Miyamoto Musashi - "Go Rin No Sho" - A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi by Miyamoto Musashi I have been many years training in the Way of strategy, called Ni Ten Ichi Ryu, and now I think I will explain it in writing for the first time. It is now during the first ten days of the tenth month in the twentieth year of Kanei (1645). From youth my heart has been inclined toward the Way of strategy. After that I went from province to province dueling with strategist of various schools, and not once failed to win even though I had as many as sixty encounters. When I reached thirty I looked back on my past. Since then I have lived without following any particular Way. Strategy is the craft of the warrior. There are various Ways. It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways. The Way of Strategy In China and Japan practitioners of the Way have been known as "masters of strategy". Recently there have been people getting on in the world as strategists, but they are usually just sword-fencers. Timing in strategy
Ideas on Consciousness, Morality, Kindness, Dedication, Buddhism, Philosophy, Intelligence, Life advice, Ideals, Quotes | EliLife Habits: Take Risks.Continuous practice.Breath consciously while waiting.Notice breathing.Improve thoughts. (Think positive)Smile.Learn to laugh with others.Talkativeness.ExpressivenessAssertiveness.Take action.Plan to be early.Random acts of kindness.Eat healthy.Drink more water.Don’t eat or drink before sleep.Quality sleep.Use your Imagination.De-clutter.Overcome fears.Journal mental breakthroughs.Manage time like money.Take 20 minute naps.Follow your curiosity.Build different skills.Accept mistakes.Focus on what you want.Don’t spend.Hold lightly.Training and exercise.Notice tone of voice.Use body language.Sit up straight.Spend time in nature.Learn continuously.VisualizationLaw of attraction.Relax your body.ConfidenceDevelop disciplinePush your willpower muscles Avoid: NegativityMisconceptionVerbal delusionsIgnoranceAttachmentAngerDistractionsSugarsDishonesty“I’m not”“can’t”“don’t” Spiritual Habits: Do Everyday: Productivity: Ideals: Philosophical Thoughts and Qutoes Facebook comments:
4-ACO-DMT - Into the Abyss - 86610 Citation: lilfoot. "Into the Abyss: An Experience with 4-ACO-DMT (ID 86610)". Erowid.org. Aug 27, 2010. erowid.org/exp/86610 It began one morning when a friend and I were on our way back from a party the night before. I had a milligram scale and a fresh bag full of 500 mg 4-AcO-DMT that I was waiting to crack into once we got home. About 10 minutes from home we heard a siren and saw lights flashing in our rear view. In total fight-or-flight mode, I realized that I sure as hell didn't want to go to jail, and even if 4-AcO-DMT is technically legal I didn't want to take any chances. We waited and waited and waited for the K9 unit to appear, the entire time I sat on the curb wondering, 'Am I about to start blowing up right here in front of half of my local PD and freak the fuck out on all this shit?' Immediately once I re-entered the car I told John, 'I need to puke RIGHT NOW.' Summer Slaughter, a big death metal show that was in town at the time. There was no entity contact.
9 Mind-Bending Epiphanies That Turned My World Upside-Down Over the years I’ve learned dozens of little tricks and insights for making life more fulfilling. They’ve added up to a significant improvement in the ease and quality of my day-to-day life. But the major breakthroughs have come from a handful of insights that completely rocked my world and redefined reality forever. The world now seems to be a completely different one than the one I lived in about ten years ago, when I started looking into the mechanics of quality of life. Maybe you’ve had some of the same insights. 1. The first time I heard somebody say that — in the opening chapter of The Power of Now — I didn’t like the sound of it one bit. I see quite clearly now that life is nothing but passing experiences, and my thoughts are just one more category of things I experience. If you can observe your thoughts just like you can observe other objects, who’s doing the observing? 2. Of course! 3. 4. 5. Yikes. 6. This discovery was a complete 180 from my old understanding of emotions. 7.
Fast Lane To Heaven In 1982 I died from terminal cancer. The condition I had was inoperable, and any kind of chemotherapy they could give me would just have made me more of a vegetable. I was given six to eight months to live. I had been an information freak in the 1970s and I had become increasingly despondent over the nuclear crisis, the ecology crisis, and so forth. That is what killed me. I remember waking up one morning at home about 4:30 AM, and I just knew that this was it. The next thing I remember is the beginning of a typical near-death experience. There was this Light shining. So my request was honored and I had some conversations with the Light. The Light responded. We all have a Higher Self, or an oversoul part of our being. Then the Light turned into the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen: a mandala of human souls on this planet. The human soul, the human matrix that we all make together is absolutely fantastic, elegant, exotic, everything. In that instant I realized even more.
