On unquestioning devotion and self-denial.

Some of my adherents were pursuing additional work in the temple of steel, after a vigorous training session, one of them demonstrating a particular method of pushup that the Master had not seen before. It involves a clap at the top of each pushup, recovering to complete the next, and requires a certain level of power and acceleration that the Master was edified to see. However, the Master chose this as a means of demonstrating unquestioning devotion and adherence.

He directed one of his adherents to do this with a double clap. To his credit, the adherent did not hesitate, and attempted this modification without pause. The adherent clapped twice, it is true, but then landed flat on his chin. The Master was gratified.

The Master snacks on pain.

And he was amused by this failure. But he was impressed by the devotion shown, which he marks as essential for success in both life and war.

The Master marks this as essential because once the devotee has surrendered themself to the greater good that is Master Yung Young, the devotee has access to a greater web of energy than the normal person. And all within this web are granted more energy. As the capstone of this, the Master is granted great power, which accounts for his prowess as, in spite of his appearance as a small and somewhat wizened guru, his strength is greater even than the emblem
of his School of Guns.

As well as the surrender to the greater good, the Master notes that this devotee is destined to succeed because of his lack of hesitation. When the devotee can look pain in the face, and respond without hesitation, he is ready to demonstrate his prowess. In the rowing competition, he is ready to strive on his own, to respond instantly and strongly to the demands of his body or the other members of his team.

The Master also chooses to use this devotee to demonstrate some dangers of his philosophy for the un-initiated. After the demonstration noted above, discussion in the Temple of Steel moved to the benefits that may accrue to the devotee through a life of celibacy. In a situation where the devotee has no attachments, and chooses to be so, the devotee is able to use the energy that would otherwise be used in taking his devotions to a higher level. He imagined that this
was the case with this devotee, who spoke of a year of celibacy. The Master was ready to congratulate the devotee on his achievements, but then Master Yung Young was illuminated.

Was this celibacy by choice? The Master's devotee answered that it was not by choice. The Master struck the devotee several blows about the head, trying to knock some sense into him. his has not previously worked, but the Master hopes that there is a first time for everything. He went forth and laid down some guidance.

Where celibacy is sought, it can be a valuable addition to the self-actualisation of the devotee, through self-denial. In this case, it is not the same. The Master referred to the nature of self-hatred and loathing in a previous lesson, but this type of self-denial does not help anyone. It can easily be relieved, and hence is of no sacrifice whatsoever. When the adept looks pain in the face, the knowledge that his only response to a burden was to complain about it, how will this help him?

The Master says: if you're going to make a sacrifice, make a sacrifice. But if your apparent sacrifice is just because you have a rough head, stop complaining and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

On "relaxation" and why the enlightened have no need of this rubbish...

The Master is pleased. Since his thoughts have been publicised on this record sheet, his message has started to travel the world, through the media of sport and rowing. Discples of the School of Master Yung Young will show their devotion in the field of battle at the Rowing World Cup. The Master's two leading disciples, Messrs. Ginn and Free are already showing their devotions, as will Miss Vernon, a woman who exemplifies the mission of the Yung Young School of Guns. The Master's message is alse being received by those who aspire, and their devotions are pleasing. The Master wishes to note of Miss Parry, whose daily activities are a metaphor for one who wishes to achieve.

But what of other matters that beset the Master? In one of our meditation sessions, Mr. Ginn posed a worthy question of the Master. Mr. Ginn is a man who demonstrates intensity and commitment in all that he does, perhaps too much. But he is a man who is self-aware, and is developing himself towards self-actualisation. His question of the Master was, "Master, how do you relax after a long day of devotion, prayer, scholarship, and work on the water or in the Temple of Steel?"

The Master's response to this question was not one he is proud of. The Master threw a blast of mental energy that knocked over a great pile of steel, making a great mess of the Temple of Steel. The mental blast also stunned several of his adherents. Not the outcome he had been hoping for, and proof that even the greatest of us has facets of their mind that need addressing. But once he had calmed down, and a few of his more comely disciples had cleaned up the Temple of Steel, the Master thought.

The truly developed individual has no need of relaxation. The Master is such an individual. The Master has no need to relax, outbursts of energy notwithstanding. This is because he is completely in touch with his emotions and needs. The actualised adherent can live in the moment. He has no need to "take it easy", or relax, and has learned from a great Australian philosopher, Mark Brandon Read, the philosophy of "Harden the Fuck Up". Hence, the disciple can accept pain and suffering and vagaries of the body because their soul is pure. There is no need of relaxation for the Master.

The Master sets the following precepts for being able to live in the moment, getting rid of all this "relax" stuff, and truly hardening the fuck up. Mr. Read may have been stabbed many times, but his pain and suffering do not compare to the Master. His precepts have been developed by the Master. They focus on self-administered pain. For what victory is there in dealing with pain that has been extrinisically earned? None. It is tolerance. The Master's adherents go out there and find pain.

