* do not ever think in acquisitive terms*
The fifth of the twenty one tenets of "The Way of Walking Alone".
Acquisitive terms. Terms of accusation. How many people do you know who are exactly this way? Everything they think… everything they do and how they act are all based off of their own belief and disposition that everyone is guilty, or they shadow everything, not in light of the reality of the situation, but with the past… their past.
People are almost always plotting something. Scheming something. Doing something in this way. It poisons the mind, it blackens the soul, and I believe it makes you less of a person as you are generally less appealing to be around than, say, a person who is lighthearted, laidback and would rather not occupy their every thought talking about others and thinking everyone's business is their own.
In this way, I believe that Musashi is trying to keep us from walking down a path that leads to our own destruction, whether physically, mentally or spiritually
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