I am going to tell you a little story.
This was about 7 weeks after my accident. I was on the hospital bed, lying down on my back, as I had been for the last 49 days without moving. By now, every muscle in my body, every part of me was intimately known to me. I could feel every muscle in my back under me, swollen. My skin was sore and felt like it was going to peel off. My entire body was writhing- silently. I was aware of everything in my body, my breathing, my organs, my muscles, my bones, my tendons, my nerves, my blood flowing- everything. I would think of a certain movement, and I could feel the entire machinery that would cause that movement in a few milli-seconds, get ready. I could feel it all.
My head had been propped up and my laptop was next to me. I was watching a movie. It was too painful to move my arms or hands, so I just kept watching. The movie was some MMA movie. Typical stuff, hot chick, bad guy, good guy must fight.
It got to the main fight scene. The protagonist gets kicked in the ribs. He screams in agony. I thought- "What the hell! He got kicked and he is wincing. That's it?" I felt nothing, no pain, no sympathy. If anything I felt it was stupid. That is when it hit me. The secret to strength. The secret to mind boggling, earth shattering strength. Do you want to know what it is?
There is no secret.
No I am not trying to be Zen and philosophical. Its just this,we keep looking for a secret expecting to find some magical answer. Ultimately there is only one KEY to strength. And its no secret.
Hard Work. Brutal hard work. Hard work that makes men out of boys. A level of intensity to make all previous levels seem small. Levels of concentration, focus and visualization that can make even a reiki master feel ashamed.
But it must be controlled. It must be done beautifully. With grace. With finesse. With insight. With understanding. You must work hard to the best of your ability and deal with every situation and overcome every wall to the best of your ability. You must know what your hard work is doing and where it is going. You must know where it is taking you. Your work must be honest. Honest hard work.
You must always know what is going on with you, know when to raise the intensity, know when to raise the volume, know when to cut back. You must deal with every situation to the best of your ability, and your solution must be tailored for you and the situation. It must be artistic.
Getting to that level is an ART not a science Therefore there is no secret. Just the fact that its a long hard road and you are going to have to find your own way along it. You must find the way that is best for you.
For this to happen you have to be training in another dimension. A dimension where you can see every step you are taking. This way you will know when you take a wrong step. You need ultimate awareness with your body and mind. You need to know what you are strong at, what you are weak in, how to fix it, why are you weak. You must be one with yourself. Only then can you practice the Art of strength.
That is the key. You must PRACTICE and PERFECT the ART of strength. I will leave you to figure out the rest.
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