Do you have a passion in life? If you do, why do you do it? What drives you to excel at it? What drives you to continue at it? What drives you to do it? I have a passion for lifting weights. I have a passion for working out. I have a passion for reading. I have a passion for traditional martial arts—the kind that can take you from gross to subtle to Causal. I have a passion for True Spirituality—the kind of spirituality (hence the capital "T" and "S") that transcends common, everyday run-of-the mill spirituality; the kind that transcends spiritual materialism in all of its maddening forms. (And sometimes I even have a passion for writing.) And, yes, sometimes I have a passion for things that I shouldn't necessarily have a passion for—women and beer; drugs, even, at one time in my life. (By the way, there isn't necessarily anything wrong with any of these three things—or other things often thought of as "wrong"—don'
Essays on Old-School Strength Training, Classic Bodybuilding, Traditional Martial Arts, and Budo Philosophy