The Five Arenas of the True Martial Artist

By Al Case


The following words have extreme importance for a True Martial Artist. "There are five trees in paradise and they do not change, summer nor winter, and their leaves don't fall. Whoever knows these trees will not taste death."

Now, you may be wondering what these words have to do with the martial arts, so let me explain. They were written by a fellow named Thomas some two thousand years ago. They stand for the five concentric circles of man's experience of the universe, and they are as follows.

Physical has to do with the practice of controlling the physical body. To be sure, in the martial arts this is not fighting, but controlling. While there is certainly an art to destruction, the true art may be found in control.

Emotional refers to one controlling his emotions. Practice real martial arts for any period of time and you learn to control your emotion. Emotions, according to the Neutronics definition, are 'motion inside the head.'

Mental refers to the thinking process, and learning to think logically and rationally. This is where Matrixing comes in, as it presents a method for analyzing and handling all potentials of motion, and that's all there is in the universe. Unfortunately, anybody who doesn't understand matrixing is not on the road to mastering the ability to think.

Spiritual deals with a person understanding that they are a bit of awareness giving forth light (awareness), and that creates the universe. This Spiritual Awakening must be experienced, it is not the subject of words. This is the main direction of Neutronics.

Awareness of All deals with knowing the entire universe by knowing all the viewpoints of all the individual 'I ams' that are individual man/woman. This is the God factor, or the ever present power that is the universe. With Matrixing this is not a riddle or enigma, but a logical step on the path begun when one first steps into a dojo.

Do you control yourself in the realm of these five steps? Have you learned the martial arts and are able to move from level to level in these five arenas? Maybe it is time you began!




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