The Essence

氷山社会秘訣分
氷山流忍術

The essence of our paradigm(s), strategies, and tactics is protection, preservation, and the prevention of danger. This understanding extends to all things, and it goes beyond the physical, mental, emotional, and more. It transcends all concepts, all codes, and all things, and more. Our way is the way of enduring, surviving, maintaining balance, harmonizing, understanding, and prevailing over all that would have undesirable consequences and repercussions. More than merely delivering strikes and slashes, and deeper in significance than the simple out-witting of an enemy; our way is the way of attaining that which we need while making the world a better place.

In the beginning study of any discipline, proper motivation is crucial. Without the proper frame of mind, continuous exposure to the discipline can lead to ruin instead of self-development. But this fact is not different from any other practice in life carried to extremes. Medical science is dedicated to the betterment of health and the relief of suffering, and yet the misuse of drugs and the exultation of the physician's skills can lead people to a state where an individual's health is no longer within his or her personal control. A nutritious well-balanced diet works to keep a person alive, vital, and healthy, but grossly over-eating, over-drinking, or taking in too many chemicals is a sure way to poison the body.

Governments are established with the intent to oversee the harmonious interaction of all parts of society, but when the rulers become greedy, hungry for power, or lacking in wisdom, the country is subjected to needless wars, disorder, and/or civil and economic chaos. A religion, when based on faith developed through experience, a broad and questing mind, and an unflagging pursuit of universal understanding, is of inspiration and comfort to people. Once a religion loses its original focus, however, it becomes a deadly thing with which to deceive, control, and tax the people through the manipulation of their beliefs and fears.

It is the same with the martial science. The skills of self-protection, which should provide a feeling of inner peace and security for the martial scientist, so often develop without a balance in the personality and lead the lesser martial scientist into warped realms of unceasing conflict and competition which eventually consume him. We should understand and assimilate the wisdom that we are not in competition, unless we choose to be in competition. To choose to be in competition is to choose to allow our hand to be forced into reaction by another, or worse, by another aspect of ourselves.

If we grow with sincerity and non-attachment/non-disinterest we will progressively come to realize the ultimate secret for becoming invincible. The combatant who would win must be in harmony with the scheme of totality, and must be guided by an intuitive knowledge of the playing out of fate. In tune with the providence of heaven and the impartial justice of the universe, and following a clear and pure heart full of trust in the inevitable, we capture the insight that will guide us successfully into battle when we must conquer and conceal ourselves protectively from hostility when we must acquiesce.

The vast universe, beautiful in its coldly impersonal totality, contains all that we call good/bad, and all the answers for all the paradoxes we see around us. By opening our eyes and our mind, we can responsively follow the subtle seasons, reasons, nuances, and undercurrents of heaven, changing just as change is necessary, adapting always, so that in later in the process there is no such thing as surprise for us.

We maintain and develop a harmonious personal insight which binds thoughts, movement, and emotions. Regarding this insight, that which cannot be said can be done. However, one's attitudes, beliefs, mannerisms, paradigms, and choices will prove limiting. One should be aware of these self imposed limitations, and should make sure that he is the one who imposes them on himself.

We develop friendships between ourselves and those who exist in our circles. This is the greatest achievement and the basis of all spiritual progress. This application is a fundamental base that expresses humanity, concession of tangible achievements and compassion. We also realize that our attachments and aversions to people will prove limiting. If we form our friendships with partners of heart/mind and have worthy exchanges, then our limits will be abolished, even as our boundaries are abolished, though we must maintain the account books of life at the same time. Great understanding is necessary for friendship to be healthy, this great understanding is love.

We do not use our power beyond what is needed. If there is a need for power, it shall be done with wisdom, patience, and a state of non-attachment/non-disinterest. To act out of compassion is to blind one's self just as one is blinded by hate. Consider that a bright light blinds you as effectively as total darkness. Consider that hate is love standing on its head and the opposite of them both is indifference. We must also empathize. When we empathize, we must realize that we are empathizing, not sympathizing, unless we choose to sympathize. We must remain aware, or we will not be able to act in a manner that will produce the desired effect and still make the world a better place.

We pay attention to detail and act appropriately. We strive to secure and maintain the tactical angle. Our tactical angle and our power comes from our strength, wisdom, intelligence, honor, loyalty, tact, candor, cohesion, knowledge, courage, valor, efficiency, decisiveness, initiative, integrity, discipline, effort, intuition, and many other things that each of us will discover in turn, and help others to discover on their path. There are many faces, meanings, and applications of all of these sources of power and tactical angle. Indeed, there are many faces to powers and tactical angles themselves. Other factors from the account books of life can also be sources of power and tactical angles; these include, but, are not limited to: money, connections, social class, worldly experience, etc.

Using power beyond what is necessary, corrupts and distances the warrior from what is dear. We understand the balance. There is no difference between the light side, and the dark side. They both become part of something greater. It is not yin. It is not yang. It is the interface. To have real power is to be at the interface, and that requires the most discipline and control of all. It is only at the interface where unity is achieved. Yet, there are three interfaces in the yin yang, not only one. There are also more dynamics in the yin yang that show the direction of energy, and how it can change harmoniously and how there is really only one side, one edge. E pluribus, Unum; conversely, e Unum, pluribus. Scientia est potentia.

