Mokuso: A traditional practice performed at the beginning and end of Te training. It is meditation or sitting seiza with silent thoughts directed toward clearing the mind of outside influences and focusing them toward the training/practice in the training hall.
The I-Ching says, "To meditate denotes making a clear distinction between right and wrong through prudent consideration and steadfastness. In so doing, one should first become inwardly as firm as a rock."
The gokui is the tome that unlocks the true training of one's mind resulting in a strong body and a firm spirit. To follow its concepts of physical and spiritual connectivity to the tao one must first meditate to release the mind from past and future thoughts bringing us to this exact moment where nothing matters or exists but the actual occurrence of the present moment.
One trains in this singular form, Te, which can not be done with out the minds exclusive concentration and focus on Te's physical and spiritual practice. It is so evident when striking the makiwara or drilling in kumite where a moment of inattention in the moment results in immediate recognition of the fault. To do this in life would be tantamount to stepping off the curb to cross the street with out the mind being present and being hit by a car.
Mokuso is not just some requirement of the Sensei that you follow blindly just because everyone else is doing it but it is a method of training. All aspects both big and small which may "seem" a waste are actually a step toward enlightenment.
Gokui no Mokuso; Meditate on the gokui!
My personal "Interpretive" Lens!
"One thing has always been true: That book ... or ... that person who can give me an idea or a new slant on an old idea is my friend." - Louis L'Amour
"Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider..." - Francis Bacon
"What is true today may be reevaluated as false not long after. Judgements are frequently based upon a set of "temporary" circumstances surrounding them. Conflicting ideologies can exist simultaneously. Antagonistic dualities are complementary aspects of a unified whole: are seen as mutually dependent mirror images of each other." - Nahum Stiskin
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Kenpo Gokui
A person's heart is the same as Heaven and Earth while the blood circulating is similar to the Sun and Moon yet the manner of drinking and spitting is either soft or hard while a person's unbalance is the same as a weight and the body should be able to change direction at any time as the time to strike is when the opportunity presents itself and both the eyes must see all sides as the ears must listen in all directions while the mind must grasp all the tactile, olfactory and gustation data not seen on all sides and not heard in any direction
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