85470 - Transcription: Podcast With Us #126: Kung Fu as a combative Harmony

N. Lygeros

In Western civilization when we think about the notion of Harmony we think that it is in fact a state. We don’t see its dynamics. The problem is the following. If we see the harmony as a state we can imagine that in fact it’s just the target. But in reality we can see that there is a dynamical process in the framework of harmony. We can see it in Kung Fu, we can also see it in the teaching of Bruce Lee and of course the legacy of Wing Chun but the idea was already in the theory of Yin Yang. Because in fact it’s not a state between two opponents. In reality it’s the combination of complementary object  which in fact works as a strategic mix. So it’s not a state, it’s something which is an evolution and even when we are fighting, even in a struggle, we can imagine that we can use this process of harmony because it’s beyond the notion of peace. It’ related and it’s compatible with freedom. Harmony it’s in fact a tool so we can use it for our body, for our mind as a complex which in reality constitutes the soul. The soul uses harmony to work in the real life. So you can see that if you see the Eastern civilization with the Western civilization about this, you can see that there is also a combination. So the harmony is the way without limitation. It’s not exactly a way, maybe it’s also a no way but in fact we can see that if it is really a tool we can use it because it’s compatible with Humanity, with Time and it allows to leave a trace of our work. Because as it is compatible we can leave at the end an object of perfection. So if we can see the dynamical process of the harmony and we have the target of the Perfection and not the complete work then we can see that it’s in fact an evolution and this evolution allows also the evolution of Humanity.