Explanation Of The Tao Te Ching Part Seventy Three 

“A brave and passionate man will kill or be killed. 
A brave and calm man will always preserve life. 
Of these two which is good and which is harmful? 
Some things are not favored by heaven. Who knows why? 
Even the sage is unsure of this. 

The Tao of heaven does not strive, and yet it overcomes. 
It does not speak, and yet is answered. 
It does not ask, yet is supplied with all its needs. 
It seems to have no aim and yet its purpose is fulfilled. 

Heaven’s net casts wide. 
Though its meshes are course, nothing slips through.”

Bravery and passion can make us foolish, whereas brave and calm will help us to keep the peace. This is why we translate Budo and Wushu as ‘peacekeepers’ as they require us to have that soft front and strong back.

The Tao doesn’t have to strive, it is the source of both insight and wisdom, so requires us to be still and silent to hear it. Its balance covers the entire universe, we don’t why it is but we do know that the laws of nature are certain and the resounding truth of our universe.