I once was introduced to the dictum, "Leap and the net will appear." Seemed very Buddhist. Apparently, it originated with John Burroughs, an American naturalist. Then, as life happened, I took some leaps, and there was not always a net. I learned then to get vertical, straighten and streamline my body, so I would enter the water below with the least possible impact and injury. It was not always water below, however; sometimes it was hard earth or concrete. And so I learned that sometimes leaping can lead to a huge and dramatic impact that changes one's life or even brings to an end the life one has known. I also learned it is useful to know how to fly.
The above is related in unspoken ways to what made Luis Tiant such a masterful baseball pitcher.
I once was introduced to the dictum, "Leap and the net will appear." Seemed very Buddhist. Apparently, it originated with John Burroughs, an American naturalist. Then, as life happened, I took some leaps, and there was not always a net. I learned then to get vertical, straighten and streamline my body, so I would enter the water below with the least possible impact and injury. It was not always water below, however; sometimes it was hard earth or concrete. And so I learned that sometimes leaping can lead to a huge and dramatic impact that changes one's life or even brings to an end the life one has known. I also learned it is useful to know how to fly.
The above is related in unspoken ways to what made Luis Tiant such a masterful baseball pitcher.
