@mushinjournal: The Japanese principle “Satsujinken Katsujinken” (殺人剣活人剣) speaks of two swords that are one; the blade that takes life and the blade that protects it, held in the same hand, decided only by the intention behind the stroke. There is a peace that is owned and a peace that is borrowed, and they are easy to confuse until the moment they are tested. The man who cannot defend his calm does not actually possess it. He holds it the way a tenant holds a house, on terms set by someone else, and every quiet day he enjoys is a day no one with the power to take it has yet chosen to. His tranquility is entirely conditional, extended to him by the forbearance of everyone stronger who has decided, for now, to leave him alone. Satsujinken Katsujinken is the recognition that peace you cannot defend is not peace, but permission. The harmless man believes he has opted out of violence, and he has only opted out of the deciding. He has not removed the sword from the world; he has handed it to whoever wants it, and kept for himself only the hope that it will not be used. His gentleness costs him nothing and guarantees him nothing, because it was never a choice. A sheathed sword keeps the peace of the whole valley; the same valley with no sword in it at all keeps only the peace that the next armed man passing through decides to allow. Peace without the power to break it was never yours. It was only lent to you, by everyone who could. - Mushin Journal exists for those who want to think less, see more, and act with deliberate precision - whether in conflict, decision making, or solitude. Read slowly. Apply relentlessly. #lifequotes #mindset #fyp #motivationalquotes #discipline

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