Sunday, October 11, 2009

Can the Force Really Be with You?

By Al Case

Luke, there is a Force. Close Your Eyes and feel, Luke. May the Force be with you always!

Wow, something really neat, like an invisible ocean of mysterious that surrounds you. And everything in the universe was built out of this weird and mysterious ocean stuff! And, heck, if you get selected to train at the Jedi Academy...you can control The Force!

Well, now that we?ve completed the introduction to basic Martial Arts, we can get down to the reality. Chi, or Ki, is an invisible ocean of subtle energy from which everything in the universe is made. And, oh yeah, you can learn to do what you want with it.

The difference, of course, between the movie and the reality is that one you get fat over popcorn with, and the other one takes hard work. And, of course, the movie stuff never seems to come true.

But, hey! You got to spend $10 bucks, and then rent it for $5, and then see it on cable for a buck, then, finally, see it for free, uh, with a few dozen advertisements to break it up and editing so you don?t see the good stuff, and so on! The question, however, is when are you going to start doing the work and make the dream come true?

So, they have these things called instructional courses that you can get on DVDs. To get into a field of study, such as Kenpo or Krav Maga or Ninjitsu or, the list goes on, and a DVD will cost you about as much as a movie. The difference, of course, is that you are paying for the movie every time you want to get nothing done for a few hours, and once you have the martial arts DVD there is no more cost, it?s like the difference between renting a car and owning a car.

Now comes the fun part of this whole thing, you actually get to accomplish something and get somewhere. You are no longer weighting down a couch and stuffing yourself with endless amounts of popcorn, you are now able to hone your body into a sleek exotic car that runs good, drives the chicks (guys, if you?re a girl) wild, and that good conditioning is going to last you long into your lifetime. Slowly, a chunk of time here or a few minutes there, you copy the DVD, go along with the instructions, and, zingo bingo, you feel the changes.

Good health takes over the ocean of your body, infecting your hearing and vision, and you can work longer, harder, and more efficiently. Discipline infects you, making you able to conquer new tasks, tasks which you previously thought daunting and difficult. And, here is the fun part, the world starts changing to match the new you...new friends, more money, the ability to make enough money to go to a real play, maybe a huge sporting event, or even the best restaurants...and now the Force is with you.

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