“Preoccupied with a single leaf... you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree... you'll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in it's entirety... effortlessly. That is what it means to truly "see.”
@@nhy4570 the subject, or rather person is Yourself. No man can or should endure seeing the full picture at all times lest he becomes blinded to what is important at the moment. To dodge a falling droplet you don't need to see the source of it.
There's time for seeing the full picture and time to focus on what's important at the moment. I'm not trying to sound smart or anything, u guys made me think of that rn. Thx
@@alexandertye3244 How can Evil be in emptiness? Emptiness is the result of the potential of good and the absence of Evil ,since Evil does not fulfill but good does
@@anothernamlesscommenter352 In solitude there's two ghosts hunting you, good and evil. Dark and light can't vanish. God and Satan is around no matter what you do. Emptiness means nothing at all. So that also means anything can fit inside the void. You have the choice. Any emotion can fulfill the soul for a certain time. It's about how you redirect it.
I never truly understood the phrase "Preoccupied with a leaf, you'll miss the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the forest. Don't be preoccupied in a single spot... See everything in it's entirety... Effortlessly." But now I'm starting to understand. I was too focused on my past, that I never enjoyed the present. I was too depressed and moody to enjoy my hobbies. I have to learn to not get preoccupied with events I can't change anymore and focus more on now. Enjoy my life while I still can. But I shouldn't get too preoccupied with the present, I have to think about my future too. I still don't know what course to take for college. But I'm sure I'll find my answer along the way. One day, I'll see everything in it's entirety... Effortlessly, without feeling anxiety or doubting myself. Thank you, Takehiko Inoue.
Takehiko Inoue really is a legend. He drew the manga based on a novel called "Mushashi" written in the early 20th century. And that novel was based on Miyamoto Musashi, who is regarded as the greatest Samurai in Japanese history. He lived during the 15th or 16th century
Every day i read Musashi's book the five rings, and it's now almost my bible, my way of life, don't just read vagabond, read Musashi's books too and you will find peace.
@@apix417 it's complicated, he talks about the strategy and how to be resilient against your enemies, and also how to be more effective in the way of the sword. But for me it's a life changing book hehe
I play this everyday when I wake up, read vagabond (which you introduced me to), and when I meditate after training. This is the soundtrack of my life right now and I just wanted to thank you.
It may sound cliche , but I stand in my room holding out the unseathed sword with two hands through this meditation. I try to find myself as I close my eyes and as I waited for him to hand him the sword to cut down my pain. I felt at peace when it was finally over. I hope everyone who's going through this life will finally find yourself or already have. Keep on Fighting!
I felt this deeply. I thank you for your words. I toke the way serious ever sense 12 years ago and then started my channel on here not to long ago to show the world what it means to truly understand and do the real Way of the samurai.
My name is Ota Noritada. I'm 27 years old. I was born in Harima province, I do not have a wife, or kids. I work as a swordsmith in my own store, and I get home every day by 9 pm at the latest. I don't drink, but I occasionally smoke. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and I make sure to get 8 hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of milk an working out for 35 minutes nonstop I have no problems in sleeping until the morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. But my life wasn't always like this, when I was just 8 years old I had to fight tigers, wolves, and bears bare handed. When I was 18 I had to fight to defend my town from invaders and to restore our freedom. But today I'm simply a man that wishes to live a quiet life. I do not trouble myself with any enemies, I just want to live my own life. But let me tell you... If I have to fight again, heads will roll.
I understand and agree with your statement, but just wanted to add don't be hopeful of the world becoming more peaceful. Just focus on your inner world and be grateful. That's always what it meant.
You don't want peace with the people who enslave you. Before peace there must be conflict and people right now even forgot how they're supposed to say "no".
First Technique In the first technique, the guard is in the middle position, with the tip of the sword pointed at the opponent’s face. When you close ranks with the opponent, and the opponent strikes with the long sword, counter by deflecting it to the right. When the opponent strikes again, you hit the point of his sword back up; your sword now having bounced downward, leave it as it is until the opponent strikes again, whereupon you strike the opponent’s hands from below. - The book of the Five Rings (Water Scroll)
for the ones who are reading the manga rn, read it with this in the background. ofc it won't fit every scene but it elevates your experience like no other
Man I've just started reading, and this made me feel even more inmerse and invested in the beautiful work of Takehiko Inoue. You truly made an awesome work, thanks a lot dude, I mean it.
@@alessandromereu5321 I think my favorite part of the story so far has been like chapter 90-105. Just jumping ship and basically switching main characters to Kojiro for such a long time is not something I expected at all. It’s been interesting to say the least. The last thing I read is when he met Takezo on the battle field. I’m very curious to see what role he’s going to play in the narrative going forward.
Remember brothers, no matter what, we can always return here. We can take a moment to stop and see past the leaf, the tree, and the forest. Good luck to all of you.
please someone correct me if I'm wrong...but I don't think the series will ever be finished as the author has retired. Which of course would be a terrible disappointment..
@@tylergrey1468 He returned back to manga this year to work on real (sports manga). so there is some hope hopefully after the slam dunk movie is complete hell come back to real and eventually work on vagabond again.
modern society traped us in an hamster wheel and calls it progress while human being needs contemplation time as much as action. Thanks for this call of original human nature
Miyamato Musashi, he helped to my journey to reach all the way along. I'm pleased to read Vagabond and I want to say a few things, Vagabond acquired a lot of thing to me and I can't even explain those what vagabond acquired me because there are a lot thing vagabond could teach you when you read that manga and I'm calling whose read it vagabond, I hope someday we would meet in real life and talk about vagabond my friend. Have a good days who read that comment...
