Essays From The Master

Part of the Kuroi Kaze or “black wind” is hearing and trusting the voice of the wind which is the mind’s translation of the dual Om-Mo of the Kokoro that is the voice of the true self. The voice of the true self will always guide one toward the possible outcome that is in line with one’s will. To get in contact with that true voice the individual must overcome many false voices that arise from within to keep a particular vision of self secure no matter if that safe self limits the individual. One must learn the voice of one’s fears and come to terms with that voice one does this by planning things for if one’s fears happen not for when they happen because to plan for when implies investment in one’s fears. One must learn the voice of one’s ego by knowing that it will always tells one what one wants to hear while the voice of the true self is always one’s ally but will not always agree with one’s ego. Beyond fear and ego is the inner judge who takes one’s ideals and makes them accessible via standards that no one can meet so that one always has an excuse to fail i.e. things are too hard ect. Fear is overcome by planning; ego is overcome by honesty with one’s self and the inner judge is overcome by seeing that it is a union of fear and the ego.
The voice of the true self is always alert one to danger, will let one know when one is right or wrong and will keep accurate track of one’s progress in the path that one has defined. The Om-Mo is constant, the individual is first aware of it as the individual’s own heart beat and by opening the mind and harnessing the body the individual can hear that true voice and be securely guided by it. The voice of the true self is a personal manifestation of the transpersonal reality of the Kokoro and whether one is in touch with it or not is the results one is having with one’s acts on earth. To understand the voice of the true self in a transpersonal way imagine one’s self at the bottom of a pool and one’s heart beat is loud enough that the vibration of it is enough to move the water. The ripples in the water gather and flow back toward the source of the vibration i.e. one’s heart. With the aid of meditative focus the vibration of the cosmos which is the background noise of the cosmos can be understood as individually reflected by the soul of an individual. Finding the inner voice is only the first step for the individual the next is that one must learn to trust it which can only be done through trial and error.
The voice of the true self is sensed as a sound, sound is a vibration which can cause movement. By trusting the voice of the true self and having a trained body one can allow one’s self to be moved by the voice of one’s true self or respond to the vibration sent out by someone. If one knows the void and the voice of one’s true self as the harmony in the void a vibration sent out by another against one’s self manifests as a disharmony and if being led the one that senses the disharmony will be moved in such a way to balance the disharmony and restore the void. Inwardly still, with a trained body and no expectations toward a foe attuned to the voice of the true self one will sense and respond to the disharmony of the foe. To defeat any foe one must strive not to defeat the foe but rather simply be one’s self and continue to be in sync with the void. By making the aim being one’s self rather than defeat one is not in contention with anything which requires no force at all or “the absence of force is the control of all force.”