#119 The Nature of Water
Bruce Lee Podcast
Shannon Lee
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2018
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
“Be water, my friend.” This is one of Bruce Lee’s most famous quotes, but how did the idea first come to Bruce? In this episode we share and discuss an essay that Bruce wrote around his epiphany on the nature of water. When Bruce first had his epiphany on water he was 18 and this essay is him reflecting back on that time. When Bruce was 18, he had been studying wing chun gung fu with his sifu Yip Man for about four years. Being a teenager, Bruce was filled a fiery dragon energy, and was set on beating his opponents. During his training his teacher Yip Man continually tried to get Bruce to be more in tune with nature and his opponent instead of being so concentrated on winning. It was not until a solitary boat ride that Bruce’s connection to nature was realized. Bruce’s epiphany on the nature of water shifted his perspective forever on both gung fu and life.
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| 0:39.2 | Now entering Nertist.com. End of your mind. |
| 0:45.0 | Enter your mind. shape like water to more to more. |
| 0:59.0 | I want to more. |
| 1:00.0 | I want to flow. |
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