A paper by Margaret Hiro Kimishima on peace, sacred geometry, fear, courage, and mutual flourishing.
This page introduces Margaret Hiro Kimishima’s paper “Mutual Flourishing in the Vesica Pisces,” published in the proceedings of the symposium The Role of Transdisciplinarity as a Scientific and Cultural Approach in Preventing Global Conflicts of Modern Civilization.
The paper explores the relationship between fear and courage through the symbolic framework of the vesica piscis, a sacred geometric form created by the intersection of two circles. In response to the recent global situation, it reflects on how peace may emerge when opposing forces meet without erasing one another.
Drawing on plant communication, ecological reciprocity, indigenous wisdom, Shinto, animism, and transdisciplinary perspectives, the paper invites readers to reconsider peace not merely as the absence of conflict, but as a living field of coherence, reciprocity, and mutual flourishing.
Overview
In this paper, Margaret Hiro Kimishima uses the vesica piscis as a symbolic model for understanding the relationship between opposing forces.
One circle may be seen as fear — the instinctive response that arises when human beings feel that their safety, identity, belonging, or way of life is threatened.
The other circle may be seen as courage — the movement that allows individuals and communities to step beyond fear and act with intention.
Rather than treating fear and courage as separate or opposing emotions, the paper considers how they overlap, interact, and create a shared field of transformation. This overlapping space becomes a metaphor for peace: not a passive silence, but a conscious meeting point where different energies, perspectives, and intentions can coexist and generate new possibilities.
The paper also turns to the plant kingdom as a model of mutual flourishing. Trees and plants communicate, respond to danger, share resources, and participate in networks of reciprocal support. In this sense, the plant kingdom offers a quiet but profound example of how life can flourish through interdependence rather than domination.
For Global Wisekeeper Network, this paper resonates deeply with our exploration of transdisciplinary wisdom, spirituality, ecological reciprocity, and the meeting point between science, culture, and indigenous knowledge.
Bibliographic Information
Title:
Mutual Flourishing in the Vesica Pisces
Author:
Margaret Hiro Kimishima
Affiliation:
President of the International Center of Transdisciplinary Research Japan (ICTRJ), affiliated with CIRET Paris
Published in:
Proceedings of the Symposium: The Role of Transdisciplinarity as a Scientific and Cultural Approach in Preventing Global Conflicts of Modern Civilization
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.62768/ADJURIS/2026/2/10
Keywords:
peace, vesica piscis, plant kingdom, anger, courage, intention, fear
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Japanese Translation
The Japanese translation of this paper is now available on Global Wisekeeper Network.
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