And he said it himself: "When I was a child, I liked to climb everywhere, as for the psychological reason, maybe it was because I wanted to escape from reality, or to see the world from a different perspective. I'm an explorer at heart, who comes and goes without a sound, and doesn't fight the world. I've heard of men and women who walk on a tightrope. It's amazing."
When death is close at hand, it's breathtaking, when you let go of everything, Touching this moment with the heart, life begins to be incredible, even the viewer will say: "It's so beautiful, so beautiful." Philip was walking at an altitude of more than 400 meters, he actually lay on the wire for a while, and the most beautiful thing is that he even knelt on the wire, raised one hand, and saluted. Simply beautiful. And then, "I sat on the wire again during the crossing, I did a thrilling thing, I looked down, I saw a scene that I'll never see in this life, maybe you think I'm lying , but I said it was true, I heard the voices of the people, I saw the crowd, I heard them talking non-stop." This is actually the state and ability that manifests in meditation. In Buddhism, there are sutras and walking, just walking on the flat ground, but walking carefully, focused and peaceful, just like walking in the sky. The two are thus connected by one thing, which is the present truth. So tightrope walking is totally a method of meditation! It is also a performance art, a dancer on a tightrope.
An adventurous life is a joy, danger keeps us alert in the moment, and allows us to savor the wonderful moments of life! That body odor is known only to those who have tried it. Similar to bushido, kendo, archery, flower arrangement, tea ceremony... Japan is really an amazing country. (Of course, there are also those mentioned in Zhuangzi's book, Paoding Jie Niu, Xinzhai Sitting and Forgetting, etc.) They lived so diligently and lived so splendidly and so peacefully that what they did reached a state of ecstasy. Life has also become an art.
At the end of the film, the old Philip concludes: "It's very simple for me, life should be on the verge of danger, you have to resist, you can't follow the rules, never stop. and ideas as challenges”
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