06/07/2026
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Food for Thought…
A peaceful man must still know violence… or his peace will be disturbed by whoever threatens it…
A Quote attributed to Miyamoto Musashi.
I was asked the other day, “how can you be so calm when you can be so violent?”
Just simple Yin and Yang… to know the light… you must know the dark… so that you are not triggered by opposites…
A peaceful and calm man must still know violence, explains a certain blunt wisdom, for peace unprepared is brittle… it can fall apart easily…
This type of reply is not a promise of arms but an orientation of being…
The wise one rests in wu-wei… action that arises from emptiness and clarity… yet cultivates strength as water cultivates a deep bed…
Water is soft and yields, but in persistence it cuts stone… So the wise learn the forms of force so that force need rarely be used…
To know violence is to recognize its nature… its arising from fear and grasping, its shape and its consequences…
Awareness makes a sword blunt… readiness keeps the valley intact…
The uncarved block, tranquil and empty, need not lurch when wind comes… its root is deep…
Training of the body and mind is like tending a garden… pruning does not seek to wound but to keep the plant alive…
A skillful hand restrains, redirects, prevents escalation…
When confronted, the sage's answer is simplicity… presence that dissolves provocation, a tone that cools flame… If action becomes necessary, it is precise, measured, and without spite…
True strength is compassion married to clarity…
One who understands violence knows also how to end it… not through domination but by removing its cause… fear, hunger, insult…
In this way the gate remains open… the heart remains unmoved…
The natural way does not forbid force… it teaches its right use…
To guard peace one must be capable, but never habitually violent… The way is to be like water… ready to flow, patient, and inexorably wise…
The martial artist in the Daoist tradition polishes virtue as well as technique… movement is ethical…
Mastery softens the heart rather than hardens it…
Thus preparedness becomes a compassionate discipline… firm enough to protect, gentle enough to restore, and quiet enough to preserve untroubled center…
Become a peaceful person capable of great and focused violence… a demon and a saint… embrace your dark side… but in a controlled and wisely directed way…
In this way… internal peace may be maintained…
So… are you a dangerous but peaceful man…
All the Best!
H Perry Curtis, Master at Pampamisayoc Qi Gong
I Ching for Today: Modern Interpretations for Daily Living https://a.co/d/0hkGO9Gu
