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Preface

PART ONE
The Life and Times
1915 - 1933/5
1933/5 - 1941/5
1945 - 1964
1964 - 1985
Epilogue.
Satori or "Enlightenment"
PART 2A
Analysis of Kyushindo
Fascicle 1.
KU SHIN DO
Fascicle 2.
Aims, Principles, Objectives
and Techniques

PART 2B

Fascicle 3.
To follow the path of seeking …
Fascicle 4.
Theory and Practice
PART 3
The Three Basic Precepts of Kyushindo
i. BAMBUTSU RUTEN
ii. RITSU DO
iii. CHO WA

 

Analysis of the Theory of
Kyushindo

The Three Basic Precepts of Kenshiro Abbe's Unified Theory of Kyushindo

CHO WA
HARMONY AND HARMONICS.

All things move and react together in perfect accord. Harmony is reciprocated symmetry.
Action / reaction and the law of return manifest the principle that all things strive for balance, or equivalence. The concept of harmony includes the idea of sympathy and reflected mass as well as opposition and deflection.

Cho Wa is the precept that allows abstract ideas to be reflected in the physical Universe. This is why, in coming to understand the material order of the Universe and nature, we gain a special insight into the spiritual organisation of things and more fully understand the rules that govern our progress through life.

A point of "rest" is achieved when the forces acting upon any object are in perfect balance, thus cancelling each other out.
The effect of gravity draws objects downwards until this effect is balanced by the opposite forces of what it comes to rest on. If we accelerate an object it is subject to various internal forces, or effects, until the force of acceleration equalises with its inertial mass and, unless some external force acts upon it, it will carry on (supposedly in a straight line) forever. It is for this reason that "uniform rectilinear motion" is defined in physics as a state of "rest". Even an object travelling at close to the speed of light is to all intents and purposes the same as the one at "rest", providing it does not change velocity or direction.
In a car, we only become aware of motion when our speed or direction changes. We can close our eyes and feel that we are pressed back into our seat because speed is increasing. We may also, if we wish, imagine that we are facing backwards in a car that is braking!

A circular movement as provable by vector algebra produces the effect of an acceleration towards the centre of the radius and this is what we term the centrifugal / centripetal effect.

Newton's law that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, is a direct expression of Cho Wa because it is simply the physical manifestation of reflection.

A thing is defined as symmetrical when its sides are interchangeable and even as symmetrical forms are interchangeable with their own mirror image. This has lead to speculation about possible "antiparticles" which might balance the subatomic structure of our Universe. There are many sayings that express the principle; "every back has a front", "as the outside, so the inside" and "in stillness there is movement". In respect of this we can equally state "in movement there is stillness". Thus in Bambutsu Ruten when we stated that all things move, these things must also, by definition, be at rest. This is also illustrated by the wave like nature of motion as series of static positions, giving only the illusion of movement.

In philosophy, we speak of "mutually exclusive opposites".
These support each other by the very nature of their diametric opposition (black ink on a white page/white on black etc.). Such direct opposites have much in common and are virtually interchangeable. Thus we often say love is akin to hate - and that the most adverse opposition to a thing is not to dislike it, but to be perfectly neutral or indifferent towards it. We even find this same principle in politics, where we find that the far right is virtually indistinguishable from the far left. This also explains that strange state of ambivalence, in which we can find ourselves both repelled and at the same time attracted by the same thing.

The notion that opposites attract is so because they share a like nature. "Large is reflected in small" and "complex is reflected in simple" because the Universe operates according to only a small number of basic rules - and we can understand anything through analogy.
The entire process of learning is accomplished by direct comparison of that which is complex, or unknown, against that which is simple, or already known. It thus becomes possible to ratify the seemingly nonsensical statement that, "to know any one thing in its entirety, is to automatically know all things".

Western science, in its very primitive form of the last century, scoffed at "mystical" teachings that life was illusion and vibration. Today, with deeper insight and research, modern nuclear physics falls more and more into harmony with Eastern religious metaphysics.

A single circle can be completely surrounded by six others, forming a compact unit of seven. To completely surround this unit, requires a further twelve circles and regardless of the number or shape of the unit we start with, each successive enclosure requires multiples of six. This mathematical rule, expressed in the way circles unite, is reflected in our seven tone musical scale as well as in the seven colours of the spectrum.

The majority of plants leaves hold to this rule of seven and even the limbs of the body extend as seven segments, separated by joints. These are just a few examples of yet another way that seemingly unconnected things relate back to the circle form. This law of harmony is the most difficult to understand because it includes the double valued aspect of duality within itself.

We think of harmony as agreement, or when a smile is returned by a smile. Nevertheless, a blow returned with blow is still harmony, although in its negative sense.


Karmic Law
Buddhist interpretation of one aspect of the Laws of Karma is that, if we seek to perform an overt act of kindness with an ulterior motive, or seek to do a good thing/act merely in expectation of reward; we attract a negative result. Because we have rarely had the moral courage to dissect our motives in life, we often feel we have been badly treated when in fact we have merely gained our just deserts!

The Conservation of Energy principle (first law of Thermodynamics) states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but merely changed in form. This is the principle of transmigration and change, stemming from the overall tendency for balance.

Water will always find its own level and electrical potential will discharge and equalise.

All the events we experience in life stem as the direct result of a previous cause.

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