#9 - The Path of the Water – Soft, Flexible, Persistent and Very Strong

Healthy Positive Lifestyle: Holistic Lifestyle and Coaching with Dr. Jin

English - September 02, 2013 18:57 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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Previous Episode: #8 – Traditions and Habits: Compromise or Sacrifice? What can we justify?

Next Episode: #10 - Softness in Martial Arts and Every Day Life – Path of the Water Part 2

Today I'd like to talk about the Path of the Water. I mentioned the path of the least resistance a couple of times in my previous podcasts. How to determine where is the line separating justifiable resistance from excessive force?

I often hear people talking about "being like water" in the context of complete non resistance. But is it really so? If water was such a non-resistant substance than tsunami would not present any danger to people, and it would not cause any devastation like it does sometimes. And we cannot blame the ocean for not being like water. So, is water really that yielding and soft?..
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