04-11-2012, 07:49 PM
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Dojo: Aiki Kurabu
Location: Elizabethtown, PA
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Re: Aikido and the Floating Bridge of Heaven
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Jim Redel wrote:
Perhaps a simpler take ...
yin ... ok, yang ... ok. floating bridge ... a state that transcends yin and yang, or more precisely, the state where yin and yang have disappeared, a singularity of pure potential.
a seed in the ground - no yin, no yang. and then spring and pop! the seed comes to life. the yang activity of expansion quite apparent, dominating the yin activity of contraction for a time of growth. but spring gives way to summer and autumn and eventually yang gives way to yin, the plant withers and dies ... ah, but a seed, a seed in the ground - no yin, no yang.
the floating bridge ... no yin, no yang ... a singularity of pure potential ... the source of aiki.
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Simpler still - what goes around, comes around....
Greg
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