The Master prescribes:
- Curls: Many of them. For the adherent to focus on this aspect is important. Only on their thirtieth set of the day may they be granted true awareness of what they do. True awareness is being able to feel every muscle, nerve and tendon on the body screaming for mercy, and giving none.
- Meditation: Not the airy-fairy zen paradox rubbish. The Master prefers to place himself in a time and place of maximum stress - such as a train accident, or a motor wreck - and focus internally and completely. The Master has no need of sympathy or empathy, and gives none. He is self actualised, and does not need to care for those who do not live his teachings.
- Pain: The Master's favourite method for this is to start bar brawls. For a warrior of note, this is no challenge. But the Master starts conflict for pain. To receive pain is to open the soul and to harden up. Of course, once the Master has received sufficient pain for enlightenment, he dines on the livers of those foolish enough to accept his challenge. They are unworthy of their place in this world.

This is not a one day concept. The most devout of his adherence have 138 days to learn true self-awareness. Will their livers be the next to face the wrath and barbeque of Master Yung Young?

Planning for Battle:

As the adept must plan his devotions, as the warrior must plan his fight, the disciple of Master Yung Young must plan his battle against his enemies, in whatever sphere he chooses.

Having given due consideration to the fact that a goodly number of my more focused disciples chose to demonstrate their skills on the river, it behoves the me to lay down some edicts so that his athletes may lay down a world of pain on those less worthy than themselves. I have been immersing myself in this strange, backwards facing sport, and find it to have appropriate parallels with my teachings.

So what does Master Yung Young recommend? No less a master than Sun Tzu, in his Art of War, suggests that the warrior should know their enemy.

Master Yung Young begs the forgiveness of another philosopher and sage, but this is utter bullshit.

I note that in the visions of competition that Mr. Ginn has presented to me, that there is no possibility of interference from another warrior. There is no need to know another is in the same arena. There is only the commencement, and the end.

There is nothing else.

The warrior must win his war, and that can only be done by reaching the end more quickly than his opponent. The Master gives you this thought. The Master has further reviewed the visions of Mr. Ginn, and has added these to the tenets of his own philosophy. My philosophy is one of pain. The one who can endure the most pain is the one whose soul will be the most purified. Whilst I do not suggest corporeal harm – the adept must learn to respect his body – I state categorically that to achieve enlightenment, to defeat one’s enemies, the adept must learn to defeat the weakness in their own body. One of Mr. Ginn’s visions revealed a man whose example in a race impressed even myself. Although not an adept of the YYSG, a man named Andre Willms demonstrated the spirit of the warrior that I espouse. From the first strike of the oar into the water, this man demonstrated pain and achieved redemption through it.

He used his body as effectively as could be done, using the strength of his legs to drive himself to the finish. The foaming from the mouth started within 5 percent of the start, and increased. Truly, here we have a man who achieved enlightenment in his art.

“But”, the less adept might ask the master, “what of your most well known disciple? Has Mr. Ginn ever been seen in such agony during a session of proof.” This has formerly been a matter between Mr. Ginn and myself, but his spiritual development is now such that we can release some information. When Mr. Ginn talks about the spiritual development that he has undergone under my teachings, he has undergone many sessions of agony that have caused him to question his whole being.

The world does not see these.

Because by the time it is time for Mr. Ginn’s war, he has already won. He did not need to purify yet further to defeat his opponents. But he will to succeed in Beijing. But what of the untutored adept? My heart weeps for Mr. Willms, for truly if he had studied with Master Yung Young, he would be known as one of the greatest, if not the greatest ever, river warriors ever to have been seen on this earth. He would have purified his soul before the war, and achieved even greater success. To achieve a mastery of performance, it is not enough to be purified in the event.

Master Yung Young states that the true warrior fights a battle, even against odds thought unassailable by other men, that he has already won.

Emotions, performance, and perfection.

My closest disciple, Mr. Ginn, and I have discussed many things this week. We have discussed his motivations, some of which I am afraid to report come from the basest of emotions. I have made it clear to him that the performance and redemption he seeks will come from a commitment to removing all emotion from the performance. All emotion except for hate. A man once said ‘hate is a slow witted ally in the ring’. That man was wrong. The emotion that my disciples most need to experience in their preparation for a devotional occasion, be it meditation or a physical demonstration, is hate.

Hate.

It may seem strange that a man of religion and scholarship should espouse such things, but there is a reason. To perform any task to the highest level, the adept must look deep inside their soul. Self loathing is a part of this. Once the disciple has understood hate and self-loathing, they can move on to a performance which represents the apotheosis of their being, where every emotion and sinew is harnessed. As I stood on my swiss ball finessing my arabesque I pondered the challenges that will beset my disciples. The disciple Ginn has been set the following goals to initiate him into the world of self-loathing and hate and then to purify him

A performance of less than six minutes in the single water-machine and under 5min 30sec on the ergometer.

