| The martial arts have long been held up as a way to | | | | that it is going in. It is only in the martial arts that one |
| enlightenment. Indeed, this is the goal at the end of | | | | actually engages in the study of the directions of |
| the road of The True Martial Art. This article is about | | | | objects as the one who creates the direction. |
| why this is so, and to enable the reader to walk to | | | | A fist flies through space at you, and you go through |
| the end of that road all the sooner. | | | | a range of emotions. Eventually, you give up |
| Enlightenment is when light is emitted from an | | | | emotions so that you can better analyze the flight of |
| individual. With that light the enlightened being sees | | | | the fist. Thus, you rise above base reaction and |
| the world with different perception. His perceptions | | | | become cause over the motion of the universe. |
| are heightened, and he has a viewpoint that rises | | | | A person threatens you, he holds a knife and |
| above the norm. | | | | approaches you, and you must divine the direction |
| If enlightenment happened because of motion, then | | | | before it manifests. You must look at the world the |
| the fact of motion would result in enlightenment. | | | | way it exists, and not through some fantasy, and |
| Gymnastics, ballet, football, all would result in an | | | | thus you look at the world you created. Thus, you |
| enlightened individual, but they don't, so one must ask | | | | rise above being the flotsam and jetsam of a |
| oneself, what is it about the Martial Arts that they | | | | universe awash with random motion, and thus you |
| result in enlightenment? | | | | take control of the motions of the universe. |
| What is different is that there is combat, and when | | | | There is no motion in this universe, you see, that you |
| one understands the essence of combat, one | | | | have not created. That star shines for you, because |
| becomes enlightened. What is the essence of | | | | of you, if it wasn't for you, there would be no |
| combat? One could sum up the subject by saying | | | | purpose for that star to shine. And through the |
| that when one finally understands he is opposing | | | | tempering of form, the steeling of will, the martial |
| himself, he becomes enlightened, and a study of the | | | | artist engages in combat, to give up combat and |
| martial arts does eventually result in this. | | | | become what he truly is, an enlightened being free to |
| The universe, you see, is a space filled with moving | | | | enjoy the universe. |
| objects. Every object in the universe has a direction | | | | |