Comments on: Catrien Ross on Hitting Your Target at Full Gallop – Personal Growth Inspiration from Samurai Horse Archers at Mount Fuji

By: Catrien Ross

Catrien Ross — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:45:27 +0000

Dear Tisha:

Thank you so much for staying in touch. Please visit again in 2012. Meantime, Happy New Year to you! Catrien.

By: Catrien Ross

Catrien Ross — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:44:16 +0000

Dear Armen:

Even the streets are gone now in parts of Japan. This is catch-up for me, after such a long silence. Please drop by whenever you have time. Happy New Year in 2012! Catrien.

By: Catrien Ross

Catrien Ross — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:42:22 +0000

Dear NothingProfound:

Yet everything profound. Such a long delay in my reply. Please drop by again in 2012. Happy New Year! Catrien.

By: Catrien Ross

Catrien Ross — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:41:14 +0000

Dear Bruce:

Almost two years, and I am retracing and catching up. Please drop by and enjoy a link with your culture in 2012. Happy New Year to you! Catrien.

By: Catrien Ross

Catrien Ross — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:39:55 +0000

Dear Robin:

So much distance. Such a long silence. All I can say right now is thank you. Love. And hope to see you here in 2012. Happy New Year to you! Catrien.

By: Catrien Ross

Catrien Ross — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:38:44 +0000

Dear Tara:

A reply out of a distant past. New Year Greetings to you. Hope to see you in 2012. Catrien.

By: Catrien Ross

Catrien Ross — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:32:03 +0000

Dear Phil:

Well, many, many months. And enormous change in Japan. Thank you for your lovely comment. Please drop by again in 2012. Catrien.

By: Phil - Less Ordinary Living

Phil - Less Ordinary Living — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:40:36 +0000

Catrien -

What ever happened to your blogging? I know I’m not alone in loving your writing. Any chance of a comeback?

Phil

By: Tara Mohr

Tara Mohr — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:36:52 +0000

Catrien,
Thank you. Your gift for words and your wisdom comes through so clearly in these short expressions of truth. Guidelines for a life well lived.
I particularly love your reminder that authentic action brings its own reward.
So true. I know in my own life I can get carried along by a to-do list full of should and obligations that don’t reflect what I authentically want to create. Of course, that makes neither the process or the end result satisfying. And there is that other mode of action – motivated by a source within, in integrity, carried by one’s own energy, finding its way in the world…there’s so much grace and joy in action taken from that place.
Warmly, Tara

By: Robin Easton

Robin Easton — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:14:00 +0000

Dearest Catrien, This is an amazing post that could be a whole book (a Zen Experience, that could be applied to every day living). It is soooooo loaded. I hardly know where to start, as you have covered and gleaned SO much wisdom from watching this event.

My Dad used to teach us how to use a bow and arrow and I loved the focus of it, the intent. We never road horses LOL! however, I remember one day while doing it, after several misses of the target, hearing a voice go through my head, which I never forgot it.

It said, “Forget all thought, Robin. You must BECOME the arrow. The arrow is an extension of your intent. Forget all thought and send the arrow where YOU want to go. You must BECOME the arrow and go to the target yourself.”

I never forgot that and have applied it to many other activities. If I can move beyond the mechanics of whatever action I am trying to do (physical or otherwise) and become the arrow, become the leap across the stream, the jump from one rock to another, become the ball thrown into the hoop and so on, become the book I want to write, become the love I want to experience, become the world at peace and so on. It is a wild, powerful, uplifiting experience when we can forget ourselves and literally BECOME the action/intent.

You, dear friend, are a magical expression of wisdom, one filled with SO much grace and elegance, both inside and out…all of you. I hope I get to meet you one day.

This was a very thrilling and uplifting read for me. Know that you are often in my thoughts. I always feel connected. Much love, Robin