Ketsumatsu - -etuzan Jakusui- Onozomi No

By Etuzan Jakusui (paraphrased)

— Etuzan Jakusui From the “Hidden Records of the Northern Hermitage” -Etuzan Jakusui- Onozomi no Ketsumatsu

Thus, practice your onozomi as the mountain practices stillness—not to become still, but because it is stillness. Do not chase the culmination. Let it chase you. And when it finally catches you, do not be surprised if you find yourself laughing, because you will realize: By Etuzan Jakusui (paraphrased) — Etuzan Jakusui From

A student once asked me: “Master, I desire to be fearless. How long until my culmination?” And when it finally catches you, do not

Do not mistake desire for the whim of a child. The true onozomi is not born from the tongue or the fleeting heart; it rises from the hara —the belly—where the breath meets the bones of the earth. It is silent. It does not shout. It simply is , like the root of a pine gripping the cliff.

When a man stares into still water, he sees only the surface reflection of his face. But when the water is stirred by the wind of his will— onozomi —the reflection wavers, breaks, and reforms into something new. That is the beginning of magic.