Tag: Clutter Buster
Yes or No?
and What's Left Unsaid Precision and brevity are the tools you learn to acquire at the temple. Achieving precision with fewer words: I can’t say I’ve mastered the skill, but at least now I recognise a person who is good at it. It all comes down to this... “Yes or No?”...
How to Break The Pattern No Longer Serving You
Something we repeatedly do daily create our habit. These habits, or patterns make our life easier: imagine having to think which corner of your mouth to start brushing your teeth in every morning? Patterns definitely save our brains for more meaningful decision...
Life Is Made of Constant Choice-Makings.
So She Said No at the Age of 27. What choice did you make today? From something as daily as how eggs should be cooked for breakfast to something potentially life-changing as proposing to your date, or saying yes or no to the proposal. Some choices come easy, but with...
Good Things Always Spread.
Universal Tool For Non-judgement People think I’m Japanese. Well, I am. But it’s been so long since I had miso soup and rice for breakfast. Tradition is talked about in the context of both innovation and preservation. I used to think the latter was the truth, that...
Your Handwriting Is Terrible.
Is your handwriting good?  I always knew mine was… unique. Some loved it. Some complained it was hard to read. My mother sent me a textbook titled “Beautiful Writing With a Pen.” But I didn't take the hint: I thought that it was just my way of writing, that not...
Yes or No?

Yes or No?

Precision and brevity are the tools you have no choice but to acquire at the temple.

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How to Break The Pattern No Longer Serving You

How to Break The Pattern No Longer Serving You

From that practice, though, something was starting to manifest. He realised what he had learnt in his high school time was the pattern to win a high school tournament. He perfectly fitted himself into the mould. But at the university and for the world-level competition, he had to break out of it. And he had to do it by himself.

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Do Samu

Do Samu

When None of Your Tools Work Yoga, jogging, walking, meditating, or breath working; when none of that works, Do samu. Samu can be anything to maintain the household... or templehold. When I used to live in a zen temple of a Rinzai sect, most of the day was dedicated...

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1 Out of 100 Is the Reality.

1 Out of 100 Is the Reality.

And It’s a Good One. Shortly after releasing Wisdom Toolkit to the world, I was already in my head, stuck in my endless cluttering chatter. “Even my friends are not responding to my writing, who’s going to read these?”  “My writing is not good. That’s why it’s...

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