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Enlightenment
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Japanese > The Way of the warrior >
A noble warrior-class, trained in the martial arts. A follower of Bushido, The Way of the warrior (for the Japanese).
A ronin is a samurai without a master, and is considered disgraced.
- Japanese: 侍, "Servant"
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The word 'samurai' is derived from the Japanese verb 'sabu', meaning 'to serve'.
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Enlightenment > Aikido >
Purification of the mind, body, and spirit.
Aikido training may be looked upon as a means of purifying oneself; eliminating defiling characteristics from one's mind or personality. Although there are some specific exercises for misogi practice, such as breathing exercises, in point of fact, every aspect of aikido training may be looked upon as misogi. This, however, is a matter of one's attitude or approach to training, rather than an objective feature of the training itself.
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Misogi Kokyuho is a practice of the founder of ki-Aikido.
Awareness + Electricity >
The awareness of magnetism, and possibly more.
When I was around 16-17 years old I got headaches when I had a computer running with the lid off. This led me to explore EMF sensitivity.
This is the idea that language is a part of the construct of thought.
An aborted project. I came upon this notion many years earlier, and noted it with the intention of following up, but when I ran across falsifying research I never ended up caring to return to it.
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Culture > Beliefs > Buddhism > Enlightenment >
Buddha is not a name but a title for one who is Enlightened. It literally means "to wake" and become enlightened.
