The Analects: Confucius: Chapter XVII - "A desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly."It seems that the ancients knew something we modern folk can not understand or accept. We are so caught up in the technological world we have lost control and it controls us. It pushes us faster and faster past our humanity when we should be taking control by allowing our humanity to catch up with technology. Alas, that would mean a loss of revenue so that ain't going to happen.
We can take it back at least in part by spending our time in the dojo practicing and actually doing so in a pace and method conducive to maximizing proficiency which is slow, easy, and over time. Practice, Practice, Practice! Even in the FMA we get caught up in how fast we can get to that wearing of the black belt. We gear or training to suit shorter time spans which I believe is a symptom of the technological era in which we live, if you can call it living.
The dojo is a place where we should turn off the technology, turn off our minds, and allow the flow and patterns of practice to bring us present moment peace and tranquility. After all if we allow technology to run our minds in lieu of our minds running it then our minds will be clogged up with information overloading caused by the constant chatter of information, etc.
Use the time in the dojo to leave behind the hustle and bustle of technology and multi-tasking and constant instant gratification. Don't even let those thoughts or ideas enter your mind. Focus grasshopper, get into the moment, allow the zone to take you into yourself in this exact moment, leave it all at the dojo door.
In Isshinryu to accomplish to goals that the first tome of the Ken-po Goku-i is to achieve a level of equilibrium where our hearts are in motion that mirrors that of Heaven and Earth thus achieving its goal of wholehearted human beings, persons, which is, in part, remaining ever present to the moment. Thus the singular physical practice opens to the esoteric of the same where the influences of the Universe as taught by the I Ching through the Ken-po Goku-i being about our personal humanity. This humanity morphs us into a contributor to societal humanity.
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