As mentioned in previous postings the kenpo gokui was the "tome" provided to select students of Tatsuo Sensei when they transferred from Okinawa to other postings be it the Marines or Civilian. This set of "keys" was meant to guide them into the depth and breadth of true practice.
The Kenpo Gokui were meant to be a method to find the true way of practice and it points to the classics which were influential to the Okinawans with an emphasis on the fighting arts. The I Ching expands the gokui and provides additional "gateways" into even higher levels of practice, enhancement of the mind-spirit-body.
Break down the gokui to specific references, "one" word or group of words, that will connect the gokui to the I Ching. Read the I Ching with diligence and "see" those references and then let the mind "see" the strings that connect both the oracles of the human and the group as it pertains to your practice. This is the connection we make from the microcosm of the fighting arts to the macrocosm of heaven, earth and man.
You will find amazement in your studies for they will, time and time again, open your mind to the possibilities of your practice which will enhance your life in the Universe as associated with others and groups and environment and your neighbors and your fellow citizens and society and continents and the world.
Find your internal balance and let that connect the strings to your fellow practitioners and continue with co-workers, family and friends. You influences can bring balance to others thus to the world with a final balance in our universe.
It all starts with the microcosm of the training hall...
p.s. Words in gokui to connect in the I Ching: heart, heaven, earth, blood, moon, sun, hard, soft, balance, change, time, strike, eye, see, ear, hear...
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"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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