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10-21-2003, 09:49 AM
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#76
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
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To see that person in the mirror,
Is only the mind of the particular seer,
Never fear whatever you see,
It's always you and never me!
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10-21-2003, 09:59 AM
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#77
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
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Hahaha! Yes, yes, I know that last one was pretty corny, but I couldn't resist! How can I focus well, when dear Paula writes such racy stuf heref? - at least for a poor, simple monk!
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10-21-2003, 10:07 AM
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#78
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Dojo: Aikido of Petaluma, Petaluma,CA
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and yet we always see each
other
as pictures of how they
should be
and i become
against my will
what it is they
choose to see
that really
truly
is not me
and no amount of
force
will make me be
the me they think they ought
to see
.......
and this is
why my heart
and life
have left me
feeling
so empty
........
for i need
a you
to show me
me
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10-21-2003, 10:16 AM
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#79
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
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Sweet Paula here writes poems of love,
On dojo mats where all can see,
I don't really know what it's all about,
Whatever you do - no "lights out!"
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10-21-2003, 10:24 AM
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#80
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
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Never worry about the "me" you see,
Because that "me" will never be,
The True Self will soon appear,
Just practice hard without the doubts,
And the True "You" will come about.
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10-21-2003, 10:53 AM
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#81
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Dojo: Hacienda LaPuente Aikikai
Join Date: Feb 2003
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crises
spiritual exercise equipment
in the universal health club
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10-21-2003, 10:56 AM
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#82
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Dojo: 合気研究会
Location: Jakarta Selatan
Join Date: Nov 2001
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I thought I used to know who I am
Emotions are draining me
Feeling so hollow inside
Closed doors of the mind
Locking the truth behind
As the eyes are the windows to the soul
I look at myself in the mirror
And I do not recognize the stranger I see
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10-21-2003, 11:30 AM
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#83
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
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Old, but well known Zen saying:
"Hibi Kojitsu" - Each day is a Good Day! In our Aikido training and as we reflect on our lives and our selves, we often feel frustration and sometimes desperation. Disappointment is only another part of our training which we eventually overcome, just as we struggle to understand and refine our techniques. We should never think of it something apart for our selves which intrude and interferes with what we aspire to. Embrace the "bad' as well as the good and see its original Oneness. Dogen Zenji wrote: "The greater the aspiration, the greater the enlightenment." I am really enjoying and learning a lot here in everyone's wonderful and thoughtful words. Thank you and have a very Good Day today!
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10-21-2003, 12:47 PM
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#84
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Dojo: Aikido of Petaluma, Petaluma,CA
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this one is not mine but excerpted from The Boxer by Paul Simon...been ringing in my head so i'm sending it along...
I have squandered my resistance,
For a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises.
All lies and jest.
Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
And the years are rollin' by me.
They are rockin' evenly.
I am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be.
That's not unusual.
It isn't strange,
After changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
After changes, we are more or less the same.
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade,
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down,
Or cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his shame,
"i am leaving, I am leaving."
But the fighter still remains.
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10-21-2003, 12:49 PM
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#85
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Dojo: Aikido of Midland
Location: Midland, Texas
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Talk about your Silly Poem's. Sensei Furuya, you and the others have inspired me to write. Good or bad... it doesn't matter. It's here to be posted regardless.
Have a good one!
Frustration became despair
Where I was once overwhelmed
I now see… that I could not see
And have blinded those around me
I was foolish, like many times before
Instead of an opening, I saw only the door
Now it is up to me to blend
And free my loved one again.
Time to dance the dance of Tenkan!
Last edited by John Boswell : 10-21-2003 at 12:53 PM.
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10-21-2003, 12:50 PM
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#86
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Dojo: Aikido of Petaluma, Petaluma,CA
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KenshoSensei
you are amazing. just seconds ago i deleted a long and snivelly email to you- and here you have answered it with just exactly the thing i needed to hear.
thank you again, and again.
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10-21-2003, 01:05 PM
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#87
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
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We can understand and we can live,
Living can embody understanding,
But understanding can never embrace living.
I should confess a funny story here. I used to hear this song all the time as a theme song for kung-fu movies many years ago. . . . When I first heard it as a Simon and Garfunkel song, I was so shocked! - I didn't realize that these old kung-fu movies had "borrowed" it from S&G and not visa-versa. Thanks for the memories, I haven't heard this song for a long, long time. Which is the S&G song with, "I'd rather be a hammer, than a nail . . .?"
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10-21-2003, 01:10 PM
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#88
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Dojo: Aikido of Petaluma, Petaluma,CA
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KenshoSensei
you are amazing. just seconds ago i deleted a long and snivelly email to you- and here you have answered it with just exactly the thing i needed to hear.
thank you again, and again.
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10-21-2003, 02:05 PM
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#89
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
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Please send the email to me anyways, I would love to read it and hear what you have to say.
Best wishes always and let's meet here again soon!
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10-22-2003, 09:17 AM
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#90
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
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Who should visit this tiny thread?
