five oseis + and –

THE ACTION OF FIVE OSEIS + and – IN THE CVP

 

The action of the vertical osei + and – (I and II) in the CVP activates the central nervous system and its biological planing activity, the expression of the contemplative or observant psyche, and the upward movement. When this osei tenses, the CVP gets erect and leans slightly forward pulling the neck upward. When it is relaxed, the CVP is drawn downward and slightly backward. This osei operates, essentially, from the head-neck and from the cranial cavity.

The sensitivity of the vertical osei focuses on the vertical dimension of the world and it captures (either active-extrovert in + and passive-introvert in -) the high and low of the wave, the space as a whole, distant time, and the highest amount and most diverse information that is possible (see figure below).

vertical osei

5oseis_vertical

tension distension

The action of the frontal osei in the CVP activates the motor-combustive system and its biological metabolic-respiratory activity, the expression of the pragmatic or efficient psyche, and the execution of the unidirectional forward movement. When this osei tenses, the CVP straightens up and it is projected forward and slightly upward pulling the shoulders up. When it is relaxed, the CVP leans backward pulling the shoulders down. This osei operates, essentially, from the shoulders and from the chest cavity.

The sensitivity of the frontal osei focuses on the frontal dimension of the world and it captures (either in an active and extrovert or passive and introvert way) the rhythm as forward movement of the wave, the direction in space or linear space, the immediate future, and the most straight and shortest way spending the minimum amount of time that is possible.

frontal osei

5oseis_frontal

tension distension

The action of the lateral osei + and – (III and IV) in the CVP activates the digestive-circulatory system and its biological assimilatory- circulatory activity, the expression of the emotional or mediating psyche, and the execution of the left-right movement. When this osei tenses, the CVP leans to one side and it relaxes by leaning the CVP towards the opposite side. This osei operates, essentially, from the mid area of the back and from the abdominal cavity.

The sensitivity of the lateral osei is focused on the lateral dimension of the world and it captures (either in an active and extrovert or a passive and introvert way) the pitch or natural harmonic of the wave, the indefiniteness of space and time or “about here and there” in relation to what is pleasant or unpleasant, the communication-togetherness with friends and colleagues, having a good or a bad time, feeling lively and happy or discouraged and unhappy.

lateral osei

5oseis_lateral

tension distension

The action of the rotary osei + and ´(VII and VIII) in the CVP activates the excretory system and its biological excretory activity, the expression of the competitive or conclusive psyche, and the execution of the torsion (twisting) movement. When this osei tenses, the CVP twists against one side and it relaxes by untwisting the CVP towards the opposite side. This osei operates, essentially, from the waist and from the urinary cavity.

The sensitivity of the rotary osei focuses on the rotary dimension of the world and it captures (either in an active and extrovert or a passive and introvert way) the variable intensity of the wave, the immediate space and time around us, the minimum vital space or one’s own territory, the pressure of the stimuli close to us, and the need to fight these stimuli or to defend oneself from them.

 

rotatory osei

5oseis_rotatoria

tension distension

The action of the central osei + and – (IX and X) in the CVP activates the reproductive system and its biological activity of cell regeneration, the expression of the affective or absolute psyche, and the execution of the inward-outward movement (multidirectional) . When this osei tenses, the CVP compacts towards its centre, downward and slightly forward. It relaxes by projecting the CVP outward, upward, and slightly backward. This osei operates, essentially, from the hips and from the pelvic girdle.

The sensitivity of the central osei focuses on the central dimension of the world and it captures (either in an active-introvert in + and passive-extrovert in -way) the density of the wave, the infiniteness of time and space, the inner self, the external stimuli that penetrate this self, the multidirectional and absolute force of the union with the nucleus of another being, other beings in need of vital help (and above all our own children), life and death.

central osei

5oseis_central

tension distension

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The activation or any of the five oseis playing a predominant role depends on a given moment and situation. For example, a mammal rises its neck-head to respond to some far away stimulus; it straightens and leans its CVP forward to move on; it moves its CVP laterally when it feels happy; it fights against an intruder by using the torsion strength of its CVP; or it compacts its CVP when it is in heat.

