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.