Thread: Doka of the day
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Old 05-21-2015, 09:32 AM   #14
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Re: Doka of the day

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David Skaggs wrote: View Post
Clear as mud.

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I don't think it was fair to lump this comment in with mine by the way. It may seem that an answer like

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The eight powers are the eight opposing In-Yo (Yin-Yang) forces (made up of four pairs), discussed here. The "King of the Eight Powers" is a name for the "Kami of Opposing Forces", who is also called Kunitokotachi-no-Kami - who is sometimes associated with Amenominakanushi - who Morihei Ueshiba sometimes identified as...himself (rather, the human element in heaven-earth-man).
brings clarity to the discussion but it really does not. Not without a lot of explanation of who these entities are, what their provenance is, and why you think this. The cited blog post does not fully serve here, at least for me.
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