And what Jude said about activities non-work-related. (Maybe this activity just fits all of their schedules.)
Though all activities do permeate (in various ways) all aspects of our lives. But this is why it is meaningless to talk about some cause-effect correlation between martial arts and social work, like the one predisposes the other. You can say there are similarities. And you can say there are differences. But this is always true of any pair you pick. The similarities and differences appear when you analyze; they come from the act of interpretation and semiosis; they may or may not have some objective reality; a different interpretation might find very different similarities and differences.
The martial arts teach focus. Balance. The connection of mind and body. These are universally applicable things.
To act instinctively but with mindfulness seems to me something we all should learn.
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Re: Martial Arts and Social Work.
Date: 2002-03-21 01:28 pm (UTC)And what Jude said about activities non-work-related.
(Maybe this activity just fits all of their schedules.)
Though all activities do permeate (in various ways) all aspects of our lives. But this is why it is meaningless to talk about some cause-effect correlation between martial arts and social work, like the one predisposes the other. You can say there are similarities. And you can say there are differences. But this is always true of any pair you pick. The similarities and differences appear when you analyze; they come from the act of interpretation and semiosis; they may or may not have some objective reality; a different interpretation might find very different similarities and differences.
The martial arts teach focus. Balance. The connection of mind and body. These are universally applicable things.
To act instinctively but with mindfulness seems to me something we all should learn.