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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