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Martial Arts: An Evolutionary Practice

                                                                                          By: Valery Prosvirov


             Hello, my name is Valery Prosvirov, Headmaster    there is darkness over someone else’s. Doesn’t
             and owner of the Golden Dragon school of Chine-   everybody deserve to enjoy the sun? And serious-
             se Martial Arts located in the Brentwood section   ly, have you ever truly thought about the expres-
             of Los Angeles, California.                       sion - “I’ll do what I want.” How that sounds? You
                                                               will eat what you want, sleep when you want ...
             Dzidu Krishnamurti once said: “To do what you     will not think about the money, but simply buy
             want - a real slavery, but to do what is necessary -   a new car when the old one runs out of gas. You
             this is true freedom.” These words of wisdom can   will be thinking more about yourself than about
             be difficult to comprehend in the world of today   others. Maybe as a counter balance you’ll take
             with all of it’s materialism and need for immedia-  some yoga classes and meditate the mantra, “I’m
             te gratification. It’s easy to get confused between   not a selfish person, I’m not a selfish person…wow
             what we want and what we need.  Satisfying need   that was easy!” Or maybe instead of the pursuit of
             requires effort, whereas in satisfying desires we   money for money’s sake, you will be creative and
             look for the easiest means to the end: in other   useful to others, you will become “usefully crea-
             words laziness.                                   tive”. Maybe invent a new car, think Tesla…why
                                                               not? A valiant pursuit, but ... and there is always
             We complicate our lives by storing too much       an unpleasant BUT! It is constantly telling us that
             useless information and leaving little room for   with any worthy cause, most of the time spent is
             useful knowledge that can help us to grow. We’re   devoted to things that we do not want to do. May-
             always on the go, waking early, working late and   be 20% will go into creativity, while the remainder
             not having enough time for the important parts    of the time is spent in annoying routine: negotia-
             of life. Neglecting to spend time with loved ones   tions, agreements, signatures, approvals, accoun-
             while rationalizing that making money for them    ting, control to name a few of the mundane tasks
             somehow justifies the lack of time spent with     one must perform to run a successful business.
             them. They are not happy and neither are you. You
             dream that one day all of your efforts will pay off
             and you’ll be a hero!

             Achieving balance should be the goal of one’s life.
             To live at the extremes in hopes that one day this
             will bring balance is how life ends with regrets; of
             promises unfulfilled.

             But let’s assume for a moment that one can achie-
             ve balance by extremes, allocating all of your time
             to work, neglecting loved ones for the promise of
             getting rich. Ok so now you’re rich, how do you
             repair relationships with your children who grew
             up without you? A spouse who no longer remem-
             bers why she fell in love you. What about the great
             balance?


             Remember that while the sun is over your head,

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