Tag: Buddha
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Musings
Once you get past being driven by needs, the next step is to get past being driven by wants. The final step is to be driven by love.
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Musings
It’s possible to stumble on brilliance while courting the edges of madness and obscurity, but I prefer the other way: engaging so deeply in specificity and nuance that others may outwardly dismiss your work as being obscure or strange, yet still inexplicably FEEL its substance. Haven’t we all been unable to explain why a movie…
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Enjoying something fully, diving into it, but stopping short of drawing a box around yourself and IDENTIFYING with it… Well IMHO, that’s a divine practice. 😉
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Structure that is implemented for the sole purpose of sheepish adoration and blind perpetuation is toxic garbage…the highest purpose of structure is to direct attention to [that] which is BEYOND structure or fluidity. It is not a prison to trap us through worship, but a solid weave of adjustable footholds that enables us to…
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Honor the gods of consistency by showing up every day and over time, their rewards will be consistent. Honor the gods of audacity by taking those risks that Existence hints you should take…and you will be rewarded in leaps and bounds. These are the two fundamental approaches to accomplishment.
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Find your “work?” Yes, do that. Find something you love or that you’re talented at, and become EXCELLENT at it. Then, move on to the next thing and become excellent at that. Eventually, I believe that you’ll transcend the need for singular “styles” or “paths.” But in order to get to that point, it is…
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Are there “rules?” Absolutely. But the catch is: Every one of us has our own set, and we have to discover them for ourselves. And once we do that? Well we create another set of rules for ourselves that lets us be MORE authentic, and MORE expressive…and then we do it again. And again. And…
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Never dismiss editing. If [writing] is like a katana, then drafting is like the initial forging that gives the weapon its weight. The EDITING, however; the editing is like the endless refolding that follows. Correct editing will fashion your words into a sharpened edge, able to easily slice apart ignorance and falsity. The willingness to…
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In Musashi’s day, he tested himself by fighting life-and-death duels. For obvious reasons, that’s not a feasible course of action for most of us. But we can still follow his spirit by testing ourselves in life’s varied arenas. We can go for it time and again in different fields, with different identities even. Upon finding something that fits,…
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Every action, every word, every gesture is an expression of my inner design. So I examine that design; upgrade it, refine it, overhaul it…and in the daunting quest against my ignorance, I weaponize my very soul.
Kent Wayne 