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Old 06-03-2012, 10:30 AM   #304
David Orange
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Re: Spiritual and i/p

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Graham Christian wrote: View Post
In the past I have explained how I was taught from a zen perspective and even said a number of times that you could say my approach is 'backwards' compared to how most do it. The different things I have said I thought communicated sufficiently for people to understand I use a different approach.
What, really, do you mean by "a zen perspective," Graham?

Having read your whole post, it points up the fundamental problem: what you say and show (on vids) seems to have no relation to either aikido or Zen.

And the question then becomes, did you just make all this up?

Or did your teacher just make it all up? He created "his own style of Zen"?

Is it a VW with a BMW hood ornament?

A lion with an elephant's snout? A dog with flippers???

Where did this come from?

Doesn't look like or sound or read anything even vaguely related to either Morihei Ueshiba's practice or to Zen.

So at least, please describe what you're calling zen and how it relates to Morihei Ueshiba's art.

Thanks.

David

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