Since the world can in now way satisfy our cravings, let us loosen our hair tomorrow and go fishing
Li Po (or better known as Li Bai)
- Chinese poet who led a wanderer's life
Since water still flows, though we cut it with swords,
And sorrows returns, though we drown it with wine,
Since the world can in now way satisfy our cravings, let us loosen our hair tomorrow and go fishing
This philosophy is based off eastern religion (monks). Where goals once reached, gives us great excitement; yet what comes after? Is there no end? Do we get lost?
It's like saying, 'I want to be the king' then once it is achieved where does all that excitement channel to? This school of thought is that only what we believe in is therefore real; not because that they are real that we believe in them.
Thence, shed all worldly attachments and burdens, it is then the being will be light and the spirit free. How real are our worries and concerns? Like how duty and goodwill, responsibility and generosity are not the essentials of man. It is as much as a man takes upon himself.
This has ushered in the new practice of mediation, 'where I sit and forget'. Forget my worries, forget my fears and shed my worldly attachment. Certainly not to the extreme extent of being a monk, but this thought can be applicable when one wishes to focus on the present.
The right now and the enjoyment of which. To not attach importance to materialistic goals, to not shed blood over achievements. Surely this is not to say that we should not treat others kindly, but it stresses on the doing as you can but not over your own limits. To place unnecessary pressure is undesirable for it was duty no human should carry.
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