Has anyone else ever been confronted with this kind of problem?
An instructor in my area is calling on the demons, according to some of his students he has them meditate away from the light and into the dark to bring the power of the demons to them. Telling them after a certain level of training that it is the only way they can continue their training under him and it is the only way of reaching their true potentials.
When things like this get out, and it did in my comunity, it turns people away from Martial Arts thinking we all do the same things. The # of people who would inquire about class dropped off considerably when some of his students started talking about what was going on.
sounds pretty absurd, but then, I’ve heard more absurd stuff than that.
Tell him to stuff his demons up his ass in the middle of a meditation session. Then attack him with sticks and beat him until he’s all welted up. Then tar and feather him, then run him out of town on a rail. Then get some real karate into town.
then start training martial arts without a speed addict with delusions.
Dude! that guy sounds like a freak. Someone needs to go to kentucky and kick that guys freaky arse. Wait…does he glow? If so IM not gonna be the one to go. I dont wanna mess with any demons man. Blah…someone needs to show the people there the pure innocent side of traditional arts.
I went walking through the woods one day and I came to a stream. on one side stood three bill-goats and underneath the bridge you’ll never guess what I spied…
in all seriousness serene dragon, I’d go to www.bullshido.com and ask them about this problem, There are a couple of experts over there that can help out
fortunately I live in a major metropolitan, so needless to say, hacks like that go down with a quickness. Cause i live here so everyone gets free demon away powder.
****, you guys act like you never heard of this freaky ****e before.
It sounds like a version of the spirit possession meditations. The idea being that you invite a spirit of an ancestor to inhabit and empower you, naturally, a fearsome one, perhaps Uncle Lee the Eye Plucker, or even Gwan Gung himself. You work yourself into a kinda trance from what I’ve been told.
This gives you added courage to launch into combat. It allegedly can drive you crazy as well… Again, I’m no expert, but I think it is more prevelent in Hakka arts.
I’m not sure, but I think it was the kind of thing used in the boxer rebellion that made the rebels feel as if they were bullett proof. Naturally, it was an illustion.
As for demons, well, all I can say is ,“don’t go to the dark side, Luke.”
There are no “Demons”.. except those you choose to believe in, and even then they only reside in your own mind.. unfortunately, they can influence you to do things not appropriate.. but, knowing that they are only as real as you choose them to be should dispel any real harm.. too many people fancy the notion of dark and light entities to which they assign personalities.. it is only a notion..
I’ve come across this in Hung Gar circles in NYC but won’t mention names because they are sort of prevelant.
This is what you come across when you study village boxing … you get 300 year old farmer intellect.
As far as demons, I’m with TaijiBob. You have appetities that stem back to your reptile brain, like eat, eat, eat while the eatings good. This was a positive when we were starving on the plains of Africa. But now that there are McDonalds on every corner, you could say that voice is a demon. Think of the 4-Fs (feeding, fleeing, fighting and fu(king ) OUr old brain ran on those. Our newly evolved cortex gives us reason.
Don’t go fulfill every erge of the 4Fs with internet porn and binging. That demon is inside all of us but over come it with virtue. The ancient Greeks spoke of this a loooooong time ago. This is also a part of internal alchemy.
I’ve now learned how to seperate orgasm from ejaculation, and try to limit the former. It’s made a big difference. Lost about 10 to 15 lbs, thinking clear, stronger, etc. Funny thing is, now I have women beating my door down and try to limit myself to one expenditure a week… guess this got a little off topic:o
Originally posted by Ray Pina I’ve now learned how to seperate orgasm from ejaculation, and try to limit the former. It’s made a big difference. Lost about 10 to 15 lbs, thinking clear, stronger, etc. Funny thing is, now I have women beating my door down and try to limit myself to one expenditure a week… guess this got a little off topic:o
:eek: Just slightly off topic Ray. But, then again, this was a thread about Demons, so I guess anything’s fair game.
Scarry stuff indeed. I once knew a guy who got into it with a wickan bent. He ended up going very much crazy. Started walking around thinking his curses were the reason certain people had acne. Ended up being commited after trying to drown himself in a toilette. Very sad.
