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Member Since: Dec. 11, 2015

Richard L. Haight

Biography

Richard L. Haight is an instructor of meditation, healing, and martial arts, and he is the author of The Unbound Soul: A Spiritual Memoir for Personal Transformation and Enlightenment. He began his path of awakening at age eight when he made a solemn promise in a vision to dedicate his life to enlightenment and to share what he found with the world. He took his first steps towards that promise at age 12 when he began formal martial arts training.

At the age of 24, Richard moved to Japan to advance his training with masters of the sword, staff, and jujutsu. During his 15 years living in Japan, Richard was awarded masters licenses in four samurai arts as well as a traditional healing art called Sotai-ho.

Throughout his life, Richard has had a series of profound visions that have ultimately guided him to the realization of the Oneness that the ancient spiritual teachers often spoke of. This understanding ultimately transformed the arts that he teaches and has resulted in the writing of The Unbound Soul.

Through his new books, his meditation and martial arts seminar, Richard Haight is helping to ignite a worldwide spiritual awakening that is free of all constraints and open to anyone of any level. Richard Haight now lives and teaches in southern Oregon, U.S.A.

Richard Haight explains that true spiritual enlightenment embraces all of life with deep aliveness, authenticity, innocence, and authority. It is what you are truly seeking.

Visit www.richardhaight.net for more information!

Smashwords Interview

In your book, The Unbound Soul, you have written quite a bit about your martial arts and meditation practice. Doesn't the simultaneous practice of meditation and martial arts seem contradictory?

It is relatively easy to meditate and be at peace under ideal, comfortable, nonchallenging circumstances. The martial arts that I teach will help you to meditate through the chaos of life and in the face of danger, and will ultimately bring you to true mastery of the self.

How do you know, for example, which prospective students might prove to be less suitable as users of martial arts?

First, and foremost, you can feel their presence, but their questions also give away their intentions. One such prospective student asked me, “How long does it take to be a black belt?” Clearly this individual’s motivation for training is primarily egoistic, a motivation that is not accepted at my dojo. To such an individual, I usually say, “We don’t train for rank here, so this may not be the right dojo for you, but there is a great dojo down the street that you might enjoy.”

The contradiction of meditation and martial arts begins to resolve when we learn to move courageously into the very center of chaos. Then the mind, like a storm’s eye, is silent, and there we find clarity and power that we never knew we could access. This clarity and power are what we all truly seek in our lives, even if we haven’t yet realized it. With this power we are able to resolve violence without using violence.

Where to find Richard L. Haight online

Website: http://www.richardhaight.net/index.html
Twitter: @RichardLHaight
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://www.richardhaight.net/blogpodcast.html

Where to buy in print

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Books

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