Mind Manipulation. Dr. Haha Lung

personal combat between equals.

      If medieval ninja had insisted on thinking and acting in the same manner as the rest of feudal Japanese society, the great ninja masters of Iga and Koga would not have survived to pass their secrets of success along to us.

      The greatest of these ninja secrets of success was their rinkioken.

      Ninja warriors were trained to think on their feet, to improvise rather than to adhere to a rigid game plan. Likewise, ninja sennin trained to see and think in unconventional, non-linear fashion in order to be able to enter at will a heightened state of calm awareness that allowed them to function at their peak physical and mental level. This level of awareness is known as entering the Zen-zone.

      The Zen-zone is that level of functioning where stainless mental awareness (makoto) and physical awareness merge, allowing us to instantly and effortlessly adapt to rapidly shifting circumstance.

      Master mind-slayers operate from this Zen-zone, remaining balanced and aware—guarding the walls of their own mind castles while constantly alert for any sign of weakness in a foe’s mind defenses.

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