On the other hand, this activation also depends on the different conditioning we have undergone throughout our lives. This conditioning is greater in the human being due to the special learning capacity inherent in the nature of the homo sapiens sapiens as well as to the fact that every individual is born having some oseis as predominant. We will call this inborn predominance of some oseis, taiheki.

 

                  The percepcion of space according to each osei

 

 

 

vertical osei

 

 

 

 

 

frontal osei

 

 

 

 

 

 

lateral osei

 

 

 

 

 

 

rotatory osei

 

 

 

 

 


central osei

ciervo

psyche stemmed from organism

PSYCHE STEMMED FROM THE ORGANISM

 

Cellular psyche

Only a few weeks after fertilization has taken place, the thousands of cells generated by the fertilized cell form five different types of initial cell groups. Since these groups correspond to each one of the five oseis we will call them: cells I-II, vertical osei; cells III-IV, bilateral osei, cells V-VI, frontal osei; cells VII -VIII, rotary osei; cells IX-X, central osei.

Each embryonic cell group deploys the movement specific to the osei that formed it in each one of the multiple and complex moves they make. Each cell group creates new cells that will form the tissues, the cavities, and the organic systems corresponding to its specific osei. Their cell associations show some specific behaviour, perception, memory, and intelligence that we will call cellular psyche.

Cells I-II form the neurons of the nervous system. They are in charge of interpreting and coordinating different types of information so that a general planning function will arise. To achieve this objective, these cells keep some distance from the other cells. This type of behaviour enables them to grasp information as a whole from some distance. They associate among themselves following a strict hierarchical order. They also form the sight, the only sense that can perceive stimuli without having any contact with them.
The type of cellular psyche that arises from the upward movement and medullar-static quality of these cells is observant, distant, and hierarchical. We will call it, contemplative cellular psyche.

Cells V-VI form the cells of the muscular-motor and respiratory system. They are in charge of the combustive or metabolic function. They know that this function must be efficient and completed within the shortest time possible through the fastest and shortest route. Thus, the route chosen by these cells to carry out their task is unidirectional, it goes from the origin of the muscles to their insertions, from the origin of the respiratory pathways to their destinations, and they never take any detour. These cells perform their task in a precise way and they use space very efficiently.
The type of cellular psyche that arises from the unidirectional forward movement and the peripheral-dynamic quality of these cells is unidirectional, practical, and efficient. We will call it, pragmatic cellular psyche.

Cells III-IV form the cells of the assimilatory-circulatory system and they are in charge of delivering the food throughout the organism. To carry out this task they act according to the sense of taste and they associate among themselves through a bilateral intercommunicative net which enables the organism to attain a continuous state of liveliness. These cells are not concerned about efficiency or hierarchical order but about the state of contentment or discontentment of the cells. They know how to play the role of mediator by enabling the different parts of the organism to communicate with each other.
The type of cellular psyche that arises from the left-right movement and the peripheral-dynamic quality of these cells is the taste driven, communicative and mediating cellular psyche. We will call it, emotional cellular psyche.

Cells VII-VIII form the cells of the excretory system and they are in charge of the excretory function. They know how to make out their own space or territory by sorting out the substances that are harmful to the organism, by checking the selection they made, by throwing out the intruder, by keeping in check the pressure and strength applied in these tasks, by cleaning the organism, and by protecting it from its enemies.
The type of cellular psyche that arises from the rotating movement and the peripheral-dynamic quality of these cells is combative, territorial, and conclusive. We will call it, competitive cellular psyche.

Cells IX-X form the cells of the reproductive, cell regenerator, and subjacent connective system. Their intense vitality enables them to be aware of both life and death and thus, they are able to carry out the regeneration of cells. They know how to establish multidirectional intercellular contacts to bring together the different parts of the organism, to enable the cells to communicate from nucleus to nucleus so that and intimate cell-to-cell communication can take place, they are also responsible for the perpetuation of the species. They carry out their tasks quietly, hiding within the different tissues, and they only express themselves overtly at the right moment.
The type of cellular psyche that arises from the multidirectional movement and the medullar-static quality of these cells is intimate, profound, and absolute. We will call it affective cellular psyche.

The psyche

In the vertebrates, the different cellular psyches shown above are coordinated within their brains and they show up in the different brain activities, thus forming the psyche of the organism or of the living being.

