tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12661395701470845382024-03-06T09:01:57.191+09:00Dialogue with My BodyWonder is not how it is but that It is. Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-13559136491639646362019-02-26T10:31:00.000+09:002019-02-26T10:31:01.707+09:00Note for Essay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span data-offset-key="7frnd-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Necessity of Unity</b></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="aia38-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-we need vocabulary that can unify some fields that is divided unreasonably.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="fick9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(body-mind, physical health-mental wellness or logical solidness, individual-relationships, quality of life-ecology-economy...)</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="6ui8b-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Ex) When we evaluate our economic activities, we have only evaluation by quantity. (This is very unnatural because there is no such thing as monotone value in biology)</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="6ui8b-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">We need a new way to perceive and evaluate by criteria (ex: how we cooperate with mother earth)</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="c7tjp-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-how we live with unavoidable suffering</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="2o07n-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-how we relate with other people with unavoidable conflict without war</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="8jmnv-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-how we live in symbiosis with nature in unavoidable need to exploit and possess some parts of resource</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="e7oi9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>These three are same one question must be thought in one context..</b></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="fc0jk-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Unity will provide us...</b></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="fc0jk-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-aesthetic moving</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="fc0jk-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-modesty to nature including one's body</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="fc0jk-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-consideration for who are different </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="308d-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Means for Unity</b></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="3r2k9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-we need a way to see the world directly </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="8bpoj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-"Yoga is "direct" participation in Reality itself"</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7bjli-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">what does this statement exactly mean?</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="53tqq-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Technology of Hatha Yoga</b></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="2prp-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-the way we directly participate in Life as Life. (body moves for its breath),</span>(A participates in A)</div>
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<span data-offset-key="dfhgo-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-the methodology complicated enough to fit the reality and one can easily practice (without complicated thinking)</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5vr24-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">ex) polarity of inhalation and exhalation provides us a way to overcome fundamental difficulties/paradox(double-bind) such as "ahimsa"(nonviolence) and "satya"(honesty), "aparigrah"(not to possess) and to keep living(to possess at least essential resource)...</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5vr24-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-dynamic self-study(tapas-svadhyaya Y.S2-1)</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5vr24-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">and to accept that we are limited (isvarapranidana)</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5vr24-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Steps for practice</b></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5vr24-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">savitarka samapatti → nirvitarka samapatti</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5vr24-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-we can start practicing with biased preconception in verbal level</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5vr24-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">(if we absorb in it, the bias will dissolve)</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5vr24-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">"to go in your chosen direction" , then the mind's fluctuation is reduced</span></div>
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what is thought to be right?(Y.S1-7)</div>
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pratiyaksa(direct perception), anumana(inference), agama (words of reliable person)</div>
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-epistemology of each individual</div>
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then Y.S1-49</div>
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to overcome what is heard or inferred </div>
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<b>Methodology not to state</b></div>
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- division of sadhana (what can be actually done) and Siddhi (what is given)</div>
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not to bring objection</div>
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-vinyasa krama (to follow the order)</div>
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<span data-offset-key="5vr24-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">a way to persist on what to do right now</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5vr24-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Where Magic happens</b></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5vr24-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">-"sraddha" how do we trust/love someone?</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5vr24-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">where we cannot explain</span></div>
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-Education of Yoga</div>
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"Is there anything or anything, or just shall we gossip?"</div>
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"Is there any burning questions?"</div>
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a guide to make students go in their own direction (nirodha)</div>
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<b>Construction and Deconstruction</b></div>
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abhayasa-vairagya (Y.S 1-12)</div>
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to unite/ to become chaotic (=to live in entropy)</div>
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-after constructing perspective, we soon go back to actual practice</div>
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not to be destroyed by one "good" habit...</div>
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-61250737919903711102019-01-18T12:39:00.002+09:002019-01-18T14:53:37.670+09:00How Life Receives and Releases <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
You don't need to let it go.<br />
You don't need to accept it.<br />
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You don't need to struggle to release it by your mind.<br />
Just, exhale.<br />
If possible, I want the rest of your body to coordinate this process so that you can exhale more smoothly.<br />
What you exactly wanted to let go is contained in this exhalation.<br />
As you keep living, what you don't need will go out naturally.<br />
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You don't need to impose yourself on such a difficult task as to accept something you don't like or to become flexible.<br />
And now, just inhale.<br />
If possible, I want your whole body to move so that the inhalation can pervade to every corner of your body.<br />
In what you breathe in, there is what you exactly wanted to take in.<br />
If it is really important for you, the Life will receive it and raise it carefully.<br />
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The world is one and mixing.<br />
It is impossible that what you want or what you want to let go are completely absent here.<br />
Here is, the beauty that attracts you, the greatness that you will be envious of, the brutality that you want to escape from, and meanness that you don't want to look...<br />
Everything is here, little by little.<br />
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When you gaze at what you hate and try to eat it, you will fail.<br />
I suggest you to take it in as much as you need now with all other things in the world.<br />
You may not need even to be aware of the fact that it is contained!<br />
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Life can receive or release only what it needs and as much as needed at this moment.<br />
By doing this, we live perfectly.<br />
Is there any necessity for us to put something on this wonderful intelligence?<br />
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Live, just as how life is.<br />
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-62847903866646147732018-11-06T23:22:00.003+09:002018-11-06T23:30:38.241+09:00Yoga that is put in a Box of "Cause-Effect"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We are living in a world that is very busy to look for "cause and effect".<br />
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If we are used to this way of thinking too much,<br />
we tend to seek for something as an "ultimate cause" that can solve everything like a savior.<br />
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I usually see somebody who might have this kind of desire.<br />
Or, I may be (definitely used to be) a person who has such desire.<br />
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However, if we put yoga in a box of "cause" of "becoming well", it cannot be special compared to other methods.<br />
There are many other powerful way, I know yoga is very powerful for health though.<br />
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Plus, this way of explanation describe the world too much simpler than as it is.<br />
We miss the vast network and relationships that make each phenomena happen.<br />
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If we describe yoga as a "cause" of good effects, we mention the aspect of "tapas".<br />
Tapas means to reduce the mental/physical impurities.<br />
It is sure that yoga contains this aspect.<br />
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But yoga has more qualities;<br />
