Lin Pao-chun elaborates: "People should try to be all that they can be in their lives. However, given that this kind of self-actualization is entirely personal, the process can lead one to immoral acts-for example, killing someone to test one's skill. Once a swordsman begins to lose his sense of the moral, his path inevitably becomes a dark one."
「一個人一生當中應該去追求一個最圓滿的自己，可是這個圓滿的自己與他人是無涉的，因此在追求過程中，為了自身圓滿可以採取非道德手段，比如劍客可以殺人試劍，當劍客想法有所偏差，劍道也往往成了魔道，」林保淳進一步分析日本刀文化。