A piece of wisdom from
April 16, 2024 · Tuesday
The quote
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
— Bruce Lee · The Tao
The concept
Ikigai
The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Ikigai (þöƒÒüìþö▓µûÉ) is the reason you wake up in the morning. It lives at the meeting point of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. Discover yours ÔÇö practically, not theoretically.…
A practice for today
Try this once today: the lesson of Ikigai. The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 6.35
असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम्। अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते॥
“Without doubt, O mighty-armed, the mind is difficult to control and restless. But by practice and by dispassion, it can be brought under control.”
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