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tapah svadhyaya isvarapranidanani kriya yogah. (PYS.2-1)</blockquote>
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Yoga is not only preparation "cause" for future result.<br />
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Svadhyaya means to look over the whole network of "cause-effect" and to know oneself arising from complexity of relationships.<br />
Isvarapranidana means to know that individuals cannot possess any relationship and to surrender oneself to the flow of nature.<br />
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Yoga contains these three qualities and they happen simultaneously.<br />
I think this fact makes yoga very powerful.<br />
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When people ask me a reason why I practice yoga,<br />
and when I explain why yoga is good,<br />
I have no choice but to mention the aspect of "a cause that brings about better effect".<br />
It's not impossible to say about it.<br />
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However, essence of yoga may reside in the fact that we cannot complete describing it on this "cause-effect" context.<br />
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-31782484587893184272018-09-08T02:20:00.002+09:002018-09-08T02:27:38.792+09:00Paradox of "Suffering" in Yoga Practice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'd like to say,<br />
yoga is <b>not</b> solution of suffering(duhkha).<br />
<b>not</b> transition from the world where there is suffering to where there is not.<br />
Yoga is not something you do in your room to feel better.<br />
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It is mere <b>perception of whole life</b> and being intimate with it.<br />
It is not matter of contents (story) of your life.<br />
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You may feel "relief" or "relaxation" (in my case these are main) when you perceive whole aspect of life,<br />
but it is also possible to feel "weariness" ('oh, I have to live on in such a condition!') or<br />
"hatred" ('AH, I discover such a ugly aspect of life!').<br />
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Even though it might be negative feeling, we can go through natural healing process <b>as a result of</b> participation in Life.<br />
This healing begin by mere<b> embracing of whole life</b>, not by effort to change negative pattern to positive one.<br />
There is no struggle to solve problems there, but<br />
<b>this entire participation can provide most powerful solution</b>.<br />
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Therefore, for practitioners (who have already begun) suffering (duhkha) is not even what to perceive.<br />
And this feature makes yogis/yoginis optimistic (sometimes too much).<br />
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Sadana, what you can do from now.<br />
If you focus on this, you don't even need to know suffering, and you can just live your life as life.<br />
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So, what happens when someone <b>starts</b> yoga practice?<br />
Each everyone has his/her purpose.<br />
In short, I may say there are two points.<br />
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<b>1. perception of suffering</b><br />
<b>2. expectation for becoming better</b><br />
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We feel suffering (duhkha; including pain, adoration for what you are not) and face it, and then we can initiate actual practicum.<br />
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As long as you avoid facing suffering, you cannot start embracing entire life.<br />
(but I'm not sure if it is proper to make such people look the Life.)<br />
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So, you feel suffering, then you feel desire to becoming better.<br />
This desire is not what to suppress or control, but sincere motivation that makes us start practice.<br />
At this single moment when student tries to start practicing, duality happens.<br />
Duality between "student who hasn't begun yet" and "someone who has already begun".<br />
Teacher(acarya)'s role is to mediate this duality.<br />
<br />
When you do something for benefit from it, there is a distance between you and the benefit inevitably.<br />
For instance,<br />
<br />
1, You do cleaning(practice) because you want reward(benefit).<br />
2, You do cleaning(practice) because you want to feel better in a clean room(benefit).<br />
3, You do cleaning(practice) because you enjoy it(benefit).<br />
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Describing practice and benefit in this way, these two seem to be apart.<br />
For you before practice, the benefit seems not to be there (even at 3).<br />
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For sutudent before starting practice, benefits are absent and full of uncertainty.<br />
It is teacher(acarya) that who can make student know benefit tangibly.<br />
In Krishnamacharya's translation, acarya means who overcome their own difficulties.<br />
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Student can connect with acarya by love, trust, and friendship.<br />
In this intimate relationship, acarya can suggest student to do practice.<br />
"This practice is very good for me, will you try?"<br />
Teacher can shows what student can start from here now(sadana) by consideration for student's health, age, cultural background...<br />
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By this intimacy,<br />
student can start yoga practice as what he/she can enjoy his/her whole life,<br />
not as dual-effort to solve problems.<br />
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Summary,<br />
yoga is <b>not</b> solution of suffering,<br />
but one can <b>needs</b> to perceive suffering when starting practice.<br />
At this moment duality inevitably arises, and function of acarya can mediate it.<br />
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P.S.<br />
I saw some "living evidence"of yoga when I visited Fiji last month.<br />
It was really honor for me to meet them and live together for 2 weeks.<br />
Special thanks for Mark Whitwell, Tamar Zick, and all yogis/yoginis who I met there!<br />
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However, if I choose "proper teacher for me", I'd say Japanese are better.<br />
Fortunately, I met Yohsuke Ono who lives in Japan and understands our culture.<br />
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I'd like to help people who are in similar condition with me, while thinking as universal as possible.<br />
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-30960516080144779082018-08-25T23:32:00.005+09:002018-08-27T23:08:12.356+09:00Spark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
They say that you should have one strong point.<br />
For, you need to make everyone notice your attraction.<br />
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It cannot be helped!<br />
Sadly, the spark of your being itself<b> </b>is supposed to be invisible for almost everyone.<br />
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So, you need a hook so that people around you can realize it.<br />
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But isn't it only people around you that who don't notice<b> it</b>?<br />
Are you yourself aware of <b>it</b>?<br />
Don't you forget about <b>it</b>, do you?<br />
While pretending to be all right, don't you lose what is shining <b>there</b>, do you?<br />
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Oh, do what you love.<br />
Do what you are excited.<br />
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Then, look! Here is a Gift!<br />
(Has it been there since before I notice it?)<br />
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-50169551241004224402018-08-25T23:16:00.001+09:002018-09-08T02:27:06.954+09:00Location of Beauty<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Beauty exists everywhere.</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Every existence has wonder of "being".</span>On the other hand, we see "constructed beauty".</div>
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These beauty reside in specific area such as canvas.</div>
And we reproduce them as "special" beauty.<br />
They can be entrance of our perception of beauty.</div>
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If we meet original works (not reproduction), we will feel the beauty more powerfully, and more tangibly. (aura!)</div>
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However, we don't need such things actually.</div>
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Wherever we see, there is beauty.<br />
Somehow, the closest material, our body, is felt as transparent usually.<br />
In order to play roles as social functions, we cannot be surprised all the time!<br />
But if we always work as functions, we will forget something significant;<br />
Beauty is here, too!</div>
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We are the beauty not because we are collection of what is called beautiful,but because we are manifestation of what is called beautiful, what is called ugly, everything.</div>
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Short, important invitation.<br />
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Shall we remind the beauty of existence here, once a day!?</div>
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-84040778154426403882018-05-06T23:33:00.001+09:002018-05-07T09:56:28.548+09:00To write about Yoga<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "游明朝",serif;">It is always difficult to write
about yoga. There are a lot of great texts on yoga such as Yoga sutra and
Bhagavad Gita. The words written in them sometimes help us when we actually practice
yoga.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "游明朝",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, suffering arises when we take them as
imposition. Description on long history of yoga may give a lofty impression,
and discussion on philosophical background may be seem complex and irrelevant
to ourselves. It is quite difficult to talk about yoga without making readers
think that “it is difficult, I am not sufficient to understand it, so I have to
make efforts.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "游明朝",serif;">In fact, yoga is not meant to reach
higher mental state, to understand complex ideas, nor to realize difficult
physical exercise like acrobat. You may have such impressions of yoga by
complicated philosophical terms or images on advertisements, and you may think
you cannot do it. But yoga is concrete, actual and practical means that
everyone can start from right here, now. What we require is actual living life,
body, breath, and a teacher who is close to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "游明朝",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My teacher told me a simple breathing and
moving practice that I can do every day. I practice it every day and share it
when needed. Yoga happens in mutual interaction between actual people. It is
not what is taught on assembly line or performed as a linear process to get
somewhere. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "游明朝",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The confirmation
of the benefit before the practice itself is impossible and unnecessary. Yoga
is a lifelong practice and its benefits are also shown throughout life.
