Ninjutsu (nin means endurance and jutsu means art) is a manifested martial art from various religions. It comes from Japanese / Zen Buddhism (e.g. Samuraijutsu) from Shintoism (e.g. Sumo) from Taoism (eg. Tai Chi Chuan) from Chinese Buddhism (e.g. Shaolin & Wing Chun Kung Fu) from Buddhism (e.g. Muay Boran and Bokator) from Sanātana Dharma (e.g. Kalaripayattu). It is old (around 900 years) but not so old, but based on ancient knowledge of spirituality.
Is surviving (or learning it) such a bad thing? It is unavoidable, for even in an urban evnironment, there are plenty of pollutants and competitors (both in demand and supply) to handle, aside from massive amounts of bacteria (which the body is composed more of than human cells themselves) and viruses.
Besides, criminals are mostly concentrated in urban environments (not natural ones) and are mostly interested in money, and even if you do not have it then they can still go for your clothes / accessories / organs (to sell) anyway. Animals are absolutely harmless compared to humans.
Besides, martial arts are manifestations of
spiritual practise of religions, and do aid in enlightenment, by deleting fate / raising karma to prevent luck (ascension) especially bad, and do build higher awareness through discipline to prevent descent especially during shortcomings. However, leaving survival from the
elements chart (Element 1) is totally illogical, nonsensical, and unrealistic; one better stay simple &
protect (and better learn to) the body to ensure their journey continues before they finally balance out their karmic debts to attain liberation by returning to Source. Why else do we have a
Muladhara (earth / root chakra)? It's a survival element.
Finally, the complex urban structure through monetary exchange is highly fallable and prone to change and failure. Heck, banks do not even surely have your money; they are just digits! Also, did you know that money loses its value every year, and more so during disasters such as wars, over printing, or central bank interest rate hikes?
Humans themsleves are increasingly unreliable due to being morally bankrupt, therefore both supply and demand in a very unsustainable & inconsiderate manner special thanks to money which completely removes production transparency by fully distancing consumer from consumed. Humans have also become physically unhealthy and mentally deprived.
People ignore the
spiritual element of martial arts (even insult by calling it "mental masterbation") by claiming it to be a lazy way to seek growth when they are the ones that are too lazy to use mind for without it there can (probably) be no No Form (5th Element) therefore no No Mind (6th Element) therefore no Immovable Mind (8th Element) therefore no Enlightened Mind (9th Element) therefore no liberation from all the suffering. Info about the elements
here.
By the way
Sensei comes from Senshin, so enlightenment is the ultimate aim of martial arts. Anyway, technique by itself is insufficient, yet Spirit by itself is still not enough. Sword (Spirit without the
5 outer sheaths) and mind must be united, for the greatest warrior is He who conquers himself.
However, unless you plan to use it to help you perform your worldly duty - especially warrior dharma to reactively protect others or to proactively obliterate selfishness by ending cruelty - or are otherwise sincerely practicing it with resources needed & efforts of enlightenment without allowing the ego self's attachments leading to bitterness, arrogance or otherwise to get in the way, martial arts is
mostly limited to Simplicity & Moderation (1st Element), Partnership & Cooperation (2nd Element) - students dependant, Order & Harmony (3rd Element), Intellect & Compassion (4th Element) - teacher dependent, and Sense-Mastery & Formlessness (5th Element) - rarely these days. However, as a
left hand path (or brain, or meridian) approach, it is most beneficial for the masculine elements (1st and 3rd especially). Go
here for info about the 9 elements.
Enlightenment still remains about clearing karmic debts though, so regardless if it helps anyone, it should aid in being in a meditative state within life itself (dhayana) therefore being neutral to temptations and problems. If not neutralize temptations then at least neutralize the pain (of problems) of pleasure (of temptation). In other words, if not learn to prevent debts (renunciate), then learn to settle them (endure).
Mastering the elements (even feeling & channeling them) means mastering the body & mind which is extremely important in life (yes including in combat). They claim there is no element feel, and the only thing one will feel upon taking martial arts as spiritual practise is the pain of being hurt. As the Samurai saying goes "3 ken, 7 zen" meaning zen (enlightenment / self Mastery) contributes 70% to any victory (or solution to any problem).
People claim that martial arts is purely physical and technical and its primary (even only) aim is just to survive a nearly impossibly likely physical confrontation (i.e. a fight).
Ninja means one who endures (therefore surrenders desire to pain & problems of life, based on that discipline). However - upon authorization - he may possibly assassinate, lie (including camouflage), and steal (including espionage) but only upon necessity in order to aid in liberation because there are some (especially in high places) who will not surrender the ego, which will cause alot more suffering than their own, in addition to their own. More info about its left hand path philosophy @ https://nodojoninja.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-left-hand-path-ninjutsu-politics.html.
Even when it comes to attacking anyone, even those in high places, it is about liberating everyone: the attacker, the defended, and especially the attacked! This is because ascension is attained by pushing through (osi / oshi) with endurance (shinobu) against resistance (due to attachment) of the body-mind / ego self where duality / illusion of separation lies. This is where the term "os" comes from, but more likely from "onegaishimasu" implying willingness to reciprocate (by attacking the ego self), which is the same anyway.
The ranks in martial arts (eg. 9th kyu to 2nd kyu; each with a corresponding element color) represent spiritual advancement (e.g. ego level 9 to ego level 2), not a measure of a disciple's pockets, which most schools currently have representing.
