Post by blackdeath on Jan 4, 2014 22:00:24 GMT -5
The Parable of the Butcher
Xianlong is sitting on the floor of his studio , He is wearing a white under shirt and black sweats and his feet is barren. He is in lotus style position on the floor with his eyes close . His hands to his side., He sits here for a few seconds just letting the calm and stillness in the room flow through him. He opens his eys and begins to speak in a calm and serene voice .
Xianlong: There was a fine butcher who use the same knife year after year, yet it never lost it declicate, precise edge. After a lifetime of service , it was still as useful and effective as when it was new l When asked how he had preserved his knife ’s fine edge , He said. “I follow the line of the hard bone. I do not attempt to cut it , not smash it , nor to contend with it in any way. That would only desrory my knife.” In daily living , one must follow the course of the barrier. To assail it will only destroy the instujrment . And no matter what some people will say , barriers are not the experience of any one person , or any one group of persons. They are the universal experience.
I know there are many people that would look at the career that I have has so far in PURE Wrestling and they would say that it has not gone well for me. That the loses have out weighted the wins . But they would be wrong . Each and every match has been a learning experience for me. It has help me along in my journey. You have to be flexible to change with change , empty yourself! Open up ! After all, the usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness.
Not everything has to be about winning , I do not do it for victory . It not what you do it how you do it . I will reach my goal one day and It will because of what I do in PURE Wrestling . The people I meet and the moments that I create will last forever … it will make me better , it will help me reach prefecdtion in mind , body and soul.
We have finally reach the first PPV for PURE Wrestling . Crisis … I have another tough challenge ahead of me. Two opponents , one that I know and one that I do not know. Howard King and APB. Now Howard King is a newcomer to the Fed and I can see he going to do what he can do to get a win in his debut . ?it does have to be a lot of pressure to open your first match on the first PPV of the year . But I do not think the man is going to have a problem. His problem might be what a lot of wrestlers same to have . Anger … He needs to learn that anger is not the end all be all of things , you need to be clear , you need to not just fight with anger , but with skill , but with will, you need to give it all, Let the emoption flow out of you like water . Totality in what you do … it leads to freedom. Fluidity leads to interchangeability , Self-knowledge to awareness . Totality leads to ultimate freedom. Maybe one day you will get there , but this match , I do not see it happening , not yet
APB is different man , He a man that been through it all, you been to the top of the mountain and not he fighting to stay on top. . He is a self -educated man and self -education makes for great men . He is a great man and I enjoy our match before . I did come out the victory of that match. But it does not mean that will happen again. He going to fight with everything he got to try to get a win in this match and I would not have it any other way.
This is going to be a great match. Three top wrestlers giving it there all to win … But you must understand that reward is in the action, not from it. My only sure reward is in my action , not from them, the quality of my reward is in the depth of my response, the centerelness of the part of me I act from. I aim at perfection in everything, through most things it is unattainable . However, they who aim at it , and persevere, will come much near to it than most whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable
In the end , it about reaching to the stars … it about not letting the barriers stop you , but using them to be better than you were.
Xianlong hop up into a standing position , he bows and walks away.
LOVE
Honesty and love -Frankness and truthful ness to myself and to the one I love . Truthful between two as one . You are part of my life , no pride, vanity, or anger involved
Walking down the street with his arm around her wrist . Xianlong was feeling , no he was feeling great . He has one of the best night of his life. He has let Jade talk him into going out on a date . They went to dinner at a nice restaurants in the downtown area. Jade look so beautiful in her black dress . I was nice talking to her They just talk about family , friends , places they been , things they done. He just lose himself in her eyes .
After that she got him to go to a nightclub, It was different expenicne for him. He never been the type to go to public places like this. The music was loud , there many people dancing and talking everywhere . But once they got there All he saw was her … she was the only thing he notice all night was Jade. He had to admit to himself that he was in love with her. He did not know what love is , but he just want to spend every moment with her. He listen to her words, he watch her leave the room and he waited for her to come back. It had to be love. But he did not know how to express that . He was a grown man , but whne it comes to wooing a woman. He had no clue how to precede with things
He does not know what to do . He loves her , but she is the daughter of a man that he respects , The man that help him come to America…It feels like he betraying him. But he loves her and how does it affect his life as a wrestler.
Love…