Heaven and Earth are symbolic of the ultimate polarity of the created world. "A person's heart is the same as heaven and earth. whereby one might derive a meaning that man or all humankind must achieve balance within that mirrors that of the balance indicated by the symbolism of heaven and earth as Yang-Yin of the Universe or at least our universe which could mean the yang-yin of our own internal universe."
This then questions the how one does this and we can extrapolate that through the physical one achieves a blending of both body and mind, i.e. earth for the body and heaven for the mind (the mind is often also perceived through the heart as well).
This in the goku-i might mean that only through a strong balance practice of a martial way such as Isshinryu can one achieve a balance that best exemplifies what it means to me a martial artists over a bute using waza to dominate. The practitioner of balance uses his expertise to benefit and not dominate his fellow human beings.
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