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Choose Life, Aikido as a Path to Right Action in the World

Choose Life, Aikido as a Path to Right Action in the World

Ben Meir, Eytan

Paperback

Metaphysical General

ISBN13: 9798905501814
Publisher: Spines
Published: Aug 17 2026
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.14 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Aikido is a way of learning to fulfill the purpose of our existence. When we stand on the mat facing force that comes toward us, we practice precisely that same question: Will I respond in a way that increases the conflict, or in a way that understands its nature and changes it? Will I choose crude force, fear, anger, and the attempt to subdue, or will I be able to feel reality as it is and act within it in a more precise way? Physical training thus becomes a laboratory of moral choice: in every grab, in every strike, in every moment of pressure, the possibility of choosing life appears.
The book explains the purpose of human existence according to Judaism - based on Deuteronomy 30:15-19, Choose life - through the study of the Japanese martial art Aikido, whose name in Japanese may be understood as the way of acting rightly in the world.
Eytan Ben Meir - 80 years old at time of writing this book. Has been practicing Aikido for 51 years. Founder of Israel Aikikai. Proud father of 4 children.

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