A well educated man once went to a Zen master to acquire understanding of Zen. After greeting him, the master instructed the visitor to be seated and proceeded to pour him a cup of tea. The cup was filled, and … Continue reading THE ART OF LEARNING
Personal growth and mastery is always the result of embracing and meeting challenges head on. Challenges are an opportunity for us to discover our self, to transform, and transcend our self. Challenges unleash our potential and reveal our strengths to … Continue reading CHALLENGES – THE GATEWAY TO PERSONAL GROWTH AND MASTERY
Our integrity, which is the degree of resilience and our capacity to recover quickly from difficulties, is directly proportional to the variety we have developed within ourselves. The capacity of an individual to develop variety increases by the amount of … Continue reading RESILIENCE IN DIVERSITY
What is your idea of yourself, which if you change, will enable you do the things today that you couldn’t do years before? Continue reading FEELING STUCK? CHANGE THE IDEA OF YOURSELF!
Tradition, in a way, is betrayal of the present. For, when you are bound by tradition, you are living in the past, totally disconnected from the present moment. Continue reading TRADITION AND BETRAYAL OF THE PRESENT
Predictability creates an identifiable pattern. It gets you in the comfort zone. It is repetitive, monotonous and makes you rigid. It breeds boredom. By being predictable, you get labeled and pigeon-holed. It sets expectations, and you start believing that you are … Continue reading PERILS OF PREDICTABILITY
Integrity: the state of being whole and undivided. Quotient: a degree or amount of a specified quality or characteristic. There is no intelligence in Intelligence Quotient (IQ) designed by the fragmented thoughts of humans, for, it divides, differentiates and compartmentalizes … Continue reading INTEGRITY QUOTIENT – THE NEW IQ!
ZEN AND THE ART OF CULTIVATING YOUR INNER DRAGON In the first post of the series ZEN AND THE ART OF CULTIVATING YOUR INNER DRAGON, we looked at “SHOSHIN” or “The Beginner’s Mind.” In the second post, we looked at … Continue reading ACHIEVING A STATE OF FLOW AND PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH MUSHIN (無心)
ZEN AND THE ART OF CULTIVATING YOUR INNER DRAGON In the first post of the series ZEN AND THE ART OF CULTIVATING YOUR INNER DRAGON, we looked at “SHOSHIN” or The Beginner’s Mind. In this second post, we will be … Continue reading PERFECTION OF EVERYDAY PURSUITS THROUGH ZANSHIN (残心) – THE REMAINING MIND
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