By constructing a system that follows the laws of dialectics in nature, the ancient masters created a fighting art that provided a structure while simultaneously creating spontaneity and freedom from moving within predictable patterns. While fundamentals. are practiced in fixed routines by beginning students, the mastery of the art is achieved by freedom from predictable patterns. Patterns are learned in order to discover softness and hardness, circular linear elements of Um-Yang, while spontaneity and a dialectic oscillation between opposites is the ultimate approximation of the perfect form. In Hwa Rang Do obedience to law and recognition of structure maximizes freedom of movement. All things in nature obey these laws.
Humans can choose to obey or ignore the.
The distinction for us is that mankind is gifted with intelligence and the capacity to make moral choices, to give or withhold compassion, justice and faith. More fundamentally, man is self-conscious which burdens him with the responsibility of acting with wisdom. The burden of consciousness will determine whether his choices are in accordance with the rule of nature and therefore decide whether he survives less gifted species.