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Meditation. The East defined it as the sinking of thoughts. However, it should not be understood that way. What must be stilled were only the distracting thoughts and obsessions that disturbed true thought, while thought itself must be sunk deep, with even the five senses closed off.
Thus, meditation could also mean “to think deeply.” It began by finding a quiet place, closing the eyes, and severing all outside stimulation. Of course, if one had true mastery of the self, one would not be limited by one’s location or environment.
It’s dark, Leon thought.
When the chatter of stray thoughts cleared from his inner world, all that remained in the void was silence and darkness, just like a night sky without a single star. Like the floor of the ocean, where even the currents had ceased to move.
Entering the inner world was not the privilege of mages alone. Warriors could do it as well. In fact, it was something they had to do when the time came. That thought brought back old memories.
—Just as magic does not focus only on stillness while neglecting movement, martial arts must also embrace the methods of stillness if one hopes to reach higher realms. If you devote yourself only to movement, it may grow larger and more dazzling, but it will lack depth.
El-Cid had always been like that. Words spoken lightly, in passing, always returned to guide him at crucial moments. As if leading Leon, wandering without direction, El-Cid’s voice resounded from distant memory.
Why was it that in this inner world, where not even a...
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