When I posted on this I then came across a quote provided by Shinsei Do Kan Dojo blog in a post of his that also speaks to both self-evaluations as well as the metaphor for the practice of karate-jutsu-do as to the full circle to enlightenment Zen, Buddhist and Confucian aspects of the Asian culture that gave birth to all that we do today.
"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of our exploring will be, to arrive where we started and to know the place for the first time." - T. S. Eliot
I really heard/read this for the first time that day and found it to be an uplifting quote that speaks to what we try to do but also, as I am sure T.S. Eliot meant, to life itself. It tells me self-reflection with an open mind where truth regardless of its effects, i.e. joy or pain, is necessary to achieve a complete, balanced, life.
The quote was in the post here: http://www.shinseidokandojo.blogspot.com/2012/01/and-end-of-our-exploring-will-be.html
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