Train Body as a Tool to Train Mind

Why should we train the body?

The states of mind are acted out day in and day out every living moment of an ignorant person’s life. They arise out of deep rooted conditioned patterns of the unconscious mind. Each one of us are a result of our conditioned states of mind. Therefore, if we want to remove the mental defilements from the deepest levels of our unconscious mind, the mind must be trained to concentrate to a sharp level to enable it to penetrate, at the depth and eradicate the negativities from the root level. When these negativities are uprooted they come with their own strong reactive forces which manifest on the physical level. If the body is not strong enough to take the impact of these negative manifestations, it will break down. The system breakdown might occur in any form from obesity to organ failure or physical ailments like cancer, headache or migraine, neck stiffness or cervical spondolysis. It is like going on a journey with many potholes of various sizes. If the car is not in a good condition it will surely lead to an early breakdown.

That is why Sensei Kuki always emphasizes, that one must train the body and use it as a tool to train the mind. Only training the mind is not the law of nature. One cannot go to deep mind states of cleansing because the mind will be preoccupied with the gross physical imbalances.