[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f_QkbxkLR_n9hOCT9iFfRDyFQsFrJep8IQrWxoeg1W44":3,"$fO598_8asS29mBG3FWqZ-7whL8L-qYlWrcnSqbXD7Zl0":16},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"bio_jsonld":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},8677,"Eugen Herrigel","E",45,null,"eugen-herrigel",[12],{"tag_id":13,"tag_name":14,"tag_count":15},3276,"zen",7,{"quotes":17,"pagination":81},[18,25,32,38,44,51,57,63,69,75],{"id":19,"quote_text":20,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":21,"author":22,"source":23,"quote_tag":24,"commentary":9},3661495,"The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.",false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":26,"quote_text":27,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":21,"author":29,"source":30,"quote_tag":31,"commentary":9},3020190,"The more one concentrates on breathing, the more the external stimuli fade into the background.",6,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":33,"quote_text":34,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":21,"author":35,"source":36,"quote_tag":37,"commentary":9},3020185,"Put the thought of hitting right out of your mind! You can be a Master even if every shot does not hit. The hits on the target is only an outward proof and confirmation of your purposelessness at its highest, of your egolessness, your self-abandonment, or whatever you like to call this state. There are different grades of mastery, and only when you have made the last grade will you be sure of not missing the goal.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":39,"quote_text":40,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":21,"author":41,"source":42,"quote_tag":43,"commentary":9},3020177,"The instructor’s business is not to show the way itself, but to enable the pupil to get the feel of this way to the goal by adapting it to his individual peculiarities.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":45,"quote_text":46,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":21,"author":47,"source":48,"quote_tag":49,"commentary":50},3020167,"He who has a hundred miles to walk should reckon ninety as half the journey,” he replied, quoting the proverb.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is attributed to Eugen Herrigel, a German philosopher and writer who lived from 1884 to 1972. 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This mindset shift allows the individual to cultivate a sense of detachment and acceptance, essential for true mastery and growth.\n\n**How to Use This**\nWhen facing a significant challenge or project in your professional life, try applying this principle by acknowledging that you've already accomplished most of what's required. Focus on the process rather than the outcome, and let go of unnecessary anxiety about achieving perfection. By doing so, you'll tap into a sense of flow and engagement, allowing you to navigate even the most daunting tasks with greater ease and creativity.",{"id":52,"quote_text":53,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":21,"author":54,"source":55,"quote_tag":56,"commentary":9},3020164,"How far the pupil will go is not the concern of the teacher and Master. Hardly has he shown him the right way when he must let him go on alone.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":58,"quote_text":59,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":21,"author":60,"source":61,"quote_tag":62,"commentary":9},3020149,"I learned to lose myself so effortlessly in the breathing that I sometimes had the feeling that I myself was not breathing but – strange as this may sound – being breathed.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":64,"quote_text":65,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":21,"author":66,"source":67,"quote_tag":68,"commentary":9},3020141,"What stands in your way is that you have a much too willful will. You think that what you do not do yourself does not happen.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":70,"quote_text":71,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":21,"author":72,"source":73,"quote_tag":74,"commentary":9},3020083,"Don’t think of what you have to do, don’t consider how to carry it out! The shot will only go smoothly when it takes the archer himself by surprise. It must be as if the bowstring suddenly cut through the thumb that held it. You mustn’t open the right hand on purpose.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":76,"quote_text":77,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":21,"author":78,"source":79,"quote_tag":80,"commentary":9},3020065,"The spider dances her web without knowing there are flies that will get caught in it. The fly, dancing nonchalantly on a sunbeam gets caught without knowing what lies in store. 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