Finding Stillness in Chaos

What is a fight without chaos? It's an attack. It's unfolding. It's spontaneous. You have to be proficient and have skill. You have to be able to respond in the moment.

His [Bruce Lee] training wasn't just physical. It was mental, it was emotional. He was a deep thinker. It made him very masterful with unfolding chaos.

I didn't have a context for death or for life. I hadn't created my own sense of faith.

If the void is this living space before distinct form is created, then chaos is the opportunity to create.

My mantra began to lead me because it was a cry from my soul to the universe. It led me to books to read, healers, friends, and people to talk to. I began to create and restructure life for myself.

I found words of his [Bruce Lee] such as, 'We shall find the truth when we examine the problem. The problem is never apart from the answer. The problem is the answer.'"

[The right words] began to orient me. They began to create for me an order and a structure to the invisible.

Chaos is the moment right before distinct form takes place.

Dwelling in chaos and not creating in that moment prolongs our pain.

My father [Bruce Lee] said, 'The void may be said to have two aspects: It is simply is what it is. And... it is realized. It is aware of itself. And this awareness is in us. Or better, we are in it.'

If we are aware and conscious, we can shorten and bridge the gap between chaos and whatever we're going to build and craft. We can see the opportunity to create.

If we can learn to hold our center, question, dream, act, and express in chaos — then we too can be masterful like my father [Bruce Lee].

If we can approach chaos with a sense of curiosity and adventure, then we can shorten our time in it and begin to create with excitement.

As I've gotten older and more aware, I've learned to hold my center, bridge the gap faster, and to look for what needs to be born.

We shall find the truth when we examine the problem. The problem is never apart from the answer; the problem is the answer. ~Bruce Lee

The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning, but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself but I did not observe it until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light, unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel. ~Bruce Lee

My father [Bruce Lee] was masterful. He was masterful with chaos.

"Not being tense, but ready. Not thinking, but not dreaming. Not being set, but flexible. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert and ready for whatever may come." —Bruce Lee's posture for meeting chaos

Chaos is the wild. There's beauty there if we're not afraid. It's the wild before we have found the great swimming spot or the amazing trail.