The rabbit meme of Vox Day continues to spread. It has found fertile ground in the world of Gung Fu recently in several places, among them this blog, which examines experiences in the martial arts with wolves and rabbits.
Chinese philosophy is permeated with an understanding of how the Universe is composed of microcosms, each mimicking the macrocosm above it, and aping the microcosms around it. Study one small part of the universe closely enough and you won’t be able to help learning about both, other parts and the greater whole.
One interesting example I found in the above linked blog was the following example.
“You can’t kung fu through this set,” Sifu would later say time and again during my private lessons on the famed Cotton Needle Set, or even the Liu Ha Ba Fa. “You have to feel it. It’s not like chopping wood. It’s more like bending bows and unsheathing swords.”
Imagine training yourself to throw a punch or a block, and feel the entire movement and its resistance as completely as you would feel the bending of a bow. Examine one area of life enough, and its lessons will apply to many others.
In this vein, rabbits and wolves are a natural fit in Gung Fu. Grasp the psychologies of the animals, and you begin to see them in the people around you, and even the groups those people belong to. Those who respond to resistance with dodging and fleeing, and those who will feel the resistance as they stand their ground, resolute and unmoved except by their own desire for truth. Those who seek to disappear into the safety of the herd, and those who seek out the individual dangers and sacrifices demanded by their loyalty to the pack. Those whom you and look at, and can see the loving soul behind their eyes, and those who sit poised, like tense little robots programmed to flee from the first signs of trouble.
I love watching the idea spread, because I know its spread is a one-way street. Nobody learns of rabbits and wolves, or even r/K, and one day stops understanding its importance or telling others about it. Even better, as time goes on, and people see its relation to the greater macrocosm of government, it’s beneficial effects on freedom will only grow.
Given what appears to approach, this effect particularly, would seem divinely timed.
I adore your research, AC.
Your approach is refreshing, insightful, and honest (as opposed to rabbity traits like duplicity, faithlessness, and double-dealing).
May you write onward, exposing the raw truth as you go.
Yours,
James
Thank you James. It means a lot, because I respect the path you’ve walked, and the friend we share. I’m enjoying your blog as well. It feels almost like cheating, to get the most interesting and insightful experiences from decades of training, all in a few minutes at a shot.