Goals in the Dark: A Japanese Master's 'Haunted' Archery Session!
Hope this story is bound to change the minds of many
A magnificent Japanese master, named Kenzo Awa. A Western student went to him and said, "Master, make me the world's best in archery! "
Master agreed. But the danger is, the student was as unstable as us. She pulls a bow all day and stares at the target - "When will it be right in the middle! "Month after month has passed, the arrows go here, and there is no more in the middle.
The student is disappointed! He went and said to the Master, "Master, you probably aren't teaching me properly. I'm throwing arrows at the target. Why don't you feel it?"
The master said smilingly, "Son, your problem is that you're just looking at that round chick. If you stop watching that, the arrow will be in place. "
The student thought, did master get me crazy? Does all the smoke make me understand? If you throw an arrow without seeing the target, it will go to Mars!
Master understood his mind by seeing the student's face. Said, "Okay, the game will be tonight. Come to the field at twelve at night. "
The student is feeling heart failure in the middle of the night! Darkness in the knees. Can't see your hands, so target! Just a little dull light of the dead moon. Master stands calmly. The bow was shaken by the arrow. Student thought— "Now there will be a joke, master sure will miss it. "
Master left the arrow. The sound of darkness has come to the heart of Thas! ’.
Just got it in the middle! The student was surprised - the forehead was stuck!
Master throws the second arrow. Again the sound — ‘Thass! ’.
When the student went to the target by lighting the torch, his eyes were on his forehead! The back of the first arrow was torn, and the second arrow got into it! The master aimed perfectly without aiming in the dark.
When the student was staring, the master put his hand on the student's shoulder and said, "I don't look for goals." What matters to me is how I stand, how deep my breath is, and how concentratedly I leave the shore. When I perfect myself, the arrow finds its destination. "
What have we learned?
Master Awa taught our Japanese Philosophy 'Zanshin' (Zanshin). The sums it is:
1. Leave the illusion of results: When you only worry about 'results' or 'targets', your chances of mistakes increase in your current job.
2. Love the process: how you’re doing the job, how focused you are—that’s what it is. If the work process or 'Process' is perfect, then success is bound to follow you.
3. Not rest, preparation: Jansin is to maintain their own awareness even after the work is completed. Don't start the festivals by aiming, rather keep yourself alert for the next shore.
Last word: We all focus on the target, but masters focus on the process.
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