In Japan swordsmanship is loved as a meditation, because a swordsman cannot for a moment waver in his mind. If he wavers he is gone. He has to remain in the no-mind, so no thought can waver, and he has to act out of no-mind. It is allowing existence to act through him. It is a beautiful exercise of meditation. Japan has turned strange things into meditation: swordsmanship – so unbelievable; archery – so unbelievable. Who had ever thought that swordsmanship and archery could become meditations? B

2.6K views · 387 reactions | The work in temples is sacred, and we can feel the joy it brings to our ancestors and our Heavenly Father. Jasmin Rappleye from @scripture.central shares about the importance of temples in the @webelieveapp today! • Verse of the Day | Doctrine & Covenants 2:2 | We Believe App | Facebook