Observe what is with undivided awareness.
Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strange confidence.
When one has reached maturity in this art, one will have the formless form. It is like the dissolving or thawing [of] ice into water that can shape itself to any structure. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, one can fit in with any style.
Maturation is the development from environmental support to self-support.
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set patterns, making him narrow and limited.