The art of peace by Morihai Ueshiba

  • You don’t need money, power nor buildings to practice the art of peace, heaven is where you are and there’s the place to practice and train.
  • Breathe.

-Protect nature.

-Learn from books and people.

  • Everything, included rivers, plants and mountains, should be your teacher.
  • Peace comes from flowing with everything.
  • To practice peace you must calm the spirit and turn back to the source.
  • The cure for materialism is the cleaning of the 6 senses. (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind)
  • All life is the manifestation of love.
  • There are many paths that take to Mount Fuji, but there is one single peak (Love)
  • Economy is the base of society, when the economy is stable society gets developed.
  • The best merchandise to commerce with are sincerity and love.
  • Those who have reached enlightenment never stop working on themselves.
  • The art of peace is invincible because it doesn’t fight against anything. (There are no battles and the true warrior is invincible because s/he doesn’t fight against anyboy)
  • To hurt an oponent is to hurt yourself.
  • The art of peace is to control agression without producing damage.

-A good posture, the mind’s attitude.

-The body should be triangular and the mind round.

  • Always thank, even your defeats.
  • To attack is prove that one is out of control.

-You must not sacrify a single one of your warriors to defeat the enemy.