Adjunto
un fragmento de
“Physis A Personal Training Guide” por Godric
Liddell. El documento completo puede leerse aquí:
“...
PHYSIS
– Part II (STRENGTH
AND WISDOM THROUGH ACTION)
The
very essence of Physis is motion. This is the opposite of most
systems aimed at creating vital energy (‘pneuma’) - an expression
of ‘physis’- where stillness is the aim. Physis is a Western
tradition, rooted in the Hellenic civilization, and as such derives
from, and is suited to, the psyche of the West. By nature, we of the
West are, and always have been, at our best, fiercely competitive and
given to explosions of physical energy. Our instinct is to seek to
know (like Faust), to overcome by the power of will all obstacles.
Despite what other systems preach, there is nothing actually wrong
with this, or with the spirit of adventure which makes us quest for
things like Occult knowledge.
To
be healthy is to be true to one’s Destiny. It is a principle of
life that while the Destiny of every individual is unique, destiny
has its genesis in the civilization or culture to which one belongs.
Thus, in order to understand one’s destiny one must understand the
civilization to which one belongs – its traditions, myths but
perhaps more importantly its spirit. This is one of the functions of
genuine esoteric teaching – to reach the essence of destiny hidden
by outward appearance.
For
us in the West, the way to create and enhance vital energy is through
striving to achieve a goal. What this goal is, depends on the
individual, and what is important about the goal is that it is
striving to achieve it, via developing will and knowledge, that
creates energy and enhances the life of the individual. Every
Initiate will have their own goal – a long term one. Yet every
Initiate must develop as well short-term goals in harmony with this.
Such short-term goals, which enhance the following of the seven-fold
way that leads to one’s destiny, usually develop from Physis
Training. These goals, and the striving for them, are the essence of
Physis.
Thus,
if the primary interest of an Initiate is magick, then the shortterm
goals could be conducting ceremonial ritual with the intent of
creating magickal power and/or establishing some form of working
occult group to practice magick.
If
the primary interest of the Initiate is the Martial Arts, then the
short-term goals, conducive to the overall aim (mastery of the art),
might be specific training targets – e.g running a 4 minute mile,
cycling 25 miles in under an hour or learning to master a specific
weapon.
As
such goals are achieved, then new ones are formed, and the striving
begins again, until, as a result of such striving the individual is
made aware of Destiny. Then there is stillness and the understanding
of how the essence that is physis, which is timeless and still, is
revealed through the motion and change.
There
is no motion or vitality without stillness and there is no stillness
without the profoundest motion. The striving for achievement that is
the seven fold way is a means to this understanding.
The
best form of striving is one that involves exertion of the body
towards it limits and an intense concentration that goes beyond word,
technique or style. The secret is to move, to exert the body with an
inner stillness. If this is done, vitality arises of itself.
Everything else is easy...”
