The Noetic Method

Noetic: From the Greek noēsis / noētikos, meaning inner wisdom, direct knowing, or subjective understanding. “Noetic” comes from the Greek word nous, which means “intuitive mind” or “inner knowing.”

I am always fond of the discovery of new ways to express the practice of the martial arts. In the "fringe-ology" book this term took flight and brought another means of describing, metaphors, the practice and balance of martial systems, i.e. the physical and the spiritual.

Noetic refers to capabilities that help me to understand the mind and its inner workings so I may better understand and apply both knowledge and understanding to better myself and those I associate with in life.

To practice the noetic method is to enter into a state of insight, insight into the depths and breadth of the self seeking truth, to illuminate, to experience revelations that are significant and of importance.

In our practice and through the more esoteric teachings of the classic traditions of Asian martial systems we delve into areas of the unconscious hoping for a transformative effect. Its practice will help us achieve other aspects of the martial arts such as knowing our self to include how we perceive and act on "gut feelings, intuition, instinct and hunches."

The way of knowing all this is what the noetic method accomplishes, "the way of knowing." We develop by our "one" effort that comprises its own duality to achieve inner wisdom, enlightenment and direct knowing of subjective understanding. It is clarity, seeing that which resides in the mirror or the understanding of the reflection of the still pond.