I honestly never comment on videos, but I just wanted to thank you for making this. I always come back to this when life gets overwhelming and it helps so much. Thanks!
I have showed Takehiko Inoue drawings to people over the years, introduced många and anime through his work. You can't see a page of Vagabond and not marvel, then realizing that there are hundreds of pages with the same level of detail
somedays we hold on the present because we want to stay in them forever, only to wake up and understand that yesterday is a dream you lived and the future is an imagination .
Thank god for recommendations for bringing this up. Somehow the ambience of coffee shops with jazz or the pouring rain never felt that comforting for me. Thank you for making this.
I was never a big fan of these meditation videos, but this one really affected me. The song together with Musashi's expression "I experienced many things" went to the bottom of my heart. Congratulations on the video.
This is the most fitting soundtrack for Vagabond in my opinion. The emotions troughout this story with this soundtrack in the background is really something else. Haven't cried to a manga this much. Reading the Kojiro vs the Sadakore brothers chapters while listening to the first 20 min of this soundtrack made me so emotional. I am really thankful for this, Vagabond truly holds a special place in my heart, combining it with this soundtrack makes it an otherworldy experience for me ❤
Ah the calmness in the sounds and the peace in Musashi’s eyes fills me with the confidence of a million warriors about to perish for their country. It also makes me want to consider to start meditating so I can have a hold on my anger and my heart so that my anger doesn’t release into the wrong person and break them.
Glad you made this. It really does fit the tone of the manga. This, and the quieter tracks on Vinland Saga’s OST, are great for calm moments and introspection.
I'm so glad RU-vid recommended this video to me because it's the most beautiful one on RU-vid. I come back here every day just to listen to this beautiful melody.
Man, this video is fucking masterful. Whenever I meditate, I always listen to this, and it's beautiful. It perfectly marches the style of Vagabond too. Thank you for making this, it's phenomenal.
You know what’s strange about this video, the audio has nothing to do with musashi however because of the title it just gives a different feeling it feels like u are with musashi meditating. Rlly cool how such a small thing almost insignificant can make such a difference.
I really enjoyed listening to this on repeat while reading Vagabond, from start to finish. Great experience which I hope all of you can also experience.
I havenot read vagabond. But I want to do it. Even the five rings. But I have to make myself good enough in studies to make time for my work, and after that I will finally be able to get any time for it. I came here to rest. It is a thing that can give you good dreams.
Let your will be stubborn like your hair the more you cut it the faster and stronger it becomes but take care of it and it will come back beautiful longer and softer than it ever was before, the meaning behind this is no matter what there’s only 2 ways comeback stronger or softer but whichever one it is its still very beautiful in its own little way ~just made this up tbh~
I usually don't like meditation music, I rather use some white noise (or forest sounds, rain, etc) to meditate. But this is really good n I love the fact that musashi's in it. Thx for uploading
Always listen to this everytime I go out for an evening stroll, It really helps me meditate and control my anger and emotions... Thankful for this, I never get tired of listening to this collection, I suppose Vagabond really did change my life...
this playlist helped me through the worst time in my life so far, even when i was laying in bed 16/18 hours a day with no hope, this helped me finding peace, thank you.
I listen to this while I workout. I still listen to rageful, angry music, but I find the peaceful nature of these sounds to bring me into a state of sheer focus.
started vagabond yesterday as my first first manga (tech. berserk is my first but i only read the first 2 ch, havent continued but plan too soon) and man takezo is quickly becoming one of my all time favorite mc's. not exactly sure when im supposed to start listening to this ost or if it even matters but i did listen to it from ch 10 - ch 15 and it just immerses you so much more
Really enjoyed listening to this whilst doing some baking. I would recommend halving the volume of the resonance that occurs about halfway through though, it felt inorganic and overpowered the nature. It became something I could count between resonances which distracts from the serenity. Otherwise a very beautiful piece!
Not really much to say about my life. It's just the usual everyday stress of the last year of school before college. Of course, I came here from Vagabond and Musashi. Been reading especially the novel a lot lately. They're some of the best, most inspiring pieces of media I've ever consumed. I've been looking for other things to relieve stress, something that isn't just Doom. Something more physical, like martial arts--or exercise, at the very least. Just so happened that the house my family and I live in currently has this old, somehow rather rust-free Japanese-styled sword that I could probably barely call a katana, and I've been thinking of trying out iaido. (Yes, iaido, not kendo, though I might actually be craving kendo more.) Maybe I could put the ol' thing to use, both for fun and meditation. Even a basic forward swing can be crazy fun. Might I add that I didn't expect the weight of the katana at all. I expected it to be light and relatively easy to swing, and it is, yet it's not quite what I expected. I usually only do forward swings, and stopping it before it hits the floor takes effort. It might be my flimsy arms, but it puts quite the strain on them. Still, I keep swinging every now and then to see how many swings I could do before my arms give up. It's become kind of a game.
i love meditating to this. it immediately transports me to a forest of clear waters, lush trees and distant chirping birds. when outside isn't the best weather (like rn superrr super cold i cant even 😂) this emulates nature in her purest, vibrant form so perfectly that the outside weather doesn't even bother me. i don't really feel any emotions per say while listening, but rather this calmness. some sorta ease. like no thoughts head empty type thing. i very much prefer that even outside of mediation. absolutely beautiful... love the manga but haven't finished it yet bc i keep rereading from the beginning so i dont get sad that it's clearly incomplete 😭😭 still love it thoo
Man meditating with musashi feels awesome. I also tried playing this video while using the app medito. This isnt an ad but theres this guy voice that plays when using the app so it feels like musashi is guiding me trough the meditation.
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