Author Archives: Tomas Dantes Akhan

The Universe is nature, what is natural,progressing and flourishing . Harmony and stability are there. Heaven and Sincerity, being one, follow what is natural. TAO “ Darkness within Darkness The gate to all mystery” “ Under heaven, all can see beauty, only because there is ugliness All can see good as good, only because thereContinue reading “The Deceived”

From time immemorial , through the mists of countless centuries, human society slowly formed. Those who found the Nomadic life too strenuous , or too unstable, became better suited for a sedentary life. The eternal dream, the dream of freedom, standing upright under a blue sky……. moving across the Earth, living of it’s bounty. EnergizedContinue reading “Nomads”

The natural aspect of the moment, after armies have been placed and directed becomes a practical matter for those in the field. Warriors must then be of one mind, defeating the enemy. In achieving this warriors must become fierce. In times when blood washes blood it becomes all important. To achieve this state of Being,Continue reading “Being Fierce”

In Zen the Sense of self hinders true freedom, fixated by self as a distinct entity , we separate ourselves from our environment and others. Ego and selfishness are the bi products. The self on one side, the world and Universe on the other. The ego and the untrue complicated mind work together to conjureContinue reading “EGO”

Sincerity is the ‘‘ way of Heaven’’ to make oneself sincere is the way of man. The Hagakure itself is the way of absolute sincerity. With the introduction of Zen to Japan, Samurai and warriors alike were attracted to it for its simplicity and lack of ceremony and discourse, with an emphasis on self relianceContinue reading “The way”

‘‘ Good Luck Man’’, was a Mystic, Herbalist, warrior , adviser to generals, teacher and healer. He was born in wan Quiyang county, Szechuan Provence in the year 1677. Literate and energetic at an early age, he was to meet several itinerant herbalists when he was thirteen years old. Impressed by them to the extentContinue reading “Longevity”

Koruga Nagamasa noted that ‘‘ The art of peace and the art of war are like the two wheels of a cart, which lacking one will have difficulty in standing. Myamoto Mushashi ,Japans most famous swordsman also excelled in painting , sculpture , garden design , metallurgy , and writing . The Hagakure dictated byContinue reading “War”

Lord Naoshige once said,‘‘ There is nothing felt quite so deeply as Giri. There are times when someone like a cousin dies and it is not a matter of shedding tears. But we may hear of someone who lived fifty or one hundred years ago , of whom we know nothing, and has no familyContinue reading “Giri And The Heart Of Samurai”

Matsuguma Kyushu told this story.‘‘In the practice of medicine is a diferenciación of treatment according to the Yen and Yang of man and woman. There is also a difference in pulse. In the last 50 years , however, men’s pulse has become the same as woman’s . on Noticing this in the treatment of eyeContinue reading “Virility”

Tagagi Akifusa was a warrior of matchless valor and a dangerous swordsman. He turned against the Ryuzo clan , appealing to Maeda Iyo no Kami Lesada for shelter, which was given to him. Akifusa had two retainers, Ingazaemon and Fudozaemon , who never left his side day or night, stalwarts inferior in no way. ThusContinue reading “The Mystic Warrior”