http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/morihei-ueshiba-turn-up-the-heat en-us 60 <p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center"><em>&quot;Iron is full of impurities that weaken it; through forging, it becomes steel </em></p><p align="center"><em>and is transformed into a razor-sharp sword. Human beings develop in the same fashion.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">~ Morihei Ueshiba, Founder of the Martial Art of Aikido</p><p align="center">from <em>The Art of Peace</em></p><p>You feel the heat?</p><p>Good. </p><p>Now, STAND in it.</p><p>Imagine water getting ready to transform into pure air. As you turn up the heat what happens? The water boils, eh?</p><p>If you <em>really</em> want to transform, you CAN&rsquo;T turn down that heat!</p><p>The moment we start transforming, we want to reduce the pressure. </p><p>Ueshiba tells us pretty clearly how we&rsquo;re forged. It&rsquo;s the heat of those challenges that remove the impurities&hellip;</p><p>Don&rsquo;t believe him? How about Rumi? </p><p>&ldquo;<em>This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away.&rdquo;</em></p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:20 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:399:399 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/399