You get a black belt (embracement of evil) for 1st dan, because it represents love / unity / non duality (here for more info) from white belt (embracement of good). However, it also may mean readiness to inflict selfless evil upon selfish evil (especially within) to eradicate it. It also may mean realization of unmanifest darkness (soul) as opposed to manifest light (body).
Masculine is actually evil at a higher element (fire), and feminine is equally (or possibly even more so) evil at a lower element (water). Good and evil exist in both masculine and feminine in both male and female. In fact, all life necessitates selfishness therefore some level of evil, manifesting in feminine or masculine, in male or female. The trick is detach from life therefore especially from the good (simple masculine earth / kind feminine air), because it is that attachment that makes us resist (therefore cause / be attached to) the evil (aversive feminine water / vindicitive masculine fire) in life 🧬.
In Ninjutsu however, red is used for feminines & green for masculines (before black belt) to balance out their natural tendencies for compassion & survival respectively. More info about balancing left (masculine) / right (feminine) brain here. Also critical thinking (Element 4) is highly.. critical in Ninjutsu due to its left hand path philosophy.
But, one can argue that the white belt simply
turns black in time, but if that is true then you only get a black belt without any of the colors preceding it each of which represents a correspondingly
higher element denoting spiritual evolution. It is true to some extent however, because you constantly go against the ego, in terms of both mental and physical desire to finally
embrace evil, preferably in difficult conditions, preferably bare foot.
The practise of Ninjutsu (or any martial art) teaches a giver (tori) how to respond right (without physical exertion then eventually without even mental exertion) to a taker (uke), but that training should extend to ALL of life's problems.
Ultimately upon the practice of martial arts, the practitioner should be able to accept, endure, and even enjoy evil (challenges) through constant exposure to conflict (problems) as peacefully (within therefore without) as possible. No life is free of pain of problems (because no life is free of desire for .. life), and it really is about changing our relationship with them cause most of us indulge in anger (ill will by punishment / banishment) or escape by pleasure (aversion by ghosting / sense gratification) when they occur, but those block energy channels to enlightenment and affect health negatively. One must learn to persist and push (oshi) with endurance (shinobu).
This applies in the same way to any evil be it temptations / problems. When it comes to them, the brain splits: right / lower / past / water brain glamorizes / dramatizes (flight) and left / higher / future / fire brain obliterates / destroys (fight), while no mind (Spirit) / non dual middle way neutralizes evil, the way up & out of illusion. The more you go with mind, the more you suffer through descent due to (selfish) evil because you accrue karmatic debts to settle before liberation.
Also, a bushi (warrior) constantly handles the worst caliber of problems (life or death) therefore all life's problems become play time in comparison.
Training can actually be done through ANY discipline, as long as it involves postures & movements to protect, develop, & minimize body, principles to realize to develop & minimize mind, and challenges (temptations / problems) to respond to neutrally therefore with energy efficiency (aided by adaptation to situation especially to resistance) to develop & maximize energy.
At the end, the content does not matter, for it is only the means for mind by mind to remove mind (therefore ego).
However, neutralizing problems is as per martial arts of The Left Hand Path (dominant fire element), but the ultimate aim of spirituality as per the Right Hand Path (dominant air element being relatively higher frequency / lower density) is neutralizing temptations. In other words, it is renunciation of life by conquering source temptation therefore minimizing sense stimulation & mind utilization, be it through pleasure or pain to prevent suffering especially through otherwise resulting problems (therefore pain) in the first place.
Therefore,
martial arts is a good start to spirituality, as it awakens the inner fire element for harmony by preventing (otherwise destroying, though preferably neutralizing) problems and activating logical / rational thinking to rely on economy of motion & thought as well as technical power (therefore efficiency) rather than on animal-instinct brute-force or memory or imagination (past & future causes suffering), aside from obviously aiding in survival, orderliness, courage, confidence, and fitness. If the instructor (or practitioner) are good, then aid with formlessness / creativity by losing attachment to form / sequences of movements & techniques. Instead, with the aid of compassion & critical thinking (air element): reverse engineer to unveil underlying principles therefore unlock the highest mind (ether element).
However, for any form / kata / tao, one must either put effort to understand & break it down therefore to modify and more likely recall & utilize it, or simply detach from it by being the objective centered observer.
All martial arts are fundamentally about austerity through survival, but through spiritual evolution derived from discipline training, the self (body-mind, then soul) grows to Self (Spirit) therefore the motives behind it grow from the individual to family to society to country to empire to continent to planet to Universe. Either way, what injures the hive injures the bee, so even if it is only about self defence, the wellbeing of the self is affected by the wellbeing of others, for all is connected, all is One.
However, most
Dojos turn their discipline's techniques, ranks, certificates, and principles (if any) into means for satisfying their desires & attaining wealth, which politicizes, monetizes, and materializes spirituality exactly as happened with religion, generating more suffering within & therefore without (between) people between different arts, within the same art (different or same strains), and even within the same network or club!
This is exactly the opposite of what is intended, and can perpetuate the suffering from teacher to student (therefore from the next teacher to the next student) extending it to society consequently to the entire planet, consequently (in the long run) to other planets.
However what remains paramount regardless of charging is Teacher being spiritually evolved (form to no form to no mind) or the very least being in the
Path of Return (towards enlightenment). That is, the training should aid in
liberation (Self realization) of its teachers and practitioners, and especially not cost money for ranks or certificates. That is, regardless of whether the teacher requires an exchange (which is moral if beneficial) it should not aid in satisfying desires, but in ending them.
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