So recently my family and I watched the movie, The Boy and the Beast. In it, the characters Kyuta, or rather Ren, and company go on a journey to discover the notion of true strength. They come across many differing ideas that dictate what certain masters believe true strength is. The masters would say things like true strength is an illusion, it's useless if you cannot scratch you lower back, it's being still and silent like a rock, it's striking when the time is right.
Although these ideas seem to encapsulate a portion of true strength, none is all encompassing. Although, I would argue the journey was somewhat redundant because Kumatetsu gave a well-defined description of this, granted it was hidden behind some babbling and unintelligible teaching. Nonetheless, He told Kyuta to grab the sword in his heart. By doing so, he would then be able to fight with his fists and a physical sword. It wasn’t until later when Kumatetsu became that which he described, for Kyuta, that I understood that true strength comes from the thing that makes you whole, or rather, like Kyuta, the sword in his heart.
To put it plainly, the sword in one’s heart, or rather soul, is that which makes you whole, and is where you can draw true strength from.
Taking this into real life i can't help but wonder what the sword in my heart looks like. Have I discovered an unbreakable blade or is the blade still brittle waiting to be sharpened? Is the hole filled? Who can say for certain? But I will say its worth some thought. You should reflect on your sword too.
stay six feet away from people,
-Mangaki
Although these ideas seem to encapsulate a portion of true strength, none is all encompassing. Although, I would argue the journey was somewhat redundant because Kumatetsu gave a well-defined description of this, granted it was hidden behind some babbling and unintelligible teaching. Nonetheless, He told Kyuta to grab the sword in his heart. By doing so, he would then be able to fight with his fists and a physical sword. It wasn’t until later when Kumatetsu became that which he described, for Kyuta, that I understood that true strength comes from the thing that makes you whole, or rather, like Kyuta, the sword in his heart.
To put it plainly, the sword in one’s heart, or rather soul, is that which makes you whole, and is where you can draw true strength from.
Taking this into real life i can't help but wonder what the sword in my heart looks like. Have I discovered an unbreakable blade or is the blade still brittle waiting to be sharpened? Is the hole filled? Who can say for certain? But I will say its worth some thought. You should reflect on your sword too.
stay six feet away from people,
-Mangaki
