

oh yeah, boy is there ever a downside to learning martial arts. If you were in a good school the downside is you realize that you have unlimited potential, for whatever. And there is the rub, how well do you know yourself (self awareness) and can you be self-honest enough to reach some attainable goals before seeking that unobtainable goal that is the ultimate goal of every human being, some call it the reach toward godhood but perhaps that is too specific. Mainly, the idea is life is a challenge, to be happy, to be satisfied, to leave your mark; whatever. Existence is suffering. Nothing comes easy that is worthwhile. But I like what Orson Scott Card said in one of his Ender books: A man who has risked his life knows that careers are worthless. And a man who won't risk his career has a worthless life. I think myself the downside to martial arts is you finally see the universe for what it is, endless, and huge, and how very small and insignificant we truly are. Just think, at the moment of your conception you were at best 1 sperm out of 36 billion, the one who dared it all and won. So the downside is you know you are nothing, so why aren't you daring to reach the stars?

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chalambok Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oregon City, Oregon USA Posts: 726 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	yes there is a definite downside oh yeah, boy is there ever a downside to learning martial arts. If you were in a good school the downside is you realize that you have unlimited potential, for whatever. And there is the rub, how well do you know yourself (self awareness) and can you be self-honest enough to reach some attainable goals before seeking that unobtainable goal that is the ultimate goal of every human being, some call it the reach toward godhood but perhaps that is too specific. Mainly, the idea is life is a challenge, to be happy, to be satisfied, to leave your mark; whatever. Existence is suffering. Nothing comes easy that is worthwhile. But I like what Orson Scott Card said in one of his Ender books: A man who has risked his life knows that careers are worthless. And a man who won't risk his career has a worthless life. I think myself the downside to martial arts is you finally see the universe for what it is, endless, and huge, and how very small and insignificant we truly are. Just think, at the moment of your conception you were at best 1 sperm out of 36 billion, the one who dared it all and won. So the downside is you know you are nothing, so why aren't you daring to reach the stars?