A piece of wisdom from
January 17, 2024 · Wednesday
The quote
“A growth mindset is the belief that abilities can be developed. A fixed mindset is the belief they are given. The difference is whether you treat hard things as evidence of who you are, or as the path to who you are becoming.”
— Carol Dweck · Mental Toughness
The concept
Hoʻoponopono
The Hawaiian art of cleaning memory, four phrases that repair what is broken inside.
In the late 1970s a Hawaiian woman named Morrnah Simeona took the ancient family-reconciliation practice of hoʻoponopono and stripped it down to a self-administered version with four phrases, I am sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love…
A practice for today
Before bed tonight, name one thing where the lesson of Hoʻoponopono. The Hawaiian art of cleaning memory, four phrases that repair what is broken inside.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 5.22
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते। आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः॥
“The pleasures born of contact with external objects are wombs of suffering. They have a beginning and an end. The wise do not delight in them.”
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