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Old 08-27-2002, 08:57 AM   #10
SeiserL
 
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IMHO, there is an assumption that to transform the individual, Aikido has the potential to transform the world.

This is an assumption that has yet to necessarily be born out. Children in the US were raised under the assumption that if their self-esteem was protected and they felt good about themselves, they would naturally perform better. Instead we got a generation of spoiled children who simply believe they are "entitled" to receiveing without participating and contributing.

Aikido does offer a pardign shift. As a model, it does apply quite nicely to other than just individual trnasformation. But, to make a paradign work, each individual most adopt the new paradign. In other words, the individual must actaully change their individual mind and see themselves as a part of the whole.

Yes, I am one of those people from Aiki-Extensions who are attempting to use the parading outside the dojo. Good results too, I might add.

IMHO, we all win or we all lose.

Until again,

Lynn

Lynn Seiser PhD
Yondan Aikido & FMA/JKD
We do not rise to the level of our expectations, but fall to the level of our training. Train well. KWATZ!