To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person."

If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.

True mastery transcends any particular art. It stems from mastery of oneself--the ability, developed through self-discipline, to be calm, fully aware, and completely in tune with oneself and the surroundings. Then, and only then, can a person know himself.

Study all you want. That's good. That's healthy, but don't preclude action with study.

I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, "I am doing this," but rather, an inner realization that "this is happening through me," or "it is doing this for me." The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.