Bruce Lee Was Right

Well, his siblings are still alive.

So we can just ask them.

I can understand your thinking here but I think the essence of the teaching is to make your life better by effectively dealing with life's hardship's... even creating hardship for yourself.

But also, I think if you review your own life experiences - especially after putting in some decades, you'll see that life was most enjoyable and meaningful when it was difficult... if you approached things with the "strength" BL is talking about here.

If you look into the life experiences of others you will notice that people really got a lot out of some very bad experiences.
Some of course succumbed.

But this is what life is about - you struggle and win or lose.
Victory can mean life OR death... Loss is a possibility at every juncture.

Win or lose you cheerfully face the next struggle.
Even seek it out!

When things are easy, that's good too - a well earned respite perhaps, an "end" to the difficulty.
This too is part of the rhythms of life.

But I think you will agree: An everlasting easy life is a life no one can be proud of...

I heard it before,also.
Here is a link amongst many if you google it:
Bruce Lee : The Divine Wind

I am not talking off the top of my head. It is well-documented and easy to find. I have always respected Bruce Lee. He was a human being with that minor footnote in his amazing legacy.

There is no question and I believe no one will argue, the late Bruce Lee was a great man and martial artist. His ideals and principles were a ground work of struggles within himself in which he later became what he had worked hard and strived to become.

His philosophies (whether old or unique) became an inspiration to many including myself when I saw one of his movies for the first time in 1974, I was 9 and he had a profound impact upon me as he did with millions of others too. I also bought (my mom did) the "Tao of Jeet Kune Do" in 1977 which still sits in front of me right here behind my monitor as I write this. (yep, still the original my mom bought me in 77)


I conclude there really should be no argument whether one man changed the world or whether he changed his own. Its plain to see that you must take it for what it teaches you as your own person and to come away with something of value in your own life.

The point is ( And I wrote this myself in 1983) "Your path to freedom depends on the road you choose to take". When I wrote that I was 18 and had no previous knowledge of philosophy other than Bruce Lees writing which may have influenced me in some way shape or form.

It can be harder (your path to freedom) than the next persons or it may be easier, it is the path within itself that teaches us what we need in order to become what we want. Its a simple mental choice.

I felt compelled to chime is as well just based upon the fact I have enjoyed Bruce Lee as an inspiration in my life and the message he brought forth that I perceive.

It has made me not only a better martial artist (no longer practicing physical or tournies) but has had profound ideals in how I perceive knowledge especially when it is passed on from another with experience in life that I know nothing of.

Great thread and thanks for posting.

Geo

Perhaps my point wasn't clear... He intentionally left out the
fact that what he was doing was in no way original. He refused
to give credit where credit was due, because he wanted to
market himself.

This has important implications on a marketing forum, even in the
Off Topic section. It may have worked for him in the late 60's and
early 70's, but we have now entered the Information Age, where
the Internet allows every child to fact-check and share everything
they see. Those who follow Bruce's methods in this day and age
are going to find themselves embarrassed and entangled in expensive
legal battles.