A shinobi. Naruto.
Genin, chunin, jonin, kage.
The four ranks.
You can attribute certain characteristics to each rank. Meaning, if someone makes it to that rank, you can assume that they know how to do certain things.
To be a master of many tools, the avolokishavara.
That’s the whole point of the hierarchical ranking system. The whole point of the hierarchical ranking system is to be able to assume that this person has mastered many different jutsus; and likely has a special jutsu.
How wonderful of a drive is fame? Validation? To be validated.
One is good and right to pursue external validation as well as internal validation.
With the external being money game and relationships, and the internal being energy and time.
It’s all evolution, and learning transcendence enlightening awakening self actualizing.
Every moment we are alive serves as a data point to build towards a greater, more good, and grander being.
What is good great and grand?
I’ll tell you one thing you cannot disagree with! It is good great and grand to be free from pain!
Pain is the origin of thought. All thoughts begin with pain.
All thoughts begin with pain.
Like, we evolved to have thoughts as a means of preventing pain. Preventing pain in the future.
The mind of thoughts work as a means of cultivating data that forms patterns so that we can have some blippy semblance of a pittance of what will happen next. As a means of survival.
If I did not have good knowledge of understanding of patterns, how could I ever stop being afraid? It is in my trust in my understanding of the rhythmic patterns of life that I can ever stop being afraid, that I can ever deactivate my sympathetic nervous system, and enter the parasympathetic rest.
There are no poisonous snakes or spiders near me. There are no tigers and wolves stalking me.
There could be cancerous demons growing within me. . .
Safety from pain. Fear is a precautionary sense that keeps us from pain. The hunters get upset when their prey gets spooked.
THE HUNTERS GET UPSET WHEN THEIR PREY GETS SPOOKED.