Oh. This slogan doesn't inspire any immediate response. Except, maybe one could see this slogan as a kind of pit stop. You drive around the race course and now and then you have to take a break at the pit stop, to refuel or change tires, and then you set off again. In terms of our practice, we every so often need to check whether we still are on course. These three (or six) principles help us to recalibrate our internal compass. And I guess, with every visit at the pit stop the principles become more clear.
Looking at the date, this was one of the earlier commentaries I wrote, and I do find my approach early on was much more technical and more of an overview of the slogan's meaning. I think this is one I would probably approach very differently if I were to write it today, summarising the practice aspect and then connecting it to examples from my life.
Isn’t that the point of everything? To live and learn? We’re hiking on a long trail towards the top of a mountain, and sometimes we get a glimpse of the path and think: ”That’s right. I was down there a year ago. Today I am here. Who knows where I will be next year.” 😊
Absolutely! A woman once told me "I'm fifty! I'm done learning!" and I just thought, how absolutely sad it must be to close off to growth and discovery and change and make the decision to not take on new things.
Oh. This slogan doesn't inspire any immediate response. Except, maybe one could see this slogan as a kind of pit stop. You drive around the race course and now and then you have to take a break at the pit stop, to refuel or change tires, and then you set off again. In terms of our practice, we every so often need to check whether we still are on course. These three (or six) principles help us to recalibrate our internal compass. And I guess, with every visit at the pit stop the principles become more clear.
That's a lovely way of approaching them.
Looking at the date, this was one of the earlier commentaries I wrote, and I do find my approach early on was much more technical and more of an overview of the slogan's meaning. I think this is one I would probably approach very differently if I were to write it today, summarising the practice aspect and then connecting it to examples from my life.
Isn’t that the point of everything? To live and learn? We’re hiking on a long trail towards the top of a mountain, and sometimes we get a glimpse of the path and think: ”That’s right. I was down there a year ago. Today I am here. Who knows where I will be next year.” 😊
Absolutely! A woman once told me "I'm fifty! I'm done learning!" and I just thought, how absolutely sad it must be to close off to growth and discovery and change and make the decision to not take on new things.
I wrote a poem about it: https://open.substack.com/pub/kschatch/p/forsaken-joy-91c899e21b06?r=ntqgr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web