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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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Note: I will endevor to provide a bibliography and italicize any direct quotes from the materials I use for this blog. If there are mistakes, errors, and/or omissions, I take full responsibility for them as they are mine and mine alone. If you find any mistakes, errors, and/or omissions please comment and let me know along with the correct information and/or sources.

Kenpo Gokui

The lines of the ken-po goku-i are set from an atomistic aspect simply because it is the manner in which the brain learns. Its nature is completely holistic and like the I Ching must be in a form that promotes learning and understanding so a person can see, hear and grasp the nature of a holistic system. The gokui is a method to teach us how to be holistic. Its terseness is the best that can be done to convey its holistic meaning.

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


Master Zeng said, "Am I preaching what I have not practiced myself?"

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The "One" and the "Myriad"

This is a little something I created from my studies of the I Ching. Click on it to see the largest version.

I arranged the trigrams so that the "father/heave" would be on the left and the "mother/earth" on the right so to depict the others in order of family connections, i.e. sons and daughters.

This is not a sexist thing but in relation to my interpretation of the Chinese thought in those days which we all know is vastly different from today's view.

I wouldn't want someone to feel I was politically incorrect in this rendition :-)

The circle at the top represents the "tao" or the "one" of the Universe. This is presence and the "force" as I laughingly call it. That which is and where all originates.

I added the cloud to represent the big "bang" that caused the great Tai Chi or Yin-Yang which is what begot the four greater/lesser yin-yang and created the eight trigrams which when associated in accordance with the time and situation creates the hexagrams of the I Ching, all 64 of them.

Under each trigram are the basic representations for each. As a person born under the "snake" and being the third born/third son puts me with "mountain." I was the third born in our house of seven putting me in the middle or a balance point in the children, etc.

It is appropriate that "hand/te" are also symbolized by this trigram and my dedication to the art of the hand is evident in my daily life and practice.

1 comment:

  1. Kathy TrejoJanuary 27, 2010 at 1:18 PM

    The cloud was a nice touch :-) I hope you don't mind me asking...I'm curious. I was born under the Boar/pig of the Chinese year 1959. I was the firstborn (i have one sister, no brothers)...where would that put me under?

    Thanks :)

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