Messages from Master Kozo Nishino (2) The Secrets of Ki

From Headquarters #3 - Messages from Master Kozo Nishino (2)



The Secrets of Ki

Kozo Nishino

Ki" is life energy itself.

Energy is trivialized when we try to understand it in terms of ideas.

It cannot be grasped without mobilizing all the senses of the body.

By capturing Ki through sensitivity, and by being filled with Ki, our senses become richer, and a more wonderful world opens up.

The joy of being alive now encompasses the joy of "what will happen tomorrow?

When we are fixed, we stagnate.

Change" creates "joyful moments," and "joyful moments" create "eternity.

Eternity" is the middle of enjoyment.

There is no goal in the world of Ki. It is always in progress.

It is always in progress, but at the same time, it is always joyful and fulfilling.

The only truth for human beings is that they are alive at this very moment.

And the fact that we are alive at this moment is already "in the past" the next moment.

We must let go of our obsession to the past and continue to grasp the truth of the ever-changing moment to moment.

This is the secrets of Ki.


Original excerpts in Japanese

気の奥義

 

西野皓三

”気”とは生命エネルギーそのものです。

エネルギーというのは観念で理解しようとすると矮小化されてしまいます。

身体全ての感性を総動員してとらえなければ掴めません。

感性によって”気”を捉え、”気”が満ち溢れることによって、さらに感性が豊かになり、より素晴らしい境地が広がります。

今生きていることの楽しさが、「明日、何が起きるか」の楽しみを包摂しているのです。

固定していると、よどみます。

”変化”が、”楽しい瞬間”を作り、”楽しい瞬間”が、”永遠”を生むのです。

”永遠”とは、楽しさの途中のことです。

 ”気”の世界にゴールはありません。いつも途中です。

いつも途中であるけれど、同時に、いつでも楽しく満ち足りて、充足していられるのです。

「今、この瞬間に自分が生きているということ」だけが、人間にとって、たったひとつの真実です。

そして、「今、生きている」という事実は、次の瞬間にはもう”過去”になってしまいます。

過去という止まった時間への執着を捨て、変転し続ける瞬間、瞬間の真実をつねに捉え続けること。

それが”気”の奥義なのです。

  Nishino, Kozo. “気の奥義（Inner Meaning of Ki-energy）.”Syodensha. 1992. Pp267-8.

 

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