You can only change your next action
Many things go wrong in our daily lives. But we cannot change the world around us. You can only change your next action. You can always change your next action.
The Drill for Aspiration
Think of the drills. An electric drill. A math drill. A marching band drill. An evacuation drill. They have one thing in common. The power of focused iteration.
The surprising power of kindness
The four deeds in Zen. Share, Love, Serve others, Treat equally. Practice kindness. Speak kind words out loud. You will be surprised by how powerful they are.
Posture lets you think
We think with our minds and act on what we think. James Gibson flipped this view called the nature of our interaction with our environment affordance.
How do your cultivate yourself?
Self-cultivation is not about doing hard work or forcing yourself to achieve an objective. The essence is in sitting with composure and emptying the mind.
Cultivate your soil
Take care of the soil of your body and mind. Sit quietly, exhale, and relax. The words we output with our bodies become our nutrition. Cultivate your soul.
Practice Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem. Greek poet Horatius advises you to minimize thinking about the future and pick today. The essential part is stillness. Practice it with Empatheme.
Be a doer. Cultivate yourself.
Be a doer. Cultivate yourself. Cultivation is not about what to do or what not to do. It’s about trying to become a cultivator. Cultivate a path to become one.
What is Practice?
Practice means (1) Do it by yourself (2) Act with your body (3) Do it regularly (4) Iterate (5) Reflect (6) Change yourself (7) Connect with yourself and others
Isn’t your mind full?
What is mindful practice? What good does it do? Meditation is actually about getting in touch with yourself and relaxing your full mind. Isn’t your mind full?