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The Way towards Mastery
Mastery isn’t a collection of rules. It’s a journey through the elements—from grounded foundations to the clarity of the ether. This is Miyamoto Musashi’s lesson on transcending the form.
The theory is elegant. The performance on stage is clean. But the real world is messy. It doesn’t reward theory; it rewards what works. This is the difference between the modern martial arts “master” who has never fought and the battle-hardened wisdom of a ronin like Miyamoto Musashi. His path to ma…
The Wrong Costume
A decade of depression came from one mistake: chasing goals instead of changing identity. A short post on the shift that changes everything.
The costume doesn’t fit. It’s heavy. Itchy. It isn’t you. And when the world whispers that you’re in the wrong story, the instinct is to double down. To prove the costume fits. To ignore the overwhelming evidence that it’s time for a change. This is the trap of the misfit. A loop of proactive avoida…