Fascinating again. I love the way the Japanese seem to identify and recognise those elements of existence we (generally) don't notice, or if we do, we ignore. Yet when one reads and understands the reasoning it makes a great deal of sense. And allows a sense of calm rather than the subconscious build up of tension from acting without reason or failing to act and carrying the burden of missed opportunity. I thank you again for your dedication to producing these lovely windows into the Japanese soul
Thank you so much. I love creating these guides. I hope you and others use them and get something from them. I know when I read about these concepts they just spoke to me.
I learned this phrase from a guy I used to work with years ago and it's been a go-to since. It expresses a fatalism and submission that is antithetical to the Western can-do, hustle-culturing mind, but it's not surrender, it is empowered acceptance.
I'm reminded of another similar teaching from the Hagakure.
“There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you will still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything”
Fascinating again. I love the way the Japanese seem to identify and recognise those elements of existence we (generally) don't notice, or if we do, we ignore. Yet when one reads and understands the reasoning it makes a great deal of sense. And allows a sense of calm rather than the subconscious build up of tension from acting without reason or failing to act and carrying the burden of missed opportunity. I thank you again for your dedication to producing these lovely windows into the Japanese soul
Thank you so much. I love creating these guides. I hope you and others use them and get something from them. I know when I read about these concepts they just spoke to me.
I learned this phrase from a guy I used to work with years ago and it's been a go-to since. It expresses a fatalism and submission that is antithetical to the Western can-do, hustle-culturing mind, but it's not surrender, it is empowered acceptance.
I'm reminded of another similar teaching from the Hagakure.
“There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you will still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything”
They do speak to me. They make me think. They make me pause. I should be more devoted to the ideas but maybe it will come