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Old 07-25-2002, 10:17 AM   #4
Chuck Clark
 
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Peter quoted:

"According to Mochizuki Sensei, the more we rely on intellectualization to learn, the more stupid we become. That is why he has been discouraging his students from learning with books and tapes. It's only through experience that we can internalize knowledge. After that, it's all right to use books and other media."

Mochizuki-sensei used the word "stupid" and I'm sure he was trying to express something that was perfectly clear in his mind. It may not agree with what we think of when we hear that word.

I certainly agree that often when we fill ourselves with intellecualizations we become very "busy" and make decisions based on those concepts that may take us further away from the real essence of the training experience.

When we have reached a certain level of experience and our mind/body system has become closer to that real essence then we can experiment with ideas from books, etc.

Most students feel awkward at certain levels of experience in the training. Some try to "solve" this by looking for solutions in their mind rather than just keeping at the training and having faith in the system, their teacher, and themselves.

Give up trying figure things out without enough real experience. Be patient. When the time is right, everything becomes clear.

And as one of my teachers was fond of saying, "Don't worry, nuthin's gonna be alright!"

Regards,

Chuck Clark
Jiyushinkai Aikibudo
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