Therefore, we have no choice but to find it out only by practicing and living
with it. A strong motivation for practice is trust. I was taught yoga directly
by a teacher who himself practices yoga every day. I don’t know why but I put
my trust in him and began to practice it. The trust has no any particular
reason in a same way as we don’t know the reason why we love someone or
something.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "游明朝",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Continuing this practice and keep living
with the practice, I developed certain feeling. That is, the wonder of Life. It
is hard to explain by words, but Life is already perfect and functioning as an
extreme intelligence. Even if temporary symptoms or dysfunctions appear, they
are also parts of inherent healing of Life. Yoga is mere participation in the
wonder. You may get healing, inspiration, or great experience described in Yoga
Sutra as a result. But you don’t need to get confused by words. You don’t have
to struggle to improve your life and to reach “better” stage. Breathe
comfortably, move the whole body, and feel the Life. That is enough. I hope
yoga functions for many people as a blissful experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-27382485910234953692018-05-06T23:22:00.000+09:002018-05-06T23:32:12.974+09:00To Live with Yoga<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "游明朝" , serif;">About two years have passed since I began to
practice yoga. I greatly appreciate the fortune to meet yoga at the age of 19,
relatively early stage in the life. Yoga is not a special ritual performed only
on the mat, but what is normal and inseparable from our lives. I will propose
what The Life with Yoga is from one perspective of a practitioner who is
standing on the start line of the path on Yoga.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "游明朝" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It is impossible to dislike one’s
life itself.” This is a statement by Genboku Takahashi, the author of this
book. We have daily lives, and we inevitably have multifaceted feelings,
habits, and behaviors. Most of us must have undesirable behavioral patterns
which we continue unconsciously even though we don’t like it. Even though we
have some parts that we don’t like by ourselves, however, it is impossible to
dislike one’s life itself, the fact that we are living and existing here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "游明朝" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Yoga
is a mere process to reassure the fact that we live. On this simple fact, there
is no any value judgement such as good or evil, for we can only say that the
life itself is just as it should be. The keys to access to the life itself are
body and breath. This is because these two things are always existing even when
we are not aware of them. Asana (body movements, seated postures) and pranayama
(breathing techniques) on yoga are process to treat these two. And what we call
yoga practice mainly indicates these two practices. In my case, every morning I
stand on a mat, and practice asana and pranayama, then meditate a little, then
return to daily life, and repeat them as one seamless process. I think this is
one form of “to Live with Yoga”. It is very important to suit yoga for each
individual lifestyle and continue non-obsessively.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "游明朝" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>First, there is a Life. The body
takes a specific shape inevitably, the breath continues, and uncountable
biological activities happen without our will. These process are essentially
nurturing and caring. Even if they express as a pain or some diseases, they are
parts of this caring process that life has. We can say yoga is participation to
this fullness of life. We cannot modify our bodies beyond the nature of human
body structure, nor hold and extend breath so long. What we can do is to accept
them as they are and regulate them a little bit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "游明朝" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In asana practice, one participates
to life itself, by modifying the body posture so that one can energize it if possible
without distracting it. Then one moves to pranayama practice, to stay in one
stable posture and concentrate on the breath, to direct the mind toward the
breath that has become deeper, stronger, and more receptive as a result of
participation by the whole body. Finally, one releases the consciousness that
has been toward the breath, and merely sit in silence. When one gives up any
conscious effort, meditation may happen. And then, one goes back to daily life with
the life shining more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "游明朝" , serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This is how my yoga practice, a
ritual to be with the fullness of my life itself, comprises. It was very lucky
for me to bump into yoga the time full of wondering. Yoga will help me and
remind me something important especially when I face problems. I every day
practice yoga to be as a normal being.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-52919237543003553232017-09-12T13:25:00.002+09:002018-08-16T10:25:50.918+09:00Shock and Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yesterday was a big day for me,<br />
<br />
One of my closest friends said to me;<br />
<br />
"Quit Yoga! "<br />
(He was drinking and the way he said was half joke and half true.)<br />
<br />
I was shocked, damaged, and confused by this word.<br />
<br />
I'm thinking a lot about this word....<br />
<br />
What did he want to say?<br />
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Last month, I attended a philosophical meeting that he was also there.<br />
<br />
The member including him were talking about human relationship.<br />
But I don't know why, I couldn't get into this conversation, couldn't say any words to them.<br />
For me, what they were talking was not a problem.<br />
So I could only see empty words there.<br />
<br />
Maybe you can notice, I read U.G.'s book and did Yoga a lot at that time.<br />
I was a kind of nihilistic, and couldn't see the value in that conversation.<br />
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However, I am a person.<br />
I can only see the world from the perspective of a person.<br />
<br />
And at that time, there were people who talked about human relation in front of me.<br />
<br />
In short, I had to face them.<br />
I had to love them more.<br />
<br />
Even if I had a great experience in yoga or meditation or anything,<br />
I had to face and tried to relate to people in front of me.<br />
<br />
If I really thought that there was no problem there, I had to say so and make everyone stop the search.<br />
If I disliked them, I had to show how I felt.<br />
<br />
That's the best way to send love to them.<br />
<br />
What I shown them was not Love, but an opposite thing; indifference.<br />
<br />
That's why he was mad at me.<br />
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<br />
Again, what he wanted to say?<br />
<br />
If I put it in other words,<br />
<br />
"If you make hierarchy by doing yoga, quit yoga!"<br />
<br />
In fact, I spend a "special" time by doing yoga every morning.<br />
<br />
I can feel the connection with the world through my body, breath, and movements.<br />
<br />
However, if I talk with someone, I can access to the world through him or her.<br />
If I have a trouble, I can deeply relate to the world by thinking about it thoroughly.<br />
<br />
There is no superior point in yoga(=breathing and moving exercise).<br />
<br />
If I access to the whole world, I should start form where I am.<br />
<br />
<br />
What he wanted to say might be;<br />
<br />
"Look at me!"<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Happiness is to have enough love for all the windows even while cherishing that special one view carved deep inside your heart.</span></blockquote>
<br />
Exactly!<br />
<br />
I have something that I feel special love.<br />
(How much I say "I love all", still I have something special, yoga, family, close friend....)<br />
<br />
But at the same time, I face something right now.<br />
That's what I should embrace most.<br />
<br />
I will send Love to whole world, from where I am.<br />
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-77192204808936540982017-09-01T20:48:00.002+09:002017-09-03T00:07:03.610+09:00The Body that Makes Choices<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">Life is repetition of choices.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The moment we start living, we pick up some
and discard the other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The result of all choices I have made is </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">I</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Whatever we do, we cannot avoid to make
choices, and cannot be neutral.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">Choices</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> are not
only social and conceptual (what jog I choose, and what kind of character I
play).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Standing with two legs as a process of
evolution is also human choice, and we Japanese losing the ability to
distinguish </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">R</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">L</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> is choice, too. We cannot be alive
without these choices literally.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Therefore, that we say something, that we
take certain form (have a body that have a specific shape), and even that we
exist are parts of our choices. In other words, they are removal or
directivity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Any existence cannot see the world as it is.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">That we live in this world means that we
categorize the world along with our own convenience, and do something based on
this categorization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I want to question here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span lang="EN-US">What have I been doing?</span></blockquote>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There is a </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">life</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> we have already begun, and there is a </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">self</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> we have been playing in a very real way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Earlier than I do something, I began to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">do human</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">do Yuto
Matoba</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">My body presents the gross of what I have
been doing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Anyway, let</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s move my
body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The moment I flex any parts of my body, one
choice and exclusion begin,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If I pay attention to some parts, the other
parts begin to exclaim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">That</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s not fare! Look
at me!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I move and breathe while listening to them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After this exercise, I feel refreshed,
relaxed and can see the world in a flat way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">However, even in this state, there is a
bunch of parts that I have overlooked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Moreover, returning to daily life and doing
