For Bushido it is the good will in-itself which has an absolute value. And it does not matter if it is an unsatisfied will, an unrealizable ideal --the life of misfortune and sadness, "the disconsolate empire of thirst and grief," in sum, that "time lost" perpetually repeating itself. Confront transmigration without fear, valiantly. Pursue perfection while maintaining a clear consciousness as to its "deception." Live in perpetual time, in Endlosigkeit, to use Hegel's terms. Find Unendlichkeit in Endlosigkeit, infinity in endlessness, eternity in succession without end.

Kuki Shuzo