| The first time I ever actually perceived someone elses | | | | Eventually, the distractive static lessens, and the original |
| thoughts happened in San Francisco. My wife and I | | | | ability to read minds is once again possible. |
| were ambulating through Chinatown, and we entered a | | | | The problem, unfortunately, is that the martial arts have |
| shop where a grouchy old Chinese lady perched on a | | | | been so conflicted that it is difficult to find a form, or |
| stool in a corner. As we peered at the various bric a | | | | series of forms, that work the way they are supposed |
| brac, the grouchy one snapped at her daughter, "Look, | | | | to. Oddly, almost any form can work if it is properly |
| look, look, everybody just look!" | | | | examined, and reworked so that it is scientific and true. |
| We left the store, and I asked my wife, "Did you hear | | | | This normally takes a tremendous amount of work, |
| what that old lady said?" "How could I," answered my | | | | even a whole lifetime, but the process can be sped up |
| wife. "She was speaking in Chinese." | | | | if one knows the proper science. |
| The old lady had spoken in Chinese, and I had heard | | | | Interestingly, the old Taoist writings of such arts as Tai |
| her in English. In essence, I had looked into her mind and | | | | Chi and other Wudang arts, speak of being like a child |
| perceived her thoughts as English. And I could do this, I | | | | in your approach to the world. I also saw mention of |
| intuitively knew, because I had been studying the | | | | this concept in works of Zen Buddhism. Unfortunately, |
| martial arts. | | | | by the time one resurrects this ability one has become |
| The mind is like a big radio transmitter, but it transmits, | | | | old. |
| and picks up, thoughts. The sad fact, however, is that | | | | At any rate, the old tales are true, the martial arts |
| the mind is always full of static. Children can usually | | | | really do work, and in ways far removed from fighting. |
| read minds, but they outgrow the ability and don't even | | | | Indeed, though the martial arts teach people how to |
| remember it when they are adults. | | | | defend themselves, things like reading minds is the real |
| In the martial arts you use the discipline of the body to | | | | start. And the start of this start, for most people, is |
| clear out the clutter and distractions. You do this by | | | | simply walking through the doors of that neighborhood |
| concentrating on perfecting the moves of your form. | | | | dojo and learning a little Karate or Tai Chi or Aikido. |