There is much more behind these words than just a simple phrase. Miyamoto Musashi did not give them a lot of meaning for nothing. Just because something sounds banal at first, we shouldn't simply dismiss it, and that's exactly how it is with this quote from the Japanese sword master and Zen Buddhist: "Accept everything as it is....
There are many wise quotes and often they sound like a rather trivial phrase. But that doesn't mean they hold much truth and great utility - if we take them to heart. This quote by Miyamoto Musashi belongs exactly to this category. Originating from the time of the samurai, it therefore still has relevance today: It...
The Japanese concept of Ikigai, has been making its way more and more into our western world for some time now. I have noticed, however, that we Westerners have imported this concept too - what would be the right word to describe it correctly - "clumsily". Too unreflective, respectively not holistic enough. And that brings problems with it. If...
If at some point during the pandemic you also felt a numbing sense of joylessness and aimlessness, you're not alone. It had been with me for months before I really realized what it was: Languishing. In psychology, the term defines the simple absence of well-being. This condition is in the...
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