The psyche coordinates and expresses the different internal and external vital needs of the five major organic systems. Both this coordination and this expression are carried out through the spinal cord or the spinal nerves (internal information) and through the five senses or the five cranial nerves (external information).
The psyche and its brain activity are not independent from the different activities and movements in each living being’s organism. Just the opposite, they are absolutely interrelated with them. They are one of the activities of the osei.

breakthrough: osei framework

THE OSEI FRAMEWORK, A BREAKTHROUGH

 

The absolute interdependence of the actions of the oseis in the CVP brings out some of their essential characteristics that could not be seen when looking at each osei separately. These characteristics are:

Medullar-static oseis and peripheral-dynamic oseis

The medullar quality is characteristic of the vertical (I and II) and the central (IX and X) oseis. The former osei forms the cranial cavity, the latter the pelvic cavity and both are linked by an axis. Their movements are static, namely, they allow us to remain apparently still. On the other hand, the peripheral quality is inherent in the frontal (V and VI), lateral (III and IV), and rotary (VII and VIII) oseis. These oseis form the chest, digestive, and urinary cavities, respectively. They are organized around the medullar structure of the CVP and they form the “vital oven of the organism”. Their movements are dynamic, namely, they allow us to move in the space.

F-e oseis, bilateral osei and circular oseis

The vertical and frontal oseis act in the f-e plane – flexor-extensor or anterior-posterior. The lateral osei acts in the bilateral plane, perpendicular to the f-e plane. The rotary and central oseis act in a circular way, from the f-e plane to the bilateral plane and the other way round.

 

green: f-e plane
red: bilateral plane
ochre: circular way
tres_dimensiones

 

pelvis3colores pies3colores

 

The three regions of the CVP

The osei has structured the CVP into three regions, according to the plane-dimension where the five actions take place:

The f-e region of the vertical (f-e medullar and static) and frontal (f-e peripheral and dynamic) oseis occupies “the cranial and caudal extremes”, in the general CVP: head and chest-shoulders cavity, coccyx tip, and the femur-coxal area; at each curve of the vertebral column: cervical vertebrae C1-C2, thoracic vertebrae Th1-Th4 and Th12, lumbar vertebrae L1 and L5.

The bilateral region of the lateral osei (bilateral peripheral and dynamic) takes up “the mid area”, in the general CVP: digestive cavity; at each curve of the vertebral column: cervical vertebra C4, thoracic vertebrae Th6-Th9, lumbar vertebra L2.

The circular region, of the rotary (circular peripheral and dynamic) and central (circular medullar and static) oseis, occupies the “intermediate areas” between the extremes and the medial part and, especially, “the penultimate area”, in the general CVP: urinary and pelvic cavities; at each curve of the vertebral column: cervical vertebrae C3 and C5-C6, thoracic vertebrae Th5 and Th10-Th11, lumbar vertebrae L3-L4.

 

tres_regiones

Whereas fish and reptiles move in the bilateral way mainly, mammals and birds move, chiefly, in the f-e plane. This kind of difference was crucial in the evolutionary process of the species since it allowed mammals and birds to develop their brains. This was possible due to the fact that the general movement of their CVPs took place in the same f-e plane, the site of the nervous system, which is always placed in a foremost and upper position in any living being. The human being’s vertebral column is one of the most important manifestations of this evolutionary process. Its curves are extremely important and they are defined, mainly, in the f-e plane. Thus, the following actions take place at each curve of the vertebral column (although any one vertebral articulation responds to all movements):

 

 
 The f-e action is greater in the cranial and caudal extremes, f-e region (green)
 
 
The bilateral action can only be greater in the
mid area, bilateral region (red).
 
 
The circular action takes place in the intermediate areas,
between the extremes of the mid area, especially in the penultimate area(with the necessary strength to form the base), circular region (ochre).
tienda_india

 

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The thorny apophysis of the vertebra indicates the region to which it belongs:

they define the plane f-e    /      they avoid to define    /     intermediate aspect

 

The formation of the vertebral column as described above is complete in the thoracic and cervical curves and it is simplified at the lumbar curve. It defines the formation of the brain and it is embodied in the formation of the limbs or extremities. Actually, this brain formation reproduces the very three regions shown in the general CVP.

