Life Coaching with a Transylvanian Guru

He proposed to teach me martial arts exercises as a way to evolve spiritually and improve my karma. At first I was perplexed, but soon it became evident that every move I made revealed something of my attitude towards life, something of my karmic lessons, and something of my existential paralysis. There was little time now for lazy reflection – the training was intense.

Often I wondered who this guy really was. He seemed to know my thoughts and feelings, poke at every painful place in my heart so carefully concealed. He uncovered my soul’s willful, even defiant reluctance to participate in life and I felt her fear and pain at having to face it.

Now I felt truly vulnerable – letting him see my imperfections held the risk of being disliked and rejected, this caused many shadows of the past to loom before me, but I need not have feared, for his love held me secure as he ground down my ego’s defenses.

So it began; the task to make the mind release its strong protection over the heart. To coax the soul out to where she feared most to be and help her find her dignity and self respect; to show her how to protect herself; to teach her that she did not need to stand and offer the other cheek, but to gently step aside and give love in return; to introduce her to her shadow and befriend it.

The martial arts, his book, life, him, and I- they were all, though seemingly separate, strangely connected, like a chain of events perfectly set into motion.

After the extensive training I have come away a different person. I still feel like one who is walking in the woods rather than looking down from the mountain top with a clear view, but somehow the woods have meaning and there is direction. My mind continues to feels like a fish caught in a net, but now I know I can break free, thanks to the incredible love and dedication to truth this man holds and reveals through the secrets of martial arts, courses and his books.