Conflict and Retreat

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” — Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
— Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Ok, read the above quote. Replace ‘war’ with ‘conflict’, subdue with ‘calm’ and ‘enemy’ with ‘challenger’, all synonyms.

The supreme art of conflict is to calm the challenger without fighting.

Simply put, it’s about retreat.

In the spiritual community, a ‘retreat’ i…