 

F-e region Frontal, parietal, and occipital encephalic lobes, medulla oblongata and the anterior-superior area of the mesencephalon; cranial nerves I-III and X-XI
cranial extreme and caudal extreme or medulla oblongata cerebro_verde
Bilateral region Insular encephalic lobe, limbic area and posterior-inferior area of the mesencephaloncranial; cranial nerves IV and V
mid part cerebro_rojo
Circular region Temporal encephalic lobe, cerebellum and occipital protuberance; cranial nerves VI-IX and part of nerve V
punultimate place cerebro_ocre

 

This is a historical discovery made by Haruchika Noguchi about:

  • the structure of the spontaneous movement or of the osei made up by the five oseis + and -, oseis I-X;
  • the structure of the interrelation among different activities of the oseis in the living beings.

This type of structure, inherent in any type of physical, biological, psychic, or social existence, is a new universal model or paradigm that we will call osei framework.

CVP, vital of the organism

THE CVP, THE VITAL STRUCTURE OF THE ORGANISM

 

Throughout the evolution of the species, each osei has fostered the formation of an organic system with its corresponding biological activity and a specific psychic activity with its corresponding brain area. The same type of formation takes place in the embryo: each osei generates a type of initial cells which will form a specific organic system together with its biological activity and the psyche inherent in its own cell associations.

In the organism of both the human being and the vertebrates, the absolute interrelation between the five oseis, their five basic movements, their five major organic systems, their biological, psychic, and brain activities, has created a structure that governs the organism and which we will call the CVP:

C as in Cranium, V as in Vertebra, P as in Pelvis.

The CVP is made of the following parts, which are totally interdependent on each other (the existence of any one of them requires its connexion with the others):

 

cavity zone center of the system osei
blue cranial head nervous vertical
green chest shoulders motor-combustive frontal
red digestive abdomen digestive-circulatory lateral
ochre urinari waist excretory rotatory
violet pelvic hips reproductve-conjunctive central

cinco_dimensiones

 

cinco_cavidades

apofisis_espinosa

The fact that culture has no other concepts than head and trunk or brain and body has lead us to understand that the head governs the trunk or that the brain governs the body. It is true that the brain (nervous system) displays the different cell activities of the different organic systems as well as those of their own psyches and coordinates all of them. Nevertheless, the brain does not govern the organism.

Actually, the formation and development of the head and the brain was a long process in the history of evolution and this formation was fostered by the organisms of the species involved in such process. The CVP represents the life of the organism and it is formed by the million of cells in the head-trunk-extremities.

When the CVP executes each one of the five movements, the following parts of the organism get activated: the muscles inherent in each osei and the vertebra specific to each curve of the vertebral column, the organs in each one of the body cavities and the corresponding areas of the nervous system and of the brain together with the psyche specific to each osei. The CVP also operates as required its extremities (arms-hands and legs-feet in the human being; legs in the quadrupeds; wings and legs in the owls; fins in the fish), according to the external needs.

The action of the every osei in the human pelvis

pelvis5colores

The action of the every osei on the plant of the feets

pies5colores

 

The CVP represents our organisms because it is the highest organization of all their cellular associations. Moreover, it is the structure that governs our lives since it involves the five modalities of life expression and its five capacities of reaction, the five oseis + and – (I-X), all of them tightly interrelated and dependent on each other.

spontaneus movement, osei

THE SPONTANEOUS MOVEMENT, THE OSEI

 

Our organism is not a bundle of cells, tissues, and organs. It is a living being that is formed following a rigourous order, the result of million of years of evolution. It has the capacity to react to different situations in order to keep its own vital balance, it can also adapt to the environment and transform it. Our organism responds to these situations, both internal and external, as a unit because its different activities are completely and absolutely interdependent.

Haruchika Noguchi showed that this capacity of our organism to respond to different situations as a unit arises from the 5 universal movements in + and in –, whether they are under tension or distension. These movements act throughout the different energetic activities (motor, biological, and psychic) of the living being and they form the spontaneous movement.

Osei is the organism’s natural capacity of reaction through the absolute interrelation of its different energetic activities. The osei comprises five oseis + and -, which are the different ways life is manifested.

