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From Yamamoto Tsunetomo's Hagakure, a sort of philosophical handbook for the ethics and conduct of samurai warriors, compiled at the beginning of the 18th century in Japan.
"The Way of the Samurai is found in death. Meditations on the inevitability of death should be performed daily. Every day when one's body and mind are at peace, one should meditate about being ripped apart by arrows, spears, and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a roaring fire, being struck by lightning or a great earthquake, falling from thousand foot cliffs, committing seppuku at the death of one's master. And every day without fail one should consider himself dead. This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai."
Thus the samurai may conquer his fear of death and become a truly fearsome warrior. Now substitute hairloss for death, and telogen effluvium for arrows etc. It is still quite useful!
"The Way of the Samurai is found in death. Meditations on the inevitability of death should be performed daily. Every day when one's body and mind are at peace, one should meditate about being ripped apart by arrows, spears, and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a roaring fire, being struck by lightning or a great earthquake, falling from thousand foot cliffs, committing seppuku at the death of one's master. And every day without fail one should consider himself dead. This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai."
Thus the samurai may conquer his fear of death and become a truly fearsome warrior. Now substitute hairloss for death, and telogen effluvium for arrows etc. It is still quite useful!
