For the true student, everything that happens in daily life is a test. Karlfried Graf Durckheim More Quotes by Karlfried Graf Durckheim More Quotes From Karlfried Graf Durckheim Archery, fencing, spear fighting, all of the martial arts, tea ceremony, flower arranging...in all of these, correct breathing, correct balance, and correct stillness help to remake the individual. The basic aim is always the same: by tirelessly practicing a given skill, the student finally sheds the ego with its fears, worldly ambitions, and reliance on objective scrutiny - sheds it so completely that he becomes the instrument of a deeper power, from which mastery falls instinctively, without further effort on his part, like a ripe fruit. Karlfried Graf Durckheim flower art fall All the masters tell us that the reality of life - which our noisy walking consciousness prevents us from hearing - speaks to us chiefly in silence. Karlfried Graf Durckheim hearing silence reality When you are on a journey, and the end keeps getting further and further away, then you realize that the real end is the journey. Karlfried Graf Durckheim realizing real journey A thousand secrets are hidden in simply sitting still. Karlfried Graf Durckheim sitting-still thousand secret Belief is not truly belief while doubt can still touch it. Karlfried Graf Durckheim stills belief doubt