The vertical osei + and -– (oseis I and II) is essential in the formation of the nervous system and of the sight. It establishes the natural interrelation between:
– the upward movement
– the planning biological activity
– the contemplative or observant psychic activity

The frontal osei + and – (oseis V and VI) is essential in the formation of the muscular-respiratory system and the sense of smell. It establishes the natural interrelation between:
– the unidirectional forward movement
– the metabolic-respiratory biological activity
– the pragmatic or efficient psychic activity

The lateral osei + and – (oseis III and IV) is essential in the formation of the digestive-circulatory system and the sense of taste. It establishes the natural interrelation between:
– the left-right movement
– the assimlatory-circulatory biological activity
– the emotional or mediator psychic activity

The rotary osei + and – (oseis VII and VIII) is essential in the formation of the excretory system and the sense of hearing. It establishes the natural interrelation between:
– the twisting or torsion movement
– the excretory biological activity
– the competitive or resolute psychic activity

The central osei + and – (oseis IX and X) is essential in the formation of the reproductive-subjacent connective system and the sense of touch. It establishes the natural interrelation between:
– the inward-outward movement
– the biological activity of cell regeneration
– the affective or absolute psychic activity

 

 

 

upward movement, vertical osei

 

 

 

unidirectional forward
movement, frontal osei

 

 

 

left-right movement, lateral osei

 

 

 

torsion movement, rotary osei

 

 

 

inward-outward movement,
central osei

                  anterior view           left lateral view         superior view

cinco-movimientos-cinco-oseis

 

cinco_dimensiones

 

The action of the five movements or oseis on the human pelvis

pelvis5colores

Osei and oseis can be translated into English as reactivity or reactivities. This term is used in Physics, Chemistry, and Psychology to refer to different things. Thus, we use the Japanese word Osei, which has no plural form in this language, so as to avoid any confusion.

forgotten human nature

THE FORGOTTEN HUMAN NATURE

 

It is a top priority that we respect the environment and that we get to know and respect the life of the human organism and its spontaneous manifestation better.

Over thousands of years, we have accumulated vast and sound knowledge about human life. Nevertheless,
Western knowledge has tackled this issue from an analytical perspective while improving its knowledge about each one of the activities in our organisms. On the other hand, eastern knowledge never lost sight of the unity of body and mind in the human being but it has never been concerned about making a rigourous distinction among these activities.
Consequently, neither eastern nor western cultures have ever been able to explain the way the interrelation among the different energetic activities in our organisms – motor, biological, and psychic – takes place.

On the other hand,
We have been witnessing for the last fifty years how western science knowledge has been implemented massively in every society, culture, and all over the world. Although, this may be considered an extraordinary accomplishment in may ways, never before human nature has undergone such manipulation or interference.

In conclusion,
Both western and eastern Human Culture have taught us, through different ways, how to dominate our own nature but it has not taught us how to understand our own spontaneous manifestations, the direct expression of
the life of our special organisms,

  • which gave birth to us, raised, and keeps us alive in an indivisible union between psyche-soma, voluntary-involuntary, conscious-non-conscious;

which has also allowed us to learn and create culture, progress and knowledge, by communicating through all of them;

  • which is specific in each one of us;
  • which is the source of human behaviour, human conflicts, and our life-health.

Since no human language has the exact words to identify the natural interrelation among the different activities in our organisms, human beings find it difficult

  • to perceive that the blockage-dissociation in these activities is the chief internal cause of our health problems
  • and to feel the need to solve them.

The seitai culture offers us some simple practice and some new knowledge about our organisms. Both are fundamental and revolutionary and they allow us to attend to and understand this forgotten human nature as well as to learn from its spontaneous manifestation.

Publication in the newspaper La Vanguardia on Katsumi Mamine

Katsumi Mamine a “la Contra” de La Vanguardia (07/08/2014)

 

El passat 7 d'agost el Katsumi Mamine a "la Contra" de La Vanguardia

 

Tinc 70 anys. Vaig néixer a Tòquio. Sóc casat i tinc dos fills. Em vaig llicenciar en Belles Arts; després vaig venir a Barcelona i vaig fundar una escola de seitai. Observo una falta de respecte per la vida. Vull deixar tranquil·les les dues expressions internacionals: “Mare meva” i “Déu meu”.

