Alan Watts said: "…If we want justice for minorities and cooled wars with our natural enemies, whether human or nonhuman, we must first come to terms with the minority and the enemy in ourselves and in our own hearts, for the rascal is there as much as anywhere in the “external” world – especially when you realize the world outside your skin is as much yourself as the world inside."
He used it in teaching his own kung fu, Jeet Kune Do:
"The art of Jeet Kune Do is simply to simplifiy the student to be active and dynamic in every way. But in actual combat, his mind must be calm and not at all be disturbed. He must feel as if nothing critical is happening, not to hurt anyone, but to overcome his own greed, anger, and folly. Jeet Kune Do is directed toward oneself.
"Learning Jeet Kune Do is not a matter of seeking knowledge or accumulating stylized pattern, but it is discovering the cause of ignorance.
"Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or our worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus, a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage. Everything seems possible when we are absolutely helpless or absolutely powerful - and both stimulate our gullibility."
(Find more Jeet Kune Do here - just scroll down past links for text - and here.)
The revolution will not be televised.
order music cheap memesI used to think I was a child; now I think I am an adult -- not because
I no longer do childish things, but because those I call adults are no
more mature than I am.
The revolution will not be televised.
When I set out to lead humankind along my Golden Path. I promised them a lesson
their bones would remember. I know a profound pattern which humans deny with
their words even while their actions affirm it. They say they seek security and
quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak. they create the seeds
of turmoil and violence. If they find their quiet security. they squirm in it.
How boring they find it. Look at them now. Look at what they do while I record
these words. Hah! I give them enduring eons of enforced tranquility which plods
on and on despite their every effort to escape into chaos. Believe me, the
memory of Leto's Peace shall abide with them forever. They will seek their
quiet security thereafter only with extreme caution and steadfast preparation.
-- The Stolen Journals