| I was just watching a Sailor Moon AMV and something struck me. So much anime revolves around the idea that we have great energy and power inside ourselves, and that we can release it at times of need. Martial arts has the same idea with ki/chi. You gather your energy and release it with your attacks.
I don't think it works like that. There has never been anything to show that we have such 'ki energy' inside ourselves.
I don't think our energy and drive comes from within us. I think we just act as focusing lenses. The actual power comes from somewhere else. Hell, I don't think our own *consciousness* exists inside us. Going cosmological with it, I think we're just extensions of something else. The Fingers of God, or whatever. Each person focuses things slightly differently than everyone else. Some people are just better focusing elements than others.
Not really going anywhere with this. Just something that popped into my brain that I had to share. |