Balance In All Things
How To Walk The Golden Middle Way In Go
5 min readApr 17, 2021
The golden middle way, from Aristotle to Buddha, teach that the answer lies in moderation between extremes. To play the game of Go well, you need to learn to balance and the consequences of imbalance.
About this series
Go, also known as Baduk or Weiqi, is an ancient board game developed in China over 4000 years ago, and still played by millions today. But what elevates Go from that of other board games enough to be considered an art, a spiritual practice, even an expression of divine cosmology?
In this series, I’ll offer some of my reflections on what the game has to teach.
- The Rules And History of Go: A Brief Introduction
- The First Distinction: Letting Go Of Go
- Balance In All Things: How To Walk The Golden Middle Way In Go
- Why Do Anything? The Art Of Interaction In The Game Of Go
- The Way Of Endless Go: Playing With Infinity
What is balance?
Balance is the middle point between two extremes, but extremes can at times be very extreme, and there’s little time to find the true borders of whatever you are trying to balance.
