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Shaolin Kung Fu Student, Henan Province, China, 2004To see life as it truly is -that's one goal of a student in China who strengthens mind and body under the rigorous tutelage of a Shaolin kung fu master. It's also the goal of millions of followers whose lives hang on the words of the Buddha: "With our thoughts we make the world."    Garfinkel, Perry. (December 2005). Buddha Rising. National Geographic, Vol. 208, No. 6, 109.

National Geographic, Vol. 208, No. 6, 109.

Pushed By The Barriers …

Nothing limits you, no force that holds you captive—other than a fiction of your imagination.

So you will say, “What, then, of the forces of nature? Of the constraints of a human body? Of the hard reality that slams against me when I attempt to stride through the barriers of life?”

Yes, they are there. But they are not what they seem to be.

They are not there simply to oppose you, but to carry you. As your soul pulls forward, those barriers force her inward, towards her deepest and strongest self.

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