Christopher Li (Chris Li) wrote:
"When Christ said "In the beginning was the word", that Kotodama was SU. This is the beginning of kotodama."
-Morihei Ueshiba, "Take Musu Aiki"
No comment, except to note that he apparently mistook the old testament text for a quote from Christ.
However, he also goes on to say:
"This SU voice is not the letters transcribed to it in the west, it is a voice that is found only in Japan."
Eat your hearts out, lowly foreigners
Perhaps Morihei Ueshiba wasn't talking about the Old Testament, but was referring to the New Testament - John 1:1. That was probably the reason for mentioning Christ, because he was talking about the New Testament.
|Inochin pg 6
...In this state of no name, no form, no number, phenomena of the total a priori universe manifest with the name of U
. "In the beginning was the Word" (John, chap. 1) refers to this word...
|The Book of Do-In pg 126
...1. The prolonged Sound of "SU."
This sound is for harmonization in peace between ourselves and all surrounding people and existences throughout the world. In our breathing, we sound "SU" in exhaling, with or without actually uttering the sound. Breathing is an interchange to harmonize ourselves with the surrounding atmosphere...
might be translated as thought, but the primal meaning of logos is word, especially when used in the context of John 1:1.