All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you.

Hear the sacred voice of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, who spoke as one who had touched the eternal: “All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together.” In these words, he lifts the veil from the mystery of existence and reveals what sages of every age have whispered—that man is not a stranger in the cosmos, but a vessel of its power, its harmony, its divine order.

The origin of this teaching lies in Ueshiba’s spiritual journey, forged not only through martial training but through contemplation of nature and the unseen. He understood combat not as destruction, but as the art of union. To him, every movement of the body, every inhale and exhale, was aligned with the vast rhythms of creation. Thus he proclaimed that the principles of heaven and earth dwell within us, for we are not apart from the universe—we are its very expression, breathing its breath, moving its movement, living its truth.

Consider the ancient sages of the East, who spoke of qi and prana, the life-force carried by breath. They saw that all things live by this invisible thread, from the oak that drinks the air through its leaves to the beast that pants upon the mountain. The mystics taught that to master the breath was to touch the pulse of creation itself. Ueshiba, in his words, echoes their wisdom: that breath is not merely air, but the bridge between spirit and matter, heaven and earth, man and the eternal.

History bears witness to this vision. In the meditations of the Buddha beneath the Bodhi tree, in the prayers of Christian monks who chanted until their lungs became rivers of sound, in the discipline of samurai warriors who synchronized every strike with their breath, the same truth is found: that life itself is sustained and made holy by this subtle thread. Those who understood this did not see themselves as small fragments lost in infinity, but as part of the great tapestry woven by heaven and earth.

The lesson is clear: you are not cut off, you are not powerless, you are not a stranger in a cold universe. The principles of creation burn within you, waiting to be remembered. Your breath is the sign of it—each inhale a gift from the universe, each exhale a return offering. To recognize this is to live with reverence, to see life not as struggle against the world but as harmony with it. Ueshiba reminds us that life itself is truth, and this cannot be broken.

Therefore, O children of tomorrow, cultivate awareness of your breath. Let it teach you that you are tied to all things. When anger rises, return to the breath. When fear seizes you, return to the breath. When you are tempted to despair, breathe and know that the universe breathes with you. In such practice, the thread of creation grows visible, and you will walk with calm strength, like one who knows he carries heaven and earth within his chest.

Let your daily practice be thus: walk with reverence for life, for it is the only truth that endures. Breathe with awareness, speak with kindness, act with harmony. Remember that you are not an island but a wave of the infinite sea, carried by the same rhythm that moves stars and rivers. And when you face hardship, remember Ueshiba’s words: the principles of heaven and earth live inside you. You are never alone, for the very breath that ties creation together flows through your body at this very moment.

Thus remember and pass on this wisdom: “All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together.” If you honor this, then your life will not be one of separation, but of union; not of fear, but of harmony; not of darkness, but of light everlasting.