"Everybody was kung fu fighting..."

Well, except for those who never showed up, and those who did but sat in the background mumbling, grumbling, sighing, snorting and wondering, "What the hell is going on here?!?"

This Thing a few here are doing is a lot like kung fu fighting, (that particular form of exercise with a spiritual dimension stemming from concentration and self-discipline) in that, in the first place, NOBODY is born knowing anything about it, and in the second, that it requires patience, energy, and time to achieve mastery. So many (perhaps even too many) people would rather read books, watch videos, listen to tapes, and chit-chat with their neighbors on Facebook who also don't know very much, rather than getting up early on a Saturday morning - every week, without fail, for years - and stepping out onto the mat for a few hours with those who actually do know, to participate in some serious kung fu fightin' goin' on.

Those who possess kung fu in an area, including in This Thing, implies skill and some degree of mastery in that area, which they have worked long and hard to develop. Someone with "bad kung fu" simply has not put enough time and effort into training, or seems to lack the motivation to do so. There is not much that can be done for such people, as they are usually quite content to dream they have attainments, when in fact they are still quite deeply entrenched in their imaginary pursuits.

It is certainly best to train with those who possess kung fu, than to spar with those who have none - that much is obvious. But what is less so obvious, is that those with none can not even determine who has, and who has not attained mastery - to them, everything and everyone seems the same, lacking. So, who ya gonna call, when, in general, there is nobody out there advertising their willingness to share what they have attained, and fewer still who would want to talk to you anyway?

All right, all right all right! We are NOT even talking about kung fu, are we? What we are suggesting is that This Secret Art - that is many thousands of years old already - is concealed from view, just like anything that must be protected from the trampling by the masses who might accidentally stumble upon it and, misunderstanding everything and everyone, walk or run away with a "bad taste in their mouth" (bad kung fu), who are ready and quite willing to spread their confusions, and/or contusions as the case may be.

When you get several masters in a room - which is rare enough, and few there be who've even had the experience - and everybody is "kung fu fighting," it is absolutely NOT LIKE some of those chinese martial arts movies popularized a few decades ago and still being pushed on the populace today. First of all, there is no bodily contact, although there is a tremendous amount of neural contact, and since most people only have their ordinary lives of chit-chat over coffee and donuts to compare it to, may seem too "up close and personal" for their liking. All right?

If you have a mind for some hyperspacetime travel in the comfort of your easiest easy chair, there is a place you can go - and these are the co-ordinates to that place if you can ferret them out of the discourses contained herein. If you've got some moves you want to try out, or learn, or perfect, then there is no time like the present. Good Luck!