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  1. Jan 2024
    1. 04.00 Humility is not thinking less of oneself, but rather less about oneself

      See 5.2 Musashi quote "Think lightly of yourself, and deeply of the world"

    1. 20.00 What if isn't procrastination at all, but rather a signal you should pay close attention to?

      See Musashi on how we can work with anxiety — letting it whisper in your ear, a signal.

  2. Oct 2023
  3. Sep 2023
    1. 08:00 True mastery lies in flow, where action is not forced (Musashi on flow)

      09:00 harmonising mind, body, and universe, as way to reach flow & detachment

      • see zk on following natural interest, our following the quickening of the spirit, as a process of understanding and harmony
  4. Jul 2023
    1. The "Dokkōdō" (Japanese: 獨行道) ("The Path of Aloneness", "The Way to Go Forth Alone", or "The Way of Walking Alone") is a short work written by Miyamoto Musashi a week before he died in 1645. It consists of 21 precepts. "Dokkodo" was largely composed on the occasion of Musashi giving away his possessions in preparation for death, and was dedicated to his favorite disciple, Terao Magonojō (to whom the earlier Go rin no sho [The Book of Five Rings] had also been dedicated), who took them to heart. "Dokkōdō" expresses a stringent, honest, and ascetic view of life.

      The work of Musashi, Dokkodo, is the Japanese for "The way of walking alone", which I like most as a translation.