"Knowledge is the beginning of action, and action is the completion of knowledge. To know and not to do is not yet to know."
Today's Question
Is 'truly knowing something' for you a state of being able to explain the logic in your head, or a state of fully practicing that behavior with your body?
The general who advocated for inner goodness on the battlefield
Wang Yangming was a Ming Dynasty general-philosopher who faced exile and battles throughout his turbulent life.
While struggling in a remote exile, he spent nights meditating inside a stone coffin. He realized that the principle of things is not outside, but in the inner goodness (Liangzhi) of the mind, practicing this in battles.