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">Yuto Matoba</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US">, playing a </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">university
student</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US">, and behaving </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">masculine</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US">, and doing
a </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">human</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US">, I put myself huge number of bias. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">After all, we can see the world only
through the lens we ourselves have made.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We, such existence, always face something
different.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Different culture, age, gender, species</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">They categorize the world in a different
way from me and live based on the world image.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">That</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "century" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">s why it is
possible to have a conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I need to renew the question I made earlier:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span lang="EN-US">What have I been discarding?</span></blockquote>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">People, animals, plants, stuff around us,
and my body...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">They are always sending signals to notify
us what we have forgotten.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Looking back choices I made, and being
aware of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Only after that, I can have a possibility
to relate to others who are incompatible to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Still, I can see the world only in a way I have
categorized, but there is a beauty in the fact that while we cannot understand each other completely, </span>we can relate .</div>
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-80872490025128711882017-07-02T00:09:00.001+09:002017-07-02T00:09:06.140+09:00The Self as a medium<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span lang="EN-US">You are a perfect being as you are.</span></blockquote>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">When you are said in this way, you tend to
have this questions;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">Then, don</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t I need to
anything?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">NO, no, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">You take </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">yourself</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> in wrong way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">You regard your </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">true self</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> as the unchangeable subject that exists without any transitions and
interactions with others and do nothing, aren</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">In reality, however, we are cast on this
world first, and are made to start living while we cannot understand why we do
so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We tend to think we have a body first and
the body changes and interacts with others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">But, in fact, interactions first,
transitions first, and the place that they happens is called </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">body</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">The existence of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">I</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> is dependent on this world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US">So there is no such thing as </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">the self</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> that does nothing and isn</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t placed anywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is a mere product of our thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Some people use the expression; we need to
keep internal peace,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But we cannot identify </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">internal</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">external</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Even if we become a priest and renounce the
world, we cannot exist without interaction with the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m not mentioning some
special states of spirituality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m mentioning in an
actual way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For example, see how your body is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Your body doesn</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t exist as
an entity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The interactions with what you eat and
drink, the air you inhale, and the bacteria that live in your body happen all
the time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We cannot live without them even a few
moment!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It is said that the number of bacteria that
live in human body are more than that of human cells.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Not are bacteria living in our body, but
are we living on bacteria!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Then, when we say </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">I am
thinking</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">what</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> on earth
are thinking?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When I chanted Yoga Mantra one day,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I tried to manage how I chant well at first.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As I continued, however, the consciousness
that </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US">I am chanting</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"> was getting to disappear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I felt like the world wanted to express
something and accidentally my body was chosen as a medium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I didn</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t need
technique to chant anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">What I did was just try not to distract the
flow of the energy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Even though my self-consciousness
disappears, it doesn</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t mean my personality does.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">My personality remains through my body
inevitably.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(Feel a relief!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When I was there as a medium, I felt so
fantastic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But, it is boorish to try to maintain it
and to find the way to represent it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On the same level, for us, mere media of what
the world wants to express, it is also boorish to try to remove something bad
when things don</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t go well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We are just placed in this world, and we
can enjoy the transitions and interactions that happen there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Well then, is there nothing that we can do?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Relax. You are doing something inevitably.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So, don</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">t I need to
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<span lang="EN-US">??? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-US">m wondering in the
same question that I cast as first</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century",serif; mso-ascii-font-family: HGP教科書体; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-71157959883822529952017-05-05T11:10:00.003+09:002017-05-05T11:10:48.284+09:00Function of yoga mat as a boundary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Yoga
mat is becoming an essential item for modern yogis/yoginis.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">But,
when did it become popular?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Traditional
yogis in India may not use mat…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">I
couldn’t identify the exact time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Originally,
yoga mat might come from practical needs; prevention of slip or comfortability
on lying down postures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Plus,
the functions I will refer seem to be added consciously or unconsciously.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Boundary
between yoga and others</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Modern
yogis who practice while live in social life use yoga mat as a boundary between
yoga and others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">They
set yoga mat for “sacred space”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">They
set the time they are on yoga mat for “sacred time”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">The
moment they stand on the mat, they are separated from gross and miscellaneous
daily.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">They
are in “yogic mode” during the time they are on it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Yoga
mat, an artificial object, lies between yoga, the workings to be part of
nature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">This
can be unnatural and impure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">If
I can, I want to use a mat made from natural materials so that it can return
the earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">(Recently,
two of my friends pointed it out for me. It is embarrassing for me but I didn’t
care about it when I purchased my mat.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">However,
there is a merit due to the artificiality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Yoga
mat, an artificial item, can exist without any change from yesterday to today,
from today to tomorrow (at least from macro viewpoint).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">I,
a social being, am a natural object which is always changing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Sometimes
my feeling is mess when I stand on the mat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Yoga
mat can bring me to usual state thanks to the “un-changeability”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">(It
is similar to “unmoved mover” as Aristotle said. )<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Incidentally,
on my yoga mat there is a signature and message of my teacher J. Every time I stand
on it, they remind me the power of yoga.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Boundary
between self and others</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Yoga
mat functions as a boundary between self and others as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">This
fact is clear in yoga classes with many people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Each
of them secure “their own space” in the room.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Even
if you don’t care about this personal space, you may hesitate to step into
others’ space.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Many
