The Book Of Five Rings

[miyamoto musashi]

read it immediatley, and for those who have read it again, and for those whose read it twice read it seven million more times, and for those of you whove read it seven million and two times...that should be enough.

but anyways let we who have read it, discuss.

[miyamoto musashi]

i think that when he said, in the scroll of nothingness"for man to know what exists, he must also know what does not, for that is the void and the void is nothingness" it was, that non existence (void) is not physical, therefore it is in our minds, and so in our minds are nothingness, our minds are nothing, and so thought does not happen within the mind, but it is the psycic interation with the world of existance, but if you can think within the void, you can remove yourself from the world, and be "empty"

but thats just me

[miyamoto musashi]

im not sure if that made any sense but, give it a read

[takematsu]

I've skimmed Five Rings, and from a practical standpoint, there's some interesting stuff. The notion of emptiness when facing combat is especially useful, since a lot of the time you get done in while trying to think about when to do next. No think! DO!

Of course, it's a lot easier for me to compare states, since losing a bout just ends in a loud "clonk" and a smattering of golf applause. It's a lot harder to develop the philosophy when doing something wrong ends your writing career abruptly