12 basic exercises for the energy generation method of bruce lee (2013)

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Commonly, it often happens that a person in a life threatening situation is paralyzed by fear. Be sufficiently in right frame of mind means to let your will to act freely in a stressful situation. It is therefore very important to let go own obsessive mind and senses - this is the detachment and at the same time, we have to give control over own will.

To learn how to use the will – WE MUST PREPARE OURSELVES FOR SUCH A SUDDEN ACTION THAT WILL LEAD TO KNOWING THIS POWER INSIDE US. The first step to achieving this is a special state of “emptiness” of consciousness. It is important to learn deep meditation, that is, ability to listen to the sounds of world without any internal evaluation. Do not let obsessive mind create images of assessment; try to imagine that you hear all sorts of sounds for the first time, knowing nothing about their origin. To go beyond the habitual perception of the world and realize hidden opportunities of psyche, for the beginning it is necessary to rein own mind, to empty own “cup” of random thoughts and passions, to be said philosophically. Bruce Lee knew perfectly well the importance of preparatory meditation practices to achieve the emptiness of the mind: “Being empty means having no appearance, having no style or form to let opponent work on. Being tranquil means not having been created in its thusness – not being created means not having any illusions or delusions. <…> It is inexpressible because as soon as one tries to express it, what one expresses is itself a


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