“boundaries” are made in yoga classes unconsciously…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Some
people may assert their personality by color or design of mats. If so, it is
also an important function.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Impossibility
of “oneness”</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">By
the way, the word “yoga” originally means “union”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">The
goal of yoga includes unity between yoga and others or between self and others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">If
so, I’d like to remove any boundaries we make unconsciously in the end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Union,
unity, oneness…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">When
the view of the world that is shown by these (above) words realizes, it may be
the time when we don’t need yoga mat anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Now
we are in yoga time. Now we are not…</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">My
space is here. His space is there…</span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Hopefully,
I will practice yoga as much as these distinctions are not problem, but it is
difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">In
reality, we cannot help making these boundaries so that we can do specific practices.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">However,
as long as we depend on the means; the use of yoga mat, and if I say more,
asana, pranayama, and any kinds of techniques, we inevitably keep drawing
boundaries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">So,
I cannot jump for joy without reserve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">I’m
feeling like always running with “training wheels” that I should discard someday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">L.Wittgenstein
says,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;"> My
propositions are elucidatory in this way: he who understands me finally
recognizes them as senseless, when he has climbed out through them, on them,
over them. (He must so to speak throw away the ladder, after he has climbed up
on it.)</span></i></blockquote>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">I don’t know if someday I don’t need yoga mat, poses, and breathing
techniques anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">If the time comes, it would be great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">If not, it is also good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;">Yoga happens in the exercise named internal conflict; depending on many
practice materials and at the same time trying to detach from them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-5639267228823305622017-04-08T16:53:00.003+09:002017-04-08T16:53:39.081+09:00Admit that I feel dislike.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<h3>
<span lang="EN-US">Unconditional love</span></h3>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is the one of the <span style="color: red;">ideal states</span> of
yogi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Not to judge as good or bad, and to accept
and love with no reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Is it possible?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Since we were born, we have <span style="color: red;">“judged” </span>too
much. It is said that we get the ability to distinguish between pleasure and displeasure,
and they differentiate to “joy”, “sadness”, “anger”…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">So, should we decrease these kind of
judgements?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Ideally, yes, maybe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">However, we cannot “do” it. As you make
efforts to do so, you will be annoyed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-US">We have nowhere to find “ideal state”!</span></h3>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Heart of yoga, which I have learnt, is said
to have “<span style="color: red;">non-dual</span> philosophy”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">J.Brown, a senior teacher, usually says, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span lang="EN-US">Dualistic yoga practice makes us painful.</span></blockquote>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">In other word, if we set “ideal state” somewhere
else, we have pain by the <span style="color: red;">gap</span> between the ideal and what we are now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBC4q6uPadJ1zf7e8A0Xo-8ibispMlvKVALjEy9myj07otPiye81w6maS6WeVosMKmyKJozpJbcEkOd8XrOIP5Eeis1efxp4aRHWnEhLDqhG1ahuLWIG1bdw4tYHDjnKWFwrLzIBEi7KjJ/s1600/5862878724403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBC4q6uPadJ1zf7e8A0Xo-8ibispMlvKVALjEy9myj07otPiye81w6maS6WeVosMKmyKJozpJbcEkOd8XrOIP5Eeis1efxp4aRHWnEhLDqhG1ahuLWIG1bdw4tYHDjnKWFwrLzIBEi7KjJ/s400/5862878724403.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Therefore, if we seek “unconditional love”
as an ideal state, we must realize that in reality we emotionally judge
everything around us and have a guilty to yourself which do so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">When you face something you dislike, you
feel pain by itself and simultaneously feel pain by how much you judge. <span style="color: red;">Double pain!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">For human beings, it is normal to dislike
something as<span style="color: red;"> a natural feeling</span>. (If you are a saint, don’t you?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">When you pretend to have “unconditional
love” and to be stabled even if you suffer internally, you are <span style="color: red;">not honest</span> to
yourself. It is a <span style="color: red;">violence</span> to yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-US">Love is not equal to “kindness”!</span></h3>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">One day, I honestly told one guy that I have
felt dislike for his behavior.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">This is a normal thing, but I was about to
forget to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Maybe I misunderstood “love”. The word “love”
usually implies kindness, but not necessarily.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">Love is sometimes severe.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Even if we seek to be like a saint, we can
only live as we are.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We have to be <span style="color: red;">honest enough to face this
inevitable fact.</span> If you feel dislike by someone, tell your feeling frankly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">It may be the best way to tell “love” him
or her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">By doing it, we could be more comfortable
each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">The state of “unconditional love” is <span style="color: red;">impossible
to seek</span> by artificial effort.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">If you hope so, there may be only one way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To be
as you are.</span></span></div>
Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-64430388309418894562017-04-03T12:38:00.001+09:002017-04-04T11:06:39.380+09:00Theory of Continuation (by a normal guy)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">Continuation is power</span>. (This is a Japanese
saying.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">We cannot get benefit without continuation
when it comes to <span style="color: red;">physical</span> practice especially.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Why?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">This is because human body is a matter that
has <span style="color: red;">homeostasis</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Once we get into habit, the
body will try to sustain it as homeostasis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">If so,<span style="color: red;"> how do we firmly establish as a habit</span>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Let me think of “running”, one
of the most common habits for example.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">When I was a high school student, I ran
playground every morning to improve myself as a football (soccer) player.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Sometimes I didn’t feel like running when I
was tired off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I could continue this habit, though. This is because of something
<span style="color: red;">moved</span> me such us goals, teammates, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Sometimes I was encouraged by words of
successful athletes,and at other times I was stimulated by keen teammates…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">These were, so to speak, <span style="color: red;">magic</span> to make me
continue thinking “I will be able to get something great if I continue
running!” I can run as long as the magic works.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">When the magic was about to disappear, I desperately
searched for materials of magic and cast a spell on myself again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-US">When the magic disappears</span></h3>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">However, the moment we lost the last game
of the football team, the habit suddenly came to an end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Generally speaking, it is common for
Japanese high school students to stop everything on sports after the last game and to start preparing for entrance exam of universities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">However, now I wonder, how come I could suddenly
stop what </span>I was able to continue such a long time? Wasn't it unnatural?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">In conclusion, running was not so important for me that I
could continue without the “magic”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Running wasn't so natural for me that I could continue without something stimulated
me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US">Desire for “purity” and internal conflict</span></h3>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">By the way, there is no day when I don’t practice
yoga this year.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76CL5Mgr9aG1NNUfSf4uzNMqZiZDZmgBXK1OXZqrOVOhRdt-sSG6uLSDD4ASCiPtrfBYqpX4GRXf5y27hMBCT0qIttE7K0b0TCQhvhA34N0MGaBNEIxOsKr7m2hptBhNQEq9M7YTtoGGM/s1600/%25E8%25AD%2581%25E3%2583%25BB%25EF%25BD%25AD%25E3%2583%25BB%252819+-+22%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76CL5Mgr9aG1NNUfSf4uzNMqZiZDZmgBXK1OXZqrOVOhRdt-sSG6uLSDD4ASCiPtrfBYqpX4GRXf5y27hMBCT0qIttE7K0b0TCQhvhA34N0MGaBNEIxOsKr7m2hptBhNQEq9M7YTtoGGM/s400/%25E8%25AD%2581%25E3%2583%25BB%25EF%25BD%25AD%25E3%2583%25BB%252819+-+22%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">How do I, a very<span style="color: red;"> fickle</span> person, continue
this habit?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I don’t cast a spell on myself consciously.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I don’t search for benefits by yoga
practice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">That’s why I can continue uneventfully like
brushing my teeth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I feel like saying above…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">However,</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">My yoga practice is not so pure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Am I doing “<span style="color: red;">unselfish</span>” practice without
seeking benefits?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">No</span>, I <span style="color: red;">cast a spell</span> on myself unconsciously after all.
