Nature is ruthless and so to be one with nature is to be ruthless as well When people conceive of nature they oft times attribute sensibilities and innate values that the people in question possess when in reality in an objective sense nature has neither mercy nor malice, no morality at all. In the symbolism...

The master of death is the custodian of life The fourth verse of the Komuso Ryu mantra is “I have no body; I make self awareness my body” which corresponds to the fourth of the Nine Levels of Power which is “Healing of self and others.” The ninja incants this verse of the mantra as...