Zen in the Art of Archery

Dr. Gilbert gave us a gorgeous book named Zen in the Art of Archery. I learn a lot from this book.

Zen is this kind of thing - A thousand words from the pen in a stream, but ten thousand li away from the subject. It is too simple that just needs to feel, but we need to go over again and again. Otherwise, we will forget it immediately. Maybe it is too simple to use logic and memory. If we don’t go over it regularly, we will forget it.

Performing music is likes archery，shot arrows one by one. Because once we start, we can’t stop. Every time we shot an arrow is different but is the same. The only thing we do is just bow and arrow. It is meaningless whether we hit or not.  The entire meaning of archery is to feel the spirit of Archery. Actually, when we achieve mastery the spirit, we can hit. But it has lost the meaning in that time. May be we can adopt some techniques to hit, which it is make sense. However， since there is meaningless whether we hit or not, what is the meaning of using techniques. It might become a block. So we just need to shoot one by one and feel the spirit. Then we have mastered the meaning. At the same time, it is not important whether we are the master or not, either.