I rely on magic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I am stimulated by some great yogis, I read articles about benefits of yoga practice, and I sometimes try to
remember some eccentric experiences in India.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">This is how I am <span style="color: red;">intoxicated</span> by </span>“myself” practicing yoga.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">If you can practice without any magic or
intoxicants, that’s beautiful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">But, is it possible?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Is it possible for human beings to have
such purity?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> For me, not a sacred man but<span style="color: red;"> a normal guy</span>, there is no use to assume the state of a saint.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">It may be ideal to be able to practice without magic, but I have
no choice but relying on magic.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">Haruki Murakam</span>i, a Japanese famous novelist
who continues running as a habit for many years, says, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span lang="EN-US">There are few reasons to continue running,
but there are a tons of reasons to stop running. (</span><span style="font-family: "ms 明朝" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Century; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">・・</span><span lang="EN-US">)</span> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span lang="EN-US">Only we can do is to brush and sustain “few reasons” carefully.<o:p></o:p></span></blockquote>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Unfortunately, yoga practice hasn’t become natural
for me to do without any reasons. That’s why I need to be <span style="color: red;">intoxicated</span> by some
reasons or magic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I sometimes think “I want be such a nice
person” when I meet <span style="color: red;">wonderful yoga teachers</span>, I am intoxicated by <span style="color: red;">spiritual
atmosphere</span> in yoga room, and I seek <span style="color: red;">stylishness</span> in yoga asanas…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Some reasons I rely on can be <span style="color: red;">impure</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">However, I may not be able to continue
without these factors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I am doing something strange, to continue
using magic to become independent of magic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-30450600478675412402017-04-02T10:30:00.003+09:002017-04-03T11:05:06.309+09:00To Notice Graefulness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">You find it <span style="color: red;">grateful</span> when you lose it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">When you take it for granted, you cannot
realize how much respectful it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">(“<span style="color: red;">Arigato</span>”, means “thank you” in Japanese,
originally means “<span style="color: red;">hard to exist</span>”. This word shows us that we regard what is
hard to exist as grateful. )<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">However, there are also something we cannot be
aware of it after we lose it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Mark Whitwell and J.Brown, senior teachers
of “<span style="color: red;">Heart of Yoga</span>”, told us when I took teacher training;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><u><span lang="EN-US">You are the extreme intelligence of life.</span></u></i> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><u><span lang="EN-US">You are perfect as you are.</span></u></i></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US">Honestly speaking, these words may be hard to accept for some people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It was hard for me to understand
completely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On the process of understanding, I thought like this;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I am <span style="color: red;">breathing.</span> My heart is <span style="color: red;">beating</span>. The blood
is <span style="color: red;">flowing </span>in my body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I <span style="color: red;">exist</span>. This world exists and I am in it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It is sad but we cannot realize them when
we lose them due to their nature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Therefore, we need to notice what happens
<span style="color: red;">right here right now</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Only “notice”, but what makes us<span style="color: red;"> happy </span>is often the very notice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">What we call happiness usually comes from “<span style="color: red;">notice</span>”
something we have overlooked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The way to notice</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-US">However, I know that some people don’t like
this kind of preaching.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The conclusion of Heart of Yoga is simple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Just <span style="color: red;">practice</span>. You don’t have to listen.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Breathe, and move.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">You feel comfortable.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is enough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If anything, realize that <span style="color: red;">you exist as a
life </span>at the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This kind of workings happen in yoga.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Off course, the life is there and exist as
the extreme intelligence of life even if we don’t care.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">Whether we notice it or not.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It seems small, but creates a big
difference on your happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I don’t think yoga is only way to realize
how grateful the life is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Yoga is my favorite and that’s all.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-88673679469682193892017-04-02T09:16:00.001+09:002017-04-03T12:38:26.657+09:00Uneventful practice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">Your practice is always <span style="color: red;">different</span>.</span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US">This sentence is usually used to encourage people
to practice yoga.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is sure, but sometimes it will be
strange when we emphasize this aspect too much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It is to inquire “differences”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Life itself, not only when we practice
yoga, is <span style="color: red;">unrepeatable</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Even if you don’t “make difference”, you
are to “<span style="color: red;">be different</span>”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So even if you can realize differences form
yesterday, it doesn’t mean you are special today. Or, you are <span style="color: red;">always special</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’d like to say that it may be a bit
arrogance to expect difference on every day practice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When we emphasize “difference” too much, we
tend to seek plain differences unconsciously.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We human beings are always changing, but we
have strong <span style="color: red;">homeostasis</span> and we don’t change a lot soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Seeking difference too much may make us
create “a new story” without deep realization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“My breath is deeper than yesterday! I’m
better!” something like this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m fickle and I tend to do so…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">However, it is more important to <span style="color: red;">sustain
practice every day</span> even if you cannot find any change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It is beautiful if you can find something
new every day, though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If you wonder, you can try to practice in
the completely same way as yesterday you did. You cannot become same in any way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red;">Changes always happen</span> regardless whether we
notice them or not. Even if we cannot feel, we are changing as long as we live.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">You don’t have to practice with fresh
feeling all the time. <span style="color: red;">Just practice uneventfully</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’ll stand on my yoga mat with this
decision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-80949386867637270602016-12-28T15:41:00.001+09:002017-04-03T12:39:31.067+09:00Dialogue between philosophers and I, who is doing yoga.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US"> Last
summer, I’ve gotten a license of yoga instructor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> What
is the meaning of “<span style="color: red;">having a license</span>” of yoga?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> I
think license is the farthest from the <span style="color: red;">heart</span> of yoga. The existence itself is full
of <span style="color: red;">contradiction</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> The
license gives us a kind of “<span style="color: red;">guarantee</span>”. Guarantee that you can teach yoga.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> However,
yoga is not what we can get such a guarantee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Guarantee
that we can feel at ease with specific thing is farthest from yoga.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Yoga
is an <span style="color: red;">only process</span> that we care about our “own” body and mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> For
good or for evil, yoga has too many methodologies including variety of poses,
breathing techniques, meditations, cleansing processes…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> This
is, in a sense, a kind characteristic of yoga. If you go to Zen temple, you
will be just told “just sit in silence”. This “unkindness” is very different
from yoga.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> This
“<span style="color: red;">kindness</span>” of yoga, however, is plenty of traps in another way. We usually
misunderstand that yoga gives us a way that we can follow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> In
reality, we have no choice but to make the way by ourselves. Practicing yoga is
not following a methodology named yoga. Practicing yoga is not wearing shoes named yoga, but making shoes <span style="color: red;">suitable for each of us</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> If
you are bound the rules of yoga, it is farthest from yoga.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Therefore,
we cannot be qualified by license. Even if you find a specific methodology, you
cannot feel at ease by it. Strictly speaking, it is impossible to teach yoga.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Imannuel
Kant, a famous philosopher said, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><u>We cannot learn philosophy. We can only
learn to philosophize.</u></i></span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Similarly,
we can say like this,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><u><i><span style="color: red;">We cannot learn yoga. We can only learn to
do yoga</span>.</i></u></span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US">Formally, I can
stand a position to teach yoga thanks to the license, but<i> I cannot teach yoga. I cannot “learn yoga” by others as well.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> If
anything, we can learn the “<span style="color: red;">attitude</span>” to do yoga humbly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> We
usually seek some methodologies so that we can feel at ease by following it. However,
this attitude is an abandonment of liberty and becoming “slavery” of
methodology that someone else made.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Friedrich
Nietzsche may say like this,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span lang="EN-US"><i><u>Discard methodologies and live by yourself!</u></i></span></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span lang="EN-US"><i><u>Overcome “weakness” to seek something to
follow and be strong!</u></i></span></blockquote>
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I practice yoga to make me free.</div>
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-40351939533698278212016-12-04T23:40:00.000+09:002016-12-04T23:40:24.651+09:00Samurai cannot do warm-up exercises!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">Kono Yoshinori,
a Japanese martial arts master, usually explains difference between traditional
martial arts and modern sports like this;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">“Samurai must move immediately whenever they need
because they cannot expect when they are attacked. They cannot say ‘wait till I’ve
