The question came to mind this afternoon, "Have we benefited from the Zen Koan given us as a silk certificate by Tatsuo-san of Isshinry...

The characters/ideograms mean "breathing exercise; breath control; spirit cultivation; chi kung; qigong." The first character mean...

 You may be wondering why the sudden drop off of postings here at this blog. I have felt that teaching comes in many forms. You have to disc...

The characters/ideograms mean "from time immemorial; ancient; time-honored." The first character means, "old," the sec...

In judging applications to be yin or yang, we are never doing so absolutely. Depending on what we are comparing, we can say about the same t...

The sun and moon at their apex symbolize old yang which is to be steady in movement. The new moon and the midnight such symbolize the old yi...

The character/ideogram means "mirror." It also means, "speculum; barrel-head; round rice-cake offering." The mirror in t...

Just another reminder for those who tend to read my mindless meanderings, I am nobody. Remember this stuff is now more academia then anythin...

The Three Treasures of Japan? The tomoe or mitsu-tomoe is the symbol of the soul of Japanese and is represented by the symbolic jewel, s...

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That which comprises all the atomistic, i.e. the earth, sun, moon, etc., resulting in a unified whole of the universe. Only in this example ...

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Heaven : ward-off and step forward Wind : pulling, move back Water : press, face left Mountain : shoulder Earth : roll back, centered Thunde...

The lines of the I Ching hexagrams do reference the marital systems we practice today. This is yet another symbolic connection one see's...

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Tao, Do or Michi is to be unconscious; a spontaneous self-expression. It is to "act" in accord with the course of nature with out ...

"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 dri...

This is a compilation into a graphic of my perception of symbols within the Isshinryu symbol, i.e. the Isshinryu no Megami. Click to enl...

The first character/ideogram means, "green; blue," the second character means, "grass; weeds; herbs; pasture; write; draft,...