Basic conceptions of Koi no takinobori ryu |
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The "Moku-so" before the ideomotoric training A colourful and spatial image of a future action starts with getting one's mind into the state of "mental silence". In Japan the traditional Moku-so meditation with eyes closed is practiced. The meditation itself is a very complicated for perception and contradictory in terms of goals process. We are more interested in achieving the state of complete relaxation and discharge of thoughts - the mental silence, which is also called "wiping dust off the mirror". To make the relaxation faster and achieve the condition of the mental silence, the short "tanki" or "haiku" verses are traditionally used. These verses have different quantity of lines, but are close in purpose. This purpose is to stimulate the state of isolation by a short graphic phrase. Here are some interesting examples of such verses: · The summer has gone to the south As if it even wasn't here The birds have gone with the summer The autumn is almost here · The eternity is in the water Of a slow black bird's eyes · The burden of whirlpool is gray It is just the water for fish The sighs of the air try To tear up all flags and sails · Every offence will leave A scar of the knowledge Every joy will steal A treasure of something important · There's a bird in the sky There's a fish in the sea And some stones in the field And over my head There are some green leaves I wish I could see all these at once But I feel like I don't have to try · A door opened up in the childhood Is only the start of the road The stone on the grave is Not where the road ends · A leaf of a tree is free To go anywhere with the wind The leaf is away but the tree Stays here forever · A fish isn't taught how to swim A beast isn't taught how to jump No one will teach you those things Which you have known from your birth · A gray early morning has opened Its eyelids closed tight with the ice The air is clear and cold It plays with our breathes outside · Growing older You get being old Or some wisdom Or maybe some pain Growing older you'll get What you want · The waves crash the stones On the shore The fury of storm and the ocean Is in these salty waters And in this roar · One can't get happy by going somewhere Only by taking something with him · Tomorrow turns into today And in its turn it turns away And then today comes back again But in tomorrow's way · The scream of a bird flying by Seems familiar because It's my old friend's goodbye · The splashes of rice are in the old woman's hands Another summer has gone · |
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