The realm of true purpose. Be detached from desire your whole life long. Or the urn. You’re outside of the present if you want to be somewhere else, and you’ll never solve the problems here if you’re mind is… there. You should. You have less time than you think. Some people need to care what others think more. He followed his truth, and his truth granted him status as a legend. When you’re lethargic, work feels impossible–not just physical work; thinking too. Let go. Once you begin, whatever you want to do and work past an hour, you enter flow; your work becomes easy. If you don’t change, you fall behind, joining the other lost hearts at the bottom of the swamp paying bills, selling insurance. And yet he still wasn’t satisfied. They don’t understand: The good days are in the future. Owning too much spreads your attention too thin. Your body is an indication of your discipline–or how much you love yourself. Guilt only comes if you do the wrong thing; and you know it. But most people haven’t tapped a sliver of the potential where they are now. Good. Ideas can’t be outsourced because ideas need passion–fuel–to grow the legs needed to walk through change. The spoiled few, driving BMW’s, popping xanax like sunflower seeds at a minor league baseball game, never amount to anything in life – they don’t know how to suffer. You’ll know because it’s all you’ll think about. Happiness is a Christmas present with red wrapping and a green bow. Honor is staying consistent with your values while the world fights to dismantle them. Imagine trying to explain the concept of Obesity to someone unfamiliar with the American monster; “So you’re telling me, you have so much food, you eat until you’re dead? It ... “Musashi’s Dokkodo is a very unique book which critically and creatively analyzes the precepts of a Once in love, you’re irrational. This person is covered in a thick layer of regret. 10. The beautiful women, increased confidence, more status, more money. Hopeless romantics: there is no such thing as a soul-mate. Musashi’s weapons were his tools. Burn the beliefs of the public and from the ashes plant personal truths in fertile soil. He killed his first man, at the age of 13 in a duel. Seppuku. People crave the easiest way to accomplish their needs; that’s why fast-food is so popular. accomplishment creates satisfaction: Self-fulfillment through accomplishment, one of the primary tenets of the Andreian Philosophy. The unicorn shits gold bricks. He left his village to find opponents to challenge him. The 21 precepts of Dokkodo: (17th century) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokkōdō 1. You compare yourself against your peers in grade-school. Musashi trained with a weapon until he mastered it. Compete with the man you were yesterday. Kiss her neck. Happiness waits on the other side of obstacles. There is conflict and minor periods of peace, followed by war; a permanent cycle of building and crumbling until the final warrior falls, and the last Valkyrie takes the dead warrior to Valhalla as a conscript in Odin’s army. The man had everything. He doesn’t listen to power-speeches. This is for you. You were contracted to another man to help him build his legacy as he walks on your face up the stairs to the penthouse. Love means nothing. Musashi didn’t love a woman–he loved his path. Paris cared more about the flesh of his bride, a woman he knew for days, than the people who paid tax for his castle in the stars. Be ambitious. What matters to you? It didn’t matter to Paris if Helen was married–soon to be. Chasing desire is chasing a pair of red keys to your Lamborghini while running on a treadmill at 13x speed. Spank that ass. Don’t forget to enjoy your life. If you thought the nine rules were hard, here are Miyamoto Musashi's 21 precepts-- infinitely harder (from Wikipedia): (I have added in quotes the interpretation of the Dokkodo from Hyoho) Accept everything just the way it is. He never spoke about it.We know Musashi’s true love–swordplay. "Be detached from desire your whole life long." Musashi never did what he wanted to do; Musashi did what he needed to do, following the current of change. It consists of 21 precepts. No vayas en contra de la Vía inmutable a través de los tiempos. You’ll do anything for your lover; Even if your actions come at the cost of your health. Men and women live and die. Why do some people hate where they live? After embracing the matrix, embracing reality TV and dragon queens, the real world loses its luster like a diamond without a shine. 2. What do you love? All of your relationships will end. After accomplishing a milestone, give yourself a reward you actually want–like permission to play a video game; five rest days; a vacation; or a new car–if you’ve earned it. Satisfaction is different than pleasure. Musashi held himself to the level of a god while staying humble, learning from every teacher along his path. Paris is young and foolish. Permanence is a myth, or a fairy-tale–a fucking lie. After air-dropping a shipment of carbs down your gullet, you barely have the energy to keep your eyes open for the third binge-session of the Office. The slave, freed after decades of torture forgot who he was–forgot his dreams and his ambitions. Love is an agreement. Fall in love with your muse. The money is better spent to save the time. The farmer can’t depend on good weather in a cold place. An elderly man coming to terms with his life while staring into the white wall of the hospital from his bed, shitting in a pan, crying inside, and out. Instead of going out on the weekend, you’ll manifest your love for film–watching, creating, and dreaming. Improve by 1% every day. The word ‘retirement’ is a trick. The flow state opens when the artist dissolves into their art–letting go of ego–forgetting worldly problems. You’re always changing because the world moves while you sit: you’re falling behind while not improving. 2. You can play Overwatch for twelve hours a day–mastering the game–then in two years a new game comes out and the world forgets about Overwatch. Gods create. Most of these people believe they know what’s best for you too. If you can’t do that, you have nothing except the empty shell of a man, still a boy, who never left the nest; seeking more nipples to feed on. The agreement: Dream now, forget later. After the third or fourth, an hour and a half in like watching a Lord of the Rings movie, he gets 45 minutes of distracted creation while looking at the lives of better men on Instagram in shameful jealousy. Fear and anxiety are the enemies of men–not death. Time to start again. Your life isn’t hard. Possessions aren’t buried with the owner. more debt than the united states of America. At the age of thirteen he killed a man. Jealousy is a trap because wants are infinite. Musashi Precept 19 | Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help. The master becomes part of his tool set, merging with the paintbrush, forgetting he exists, living through the art he paints. Musashi left the world with nothing. See your prison as an opportunity for challenge to break out. True self-improvement. If all of your friends think you’re lazy it means one of two things: You’re lazy, or you need new friends. Being a polymath / multi-disciplinary seems to be a better approach. The Dokkodo includes 21 precepts for life. Happiness found through pleasure is short-lived. Unconsciously, no one leaves their comfort zone. True love. You don’t own your wife–even if you’re married. 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