Kris, Old Man,
Nah, that would fuck them up big time.
The sitters on long sesshin ask to be struck when they know they need it. I
know how to make the sticks and how to strike. It's a simple thing... after a
while. Like anything. I bow before and after I strike. So does she/he. It's
traditional on now to 1500 years. Five times older than formal science.
Nothing's put in the heads. That's not where it's at: As you "know"!
With Cheers!,
--J.
PS My sticks are too fancy. It's just not necessary. It's just for viewers,
and Users (Teachers, and/or Tanto officers [Monitors] ). But the wood is the
main determinant of good-or-bad (stick), and my shaping of it, especially. I
found that some pretty woods are better than some plain woods. All pretty to
me! I am a tree-guy. Second millennium wood sawyer for hitting-sticks that I
am.
> Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote:
>
> If you were to make the most beautiful sticks on Earth, and instead of
> using them on the students were to break them in front of the student at
> that same moment, and toss the pieces away to use later as firewood, you
> might get more from the sticks and put less in the students heads!
>
> But you, old woodcutter, are a traditionalist! No shortcuts! I can
> respect that.
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