Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Great Vision
You may be experiencing extreme pain and mental depression and it is demoralizing you to the point that your situation leads you to wish for death. Something happens and you reconsider, maybe because you are told that your next action will cause someone else to have more life. Or, not so drastic a circumstance makes [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Aikido,Ranking by Rick Berry
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
The Way
Life is a journey, so they say. Several years ago I read a short story to my students and it went something like this: A sage encountered a young man and urged on him a journey with a map to a great treasure. The youngster started off and before long encountered a beautiful jewel on [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Aikido by Rick Berry
Monday, July 7th, 2008
I want, I need, I have
Want, need and have are three very different dynamic states of being. And they have very different consequences. I’ve been through all three. To “want” just gets you that. Want. And it seems that we are always in “need.” We seem to want and need more money, more love and more understanding by others, not [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Aikido by Rick Berry
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
It comes in 3′s
I used to think of three as an odd number but I slowly changed my point of view. Three is good. Now I like one better. In dealing with three’s consider the biblical connotation, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Then there is man, woman and child. And how about consciousness, sub-conscious and the super-conscious. The [...]
