A Vessel That Holds Light: On the Heart of Existence and Ethics

Soyo's Existence Ethics: Existence is itself ethics

Business, Structure, and the Heart of Ethics

Business and economic policies in Korea differ in form from those of the U.S. or Japan, but in essence, they are remarkably similar. Everywhere, commerce and academia can resemble a hook that appears as an opportunity, yet hides a persistent desire to dominate. This desire quietly manipulates human relationships and values, often producing a coldness devoid of empathy. Warmth, understanding, and community gradually vanish, replaced by metrics of efficiency and achievement. I see the heart of the community slowly cooling.

Why does this happen? Because in modern systems, survival requires unyielding compliance. Resistance isolates. Forced obedience suffocates the spirit, gnaws at dignity, and leads to profound moral decay.

Yet, I declare, humans remain inherently beautiful; not flawless, but luminous even in wounds and failure. This is not sentimentalism; it is the essence of Soyo's Existence Ethics.

Though daily life leaves no time to reflect, the ethical heart of existence preserves the light of humanity. Philosophy must awaken this light within, beyond ideology and structure.

However, we live so busily that we scarcely reflect on this completed ethics. The value of existence fades, and standards of humanity are replaced by possession and efficiency. Daily life becomes burdensome, and gatherings of people prioritize complaints over deep conversation. Complaints evolve into a language of grievance, and grievances rob satisfaction and peace. If sustained, society fractures, ultimately leading to the collapse of civilization. Upon these ruins arises another form of contradictory ideology, which always demands sacrifice. The subjects of this sacrifice are humans; the price is their blood and hearts.

Though life can feel unbearable, when existence is anchored in ethics, the strength and ability to endure emerge. History testifies to this. Even amid countless corruptions and contradictions, truth has always breathed somewhere. This is what philosophy must speak, reveal, and witness: philosophy is not a concept in books; it is life that must be revived within the ethics of existence. Soyo’s Existence Ethics follows this path. I reject philosophy’s subjugation to ideology and seek, instead, to purify ideology within existential ethics.

“Truth cannot be contained in a vessel, but there is one vessel capable of holding light. That vessel is the living ethical heart of human existence.”

"Truth cannot be held in matter, but it can dwell within the ethical heart of human existence; a vessel that contains light."

“‘It is the living ethical heart of existence.’ This is the conclusion I reach both as a philosopher and as a human being. Truth cannot be contained within a material vessel. Yet the ethical heart of human existence can hold that light. And that light, transcending structure and ideology, survives even amid pain and wounds, illuminating the world. Protecting that light is the lifelong philosophical mission I have embraced.”

Soyo (逍遙) – Founder of Soyo's Existence Ethics, Author of 'The Silence of Existence' and 'The Flame of Truth'

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