Hey all!
It’s now five days to go until our inaugural ‘Radically Embodied Compassion’ workshop, hosted by the wonderful folk at the Compassionate Mind Foundation:
As such, here at FCMA we’ve decided to share some motivational and inspirational quotes over the next five days that will help set (y)our compassionate intention before attending the workshop (or indeed future workshops).
Our first quote comes from Roy Kenneth Kamen’s excellent book, ‘Karate: Beneath The Surface’:
“The purpose of studying [Martial Arts] is not to learn how to fight. Fighting is only a means to an end. The purpose is to become compassionate. You must be fearless to be truly compassionate. It is a path to enlightenment.”
Roy Kenneth Kamen (2017)
Many of the ideas Roy explores and extols in his book chime with our philosophy at FCMA, in helping us become as fearlessly compassionate human beings as we can, where we can embody a “I do not fear you. I have compassion for you.” (Kamen, 2017) stance.
Compassionate Best,
Neil and Syd