This website is dedicated to the Students of Seifu A.S. Umar Sharif, MA. It is also dedicated to the promotion and propagation of the Traditional Afro-Asian Martial and Healing Arts. Our goal is to inform, educate, inspire, encourage, and motivate others to improve their lives by applying The Wisdom of the Ancients.
As your teacher and host, Seifu Sharif [aka: Xia` Xue' Gong] [aka: Tobi Alakoso] is dedicated to helping each of you to remember and nurture the Spirit of Wu-Te and the powers dormant within you.
One day along the east coast of Mainland China a man came to visit a monk. The man explained that he was addicted to opium and was desperate to stop. He asked the monk for help. The old monk handed the man a piece of chalk and a piece of slate. The man frowned with lack of understanding. The monk explained, "Go home and take these with you. Each day when you awaken you are to write OM ('aum') on the slate 50 times, chant OM as you write, and then weigh the chalk. That is the amount of opium that you can have for that day." The man was doubtful but went home and did as the monk had advised. Each day the man wrote OM on the slate and weighed the chalk. Each day the chalk got smaller and smaller. Each day the man's need for opium grew weaker and weaker. And each day the man rose higher and higher, closer and closer to his true self for OM was lighting his way.
The principle that the monk used to assist the man seeking help is the same principle applied to the repetition of your Martial & Healing Arts (Qigong and Kung Fu) training. If you are consistent in your training it is inevitable that you will bring about change and achieve your goals. But remember, each day the man experienced a benefit from the process. Each day he became more of his true self. So it is the process that should be your focus, not the end goal.
There are several other important elements in this story. Spend some time reflecting on this story and discover your deeper understanding about the monk and about the man addicted to opium. What is your 'chalk' and 'slate board' to overcome the things that are holding you back in life. What lessons did you learn from this story? How can you apply it to yourself?
