With complete spontaneity, I would like to share a perspective on the cultivation of the state of mind known in martial arts practice as "Mushin" or "No-Mind". I feel that in order to find harmony, we must first experience "the void" or emptiness. In aikido, the practice of circular and flowing techniques is an effective vehicle for the internal development of practitioners. In my experience, the key is in "the void" where only the "here and now" exist, through the practice