Als vuit anys vaig tenir la sort de conèixer un geni: Haruchika Noguchi, i la seva pràctica de la cultura del seitai, el secret de la vida, allò que ningú no sap definir i que ell va desxifrar de manera intuïtiva.

I quin és el secret de la vida?

La vida és moviment. L’absència de moviment és mort. Vam ser moviment abans que l’òvul fos fecundat i serem moviment fins al precís instant de la nostra última exhalació.

Què es practicava al dojo de Haruchika Noguchi?

El moviment espontani. El cor es mou, i també l’estómac, els músculs, les vèrtebres, la psique… Totes les cèl·lules es mouen, tot en nosaltres és moviment.

Però si és espontani, no s’ha d’aprendre.

Durant la nostra vida solem bloquejar l’espontaneïtat del moviment. Per exemple, alterem la respiració, l’escurcem, l’elevem… Però si escoltem el cos, hi ha una via per recuperar l’amplitud natural de la respiració instintiva relacionada amb la coordinació de tots el moviments també instintius.

Què provoca aquesta alteració del moviment espontani?

En bloquejar l’enorme força del mateixa vida, es produeix una sobreexcitació interna, enduriment físic, descompensació orgànica i obsessió mental.

Així doncs, cal reaprendre el moviment espontani?

Si prem una mica d’atenció, ens adonem que tenim aquest moviment espontani, i simplement l’hem de seguir. Però sempre he tingut dificultat a l’hora de transmetre verbalment el que vaig aprendre.

Seixanta anys d’experiència en seitai, vint dels quals amb el seu mestre.

Durant quaranta anys m’he dedicat a ordenar l’immens llegat de Haruchika Noguchi i a intentar explicar d’una manera científica el seu descobriment. Per això he fet estudis d’embriologia, funcions orgàniques, fisiològiques, les respostes psíquiques… I així vaig entendre un malentès.

Vostè dirà.

Em vaig adonar que faltava una paraula decisiva per expressar la mateixa vida.

I la va inventar.

Vaig escollir tres paraules gregues: crani, columna vertebral i pelvis (CVP). Aquesta és l’estructura rectora de la vida de cada organisme vertebrat. Però tant en la cultura oriental com en l’occidental dividim el cos en cap, tronc i extremitats.

És el que ens ensenyen a l’escola.

Com que les paraules són vehicle de pensaments, resulta que el pensament humà ha establert que en aquesta dicotomia de cap i tronc, el cap regeix el tronc.

 

I no és així?

Crani, columna i pelvis s’han de coordinar per regir la vida, i ho fan a través del moviment espontani. És veritat que el cervell ho regeix gairebé tot, per això des del cap hem de fer atenció a la coordinació CVP… És francament plaent.

 

Es tracta de regenerar el vigor de viure
Katsumi Mamine, mestre de seitai

 

Plaent?

Tots els nostres sistemes orgànics es volen coordinar, i per això tenim aquesta estructura CVP, però se sol bloquejar. Si parem atenció, ens anirem adonant d’on és el bloqueig. Però no es tracta de controlar o aprendre a gestionar, sinó simplement d’atendre.

Atens, i què passa?

Els òrgans interns es comencen a reactivar i tens la sensació psíquica que, ostres!, estàs recuperant una mica de tu mateix. Són pràctiques senzillíssimes, no necessites aprendre tècniques ni tenir mestres; el professor és el mateix moviment espontani.

Aleshores, què fa vostè?

El que faig és ajudar a descobrir aquesta experiència que ens acaba donant més vitalitat. Aquesta estructura que regeix la vida, la CVP, té cinc moviment essencials: vertical, frontal, lateral, rotació i central, i cadascun regeix determinades parts de l’organisme. Simplement cal conèixer-los i observar-los.

Aquest moviment espontani és igual en tothom?

No, és completament personal. Per tant, a la pràctica no totes les persones fan els mateixos moviments, tal com passa en el cas del ioga, el tai-txí o altres pràctiques.

Escoltes i deixes que aparegui el moviment?

