This concept may seem foreign at first, but try it now! By simply straightening yourself out and breathing from your center (Hara in Japanese), you can assume the same natural state as a tree, frog, or deer an unaltered communion with nature, aware of everything around you. In this state, there is no forcing, no ahead and no behind.
When meditation centers us, we return to what the Zen Buddhists call our Primal Self: we assume our fundamental nature of things. Meditation is perhaps one of the most profound and effective ways that Shadows can strip away the layers of self-doubt, finding an eternal Light within everything, and using that Force to guide and help ourselves and others. This primal Essence, by definition, is us, but it is because of our perceptions that many people don’t see that they are one with infinity. You can use it any way you want.” -chapter sixĪs shadows, we realize that we are living conduits of this life force,and can harness its power anytime we choose to let it pervade and surround us. “The Tao is called the Great Mother: empty yet inexhaustible, it gives birth to infinite worlds. The Tao Te-Ching, a poem by Lao Tzu concerning the use of the Force (or Tao), says: The Force is the infinite string of pearls that threads, binds and connects all living things with an invisible illumination of Being.
Every material object, every organism, every process, thought, emotion, feeling, perspective and experience. Completely unbiased and indiscriminate, the Force/Tao/God (there are countless names) is Everything. We all have our own perceptions about what this ‘force’ is, but it can be summed up in one word: Reality. Welcome to the Academy that breaks down, analyzes, debates about, actualizes and has unlimited fun with the Force.
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