We transcend above difficulties, and we remain. We train for many years, and we recognize that all fractal levels of life can be training, and we choose to use these levels and experiences as such. We improvise, modify, adapt, and overcome.

We recognize the cycles of the cosmic forces. We recognize that life is a cycle, and when the cycle ends, a new cycle begins. We are transformed, but, we never truly die. We are the masters of the cosmic dance, if we wish to be. We are truly special, because even a simple movement cannot be performed twice. One can try, but, one will not succeed, because the movement will be off by a slight degree, and as the lines extend, the gulf between them grows. The appearance of an exact copy is a lack of awareness and understanding on the part of the observer. Everything only happens once. Everyday the sun sets in the west, yet, it is never the same sunset.

We are sensitive to the environment, ourselves, and others.

We think sincerely and honestly.

We strive towards results, practicality, and accomplishment in accordance with that which is able to manifest the formality of actually occurring.

We are responsible. We recognize our obligation to the responsibilities that are bound to the power that we maintain. This responsibility flows from our power. Responsibilities include, but, are not limited to: Responsibility for one's own well being, for his partners of heart/mind, to others that comes from being a member (or non member) of society, and ultimately for the preservation of life and information. Such preservation is paramount. It is the ultimate process, and the ultimate reason for why we are who we are.

We realize that life has been progressing towards something. We realize that the universe moves towards greater complexity and towards greater novelty. Whether these complexities and novelties remain or not does not matter. We have the right to exist and to advance our agenda, but, we recognize our responsibilities in doing so, and we make the world a better place as we gratify our needs and desires, and pursue excellence. This recognition of responsibility and transcendental awareness is what makes us different from those whose dreams destroy the dreams of others.

The process is never finished. We do not simply become enlightened and wander around while people fall to our feet and beg to be initiated. We laugh upon such childish things, and then attempt to help those who we laughed at. There is an immense amount of work to be done with ourselves, and though we mentor others and assist them, we don’t have time for people who are not able to pull their own weight, and who wish to simply submit to us because they want us to do all the work for them. This victim complex, and this inverted inferiority complex that amounts to a psychic double back burn, does not work on us. We recognize such people as the psychic vampires and social parasites that they are. They make themselves useful and conquerable, but, at what cost?

The universe does not take slaves, it has co workers, and so we also do not take slaves. We take co workers. Slaves may be useful at times; yet, ultimately they become more of a liability than an asset, and in the end, the slave will use the master’s power to overcome the master. We do not desire to enter this dynamic, and we choose to avoid it like the plague. Such people use their masters in order to observe them, and allow them to take the risks, all the while, they take copious mental notes, and when the time is right, they overcome the master, and conquer him, and kill him.

We structure ourselves amorphously, and do not react to attack, which would allow our enemies to structure the conflict. We choose to remain at the eye of the storm. Others choose to be part of a microscopic cog in a catastrophic plan. We choose to be at the center of those cogs. We choose to see the design, and to participate in its planning and construction. We experience, absorb, and assimilate all that is around us. Our modes of communication and action may be our own, or they may be someone else’s. We are not afraid to utilize the ideas of others if they suit our purpose, and we are not afraid to cop to that. There is no reason to reinvent the proverbial wheel.

If people did not wish for their ideas to be utilized, they would not have submitted them to the universal consciousness. Those who feel that credit should be given by footnotes and what not should consider that they did not create the English language, and footnotes are not given for every word that is used, and there are no footnotes to give credit to the person who invented footnotes. The idea is to get results and transfer information, and writing down all sorts of notes of who said what, and where such idea came from is simply fat, and is not necessary. The idea is to build upon the constructs that others have crafted.

Therefore, the views expressed by us are not necessarily the views expressed by us.

Agreement is not a requisite of acceptance.
Comprehension is not a requisite of cooperation.
If you don’t have a plan; then your part of someone else’s.

Many of us remain unknown to each other or unaware of our own membership. Do you believe any of this? Do you want to make it happen?

I have returned....

Well, after a few months of inactivity, I've returned the blog. I ended up dealing with the supreme disillusion that India instilled in me about people in general. It was an intense trip, and there were many lessons to be learned. I still encounter those who think India is a holy country, and I find this laughable. All land is holy. What is so special about India? The putrid water, the millions of people who defecate in the streets, the diseases, and all its splendor and squalor? Well, I guess for some people, who cannot put their finger on what it is about India, then yes.

To say that India is a land of contrasts is an understatement. The thing about India that was so amazing is that you will NEVER see those things in that combination ANYWHERE ELSE in the world. Of course, you could say that about any place, or any time, I know. But, India offers visual stimuli that are simply not encountered elsewhere. India also drains your mental endurance, and after a while, you either break, as many tourists from the UK do, or you just laugh at it, because its a joke, and your a joke for being there.

Then, the whole thing is pretty funny. All the squirrels running around trying to get nuts. Everybody is up in the kool aid, and nobody knows the flavor. Its pretty hilarious, actually, and then you extend this understanding to the rest of the world, and you see what a bunch of clowns everyone is, and what a circus this whole thing is!

I suppose, its wrong to compare the rest of the world to India, since the gulf of differences is huge, however, that country exists HERE and now, and the only thing separating us from them is a very small amount of something we call money. Anyway, its was an intense trip. I wanted to leave some kind of a conclusion here. In the future, the blog will move onto more pressing matters.