Among the nobler in Aikiweb?
Should I call this my new found home?
Under the name of "Silly Poem?"
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10-22-2003, 09:40 AM
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#91
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Dojo: Aikido of Petaluma, Petaluma,CA
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cyber sensei
holds the center
spins a web
of poetry
draws his
students' minds
and hearts
within the
spinning strands of
words
here in cyber dojo
we do not need
to go from
here
where we are not
alone.
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10-22-2003, 10:21 AM
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#92
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
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Is "cyber sensei" my new found name?
Is this the source of new found fame?
Many things, I've been called in the past,
Easier to ryhme, when it ends in "ass!"
Every morning, we all meet here,
No need for fame, no need to fear.
Like great masters in days of old,
Good friends, good times, more precious than gold!
Let's share our hearts in the spirit of Aiki,
Forget the strong, forget the mighty.
Forget the Self, just you and me!
Just enjoy this day, let's have some tea,
This is Oneness, - in poetry!
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10-22-2003, 10:46 AM
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#93
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Location: Israel
Join Date: May 2002
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Go to a Dojo,
Blend.
Go on the mat,
Bend.
Start to practice.
Be.
There is no end.
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10-22-2003, 02:16 PM
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#94
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
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We turn, we enter, throw and pin,
An amazing art with so many spins!
So many questions, here arise,
So many answers without surprise.
Which way do I go, who can say?
Just turn, just enter, just follow the Way.
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10-22-2003, 07:01 PM
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#95
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Dojo: 合気研究会
Location: Jakarta Selatan
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Faced with the blade
Fear and uncertainty cloud the mind
Better to run away than to hesitate
Faced with the blade
Calm spirit, submit to the Divine
Relaxed mind, enter with no doubt
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10-22-2003, 07:18 PM
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#96
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
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This is a great poem! It echoes a poem by a Zen priest to a Hojo general who was about to ride into battle against ferocious odds. This was a little over 600 years ago. Many thanks!
I would like to reply with:
Who can face the Sword of Death?
Who can know the Sword of Life?
Held above the head so calmly,
The mystery is in the Inner Breath.
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10-23-2003, 05:04 PM
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#97
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
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From streams to rivers, to oceans, flow,
From many places, we come and go,
To come together on a single mat,
And practice with a single heart,
We struggle daily with this mysterious art,
Our love and practice flow as one,
All embracing like the morning sun,
Like two wheels of a single cart.
This Single Path from where we start.
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10-23-2003, 06:40 PM
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#98
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Dojo: Aikido of Petaluma, Petaluma,CA
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what's in a name
and how are we named
in such a way as
our names are our
selves
who's decree
would it have been
that i be
a staff
strong but inflexible
intended for beating
into a pulp
that with which
it disagrees
in the fire i will
burn away
to nothingness
but the blind kendo
student
who saw the true me
who named me katana
he called me a sword
i am sharp
yes you fear me
but in my blade
i bend
i can be turned
to show myself
in cutting you
i cut myself
you may burn me
and beat me
my temper is
strenghthened
resiliance returns
slowly if i may
only
cool in the
quenching waters
of love
where could it
be?
i return to
the fire
heart in my hand
slice myself into
ribbons
waiting in the
flames
for the healing rain.
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10-23-2003, 07:55 PM
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#99
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Dojo: 合気研究会
Location: Jakarta Selatan
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I don't know what to say
Thank you for your compliments, Sensei
I wish someday I could truly find my way
with no doubts nor fear, again I could play
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10-23-2003, 08:42 PM
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#100
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Dojo: Aikido Center of Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles
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Doubts and fears that don't exist,
Seem like enemies who persist.
Cut them here, cut them there,
They seem lurking everywhere,
But look more closely, my dear friend,
There is nothing there to Hell to send.
Only shadows of a wavering mind,
Which feel like ropes which seem to bind.
Just be free and freedom comes,
Have no doubts and doubts will go,
Have no fears, just let them flow,
Look ahead and don't look back,
The fear you fear is no attack!
The Path you tread is Aikido,
It's not pure white like fallen snow.
Choose goodness and goodness be,
Let's be friends, just you and me,
And in this friendship you will see,
No doubts, no fears, just open sea.
Fear and doubt is only a natural part of your personality and your Self. There is nothing wrong with it, we all have it. No one can deny this fact. As long as you stand away from it, or try to separate yourself from it, you will never be able to conquer it. Just let it be a part of youself and accept it, without judging it or criticizing yourself. Nothing to blame here and there is nothing wrong. Soon you will see that it is no longer there. Aikido is easy and Aikido is hard. It is not a medicine or miracle cure for anything, nor will it solve any riddles or answer any questions. It can only show you that standing up by yourself is fine and dandy. Nothing blamed and nothing to forgive. Nothing to seek and nothing to hold. Originally, everything is complete and good. . . . . . Aikido is only a door or window through which you can see this, everything else is up to you. Best wishes always, and write again soon.
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