The spider dances her web without knowing there are flies that will get caught in it. The fly, dancing nonchalantly on a sunbeam gets caught without knowing what lies in store. But through both of them "It" dances. So, too, the archer hits the target without having aimed-more I cannot say.
The more a human being feels himself a self, tries to intensify this self and reach a never-attainable perfection, the more drastically he steps out … - Eugen Herrigel
The more a human being feels himself a self, tries to intensify this self and reach a never-attainable perfection, the more drastically he steps out …
- Eugen Herrigel
The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise. - Eugen Herrigel
The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise.
You must learn to wait properly. - Eugen Herrigel
You must learn to wait properly.
I must only warn you of one thing. You have become a different person in the course of these years. For this is what the art of archery means: a prof… - Eugen Herrigel
I must only warn you of one thing. You have become a different person in the course of these years. For this is what the art of archery means: a prof…
You must act as if the goal were infinitely far off. - Eugen Herrigel
You must act as if the goal were infinitely far off.
Zen Buddhism does not preach. Sermons remain words. It waits until people feel stifled and insecure, driven by a secret longing. - Eugen Herrigel
Zen Buddhism does not preach. Sermons remain words. It waits until people feel stifled and insecure, driven by a secret longing.
Don't think of what you have to do, don't consider how to carry it out! The shot will only go smoothly when it takes the archer himself by surprise. … - Eugen Herrigel
Don't think of what you have to do, don't consider how to carry it out! The shot will only go smoothly when it takes the archer himself by surprise. …
In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality. - Eugen Herrigel
In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality.
The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further t… - Eugen Herrigel
The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further t…
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