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The Art of Peace 114 

The Divine beauty  Of heaven and earth!  All creation,  Members of One family. 

IMAGE: Eitaku Kobayashi, Izanagi and Izanami (c. 1885) 

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The Art of Peace 113 

The Path is exceedingly vast. 

From ancient times to the present day, even the greatest sages were unable to perceive and comprehend the entire truth; the explanation and teachings of masters and saints express only a part of the whole. 

It is not possible for anyone to speak of such things in their entirety. 

Just head for the light and the heat, learn from the gods, and through the virtue of devoted practice of the Art of Peace, become one with the Divine. 

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The Art of Peace 112 

The Art of Peace is the religion that is not a religion; it perfects and completes all religions. 

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The Art of Peace 111 

When you bow deeply to the Universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you. 

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The Art of Peace 110 

The Divine does not like to be shut up in a building. The Divine likes to be out in the open. 

It is right here in this very body. Each one of us is a miniature Universe, a living shrine. 

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The Art of Peace 109 

You cannot see or touch the Divine with your gross senses. The Divine is within you, not somewhere else. 

Unite yourself to the Divine, and you will be able to perceive gods wherever you are, but do not try to grasp or cling to them. 

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2024

John Stevens

Morihei Ueshiba, une biographie illustrée du fondateur de l’aïkido

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The Art of Peace 108 

Unite yourself to the Cosmos, and the thought of transcendence will disappear. 

Transcendence belongs to the profane world. When all trace of transcendence vanishes, the true person—the Divine Being—is manifest. 

Empty yourself and let the Divine function. 

IMAGE: Sesshu Toyo, Winter Landscape (c. 1470)