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Using Your Training

By Master Eric Sbarge

Master Eric Sbarge

The classes, lectures, workshops and special events offered by The Peaceful Dragon share the common theme of helping you to develop your mind, body and spirit through time-honored Asian traditions. But what do you do with your stronger, healthier body, your more focused mind, your elevated spirit?

Hopefully, you put these improved qualities to practical use in your daily life. None of us are hermits or ascetics, or we wouldn't be here; we have families, jobs, friends and responsibilities. If we keep our personal improvements to ourselves, we stagnate. We grow only when we bring our training into our daily lives, and share our insights and energy with those around us. You don't have to be a teacher to share the traditions or teachings you acquire; they are passed on automatically when you practice them in your daily life.

When you drop your ego and show nothing but love and humility to your family, friends and co-workers, you are living your training. When you purposefully stay focused and become more productive at your job, you are living your training. When you take it upon yourself to do something charitable for someone, you are living your training.

And when you live your training, you set in motion positive karma. Your positive approach becomes an example for others to follow, and they invariably will follow it. As is the way of karmic circles, the good you do comes back to you, but the joy is not in what comes back: it is in watching the good spread outward. So, look inward to grow, but move outward to fully blossom and spread the fruits of your training to those around you.

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