Sí, un moviment subtil. I aquesta aparent ximpleria t’aporta una cosa molt important, et va ensenyant on estàs bloquejat, i amb la pràctica tot comença a fluir. Tots sabem que el nostre cos és un conjunt, que tot està relacionat, de manera que, de sobte, descobreixes que l’agror d’estómac recurrent ha desaparegut.

El seitai cura?

Regenera el vigor de viure.

Fins i tot en una depressió?

Tot el nostre cos s’està regenerant contínuament. Si no connectes amb aquest moviment i vius únicament al cap, sents que tot el teu ésser està aurat. Connectar amb el moviment interior et torna aquesta capacitat intrínseca de tot allò que és viu.

Publication in the newspaper Ara on Katsumi Mamine

Publicació al diari Ara d’un article sobre Katsumi Mamine (08/06/2014)

 

La mercantilització de l’educació ha apostat per un sistema sense docents i, per tant, sense cap altra autoritat que la seva pròpia rendibilitat.

Fa temps que s’ataca els mestres des de diferents fronts: per una banda, el discurs antiautoritari ha criticat sovint la jerarquia i el poder de mestres i professors. Però per una altra banda, també la mercantilització de l’educació ha apostat per un sistema sense mestres i, per tant, sense cap altra autoritat que la seva pròpia rendibilitat.

Un mestre, com s’ha sabut i s’ha practicat des de temps antics en el conjunt de les cultures humanes, no és aquell que imposa el seu saber, sinó qui ens obre la porta de la pròpia vida. El podem trobar en un professor, potser, però també en una àvia, en un pare, en una companya de viatge, en un poeta o en un veí. Un mestre ho és pel que sap, però sobretot perquè fa possible saber. Els vertaders mestres, doncs, acompanyen, però no tutelen, i finalment ens alliberen de tota dependència cap a ells i cap a qualsevol altra instància de poder.

Fa pocs dies vaig ser jo qui em vaig escapar fora de classe per anar a trobar un mestre. Érem molts escoltant i rient amb Katsumi Mamine a la llibreria Alibri, mentre presentava el seu llibre El movimiento vital, editat per Icaria. Katsumi Mamine fa 40 anys que viu a Barcelona i que treballa en un pis de l’avinguda República Argentina sense rètols, gairebé sense mobles. Un espai buit on ensenya, amb les seves mans i el moviment del seu cos, a trobar el propi moviment vital. No hi ha màgia, esoterisme ni promeses terapèutiques. Només exercicis molt simples, a l’abast de qualsevol, a través dels quals tenir accés al propi cos com a font inesgotable d’aprenentatge. La postura d’aprendre: en diu ell. Una postura que no és estàtica ni reverencial sinó tot al contrari: és la del moviment d’un cos capaç d’escoltar-se a si mateix.

 

Sé que més d’un intel·lectual, científic o expert en el que sigui es deu estar posant nerviós després d’haver llegit aquest darrer paràgraf. Ens agrada vestir-nos amb el coneixement, però estem molt poc disposats a deixar-nos tocar per la vertadera comprensió de la vida i de les seves veritats. Per això ens hem anat carregant de tant de coneixement inútil, per molt aplicable i rendible que sigui, i de tanta cultura supèrflua. Katsumi ens explicava que quan de ben jovenet va conèixer el seu propi mestre, H. Noguchi, el que va pensar és: “Com pot ser que això tan important no s’ensenyi ni s’expliqui enlloc?” Estic segura que tots hem sentit alguna vegada la mateixa sensació davant d’alguna ensenyança important.

Que Katsumi tingui els ulls ametllats no ens ha de fer caure en la trampa de pensar que tot això és cosa d’orientals. Sòcrates, pare de la nostra cultura filosòfica, caminava per l’Atenes del seu temps fent preguntes incòmodes als seus conciutadans més respectats. Els ensenyava el mateix: que el camí del saber és el camí de l’aprendre i que està, en última instància, a l’abast de cadascú de nosaltres. “Coneix-te tu mateix”, deia la famosa sentència que ell predicava. Ara ja sabem que no volia dir “busca’t a tu mateix” sinó que s’ha de traduir d’aquesta altra manera: “No deixis d’aprendre de la teva vida”.

 

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