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	<body><![CDATA[Love is all embracing, love is kokyu, life's breath,
  That joins with the universe and puts my soul at rest;
  As I stand in the void, the true place of all birth,
  Aikido becomes kokyu joining heaven and earth.

  And though my soul's in stillness my spirit opens a path,
  Of a thousand Buddhas pointing to 'you can be free at last';
  Yet this spirit as Ki illuminates and suddenly I see,
  Revealed the truth unhidden but residing in you and me.

  Now together uniting there is borne the true Aiki,
  Ingested, manifested, like the blossom of the cherry tree;
  And from infinite capacity to the infinity of my space,
  Everything manifesting in a circle and that circle is pure faith.

  One true source shows through goodness and I see everybody's         sentience,
   Whilst Hara fills with compassion revealing the centres entrance;
  Through which lies a bridge, on which what do I see?
  Someone looking at me smiling and that somebody is me.

  I am holding kokyu as a fan and also faith as a bowl,
  Then flashing stillness as a spear and Hara turns into a jo;
  And spirit becomes a sword cutting through the universe and all is revealed,
  Silence, no more doubts or confusions, the way of peace, healed.

  G.]]></body>
	<date>09-23-2011</date>
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