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Between The Worlds

Steve Rowe

They say the closer you get to passingThe more those who have already gone come to find youThere is a differenceBetween dreaming about someoneAnd them actually being thereBetween dreaming about your petAnd them actually being thereTheir smellTheir auraThe touchIs realTheir voice or bark suddenly wakes youYou see them in your peripheral visionOr a sudden shining, smiling face appears right in front of youThe dog on your lapOr at your feetAs they always used to beLike a time-slipIt feels like time doesn’t exist anymoreYou’re inbetween the worldsAnd if it’s your time, you’re ready to go.Steve Rowe Continue reading Between The Worlds

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Warrior’s Mind

Steve Rowe

Warrior’s Mind A trained warrior will have a soft front and a strong back He will meet the world with the soft front Showing courtesy, patience, kindness, tolerance and compassion So this is not weak It’s supported by the strong back  With hidden resolve, determination and cultivated strength and power Because it’s cultivated, he is not subject to his emotions They are disciplined and therefore a part of his power His mind is aware, focused, sensitive and capable of great intensity He is able to ‘switch’ from soft to hard in an instant  He doesn’t require a build up of … Continue reading Warrior’s Mind

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Your Body Is A Prison

Steve Rowe

People sayIt’s a privilege to get oldBut they’re usually youngBeing in a bodyIs like being in prison When you go to prisonYou have to accept your environmentAccept all the things you can’t doAnd work with what you canSee your sentence outAnd hope for an early release Being in a body is similarWhatever our limitations areWe have to accept themAnd work with what we canIf we don’t get early releaseWe get more and more limitationsAnd what we can do gets less Gradually we become a burdenThe state doesn’t want us to liveIt puts up barriers everywhereAsking for helpPuts a burden on … Continue reading Your Body Is A Prison

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Tai Chi – Open Your Mind

Steve Rowe

I hate clever clogsEspecially Tai Chi onesThey’re so sure of themselvesTheir lineagesTheir teachingsAre all straight linesVery definedIt’s not this or thatIt’s what they teachEverybody else is wrong Tai Chi requires a broad perspectiveIt has to encompass everythingLike a giant jig saw puzzleYou can’t leave anything outTo make everything fitYou have to seek the optimumNobody has all the answersThey’re all looking at the same thingThrough different windows Instead of putting everyone else downYou have keep growing your mindAll the time we inhabit a bodyWe can never have all the answersBe perfectOr fully enlightened The more we let go of any ‘rules’The … Continue reading Tai Chi – Open Your Mind

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A Martial Artist’s Alchemy

Steve Rowe

You can train martial artsUse them for physical fitnessEgoTheatreVanityAggressionAnd the ‘street’ Or you can be a martial artistAnd study:Your body inside and outEmotional intelligenceMental awareness, focus, sensitivityDiscipline and intensity Developing a toolbox for lifeSelf defence, defendingAnd developing strategies forPhysical healthMental healthEmotional healthAnd life’s situations For a martial artistIt’s not an hour a dayIt’s a life studyWorking at a deep levelFor an alchemy to take placeAnd developing strategiesTo live a peacefulAnd more harmonious life Being a positive influenceIn your environmentSocietyFamilyCommunityAnd finding peaceInstead of violence. Continue reading A Martial Artist’s Alchemy

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One Foot In Death

Steve Rowe

Blood, Sweat and TearsContemplating deathWalking with one foot in life and one in deathGiving a perspective others don’t haveThen in meditation and trainingMoving both feet into deathWith just a little toe left in lifeWhen you’re as familiar with death as lifeYou lose fearYou gain that broader perspectiveFinding your immortalityYou gain balanceFinding the line between yin and yangThe middle path, the TaoThe way of the warriorPiercing the veil of illusionRealising that what you were before you were born,What you are when you’re deadYou still are nowWatching the theatre of lifeNot happy or unhappyBut peacefulThose that opt for an ‘easy life’Missed the … Continue reading One Foot In Death

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Why Basics?

Steve Rowe

Why basics?Because everything you need to knowEven for the most advanced trainingIs in thereA good teacher will apply layer after layerInto the same basic exercises and techniques firstBecause it’s the most efficient way of learningThe layers are not held backThey can only be taughtWhen the student is readyThen they will exclaim“It were there all the time…I just didn’t see it!” Continue reading Why Basics?

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I’m Not Everyone’s Cup Of Tea

Steve Rowe

I’m not everyone’s cup of tea…..I’m out of step with humanityBut in step with the universeI don’t do what others want me toBut walk my own pathThe only people that really like meAre those I teachBecause we’re all on a similar journeyMy jokes are shitBut make me laughMy Tai Chi is differentBut accords with the classicsAnd other martial artsYou can’t bully meYou can’t make me do what you wantYou can’t make me fit inTo your imageThat’s whyI’m not everyone’s cup of tea. Continue reading I’m Not Everyone’s Cup Of Tea