4. Does kung fu bring a perfect balance with nature?

... Those who really train kung fu, (as well as any other martial art,) must clearly understand and accept that perfection is a thing of dreams, and it may well be that we attain it only in passing. We glimpse it in moments in nature; and as beings in nature, we therefore must have it within ourselves as well. A flower, we believe, is unaware of its beauty. It knows success of a sort if it propagates and continues. Its purpose is to take its place in nature and just be, alive and well and struggling with the whims of its environment. It is doubtful that human existence is much more than that in the great scheme of things, although many religions and philosophies would have man at the center of nature.
... The scars on the planet that we have collectively left in our passing do not prove our importance, rather they are evidence of our inability to wield the tools of intelligence, choice, invention, and organization that we have developed or been granted by some higher power through evolution. It is our belief that mastering the martial arts is of little use if we do not improve and fortify our connection with the environment. The purpose of modern martial arts should be to further the progression away from things warlike and destructive, and to channel these powerful energies into areas that produce and restore natural balance. It is a life commitment and a never ending process... but what a fulfilling one when it is consciously done.