{"id":659,"date":"2015-11-11T07:50:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T12:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.searchofpeace.com\/blog\/?p=659"},"modified":"2015-11-09T13:43:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T18:43:03","slug":"true-victory-is-victory-over-the-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.searchofpeace.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/11\/true-victory-is-victory-over-the-self\/","title":{"rendered":"True Victory is Victory over the Self"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-661 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.searchofpeace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ueshiba-masakatsu-agatsu.jpg?resize=474%2C317\" alt=\"ueshiba-masakatsu-agatsu\" width=\"474\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.searchofpeace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ueshiba-masakatsu-agatsu.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.searchofpeace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ueshiba-masakatsu-agatsu.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.searchofpeace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ueshiba-masakatsu-agatsu.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.searchofpeace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ueshiba-masakatsu-agatsu.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This calligraphy by O&#8217;sensei can be translated as<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>In the dawn of a new era,<br \/>\nTrue victory<br \/>\nIs victory over the self.<br \/>\nThe victory is dawning.<br \/>\nInfinite peace<br \/>\nAbundant peace<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>This concept is central to the philosophy of Aikido; looking deeper into the characters can be a source of deeper understanding of how this concept applies.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-662\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.searchofpeace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Matsu-Agatsu.jpg?resize=474%2C322\" alt=\"AGATSU\" width=\"474\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.searchofpeace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Matsu-Agatsu.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.searchofpeace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Matsu-Agatsu.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the &#8220;coin script&#8221; version of the &#8220;a gatsu&#8221; or victory over the self. The first character is self represented by the combination of voice, thought, and emotion. Victory is the second character represented by the power or capacity to lift a boat out of the wave. <\/p>\n<p>The self is paired with this conception of victory; lifting a boat and its cargo above the destructive forces of the sea, illustrating that in this case we are the ocean wave.  Our expressions, thoughts, and emotions are the destructive forces that the boat needs to be freed from.   <\/p>\n<p>The self as represented by thoughts, feelings, and expressions are all affected by conflict in any form: obstacle, challenge, crisis, personal struggle, interpersonal relationships, etc.  In any of these moments our primal selves normally take control&#8230;fight, flight, freeze&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;sensei believed that aikido is a way of correcting, cleansing, and healing ourselves, applied beyond physical self-defense. By changing ourselves, we alter the dynamic of conflict.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This calligraphy by O&#8217;sensei can be translated as In the dawn of a new era, True victory Is victory over the self. The victory is dawning. 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