"The eyes must see all sides. The ears must listen in all directions." In the "Writings of Chung Tzu" it is said, "When men possessed and employed their (natural) power of vision, there would be no distortion of the world. When they possessed and employed their (natural) power of hearing, there would be not distractions in the world."
Ahhhh, ken-po goku-i, our ability to open the mind to allow truth to be seen and heard. Distortions of truth come from the refusal to truly see and hear. This is the minds pension to allow the ego to instill the stories of comfort, the stories we tell ourselves to accommodate that which provides us comfort and distance from stress/fear and those myriad things that bring them about.
Tatsuo provided us the key, we must be willing to accept all we see and hear when we open the gate to truth and reality. We decide to remove the ego's distorted view of the Universe and to allow our natural ability to see and hear in the present moment. We take this on wholeheartedly bringing us to a "oneness" that is the system of the physical and spiritual, Isshinryu karate-do.
A clever and inspiring soul this person called, Tatsuo!
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
All Bottles are Truly Good
It's a worthy lifelong goal, seeking to remove the ego from 'hearing' and 'seeing'. What better way to experience life and karate in general!
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