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	<title><![CDATA[FAIL!!]]></title>
	<body><![CDATA[Class last night was incredible.  A handful of people got hit with swords, one person on multiple occasions (that was me).  At the end of class sensei made the point that it is important to fail.  I think that statement is often undervalued.  He underlined that point by saying there is value in not focusing only on getting things right.  It seems like what he was trying to convey is how much can be learned by not letting yourself stop when you get something wrong.  When you move the wrong way, keep going.  Commitment to the path will eventually show you the right way.

Do the technique wrong.  Get up and do it again.  Do the technique right.  Get up and do it again.

It's difficult to let go of the desire to be right.  Children could teach us a lot in that regard.  Fearlessly, children do things not yet knowing what is right, but rather out of curiousity to find out what is right.  They are "beginner humans" and effortlessly maintain the beginner's mind that is so often coveted.  Last night's class is over but the learning hasn't stopped yet.]]></body>
	<date>05-06-2008</date>
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