Have you ever noticed that when someone doesn’t really want you to know something they claim that it is way too complicated for you to understand? Or, they tell you that it takes years upon years for you gather even the most basic and fundamental skillset to even come close to begin to understand what is actually taking place.
 
Certainly, in the world of martial arts, it is so often the case that people claim to hold some secret knowledge. …That they were the only one taught the super-secret techniques passed on between one Master and their Chief Disciple, which is them. Or, that they trained in some top-secret, undisclosed location from some mysterious master, and they are one of only a few who has even been exposed to this clandestine knowledge.
 
In the world of spirituality, it seems that this is almost a trademark, especially among the Eastern traditions. …That you are far too impure to ever truly understand the inner teachings of the tradition and reach its highest pinnacle.  …That you must spend your entire life constantly purifying and refining yourself to ever have even a hope of comprehending the most basic level of advanced knowledge that the system promises.
 
Do you ever take a long hard look at these philosophies? Do you ever wonder why that other person, who claims to know the secrets, could progress to such an advanced level? I mean, what’s so special about them?
 
There is the ideology, possessed by a lot of people, that they are somehow not good enough to rise to the level of that Knower. On the other hand, there are also a lot of people who, driven by ego, believing they know what others can never understand. Where do you find yourself in this equation?
 
I remember back in the day, I had this friend who was really into going to the horse races. He would drag me along. What I found is that I had a pretty good knack for picking a winner.
 
For whatever reason, I always found that I was good at gambling. As I’ve stated in the past, a large part of my university expenses, and my general disposable income of that period, were provided by my hitting Vegas and playing roulette. So, before I realized how cruel and disgusting horse racing is to those beautiful creatures, I did place a few bets. I am truly sorry! Forgive me horses!
 
Anyway, there was a short time period where I kind of got into the horse racing game. In that timeframe, I found this secret, “Fail-Safe,” system being advertised. So, I bought it. In reading it, it was so fucking complicated. You had to calculate this factor against that horse in this race and it when on and on and on. But, you were promised to be a winner. The thing was, it took like half an hour (or more) to do the equation for each race. As is always the case in these sort of scenarios, if it didn’t work, it was your fault. You were the one to blame.
 
Me, I did try to do it for a short period of time. But, it just took too much time. And, I hate math! Plus, it didn’t really work. So, I went back to my best-guess method, which proved to be so much more of a winning ticket. But, the people who were selling that system did get to keep the several hundred dollars I paid for it. So, who was the winner?
 
FYI: Soon after this I gave up gambling all together. Now, in Vegas, I don’t even think about placing a bet. It’s just not me.
 
Anyway… The point being, whomever devised that plan did so with the ideology: it sounded great, it promised everything, but it was far too complicated for anyone to master. If they did win by doing it, great!  If they lost, it was their own fault. Sneaky, right?
 
Okay, here comes the truth… There is no hidden knowledge. There is no secret anything. Yes, maybe you do not yet know some technique or some method, but that knowledge is out there, it can be known. The only obstacle in the course is you. Do you care enough to seek it out and learn it?
 
So, next time someone claims to hold that secret something, that is so grand you could never understand it, simply ask them, “What is it? What do they know that you couldn’t know? Why couldn’t you know it? Why are they the only one who was trained in this knowledge?” I am sure they may give you some bullshit answer. As someone like that has obviously developed the skillset, via their ego, to cover their ass. But, just know, whatever justification they expound, that is the ticket to their own lack of True Knowledge. For anyone who truly Knows, freely passes what they know, onto everyone. Because if they do understand any deep truth, they also understand that everyone else should know it, as well.