Posted by Quit Tao on June 05, 2002 at 15:50:29:
Dasani is right below. Too much lost time, do many spend on OYD.
Its one thing to combat the spread of the OYD infection, but much of what goes on here is a true waste.
I am sure the majority of the individuals posting here, ON BOTH SIDES, are senior students, teachers, or instructors. And their conduct is appalling, a waste of the Warrior Spirit(look inside, read your texts, remember what your teachers taught you, or look it up). What have you learned if the anonomous nature of a chat board frees you to conduct yourself as you see fit? Have you learned anything at all? If you're a student, would you be comfortable with your teacher knowing how/what you post? If you're a teacher(or instructor if the title fits), would you be comfortable with your students knowing how/what you post?
OYD's(JCK) downfall is the lack of responsibility and integrity evident in their function. Do you combat this by throwing out your own integrity to?
I am sure we've all read the texts, heard the great stories, and felt the desire to achieve what many of the great masters in the past have. These teachings and stories are of good men striving to do good things. We normally do not look at great masters and find them to be evil men. Its one thing to study hard, learn the movements, develop the body, and open the mind, but its what we do with this knowledge and how we conduct ourselves in society, throughout our lives, that determines our worth.
Quiet Tao
The superior man is modest in speech, but exceeds in his actions - Confuscious
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