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KOTOTAMA RECOVERY PROTOCOL

Inspired by M.M. Nakazono’s Misogi & Return to Life

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Macrobiotic Simplicity

 — “Food is Vibration”

“Only food that carries the order of life can restore order in man.”

— Nakazono

⬛ Daily Eating Plan (Strict Healing Mode)

• Main Grain: Pressure-cooked brown rice (90% chew)
• Soup: Miso soup (shiro or hatcho) with wakame, onion, daikon
• Beans: Adzuki, lentils, chickpeas (well cooked)
• Vegetables: Carrot, cabbage, daikon, kale (lightly steamed or simmered)
• Sea Vegetables: Wakame, kombu, nori
• Condiments: Gomasio, umeboshi, shoyu (very sparingly)

Avoid:

• Oil, sugar, fruit, caffeine (except kukicha or very light sencha), supplements, and all stimulants
• Cold/raw food (except small garnish like scallion or sauerkraut if your gut can tolerate)

Eat in silence. Chew until breath slows.

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Breath Practice

 — “Life Enters Through Breath”

“Without correct breathing, all medicine is incomplete.”

— Nakazono

Kototama Breath Sequence (Morning & Evening)

• Sit with upright spine (seiza or chair)
• Hands on lower abdomen (tanden)
• Inhale slowly through nose to tanden (count 5)
• Exhale on sound:

Let each sound resonate through tanden — not the throat.

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Chanting Misogi

 — “Words of Purification”

“The Norito is the breath of origin. Chanting it returns you to that source.”

— Nakazono

Daily Norito

• Futonorito (Amatsu Norito) — chant once in morning, once in evening
• Stand or kneel with palms together (gassho), eyes lowered
• Let voice emerge from the hara, not the mouth
• After chanting, sit in silence. Listen.

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Silent Misogi Discipline

“Silence is where Kototama speaks the loudest.”

— Nakazono

• Take 1 hour per day in complete silence.
  No phone. No speaking. Just sitting, walking, or chewing.
• Reflect without judgment: “Where is my breath blocked? What am I holding?”

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Posture & Movement

 (If pain allows)

“Stand upright between Heaven and Earth.”

— Nakazono

• If possible, do Seiza breathing for 5 minutes daily
• Walk slowly outdoors if able — let each step chant: I…Yo…I…Yo…

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Spiritual Attunement

“Say: I am not the center. Life is.”

— Nakazono

Daily Prayer (Say aloud or silently)

“I return to the Source. I surrender my plans. I accept the fire. Let Life purify what remains. Let me become what I truly am.”