I’ve recently bought “Jeet kune do: Bruce Lee’s commentaries on the martial way“, which is basically an extended version of “Tao of Jeet Kune Do“.
Both are compilations of how Bruce Lee thought about Martial Arts and how he was trying to figure it out for himself. There’s a lot of lessons to be learned from all his notes. It’s not just about Martial Arts and fighting, it can be applied to every day life as well.
One of the notes I read involved the cognitive behavior theory involving a centipede.
The fluidity a martial artist seeks can be best described by the story of the centipede. The many-footed creature was asked how it managed to walk on all its feet. When it stopped to think about how it managed its daily function, it tripped and fell. And so, life should be a natural process, in which development of the mind is not allowed to throw the natural flow of life out of balance.
More about the theory can be read on Centipede’s dilemm.
It’s definitely worth taking note of this and how “thinking too much” can hinder you. Instead let life take it’s course with you, and accept things that happen around you for what they are.
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