Showing posts with label letting go. Show all posts
Showing posts with label letting go. Show all posts
Thursday, October 21, 2010
270. Adding Wisdom
Being wise and becoming wiser are more to do with reducing than with adding. Wherever possible, eliminate ornamentation and grow ever simpler. Hack away the unnecessary and allow the truth to be revealed without obstruction. Learn to shed the layers. Learn to let go of overly complicated ideas and models.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
264. The Wonder of the Ordinary
Dan Millman once said "There are no ordinary moments." Always value the wonder of the ordinary - to see the world in a grain of sand. Work on letting go. Hack away the inessential to reveal the Truth. Proper cultivation runs to simplicity while half-way cultivation runs to ornamentation. Study the arts of Ikebana - Japanese flower arranging and Bonsai to help with this practice.
Do not strain yourself (distort yourself) by twisting to conform to someone else's pre-conceived pattern.
Do not strain yourself (distort yourself) by twisting to conform to someone else's pre-conceived pattern.
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