{"id":1208,"date":"2017-07-03T00:50:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T00:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/training-day-with-neo-_i-know-kung-fu_"},"modified":"2019-06-02T06:09:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T06:09:02","slug":"training-day-with-neo-_i-know-kung-fu_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2017\/07\/03\/training-day-with-neo-_i-know-kung-fu_\/","title":{"rendered":"Training Day with Neo _I know Kung Fu_"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding: 2px 6px 4px; color: #555555; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 2px solid #dddddd; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Editorial notes<\/strong>: <em>As noted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmoop.com\/quotes\/i-know-kung-fu.html\">Shmoop<\/a><\/em>, <em>the title of this post is made in reference to a &#8220;line spoken by Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0133093\/\">The Matrix<\/a>, directed by Lilly and Lana Wachowski (1999).<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\nAs part of his training as The One, Neo must learn all kinds of martial arts to fight the Agents, who work for the machines and keep the computer simulation known as the Matrix running. But instead of training for years, he gets to have dozens of martial art styles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6vMO3XmNXe4\">downloaded directly into his brain<\/a>. Batman is very jealous of him.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\nAs he trains, Neo learns that because the Matrix is just a computer simulation, he can manipulate the environment around him. This is where all the fancy aerial tricks and bullet dodging comes in. He&#8217;s basically a superhero. He even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=amQOvS4FKzI\">flies like Superman<\/a>!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>An Illustrative Proposal<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>for a<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Methodological Platform<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>for the<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>development<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>of<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/agape-love-in-the-bible-700675\"><strong>love<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Sufficiently Relevant (per synthetic apriori reasoning, viz. by definitions\u2019 implications) to Theists et al.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>; Or,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How To Practise The Master-Skill without Master Training<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a three-stage program.<\/p>\n<p>All three stages are practised at all levels of experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First stage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop \u201cself-trust in spiritual optimism (i.e. learn to trust one\u2019s own judgement when one has come to the conclusion that <em>although appearances may be shit<\/em>, spiritually the world is good\u201d<\/li>\n<li>This is lots of fancy words.<\/li>\n<li>First step:\n<ul>\n<li>Before the second step:\n<ul>\n<li>Remember that \u201cif the world is perfect and meaningful somehow\u201d<\/li>\n<li>then \u201cit makes sense to become One with Universe and not Apart from Universe\u201d<\/li>\n<li>ditto \u201cOne with Self and not Apart\u2019s from Selves\u201d<\/li>\n<li>ditto \u201cin safety (openness) with others, and not in fear with others\u201d<\/li>\n<li>[could shorten into mantra]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Second stage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Desire to be united with self, universe, world.<\/li>\n<li>This is a result, not effort.<\/li>\n<li>Second step:\n<ul>\n<li>Consider how anything external that you dislike, is because you are dis-united, and yearn to be united\n<ul>\n<li>(e.g. yearn to be free of pain, or to be more enlightened, or more saintly, or more satisfied, etc; and how this is the same as\n<ul>\n<li>yearning to be united with externalities)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>[Habituate akin to metta meditation escalation, except instead of going from ego to enemy, here merely associate ego and <em>other in the\u00a0environment<\/em> [[incl. Imagined\/thought\u2019s environments]] ]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Third stage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At other times,\n<ul>\n<li>Reflect on how one thinks about those parts of self\/universe\/world that were sources of feelings of separation\/fear<\/li>\n<li>e. reflection and thinking over (e.g. cf. Use of connection\/communication e.g. cf. Kaly\u0101\u1e47a-mittat\u0101)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>End.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[PS: This is just to start. It is not a fully mapped terrain. E.g. find secret passages, (viz. Resources\/opportunities in the world) for strengthening any stage or part.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\"><span style=\"color: #663366;\">Wis<\/span><span style=\"color: #990099;\">do<\/span><span style=\"color: #cc99cc;\">m<\/span> <span style=\"color: #cc66ff;\">w<\/span>ithou<span style=\"color: #ff3300;\">t<\/span> <span style=\"color: red;\">love<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff3300;\">i<\/span><span style=\"color: #cc9900;\">s<\/span> <span style=\"color: #006600;\">like<\/span> <span style=\"color: #669900;\">a<\/span> <span style=\"color: #006600;\">tree<\/span> <span style=\"color: #66ff66;\">w<\/span>ithou<span style=\"color: #00cccc;\">t<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000099;\">w<\/span><span style=\"color: #66ccff;\">a<\/span><span style=\"color: #000099;\">te<\/span><span style=\"color: #66ccff;\">r to f<\/span><span style=\"color: #33ff99;\">e<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">e<\/span><span style=\"color: yellow;\">d<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">i<\/span><span style=\"color: #996600;\">t<\/span><span style=\"color: #66cc00;\">s r<\/span><span style=\"color: #006600;\">oo<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">t<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff3300;\">s.<\/span> <span style=\"color: red;\">Love<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff3300;\">w<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">i<\/span>thou<span style=\"color: #cc66ff;\">t<\/span> <span style=\"color: #990099;\">wisdo<\/span><span style=\"color: #cc99cc;\">m<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ffcccc;\">is li<\/span><span style=\"color: #9966cc;\">k<\/span><span style=\"color: #3399ff;\">e the<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333366;\">oce<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">a<\/span><span style=\"color: #333366;\">n<\/span> <span style=\"color: #3399ff;\">wh<\/span><span style=\"color: #99ffff;\">o<\/span> <span style=\"color: #3399ff;\">i<\/span><span style=\"color: #99ffff;\">s o<\/span><span style=\"color: #99ff99;\">u<\/span><span style=\"color: #006600;\">r comm<\/span><span style=\"color: #009900;\">o<\/span><span style=\"color: #99ff99;\">n<\/span> <span style=\"color: #996600;\">a<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">n<\/span><span style=\"color: red;\">cest<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">o<\/span><span style=\"color: #99ff99;\">r<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wishing to express appreciation for lessons, this was a letter I was thinking of sending as a litmus test for my reality because it would add value to my world even if the test was inconclusive.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial notes: As noted in Shmoop, the title of this post is made in reference to a &#8220;line spoken by Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, in The Matrix, directed by Lilly and Lana Wachowski (1999). As part of his training as The One, Neo must learn all kinds of martial arts to fight the Agents, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[159,154,113,115],"tags":[],"metadata":[],"class_list":["post-1208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-google-drive","category-searching","category-self-improvement"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2928,"url":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2014\/11\/21\/superman-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":1208,"position":0},"title":"Superman #3","author":"Pala","date":"November 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"EXILE: Superman #28 - Starts with a good recap. 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