Some time ago I heard a quote: “ Who is master in one art, shall become a student in another“.

I wondered because this was the shortest way to explain the biggest problem western people suffer so much and therefore most of them are unsatisfied.
We are clever enough to understand everything logically quite fast. Our system of education teaches us to do so. The whole time in school and university fast, effective and correct reproduction of stored memory is the goal to achieve.

Therefore the missunderstanding arises in everybodies mind.
Memory means knowledge.
The real competition in todays world is not about knowledge it is about memory.
The person with the most memory is considered wise and clever.

It is no longer a discussion about a topic it is a battle about memory. People nowadays tend to defend their memory instead of discussing with open mind.

We are so driven into that system that even our rare spare time is spent on memory stuff. And as more memory someone has the more advanced the hobby becomes.

And as the level of memory in our countries is so high the wish to do something special, to gain a very specific memory, grows.
And some of them now enter the field of asian philosophy or martial art.
And they start „their way“.

Time goes by, weeks, month, years.
The chinese divide their life in nine years cycles.
They have a saying.

Nine years learning (from a teacher).
Nine years walking.
Nine years learning again. (alone, during teaching)
Then you are close to be a „Master“.
This is very similar to the japanese: SHU HA RI

It is this third step, which makes it so difficult.
But before we come to that it is also important to point out the position of a teacher in these days.
A teacher today is not a person of trust and ethical liability anymore.
The teacher is only for transmitting memory as fast and clear as possible.
Therefore so many teacher do not take responsiblity for their students anymore.
And students do not want it anyway.
So a teacher today is nothing more then living wikipedia.
So the teacher is used, as well as the student.
The personal deficit of emotional disregard is healed on both sides due to this agreement.

And then about twenty years later memory is transfered. Nothing new to learn anymore.
In systems, which do not have any reliable source in Asia this period is even shorter.
And then they invent this senseless quotes.
Quotes became the most meaningless memory nowadays.

Boring. Then it is sooooo boring. They say. No transfer possible anymore and suddenly the substance for twenty years of doing is gone.
No substance ALWAYS leads to that mental state.
And then they even ask:“What shall be the difference between us and the asian?“
The problem is, in most of the cases this question is right?
Because we are all human and therefore even in Asia the memory problem exists the same way than here.
But very view are real and for them this question is very unfair.
But lucky for us they do not care.

So what is the substance to keep us from experiencing this liability?
Start to know.
What is knowing?
An experience transfered to your body.
So train hard, get experience and let your mind not violate your work.
I had so many students, who after a long time of training could not make the very basic steps the right way.
Because in our mind, steps are sooooo easy to understand so the students do not give them the same concentration like to advanced techniques.
(Which are of course senseless to learn if the very basic does not work)

And if you achieve this access to training you will gain feeling and therefore knowledge.
Because feeling IS knowledge.
And then you realize that you will never be a master in something, you will always be on the way …