done warm-up exercises.’ to their enemies.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Therefore, it is
important to have “a body that can move whenever you need”. Wild animals can
run rapidly when they are attacked or find game without warm-up exercises. Because
their movements are natural and in accordance with the structure of their body,
they cannot have a pulled muscle even if they move roughly all of a sudden.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If you cannot
move without warm-up exercises, it means you move incorrectly to the structure
of your body. This is a common principle on martial arts, yoga, and sports as
well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When I noticed
this fact at my high school age, I belonged to a soccer club. I did “rough”
practices to make my body able to move whenever I want. For example, I went to
a ground early morning and repeated dashes on a steep slope or did a shoot
training without any stretching or warm-up exercises. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I cannot
recommend you to do these training because these are somewhat dangerous to be
injured. However, I had a strange confidence not to be injured on those days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Honda Keisuke, a
soccer player in Japanese national team, also says on an interview like this;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“<i>Professional players should always be ready
to play a game. Even if I have a game tomorrow without notification, I am
always ready to play the game.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Traditional yoga
also requires us to have a body that can move whenever. ‘Hatha Yoga Pradipika’,
a famous classic of yoga, says<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">“Yogi should keep one-fourth of their stomach empty. They
satisfy half of their stomach with food, satisfy one-fourth with water, and
keep one-fourth empty so that air can move.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This sentence
may be mainly for health of digestive system, but I think, by my experience, it
includes the intension to keep your body able to move. In fact, if you eat too
much, you cannot move actively nor practice yoga for a few hours. I sometimes experience
this state.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 42.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US">If you eat too
much, you cannot control your mind by practicing yoga even if you are aware to
the state of your mind. If you eat less, it becomes rare that your mind is
disturbed and you can control your mind by practicing yoga even if your mind is
disturbed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 42.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 42.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US">In modern age,
we seldom have a chance to be attacked by enemies like samurai, but, even, I think
we should be ready to move whenever we need.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-26249607087279665502016-09-30T22:35:00.005+09:002016-12-04T22:03:55.632+09:00Traveling Body<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Yogic
practitioners practice a variety of poses. It is said that there is no less
than 8.4 million asanas in traditional yoga. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Taking
a variety of poses is similar to traveling a variety of spots. If you visit a
new spot, you see a new sight that you have never seen. Similarly, if you take
a new pose, you see “your new self” that you have never experienced.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> For
example, if you have never taken inverted posture, you cannot know how your
breath is, how your sight is, and how your tension is when you take an inverted
posture. In order to know them, you need to experience by yourself. The path to
mastering many posture is similar to the path of travelers who seek to visit
many places.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Then,
is it important to master many poses (asanas)? Is it true that those who are
flexible and can take many poses can enjoy yoga more than those who are not?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> The
answer is yes, but at the same time no.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> It
is true that the more flexible you are, the more various experience you can
have. Similarly, travelers who use airplane and ship can move around and see a
variety of spots while those who take a walk only around their home cannot see
many famous spots in the world. Therefore, it is necessary for yogic practitioners
to make efforts to increase the number of poses that they can take. Travelers make
efforts to increase the number of spots that they can visit as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> However,
travelers who visit all over the world are not necessarily happier than those
who take a walk only around their home. Similarly, those who are flexible and
can take many poses don’t necessarily practice yoga more deeply than those who
can take limited number of poses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> It
is possible to have a fresh discovery on daily walk in limited spots every
single day, and it is possible to practice yoga deeply with limited poses, too.
In fact, your pose differs according to your physical condition, timing,
whether, season, place, etc. even if you take the same pose every day. It is
yoga if you can taste profundity deeply with poses that you can take even if
the number of poses is limited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> On
the contrary, if you consist only on external form, it is not yoga even if you
are flexible and able to take a variety of poses. This is similar to a traveler
who does something else without seeing the view in beautiful spot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Therefore,
we need two types of efforts about yoga asana practice;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">1, to enhance flexibility and try to take a
variety of poses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">2, to taste profundity deeply with poses
that you can take<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Especially,
2 is inevitable. If you try to see view from the pose that you can take, your
flexibility will improve spontaneously. I think it is an ideal practice of yoga
asana.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-86522739010519589622016-08-19T22:20:00.001+09:002016-12-04T22:00:34.701+09:00Martial Arts Make You Gentle?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">One of the most important factors on body
movements based on classical martial arts is to use whole body cooperatively.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> There
are lots of merits to do so, and today I focus on how the state of body
influence the characteristics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Think
whole body as a company, parts of the body as a number of employees, and brain
as the president.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> If
you use only a few parts of your body, only a few employees are working. For
example, when you pick up a heavy object, you tend to tense up your muscle of
your arms. This state is like this; only a certain employee (=arms) is working
and the others are not working.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> When
you want to come to pick up heavier objects, weight training is thought to be a
common approach. However, this solution means like this; to make employees who
are already working (=arms) work more, but leave the other employees who isn’t
work doing so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Is
there something strange in it? Classical martial arts choose different way; try
to make share works with lazy employees and make everyone cooperate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> If
someone works too much, everyone supports him. If someone doesn’t have job,
everyone shares the burden. This kind of company seems to be full of cooperation
and have a gentle atmosphere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Same
state is likely to happen on your body. If you can use whole body
cooperatively, each parts of your body is becoming have a “gentle”
characteristics. Therefore, you can become a gentle person by “employing”
gentle employees. In fact, some of my acquaintances have changed their
characteristics by mastering body movements based on classical martial arts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> On
the contrary, if you train only some parts of your body, you will “employ”
selfish employees who don’t have a spirit of cooperation. Employees rob jobs
each other, and the president put a few employees who assert themselves
strongly in this “company”. This kind of company (=body) cannot produce gentle
atmosphere. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Which company
(body) do you want to have? I must choose gentle one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Martial arts are
thought to be violent, but it can help us to make a “gentle body” by using a
whole body cooperatively.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-44668119558471304182016-08-10T18:20:00.002+09:002016-12-04T22:05:09.233+09:00 If you have a good mirror, reflected you will be better.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> A</span><span style="text-indent: 42pt;"> person who is in
front of you is your mirror; he or she reflects how you are.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> For
example, when you think that your counterparts of conversation boast of
themselves, your way of receiving them reflects how you are. This situation
shows that the counterparts have a desire to show off or to be praised, but at
the same time it shows that you also have the same desire as they have. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> If
you don’t have such desire at all, you must not think the counterparts as people
who crave the limelight. If you think so, this is an evidence that you also
have same desire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Your
counterpart is your mirror. This proposition also means that you can play a
role as your counterpart’s mirror. Therefore, it is possible to change how
counterpart is by how you are, and it is also possible to be changed how you
are by how the counterpart is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Hence
if you meet a good person, you can make yourself better by using him or her as
a mirror. I realized this fact when I met a great person recently.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> I
thought this man didn’t have a desire to show off or to be praised at all. It is
usual for us to have a desire to appeal ourselves to some extent especially when
we meet someone for the first time. However, when I met this man for the first
time, my latent desire to be praised didn’t reveal at all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> We
usually use this kind of words; “you should be just the way you are”, but it is
not easy to embody this word. It is natural for most of us to have a desire to
boast of ourselves and to be praised.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> However,
what if there is a person who doesn’t care about evaluations from others at all
and concentrate just on what his or her true self seeks…?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> What
you can get from attitudes or atmosphere of who is in front of you has much stronger
power to change you rather than what you are said. When I met the man and share
atmosphere with him, I felt that I received a silent but strong message; “you
should be just the way you are.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Therefore,
if you have a “good mirror” in front of you, reflected you will become better. My
next challenge seems to keep this good state without this “good mirror”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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If
I can make it, I can become a “good mirror” for others, and I can make others better.</div>
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Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-77704686912846302572016-08-02T10:50:00.000+09:002016-12-04T22:03:29.762+09:00Yoga for Happiness Right Now<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> </span> Taking
variety of poses, I usually notice that my body is stiff. Sometimes I lose my
confidence when I face difficult poses. Especially when I cannot but everyone
can do it, I tend to feel embarrassed.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> So
I have a will “to become flexible”, but there is a misunderstanding here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> If
I become more flexible and become able to take more difficult poses, will I get
more confidence?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> No,
even if I get confidence by becoming more flexible, this is a mere relative
confidence<b>. </b>Even if I get confidence
by comparison with “my past self” or other people, this confidence is easily
shaken if I face more difficult poses or comparison with more flexible person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Relative confidence
is not reliable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> Therefore,
it is much more helpful to make efforts <b>not
to lose confidence even if I am inferior to others</b> rather than to make
efforts to become superior to others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> The
essence of yoga is not becoming flexible but allow myself even if I am weak or
stiff. In other words, yoga is an approach to become happy on “my present self”.
