That's The Way Love Goes...

Deep in the heart of humanity lies the desire to come full circle and realize all that we have lost in the process of becoming civilized humans - people with an education devoid of those things which we all once possessed and cherished.  Things like honesty and true understanding.  Things like the wisdom to know the difference between need and greed.

In all our modern training and skill sets developed for speed and ease of living - we have ignored the disciplines of caring and respect.  Of course these words and all that they convey have also lost much of their true meaning and intent. 

The old ways of the wise ones has been distorted in such a way that even their memories are tainted by the modern spin which is woven into the stories we tell of the not so distant past.  The past which had so much spirit and genuine love to share. 

Yes, there have always been problems.  There have always been those who would stand in defiance of all that is right and good.  There have always been those who would trouble the waters.  Even so, the modern departure from the ways imbedded in the very fabric of nature - the calm before the storm - the wind rustling in the grass, whirling around our head letting us know that the rain is coming; has left us shattered.  Shattered pieces of broken clay - people without a true spirit. Without a vision which only comes from the essence of knowing the True Way.

If only we knew how to take back the time.  The time lost.  The times we would have, could have, should have...

Yet deep in our inner being there lies the will, the desire to rise again.  To rise above the hurt and pain we dish out in anger and despair.  To rise above the broken path we walk - in this modern, intellectual, artificial creation we call living.  Take back the old ways - align ourselves with the true way of being human.  Wake to the realization that life is only one go - around.  One chance to get it right.  Realize that in this moment we have the will - the desire and the strength of mind to take it all back, and find our true destiny.  Our destiny which calls us to accept our Divine right to be truly human.  Truly free... Truly in love.  

To study the Buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away. No trace of realization remains, and this no-trace continues endlessly.  Dogen

O-Sensei
1883-1969

The essence of Ki power and the subsequent analogies to an unseen force within all things which can create a life essence and at times appear to structure itself in forms which baffle all scientific discovery, in and of itself gives one pause when we think of the Constitutional phrase "all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights..."

The mystical and the mysterious in life exist if for no other reason - to let us know that we are, as humans, but a tiny speck in the bigger picture of cosmological existence.  The best attempts of men and mice has yet to erase that fact from our consciousness.  Every time science comes up with the ultimate answer to the puzzle called life - some new un-answered discovery threatens to disrupt the even flow of consensus.

The power within life is truly a mystery.  A profound mystery which no one has ever been able to grasp; let alone explain.  The subtle movements found in all martial arts and the masters who for years have held to the path of least resistance in style and technique, have wielded a sublime strength which heaven and earth cannot tame.

Ki cultivation is at the root of all true martial art.  Bushido is the way of truth and peace. My master, Dojunim - is a living legend.  In the same spirit of endless grace, the effortless movements with decisive stopping power still captivates the imagination.  Very few masters today hold this gift in their martial arsenal of traditional techniques.  It is a gift which belongs to those who seek with all their heart in single-mindedness; and in that process - touch the face of the Mysterious Great Spirit.   

Do Ju Nim
9th Dan Hapdosool