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Old 09-22-2011, 01:57 PM   #61
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Re: Aikido: Discussions of power

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Greg Steckel wrote: View Post
PIcky, picky, picky - OK, let's just say it was a quote that formed part of your overall statement of point within that post - better?

Interesting note is that Nakazono's son stated that even his father, who devoted most of his life to the study the Kototama, at the end felt that the Kototama did not have the answers for the meaning of life as he first thought let alone any relevance to the secrets of aikido, other than the fact that Ueshiba used it often as a reference to his beliefs - and in that context, you would of had to been inside Ueshiba's head to truly understand because as many of his students have said, they did not have a clue as to what he was spouting off about once he got into that Omoto/Kototama mode

Greg
Our instructor was given a book on Kotodama by Ueshiba. I've thought it would be cool, if I could read Japanese, to see if there was anything of relevance in it. If for nothing else than to try and piece together what was going on in his head.
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