If I exaggerate, those who practice yoga with having a will to become flexible cannot
taste happiness if they die before they become flexible enough. On the contrary,
those who practice yoga to make “my present self” happy can taste happiness on the
process of daily practice. Even if they come to an end today, they can taste as much
happiness as they can during their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"> This
is different from seeking a fleeting pleasure or making other times sacrifices.
Yoga is, so to speak, <b>“a double amplification
of happiness</b>”; to taste happiness on “my present self”, and make “my future
self” happy by making body and mind healthy and stabled. I don’t think the former
should be forgotten.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-50366290844437879802016-06-25T20:12:00.000+09:002016-12-04T21:43:16.582+09:00 To Making Friends with Stuff<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Human
beings are animals that use tools, so they usually move with stuff not only in
daily lives but also sports and artistic activities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt; text-indent: 42pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In these cases, we need to be familiar with
the stuff. I call this work, becoming familiar with the stuff, “making friends
with the stuff.” For example, imagine when you use chopsticks. When you hold
chopsticks by the dominant hand, you can move them as a part of your body
without special care. This is the state “you and the chopsticks are friends”. On
the other hand, if you hold them with your opposite hand (or in case you are
not good at using them), that oneness will disappear. In other word, you and
the chopsticks are in the relation of “the primary and the subordinate”. This is
the state “you and the chopsticks are not friends.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt; text-indent: 42pt;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt; text-indent: 42pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">By the way, what
I have tried to make friends with is wooden sword. I’ll state what I noticed
while I have gotten along with a wooden sword.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt; text-indent: 42pt;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt; text-indent: 42pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">Three conditions
of “making friends with a wooden sword” are<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">1, I must be independent<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">2, I must be conscious to not parts of it
but the entire<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">3, The relation between I and it must be
not one-sided but interaction<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>First,
I must be independent. When you hold a sword, you tend to focus on only holding
it and be careless that “you are standing”. So, you should care about yourself
standing stably on the ground. It is better to prepare for moving to anywhere anytime
with a moderate strain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: MS Pゴシック;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Second,
I must be conscious to not parts of it but the entire. If you are not used to
hold long object like a sword, it is usual to chafe the floor or the ceiling
with the tip of it because you cannot grasp the real length. If you stand and
hold it with being conscious from the root to the tip, your body will be
stabled only because of it. Condition1 and 2 are compatible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the relation between I and it must be not one-sided but interaction. When you
hold and move a sword several minutes, the relation gradually becomes “the primary
and the subordinate”. From “you and the sword move (S-Vi)” to “you move the
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appear is active (you grasp the sword) and simultaneously passive (the sword
comes into your hands and changes the shape of your hands). Keeping this sense,
you can taste a strange move that “I move the sword but simultaneously I am
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back, there are several points that can be helpful in order to make friends
with living human as well as a wooden sword. “Being independent”, “being
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we should not look down on the ability to make friends with stuff. For example,
I don’t think tennis players who throw their racket when they fail can be
gentle. On the contrary, a person who treat stuff gently tend to be regarded as
gentle. If every stuff has mind, it will take to gentle people rather than
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">As I told you in
<a href="http://kokokaraeng.blogspot.jp/2016/06/self-introduction.html">self-introduction</a>, I began to research for physical movements when I met Kono
Harunori, who is a researcher for it. His father, Kono Yoshinori, is a master
of Japanese classical martial arts. Kono Harunori researches for the physical
movements based on the essence of martial arts by using daily movements such as
raising hand or holding bag. In the society I hold in the university we
practice simple movements as Kono Harunori does.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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do, most of you will be conscious to the obstacle, and natural and nonchalant
movement you did without trouble also will disappear. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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“without caring”, is pretty difficult. Miyamoto Musashi, one of the most famous
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">“You can walk on
a one-meter-wide board on the ground. However, if this board is laid across
from the top of the castle to the top of that mountain, you will be afraid to
walk on it. The essence of samurai is to regard them as same one-meter-wide
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is important “not to care” about the fact that you may die if you fail. You can
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</span> Yuto Matobahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13997950037077709981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266139570147084538.post-83893309823248456452016-06-25T17:37:00.000+09:002016-12-04T22:07:00.243+09:00To wait until you feel like doing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">I came home at this evening, and I wondered what to do because I didn’t have anything to do particularly. We tend to turn on TV or PC for no reason on this kind of situation. The problem is the fact that there is enormous information on TV or on the Internet. There are lots of devices that attracts us on these tool. While we are devoted in these, we waste time unconsciously.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">In order to know what we really want to do, we need “conversation” with our own body. However, we forget our body when we click something attractive (mostly what forces us to think attractive) and are lost in it. While we are devoted in what our brain regard as attractive, we are easy to forget what we really want to do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">Today, before I did something, I tried to “wait until I felt like doing something”. As I did this, my eyes were struck by a bookshelf, and I took a book that I bought before and hadn’t read yet in my hand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">This action, so to speak, was done by my body spontaneously rather than by my will. Compared to the time I bought it, it was much easier to understand the contents of this book. If I describe this incident a little spiritually, my body, the closest natural object, made me read at just the right time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">We usually make a choice based on general ideas that we “should” do. Even when we choose what we eat, we care about proper calorie, nutritious balance, and how we are looked by this choice. In other word, we persist in what we “should” do. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">However, as long as we cling to what we should do, we cannot listen to our body. Once we make our thinking mind empty and ask our body “what do you really want to eat?”, the answer from our body may be</span></span><span style="font-family: "ms 明朝" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Century; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">I don’t want to eat anything now</span></span><span style="font-family: "ms 明朝" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Century; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Century; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "century";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>If you have something to begin as a new habit, it is useful to “wait until you really want”. For instance, consider when you want to begin to jog as a habit. When you don’t feel like jogging, your body may not move comfortably even if you force your body to run. If you feel like this, “wait until you feel like jogging”. Just then, there might be a moment when your body start moving unexpectedly. If you can encounter this kind of moment, you will become able to enjoy jogging deeply and become healthy. When don't you feel like running forever? Jogging may not be fit for you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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