What these goals are, I do not know, but I am assured that they represent a height of performance that no mortal man has accomplished. But this is only because no disciple of Master Yung Young has yet attempted them. But if his disciples attempt something, Master Yung Young must be with them every step of the way. As such, he has developed the following devotional plan to be achieved in concert with the meditations that all his disciples must endure. Although the only substances that the Master’s disciples may intake are pure and legal, the Master’s visions require the use of some un-sanctioned Korean herbs and the assistance of an un-named chemist, and hence he will not submit to ordinary drug testing.

The meditations and devotional processes will include, over the next 147 days of atonement:

3400 kilometres on the ergometer, blindfolded. The sensory deprivation will strengthen Ginn’s mind to heretofore unthought of levels, after an intial breaking down period. For the master, it will be an experience to re-commune with himself.

Bicep Curls. My school of thought is after all the School of Guns. 147x10x10 sets of up curls

1800km on the water of meditation and motion.

Consume the equivalent of several Korean lakes of water, 1 tonne of tofu and 1500 pieces of glucose packed "natural confectionary company" lollies

82 hours of heat and deprivation in the sauna

And sleep in 14 times.

This is not a conventional sleep in, but a spirit meeting, where I appear to Mr. Ginn in his dreams, as I have found a theta state is most appropriate to inculcate mantras, and make the disciple feel that the emotions and desires he has are all his. Of course they are mine, but they are the emotions and desires a fully developed human should feel. Mr. Ginn is one of the more developed of his kind, but does still have some way to go.

This morning’s training session was a visualisation session and stretching session. I didn't come up with the saying "Dream, believe, create, succeed" for nothing!

My water scooting was curtailed this morning due to a niggling injury. Unfortunately, I pulled a groin on the weekend.. The Master is unsure if the injury is due to an excess of devotional activities in the lotus position, or the Victorian women’s eight winning the Queens Cup with daylight second that triggered the inflammation.

I leave you with the following mantras to recite at all times: “Up, up, up!” and “Take me home”. Contemplate their deep meaning, for within them you will find meaning. You will find pain. And pain purifies the mind and makes more worthy the soul.

Outward displays of devotion

I am a stern guru, one who does not easily let pride overtake him.

But I do confess to feeling a certain appreciation for the strength of dedication of one of my disciples, who, as I mentioned previously, has created a range of leisurewear and accessories that mark the wearer as a man amongst mice, a women amongst amoebae, and a giant amongst humanity.

The adherents of my teachings are indeed better than others, and it is fitting that they be robed in a manner that marks them apart from the common flock.

My devotee has supplies of:
Water bottles: essential for maintaining liquid supplies during demanding devotional and water-sliding activities;
Bags: a convenient means of carrying the mixture of herbs, plants, animal products, nutritional supplements and inspirational reading materials that are a marker of the elite members of the Master Yung Young creed, the Yung Young School of Guns;
Clothing:
Master Yung Young does not discriminate between male and female adherents of his flock (although he is quite clear as to which he'd prefer in his meditational cave), so his devotees of either gender are expected to mark their adherence by wearing suitable devotional clothing. A picture of such is appended:
Display:
Master Yung Young accepts that there may be times at which your adherence may be advertised other than in the corporeal realm. He also allows for the display of his symbols on your possessions. Show your loyalty by adhering pieces of plastic to your possessions. My devotee calls them "stickers".

For further information about how to display your mastery of the mind and body, contact: merchandise.masteryungyoung@yahoo.com.au

This is Master Yung Young, asking that you consider your devotions today. That you apply all your efforts in the temple of steel to the growth not just of your will, but of your body. Although the mind takes primacy, the devotee cannot hope to exercise their dominance solely by force of will. Force of body is also essential.

Challenges for my disciples

Last week, in a temporeal sense, I appeared to two of my athletes and set them a challenge: row a boat with four men and a lady as fast as can be rowed.

Drew and Henry took up this challenge and recruited for the boat. They did not listen properly to the challenge, however, and put a big girl in three seat, and a woman who is as strong as a man in the direction seat. Not something I had planned, but it is up to my disciples to find their own pathways after a fashion.

I appeared to my disciples somewhat too close to the finish of the race to question them on their effort. The fact that I appeared during the race seems to have come as some concern to mmy athletes, as they stated that they had "seen God" during the race. No, children, just your guru.

This lack of comprehension of my instructions, my appearance, and my teachings, is prompting me to assess my involvement with these disciples. I shall not push away any who seek me
, but I shall test and question their commitment yet further.

It is in such spirit that another disciple has found his way through the wastelands to my fold. He has gone so far as to change his name to resemble mine, and to release a range of appropriately designed leisurewear that is appropriate for both meditation sessions in the temple of steel and alimentary sessions in whatever boutique neighbourhood takes your fancy.

Until the next time, this is Master Yung Young. You are somewhat lesser, but still great.