Archetypes in Religion and Beyond

Some of you might appreciate this discussion. There is quite a bit more to it than what I focused on in the following comment.   

 

I appreciated Layman asking about the middle way of fighting (59:39). I am one trained in Taiji as a fighting art. And its tradition is one of the 'middle way' of Yin/Yang via Taoism and Chan Buddhism, both of which 'fight' against absolutism (and nihilism). Hence I apply it to the rhetorical war against the absolutism of fascism that is currently running rampant in today's US Repugnacon Party.

As to Robert's response on also addressing our own internal conflicts using the middle way, Taiji certainly addresses that as well being labeled an 'internal' art. A significant part of the training is knowing oneself via its meditative aspect, which is to be enacted via it's ethical and social aspect. Which is of course prerequisite to fighting injustice externally, learning how to apply its martial aspect appropriately to a given situation. But its base after all is as a martial art, so fighting is an appropriate response when and where necessary.