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Re: The Kuzushi Question
In aikido practice, I like to see the "break balance" as what everyone does when walking - you have to get yourself off balance to take a step. So, in aikido getting off balance is a joint venture.
When everything is in balance nothing moves, nothing happens.
I think it can be said about the whole universe. Everything in it is continuously searching for balance, which is what keeps everything moving. If balance were to be reached, nothing more would happen.
Balance, then, might be an illusion - or the goal we should all be grateful that we never reach. What we can accomplish by aikido, ideally, is centering in this eternal turmoil. Both tori and uke. And yes, that's balance of sorts.
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