You do not need buildings, money, power or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to practice.

Brief Comment

Every life is important! Every person is an integral link in the chain of the Universe. Every person has an opportunity to manifest their original clearness and to start proceeding towards the realization the mission of life in this world regardless of the external picture of current social order. All the values of our world, conditioned by our material, security and social needs, are not by themselves for or against the progress on the True Way, which is the cultivation of the Divine Nature among us.

No matter what condition you find yourself in, you have an opportunity to perfect your nature. It is not necessary to acquire all the virtues of the modern life first in order to subsequently approach the questions of the spiritual category. You can make your choice here and now! You may not delay the search for your internal questions, because the answers are always standing by to be revealed on your demand.

All you start with is thinking, looking inside yourself and analyzing your aspirations. Suddenly, out of desperation, you may approach the true desire. Do not let it go and you will find Aikido as the solution and the opportunity to realize the true desire. On this Way, “buildings, money, power or status”, their presence or absence, are not actually obstacles for the progress to the revelation of “your divinity”. “Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to practice”, because you are in the center of the Universe!

Aikido is manifested in actions, and the Aikido techniques are not the only manifestation of the Aiki qualities. The words of the Great Teacher do not mean that you can put on the gi in any physical place (or be self-defense ready) to practice Aikido techniques. These words describe the practice of revelation of the new type of connections with the surrounding world, which are possible to perceive due to the availability of certain qualities which are obtained in the process of the hard work on the material of your natural egocentrism by cultivation of the anti-egocentric forces. The degree of your perception is dependent on the extent of your compliance with the order of the Divine Nature.