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Warrior Work
Week 48
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The Tao of Integration
By Peter Hill
People often ask me how I am able to integrate so much diverse material and piece it together in so many interesting ways. I share
that it is quite simple and that it applies a key component of intelligence, which is defined as: the ability to take complex blocks of
information and reduce them to their fundamentals. In our society and world we have a great diversity of cultures, languages, customs,
mores and information that is constantly being fed to us. Confusion occurs when we are “without fusion”; everything is fragmented,
disconnected and compartmentalized. Integration comes when we can see the larger perspective or big picture and see where we fit
within it. To reduce the complex blocks of information I constantly receive, I use the 5 Fundamentals from the “Art of War” by Sun Tzu and
then I also use etymology and ideograms to get a better picture of words that are vague or unclear energetically.
The 5 Fundamentals are what Sun Tzu says we need to know about our opponents and ourselves whether our opponent is within us
(conflict of ideas, an addiction, etc.), with another person, a business or job, our environment or other. My “G.E.T.I.T. Together” book
takes the fundamentals and integrates that strategic overview with ideograms and prosy language to help people “see” and “feel” their
answers and utilizes the g.e.t.i.t. acronym to remember the 5 fundamentals but in this brief article I will share the 5 fundamentals directly.
1. Tao, goal or intent – What is your goal? What is there goal? Being able to say, “This is my intent……; what is your intent?”
brings light and clarity to what your purpose and what their purpose is. There are only 4 primary intents: power, pleasure, avoidance of
responsibility and love.
2. Energy, emotion – Everything we do is based on our level of energy and that applies to everyone else. Energy and emotions go
through cycles – understanding how to cultivate our energy and understanding our emotional triggers helps us to in turn better understand
others energy and emotional triggers/cycles.
3. Situation – Sun Tzu calls this the battlefield or the terrain. Learning to describe the situation with clarity and in a non-emotional
way helps us to see our options and choices much clearer. The more options we have, the more freedom we have.
4. Inner Skills – Sun Tzu calls this the leadership. What are your inner skills and theirs? Inner skills help a person move
methodically and clearly toward their goals and objectives. Depending on the paradigm I am teaching depends on what inner skills I
emphasize. Here are two different sets: A/ 1. Detachment/Objectivity 2. Strategic Planning/Cunning 3. Patience 4. Civility, Politeness,
Sweetness B/ 1. Discipline 2. Love of people 3. Courage 4. Credibility 5. Intelligence 6. Integration – those last 6 have excesses and
deficiencies to take into consideration.
5. Techniques = Sun Tzu calls this “the way”. Techniques are important but as you can see, they are the last of the 5. Where there
is a will, there is a way. In a lot of systems, people talk about the power of the techniques they can teach you but the true power starts with
your goals and energy which fuse into your will. Without your will, techniques are useless and empty.
Learn to sit back and look at situations using these five fundamentals. Look at yourself and look at whoever you are engaged with or
whom you might choose to engage with on any level. Here is how they interlink.
When you have a clear 1.GOAL, you can direct your 2.ENERGY/EMOTIONS through the verbal and or physical 5.TECHNIQUES that best
FIT the 3.SITUATION to achieve your GOAL/INTENT. Your 4.INNER SKILLS will aide you in the process and you can also use all
situations to help cultivate your INNER SKILLS.
I also reduce all of this to an even simpler formula which incorporates the three arts of the warrior: intent, perception and behavior.
Your intent directly impacts your perception of situations and that directly impacts your behavior. If you don’t know why you did something
or why someone else did something, look at their intent and their behavior – all behavior is a technique or techniques (a way) to achieve
a goal.
If you use this overview as you look at any or all of the warrior work or anything else in your life, you will see it brings a lot of light and
clarity. With clarity comes awareness, responsibility and new choices to make. Be sure to remember to do it all with love.
