Originally Posted by
taai gihk yahn
well, the REAL problem is that, like most internal-dilettantes, he has adopted the perspective that what he considers internal is somehow different from, superior to, more profound than what he considers external; this makes him feel like he is doing something special, and that, by extension, he is special; he has created for himself an unassailable position that, whereas most people don't "get it", he does - that he now has a special perspective on life, because he practices this thing that is so rarified and hoary; this is why he fixates on how his view of internal is beyond explanation from the perspective of biomechanics (which he doesn't even understand as such, lol); so he feels that he cannot be judged by anyone else, and his answer to criticism is to pull the old saw of "you just don't get it" (gee, we've NEVER heard that from any internal practitioner here, lol);
the problem is that when others such as myself with equal or perhaps even more experience than he has, come along and point out that what he does ain't all that special, and that it can be explained outside of its own paradigm (e.g. - via biomechanics and physiology), his specialness is threatened; so much so, that he can't even engage in a direct, point-to-point discussion, he simply dismisses the critiques as long-winded and uniformed;
it's rare to find someone who, when their secure world-view is up-ended, will face the possibility that they have to drop everything they thought they knew and embrace the uncertainty of "beginners mind"; of course, this is what the Ch'an masters used to deride the Taoist masters about, berating them for dragging around their walking corpses and whatnot;
30 blows, as I step over the corpse!