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"Kojiki", A Record of Ancient Matters, says that God created this world with a halberd. That means that budo were born from the art of creation, such as "creation of the land" and "creation of human beings".
We consider the way of thinking that requires people to fight against each other and determines who wins or loses, with a judgment such as "the weakest always goes to the wall", or "the strong prey upon the weak" in order to improve themselves mentally and physically, is not appropriate for the Japanese way of appreciating harmony. Regrettably, this trend exists not only in budo but also in modern society.
As long as your purpose of training is "to fight and win", you cannot reach the world of harmony and unity. The origin of this way of thinking was in the brutal warrior mentality of the middle ages, and one of the reasons why people think this way is that they try to apply the ethos and killing skills of the Warring States Period to the present day.
We are about to reach the peak of civilization, but tragedies continue because some countries invade others and people fight each other to gain more rights. At the same time, many people in weak positions, the powerless people are suffering from hunger and diseases, and they are the victims of current condition, which is quite simply a living hell.
Isn't what is needed in this world the most to make our minds calm and learn how to empower others to fulfill their potential, not to force ourselves to be more brave unnecessarily to defeat our opponents?
We should not fight any more. We should not hurt other people.
Now is the time to stop our "me-first mentality" and bring our hearts back to the time when there were no wars, the time of the dynasty of Gods, where you might experience comfort as if in the sunlight of the early spring shining on your mind. Let us seek the root power of the creation of the universe through our physical bodies.
Our intention is to abolish destructive forces through our practice and to realize a harmonious and united world, full of love and goodness. |
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