Blood & Grass

May 20, 2009 12:22hrs

“Blood makes the Grass Grow Green!” – Author Unknown – GhostDog

NOTES: I am not quite sure where this quote came from or who may have said it so I guess I will take claim to it form not. I am sure I heard in some movie that I have seen and I mostly watch movies with a Warrior type theme. SO, I will add my notes as to what it means to me. This quote is the ultimate reality of “The Circle of Life”. As I say this quote I envision a place in the woods where a deer has died in the fall and I am coming upon the area in the early spring. I envision the grass around the carcass just starting to green up and there is more green grass around the carcass than in other areas. This helps me to reflect on how natural and part of the circle death is, life leads to death and then death to new life. As things in nature die off they only help to provide sustenance and or fertilizer for every thing else around them, so even in death they are providing a service and giving back to the creator, leaving a gift for future generations. We should not fear death or even question it because it is as natural as breathing and when the times comes there should be no remorse or grief only peace and tranquility because we would have come full circle and we are only following the natural order of things.
Now, on a side note, I also use this quote from one Warrior to another when one encounters injuries or tribulations in life. A little blood shed or pain is all part of life. Pick yourself up dust your self off and rub some dirt on it and get back in the game! You don’t see wild animals sobbing in pain or with grief when they are attacked in the bush. I have seen deer hit by cars that pick themselves up and run off into the woods. Self Preservation, no time for worry, no time for grief, just protect yourself at all cost and damn the pain. We have a tendency as humans to be afflicted with human emotion and allow that emotion to invade our thoughts and actions, when in reality they are just that, thoughts, to a certain extent just figments of our imagination. They are non existent and have no form or reality, we only imagine them in our own minds and no one else could feel or touch them, we cannot actually touch our own thoughts, so how then can they be real if we cannot actually touch them? If we were to dismiss all idle thoughts in our minds running non-stop from past to future and future to past we may find we might actually be able to experience a little bit of the “Here and Now”, “Ultimate Awareness”. Just as the centipede is distracted by his thoughts by the toad in the above example, we can be distracted by our own thoughts and become self absorbed and consumed to the point of distraction until we are no longer aware of our surrounding and the things going on around us. This distraction is an area of vulnerability that may turn disastrous in the face of danger. We should move about in our daily lives in a state of ultimate awareness, not only is this invigorating and spiritually cleansing, it is natural and allows us to experience life as we are meant to. So, when I say “Blood makes the Grass grow green” What I am really saying is that we should not be troubled by injuries or problems because in the big picture it is really insignificant. Blood, Sweat and tears are all natural and part of life. We need to deal with them in the same way that nature deals with them. I don’t see to many trees crying out in pain when they get struck by lighting or infested with disease, they struggle to carry on or adapt to the new circumstances. Have you ever seen how a tree will grow around wires of fences? It is a great lesson in life in adaptation. So remember you blood and your sweat and your tears is all part of life and natural. SO GET BACK UP! RUB SOME DIRT ON IT! AND GET BACK IN THE FIGHT!

– This post is dedicated to my son’s friend Mike, who broke his arm (Quite graphically) the other day in training. He exemplified this post quite well as he dealt with the several hours of agonizing pain until he received treatment from the ER. Strength and Honor Mike, never say die and never quit, you’ll be back to training before you know it. Eat well, get lots of sleep and drink lots of milk!

Peace and love and all that happiness stuff GhostDog