Create each day anew by clothing yourself with heaven and earth, bathing yourself with wisdom and love, and placing yourself in the heart of Mother Nature.
Ultimately, you must forget about technique. The further you progress, the fewer teachings there are. The Great Path is really NO PATH.
Cleanse your body and soul, removing malice, selfishness and desire.
Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.
The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.
Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.
Move like a beam of light: fly like lightning, strike like thunder, whirl in circles around a stable center
Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.
The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses.
Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.
Those who are enlightened never stop forging themselves.
The world will continue to change dramatically, but fighting and war can destroy us utterly. What we need now are techniques of harmony, not those of contention. The Art of Peace is required, not the Art of War.
The real purpose of the martial arts must be to purge oneself of petty ambitions and desire, to obtain control of one’s own character.
When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.
The realization of our true substance and potential is the purpose of creation.
There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.
In a real battle, atemi is seventy percent, technique is thirty percent.
Your spirit is the true shield.
Cast off limiting thoughts and return to true emptiness. Stand in the midst of the great void. This is the secret of the Way of a Warrior.
If you have life in you, you have access to the secrets of the ages, for the truth of the universe resides in each and every human being.
You are here for no other purpose than to realize your inner divinity and manifest your inner enlightenment.
Techniques employ four qualities that reflect the nature of our world. Depending on the circumstance, you should be: hard as a diamond, flexible as a willow, smooth-flowing like water, or as empty as space.
Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.
FACE A SINGLE FOE as if you are facing ten thousand enemies; face ten thousand enemies as a single foe.
Shihonage is the foundation of Aikido. All you ever need to master is shihonage.
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