On being a terrible student
So I have officially decided, f english. Im not going to do it tonight, I shall do it during math manana. Physics test today, absolutely no knows whats going on in that class exept for me. I feel kind of bad, my dad's an engineer, my grandpa's a physicist, and my sister is a biologist who loves all things physics. So I pretty much rocked that thing, and maybe there'll be a curve, come on over 100%.... On the flip side, I just got a 40 out of 100 on a history test plus 5 extra credit points, however, my grade stays about the same at an 84% Boo Yes!! School is going well.
Now for a discussion on The book of five rings:
Musashi talks about martial arts throughout the book. However, he even explains in his own introduction that the book can be taken literally for those desiring to learn the martial arts, or it can be figurative, a metaphor for all things you apply yourself to in life. Also, keep in mind that Musashi was most definately not Christian (likely a Buddist). However, if you can even look at his Buddist querks as metaphors, you can see that meditation is just a different name for prayer. He says "meditate on this..." a lot. So, I just see it as pray about this and his ideas transfer to Christianity very well. They are also just a good model for everyday life, not only religion.
That being said, he talks about rhythm in life. "Harmony and disharmony in rhythm occur in every walk of life." I believe this is very true. You have to know the rhythm of life around you. Once you are in tune with the rhythms of life, things become more obvious. You are able to discern "rhythms of flourishing and the rhythms of decline in every single thing." Just the ability to be that aware of all things is a wonderful skill to have. If you can figure out the "negative" or bad rhythms you can protect yourself from being caught off-guard by some obsticle in life. This concept of rhythms is what he bases his teaching on. Its really hard to pay that much attention to ordinary life. But if you can become accustom to thinking this way, you will be ready for whatever life throws at you.
Finally, he has a list of "rules for learning the art" of Martial Science that again transfer well into our lives:
1) Think of what is right and true
2) Pratice and cultivate the science
3) Become aquainted with the arts.
4) Know the principles of the crafts.
5) Understand the harm and benifit in everything.
6) Learn to see everything accurately.
7) Become aware of what is not obvious.
8) Be careful even in small matters.
9) Do not do anything useless.
"There is even rhythm in being empty."
=p
Now for a discussion on The book of five rings:
Musashi talks about martial arts throughout the book. However, he even explains in his own introduction that the book can be taken literally for those desiring to learn the martial arts, or it can be figurative, a metaphor for all things you apply yourself to in life. Also, keep in mind that Musashi was most definately not Christian (likely a Buddist). However, if you can even look at his Buddist querks as metaphors, you can see that meditation is just a different name for prayer. He says "meditate on this..." a lot. So, I just see it as pray about this and his ideas transfer to Christianity very well. They are also just a good model for everyday life, not only religion.
That being said, he talks about rhythm in life. "Harmony and disharmony in rhythm occur in every walk of life." I believe this is very true. You have to know the rhythm of life around you. Once you are in tune with the rhythms of life, things become more obvious. You are able to discern "rhythms of flourishing and the rhythms of decline in every single thing." Just the ability to be that aware of all things is a wonderful skill to have. If you can figure out the "negative" or bad rhythms you can protect yourself from being caught off-guard by some obsticle in life. This concept of rhythms is what he bases his teaching on. Its really hard to pay that much attention to ordinary life. But if you can become accustom to thinking this way, you will be ready for whatever life throws at you.
Finally, he has a list of "rules for learning the art" of Martial Science that again transfer well into our lives:
1) Think of what is right and true
2) Pratice and cultivate the science
3) Become aquainted with the arts.
4) Know the principles of the crafts.
5) Understand the harm and benifit in everything.
6) Learn to see everything accurately.
7) Become aware of what is not obvious.
8) Be careful even in small matters.
9) Do not do anything useless.
"There is even rhythm in being empty."
=p