“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Lao Tzu INTRODUCING : Diary of a Zoomi-deshi's 24 WEEK AIKIDO ONLINE Daily TraIning Experience by Sarina. New Year, old lockdown... back to home schooling. Great news for me as I share childcare - and this time round we're doing alternate weeks. But … Continue reading SARINA’S 24 WEEK JOURNEY!!
https://www.facebook.com/AikidoOnlineDojo/videos/156104889348491 ... But you are NOT alone. '𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒, 𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔; 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒/𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛, 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒.' - Krishnamurti 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 … Continue reading YOU STAND ALONE…
Lockdowns and Isolation are tough - really bloody tough! Albert Einstein said, “𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.” It's become a bit overused and maybe we are tired of hearing it, but it's true all the same. As we head into 2021 and further into the ongoing pandemic, it's more important than … Continue reading You Are NOT Alone – AIKIDO ONLINE
by Lewis Bernaldo de Quiros Techniques employ four qualities that reflect the nature of our world. Depending on the circumstance, you should be: hard as a diamond, flexible as a willow, smooth-flowing like water, or as empty as space. - Morihei Ueshiba We can understand the above poem as descriptive of four levels of practice … Continue reading FOUR LEVELS / FOUR CORNERS…
There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbours came to visit. "Such bad luck," they said sympathetically. "May be," the farmer replied. The next morning, the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild … Continue reading Zen Stories #3 – MAY BE…
Takemusu Aikido Online Workshop ⭕ SUNDAY / 03 JANUARY 2021 The first Online Workshop of the New Year, will focus on exploring the three C's - being Centred, Connected and Calm. The first session will look at the principle of Centering: beginning with a full body loosening routine, and working on locating the true centre … Continue reading KEEP CENTRED, CONNECTED, CALM AND CARRY ON…
Cook Ting was cutting up an ox for Lord Wen-hui. As every touch of his hand, every heave of his shoulder, every move of his feet, every thrust of his knee — zip! zoop! He slithered the knife along with a zing, and all was in perfect rhythm, as though he were performing the dance … Continue reading “The Dexterous Butcher” – Zen Stories #2
The TAE Editors have been working extra hard over the past weeks to bring you the newly updated Journal - a brand new look with full colour, flippable pages! What to expect: What hasn't changed is our commitment to sharing with you the highest quality content from the TAE community! So here is a quick … Continue reading TAE Journal Number 4
THE BREATH-COUNTING EXERCISE This text is an excerpt from the book The Secret Book of Zen. More info here: http://www.zenseite.de/uk/zen-training/die-atemzaehluebung/index.html The 1st Phase... The 1st Phase of Zen practice begins with the practice of counting the breath. You have meanwhile learned to sit properly and perfectly in the zazen posture. However, sitting in the zazen posture … Continue reading Count From ONE to ZEN…
The Zen Master warns: 'If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!' This admonition points up that no meaning that comes from outside of ourselves is real. The Buddhahood of each of us has already been obtained. We need only recognize it. Philosophy, religion, patriotism, all are empty idols. The only meaning in … Continue reading If you meet Buddha on the road… ZEN KOANS #1
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