77 Creative Ways to Lighten Up In Tough Times 51 Email Share We’re living in a time where nearly everyone is feeling overwhelmed with the changes and problems in the world. Some of us feel stuck, uninspired and fearful. Others have suffered major losses and feel hopeless and helpless. Some people find ways to thrive even in bad times. Today you can make a conscious decision to revitalize and renew your body, mind and spirit. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 50. 54. 69. Phot by: DH Hamp1
» The Habit of Starting Post written by Leo Babauta. The biggest reason people fail at creating and sticking to new habits is that they don’t keep doing it. That seems obvious: if you don’t keep doing a habit, it won’t really become a habit. So what’s the solution to this obvious problem? When you look at it this way, the key to forming a habit is not how much you do of the habit each day (exercise for 30 minutes, write 1,000 words, etc.), but whether you do it at all. Let me emphasize that: the key to forming a habit is starting each day. What do I mean by starting? Form the habit of starting, and you’ll get good at forming habits. How to Start When You Face Resistance Form the habit of starting — easier said than done, right? Let’s first take a look at why you don’t feel like starting. You are comfortable with what you’re doing (reading online, probably), and the habit is less comfortable (it’s too hard). Those are the main two reasons, and really they’re the same thing. The Habit Course Self-Study Program
Conscious Living in 5 Easy Steps What do we mean by conscious living? I suppose having greater self-awareness, and operating from a state of presence for longer periods, generally describes the term. A state of enlightenment even. Now becoming enlightened is one thing, maintaining this state in a world of ever increasing distractions is quite another. Here are 5 steps to keep you on track. 1. Inner stillness is one of the most important things you need to cultivate higher consciousness. How will this make me more conscious? When you allow stillness to develop you come to realise that your thoughts are not you, only the content of your mind. How will it benefit others? You become like a tuning fork. 2. Taking things and people for granted is a sign of unconscious or automated living. By actively seeing the good in others we become less wrapped up in our own concerns. It makes them feel worthwhile and not taken for granted. 3. Recent studies have shown that kind acts can help raise levels of consciousness. 4. 5. Eoin Meegan
12 Critical Things You Should Never Tolerate There is so much in life that we just tolerate. Some of it we have to deal with (taxes, bad weather, traffic). But there’s a good portion of stuff that we tolerate even when we don’t have to. We step around things, overlook irritations, and mindlessly accept energy drains. Perhaps we’ve become so immune to these tolerations that we don’t recognize the negative impact they have on us. Sometimes just recognizing the things we are tolerating in life gives us a renewed sense of hope and energy. However, when you address some of your bigger tolerations, you can completely change the course of your life and open doors to a world of happiness and inner peace that you didn’t know existed. Think about the poorest of the poor, living in squalor and despair without the hope of a better future. In the same way, we must search for these portals that will allow us to move to the next level of powerful living. Do you want to walk through the portal to a happier life? 1. 2. 3. Are you overweight? 4. 5.
Letting Go To let go doesn't mean to stop caring; it means I can´t do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off; it's the realization that I can´t control another. To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands. To let go is not to try to change or blame another; I can change only myself. To let go is not to care for, but to care about. To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive. To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being. To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own outcomes. To let go is not to be protective; it is to permit another to face reality. To let go is not to deny, but to accept. To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and to cherish the moment. To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone, but to try to become what I dream I can be.
The 21 Day Challenge Everyone Should Take I'm on day 14 of a 21-day challenge that I semi-invented and so far I have to admit the results have been nothing short of amazing. Now, when I say that I semi-invented it, that is purely because I took the idea from the excellent book 'Psycho Cybernetics' and put it in a format that everyone can follow, myself included. I'm not exaggerating when I say this challenge can literally help with any aspect of your life that you would like to improve. Before I go into more detail on how you can follow along, I need to talk a little about our 'self image' and why it is very important. Understanding the Self Image In the mid 20th Century, Maxwell Maltz who was a plastic surgeon, wrote a book called Psycho Cybernetics that has now sold millions of copies and been updated for modern times. In looking into this further, he states that we all have a self-image that is purely a mental image of how we see ourselves. The 21 Day Challenge Let's look at the 4 parts of this challenge… The 4 Parts 1. 2. 3. 4.
30 Questions Guaranteed to Make You Think Instead of giving you information that you want, I’m going to teach you something today by being indirect. Here’s the lesson: everything you need, every revelation I’ve had, and everything that I could possibly write about on this blog, ca n be found inside yourself. As in – with the proper thinking and questioning, you too can come to the conclusions that I’ve come to. “But Brett,” you ask, “Won’t that render you obsolete? No, not necessarily. However, the lesson I’m trying to teach you is not that you can become me, but that when you need something – an idea, the strength to carry through your will, or anything else – it can be found within. To reach my goal for you, I’m going to ask you deep, philosophical questions that will test your thinking ability. These are designed to make you think. (Also, as a note, keep in mind that I’m going to keep my own answers to these questions private. The Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.