By Peter Hill, Copyright 2004
www.getittogether.net
www.worldtaichi.com
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Week 48
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The Tao of Integration
By Peter Hill
People often ask me how I am able to integrate so much diverse material and piece it together in so many interesting ways. I share
that it is quite simple and that it applies a key component of intelligence, which is defined as: the ability to take complex blocks of
information and reduce them to their fundamentals. In our society and world we have a great diversity of cultures, languages, customs,
mores and information that is constantly being fed to us. Confusion occurs when we are “without fusion”; everything is fragmented,
disconnected and compartmentalized. Integration comes when we can see the larger perspective or big picture and see where we fit
within it. To reduce the complex blocks of information I constantly receive, I use the 5 Fundamentals from the “Art of War” by Sun Tzu and
then I also use etymology and ideograms to get a better picture of words that are vague or unclear energetically.
The 5 Fundamentals are what Sun Tzu says we need to know about our opponents and ourselves whether our opponent is within us
(conflict of ideas, an addiction, etc.), with another person, a business or job, our environment or other. My “G.E.T.I.T. Together” book
takes the fundamentals and integrates that strategic overview with ideograms and prosy language to help people “see” and “feel” their
answers and utilizes the g.e.t.i.t. acronym to remember the 5 fundamentals but in this brief article I will share the 5 fundamentals directly.
1. Tao, goal or intent – What is your goal? What is there goal? Being able to say, “This is my intent……; what is your intent?”
brings light and clarity to what your purpose and what their purpose is. There are only 4 primary intents: power, pleasure, avoidance of
responsibility and love.
2. Energy, emotion – Everything we do is based on our level of energy and that applies to everyone else. Energy and emotions go
through cycles – understanding how to cultivate our energy and understanding our emotional triggers helps us to in turn better understand
others energy and emotional triggers/cycles.
3. Situation – Sun Tzu calls this the battlefield or the terrain. Learning to describe the situation with clarity and in a non-emotional
way helps us to see our options and choices much clearer. The more options we have, the more freedom we have.
4. Inner Skills – Sun Tzu calls this the leadership. What are your inner skills and theirs? Inner skills help a person move
methodically and clearly toward their goals and objectives. Depending on the paradigm I am teaching depends on what inner skills I
emphasize. Here are two different sets: A/ 1. Detachment/Objectivity 2. Strategic Planning/Cunning 3. Patience 4. Civility, Politeness,
Sweetness B/ 1. Discipline 2. Love of people 3. Courage 4. Credibility 5. Intelligence 6. Integration – those last 6 have excesses and
deficiencies to take into consideration.
5. Techniques = Sun Tzu calls this “the way”. Techniques are important but as you can see, they are the last of the 5. Where there
is a will, there is a way. In a lot of systems, people talk about the power of the techniques they can teach you but the true power starts with
your goals and energy which fuse into your will. Without your will, techniques are useless and empty.
Learn to sit back and look at situations using these five fundamentals. Look at yourself and look at whoever you are engaged with or
whom you might choose to engage with on any level. Here is how they interlink.
When you have a clear 1.GOAL, you can direct your 2.ENERGY/EMOTIONS through the verbal and or physical 5.TECHNIQUES that best
FIT the 3.SITUATION to achieve your GOAL/INTENT. Your 4.INNER SKILLS will aide you in the process and you can also use all
situations to help cultivate your INNER SKILLS.
I also reduce all of this to an even simpler formula which incorporates the three arts of the warrior: intent, perception and behavior.
Your intent directly impacts your perception of situations and that directly impacts your behavior. If you don’t know why you did something
or why someone else did something, look at their intent and their behavior – all behavior is a technique or techniques (a way) to achieve
a goal.
If you use this overview as you look at any or all of the warrior work or anything else in your life, you will see it brings a lot of light and
clarity. With clarity comes awareness, responsibility and new choices to make. Be sure to remember to do it all with love.
By Peter Hill, Copyright 2004
www.getittogether.net
www.worldtaichi.com
Warrior Week Home >>