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(https://kumafr.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/54c_042.jpg)Thesedayssensei
speaksalotaboutinyokyojitsu.inyoistheJapanesenameforyinyangand
kyojitsureferstofalsehood/truth,similartowhenweplayedwithmenkyo
kaidenafewyearsago.

BeyondthesetermsthereisanotherrealitythatIwouldliketoexplorefurther.

inyo:

ManythingshavebeensaidaboutthisChineseprincipleonwhichTaoismis
based.Thefirstthingyoushouldknowisthatthosetwoconceptsshouldnever
beseparate.Wherethereisin,thereisyo.InancientChina(asthekanjishows)
thesewordsdefinedthetwosidesofthesacredhill.Theywerecreatedto
definethetwosidesofamountain:thesunnyside(yo)andthedarkerone(in).
Itisimpossibletocutthefirstonefromtheother.Ifyoucouldsplitamountain
intotwopartsyouwouldstillhaveadarksideandasunnyside!Thisinyo
principleislikethetwosidesofasheetofpaper,oracoin,onesideimpliesthe
other.WhenyousayinANDyoyoucreatedualityanddonotseethewhole
picture.

Thetwokanjigivesusmoreinformation:

Thekanjiforyoisanditiscomposedofthreegroupsofstrokes.Theoneon
theleftsidelookinglikeaBsymbolizesthesacredhillwhereritualswere
performed.Thesecondgroupoftwocharactersoneontopoftheother,ismade
outofhi,thesun()ontop,andofametherain()below.Theyareseparated
byahorizontalbarmeaningthatthingsarechangingandthatafterrain(dark
time)thesuniscoming(lighttime).Thisisnotajudgmentonthingsbut
merelyanobservationofthenaturalevolutionofthingsinLife.

ThekanjiforinisandbeginswiththesameBshowingthatthetwoare
linkedtogether.Thegroupontherightisalsomadeoftwocharacters.Ontop
isima(,now),andbelowisasimplifiedkumo(,cloud).Itmeansthatclouds
arebuildingupnowandthatchangeisbeingexpected.Thisinisquitesimilar
totheIoftheIChingusedtoindicateachange,atransformation.

TheclearmeaningofinyothereforeisthatLifeischangingpermanentlyand
switchingfromonestatetotheother.Thereisnothingnegativeorpositivein
thisinyo(converselytotheunderstandingcommonlyusedintheWest),itis
onlyacrystalclearobservationofnaturescycles(seasons,days,weather).
RememberthattheChineseneverinventedthegodsaswedidintherestofthe

world.ForthemNaturewaspermanentandevolution,andchangewasits
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world.ForthemNaturewaspermanentandevolution,andchangewasits
mainrule.TheyinventedtheIChinginthefirstplacetohelpmakedecisionson
agriculturalmattersandrendertheinvisibleworld(implicate)visible
(explicate).

Thisiswhatskemeanswhensaying:artistheability(saino)torenderthe
invisible,visible.

Kyojitsuisanotherniceconcept.Kyoisfalse,untruthandjitsuistruth.
Linkingthembothgivestheideaofplayingwithfalsehoodandtruthto
deceivetheopponent,orbetter,toconfusehimsothatheisalwaystakingthe
wrongdecisions.

SometimesinJapan,duringclassessenseispeaksofkyojutsuinsteadof
kyojitsu.Truth(,jitsu)isthenreplacedbymartialtechnique(,jutsu).But
asitgoeswiththeinyoconceptfalseimpliestheexistenceoftruthtoo.Defining
somethingalsodefinesitsopposite.Astheysaybadnessisanabsenceof
goodness,coldcreateshot,darkcreatesbright,femaledefinesmaleetc.
Interestingly,itisalwaysthenegativeunderstandingofthingsthatdefinesthe
positiveunderstandingasifwewereprogrammedtobeoptimistic.Iusehere
thetermsnegativeandpositivenotinoppositionbutinthesamemerging
approachasininyo,thisislikethebipolarityofthemagnet.

Sowhentheyspeakofkyojutsuyoushouldunderstanditaskyojitsunojutsu,
jitsubeingcreatedbycompletingkyo.Readbetweenthelines.Thisisthe
definitionofbalance.Inyokyojitsuallowsusduringtrainingtounderstandthe
permanentflowofchangesinLifeandonthematsthenagarebetweenukeand
tori.Actuallyallouractionshavetobebalanced(kyojitsu)tobeabletoswitch
naturallyintotheinyo.Balancingeverythingwegetridofthethinkingprocess
anddeveloptheability(saino)toreacttothenonmanifestaspectsofthings.
Thinkingwouldstopthisprocessandpreventusfromreachingwhatsensei
triestomakeusunderstandthisyearwithrokkonshj,thelogicalconsequence
stemmingfromthesainokonkioflastyear.

Havingdevelopedtheability(saino),andourspirit/soul(kon/tamashii),we
encompassthecontainer(utsuwa/ki).Pleasenotethatthebiggerthecontainer,
thebiggerthekkan.Beingaliveinthekkanweunderstandthebalanceofall
thingsandreactaccordingly.

HavingnointentionwedevelophappinessandprotectLife.

Rokkonshj

APRIL13,2010APRIL17,2010 KUMAFR THOUGHTSON

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