For a while I was using the same username for everything, but recently I’ve been trying to mix it up.

Context: Currently picking my new username for Signal and I’m not sure what to put. I don’t want spam, and I use Signal for privacy, but I could also do something nice. First name? Randomly generated?

  • Fudoshin ️🏳️‍🌈@feddit.uk
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    9 months ago

    It’s a concept in Japanese martial arts that I read in a book by Takuan Soho.

    Wiki:

    Fudōshin (Japanese: 不動心) is a state of equanimity or imperturbability (literally and metaphorically, “immovable mind”,[1] “immovable heart”[2] or “unmoving heart”). It is a philosophical or mental dimension to Japanese martial arts which contributes to the effectiveness of the advanced practitioner.

    I was training in Jujutsu and kenjutsu at the time and the concept clicked. I know it sounds very ‘weeb’ but it was an epiphany and quite profound for me at the time.

    There’s a Shingon Buddhist deity that encapsulates the concept too and he holds a sword to cut through ignorance and delusion.

    There’re some related concepts like Mushin that come together with marital arts.