Very interesting Article, I think special importance deserves this quote
There was no martial arts taught at this temple, and my Chan master would wake me in the early hours of the morning and ask me to come and chant with him. I told him I couldn't concentrate. He asked me what I could concentrate on, and I told him: my training. He then instructed me to let my training be my meditation.
That one sentence changed my life forever. Suddenly I understood why the Shaolin arts are linked with Buddhism. I realized that the true purpose of training the body was to train the mind. It didn't matter what we did - meditation, forms, calligraphy, fighting, chanting - it was about the motivation behind what we did and how we did it. From that day on, while he chanted I trained.
This is exactly how I view my training. Somewhere I heard that "In the moment of truth, the best performers are those with the quiet mind"
So when the activity that you do, makes your mind still, makes you concentrated and calm, you start to perceive things deeper and clearly, then I would say this is your destiny, your talent.
Blessings,
Ivan
