WE ALL ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING INTO HIGHER BEINGS

Discover the amazing transformation of a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly! 🐛🦋 Watch as they go through these incredible stages:<ol><li>Egg: Tiny and attached to a leaf 🥚</li><li>Caterpillar: Feasts and grows over 10x in size 🍽️</li><li>Pupa: Wraps itself in a chrysalis 💎 </li><li>Butterfly: Emerges and spreads its wings, ready to fly! 🪽 </li></ol>How amazing! Remember that transformation takes time and is worth it in the end! 🦋 🌺 #Metamorphosis

Story of Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis begins with unblocking. This is the next step, building new structure.

DO NOT CONFORM; TRANSFORM

Metamorphosis has always been the greatest symbol of change for poets and artists. Imagine that you could be a caterpillar one moment and a butterfly the next.

To grow or develop, in space or time, towards a higher or further stage.We all go through processes that fuel our progress through life. All processes add to the movement towards our goals and dreams. No actions or events are useless or meaningless, they all contribute to our progress. No matter how small, it all adds up.

Progress

Progress is inevitable. We all make it.No matter how bad it may seem for your personal view of your life or life in general, it all changes, because everything is in constant transformation. Learn to recognize the steps you took that led you here, and you'll likely find progress in one way or another, even if the same mistakes are repeated, something is definitely different; in fact the sole act of recognizing failure and mistakes, is a progress away from not doing so. So ask yourself... What can I do today that I couldn't do a year ago?

Giving Yourself Credit

Failure is success in progress

Development from a simpler to a more complex stageGrowth is what happens to us from the day we are born, actually even before that, since the day of conception we grew into a higher and higher being. Much like plants we grow based on our circumstances and our inner processes. And just like different plants have different growth speeds we also develop uniquely; don't compare yourself and appreciate your own growth.

Growth

We all grow through our unique style, we manifest our own art.It is important to embrace and cultivate our own creativity and expression, rather than conforming to others.Here are some tips to help you embrace your own art:<ul><li>Be authentic: Don't try to be something you're not. Embrace your true self and let your art reflect that.</li><li>Explore different mediums: Experiment and find what speaks to you.</li><li>Trust yourself: Don't be afraid to take risks and try new things. You never know what you might discover.</li><li>Don't compare: Everyone's style is unique.</li></ul>

Embrace Your Growth: your own art and style 🎨

A journey through space and time.Progress and Growth are two concepts that interconnect and represent the journey through our life's processes.It's a journey of transformations, from the most microscopical to the most macroscopical. At every moment we are making progress in some direction or another and growing with it. Our focus determines our progress and that in turn influences our growth.Remember that every deed adds up to your character.

Progress And Growth

Remember, your art is a reflection of you and there is no right or wrong way to create. Embrace it and let it shine! ✨

Let Us Shine!

Progress and Growth are like mirrors; Both conceptualize the reality of a journey through which we all evolve.

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The value of ritual is in its expression, rather than its content.

Life is a succession of often unconnected, disparate encounters, interactions and relationships, managed, more or less, through habituated patterns of conscious and unconscious behaviour.Ritual represented a break from the everyday and an entry into a different realm of ritual space. It gave us the freedom to respond differently in everyday life.

Ritual as a Break

Puett and Gross-Loh argue that ritual is a kind of make believe, a form of play, or an art form that people tend to forget as they grow out of childhood.When children play, they consciously pretend and lose themselves in alternate realities, exploring imagined and different sides of themselves, and finding new and creative ways of being in the world.Confucian ritual was a cultivated form of play or performance art that could have the same effect on adults as play does on children.

Ritual as a playground

Puett and Gros-Loh say: “Our patterned behaviours and rote habits – not rituals – are what really dictate our lives and get in the way of our caring for other people. But through life spent doing as-if rituals that break these patterns, we gain the ability to sense how to be good to those around us.”To deliberately engage in ritual is not to behave like an automaton. On the contrary, it can bring about a recognition of how many of our everyday, unexamined patterns of behaviour truly are the places where we act like automatons.

Habits vs Rituals

If we’re to perform ritual as if it’s true then we will need to do it wholeheartedly, which is to say, with body, speech and thought. When the whole self is engaged in activity, we participate selflessly, because no part of us is left out from the activity. Body, speech and mind are ambivalent agents. They are gateways to both enlightened and deluded activity.To put things simply, we could say that the role of the body, is to bring the hands together or to adopt the posture of meditation; understood as speech it is remain silent; and understood as thought, it is to concentrate.

Practicing Rituals - Body, Speech and Thought

Rituals from a Zen peerspective - Some reflections and ideas 

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Body, Speech and Thought - The Transformative Power of Ritual

<ul><li>"Not to it's full potential" Instead of "terrible"</li><li>Instead of "I can't do it" say " I'll get there"</li><li>If you think somethings too hard, tell yourself that you will work on it</li></ul>

Growth Mindset

Make To-do lists each morning. Having a clear plan for your day helps remove stress. Before trip, make a packing list. When you know what to pack, you can be less anxious about packing.For the big decisions, make Pro-Con lists. This way, you know you're making the right decision.

Make Lists

At the beginning of your day, make a plan for what you want to do and get done throughout your day.

Daily Plan

"Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times"

<ul><li>At the end of each day, think of something you're grateful for. This makes you more happy about what you have.</li><li>Every once and a while, Tell someone how grateful you are for them. This makes you feel good about yourself</li></ul>

Be Grateful

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The key to happiness

A mistake repeated more than once, is a pattern. And an apology without change,is manipulation.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Honest Mistakes And Honest Apologies

Recognize that striving for constant virtue can lead to rigidity. Allow yourself to make mistakes and learn from them.

Embrace Imperfection

Incorporate humor and play into your life. It can foster creativity and help you navigate challenges with a lighter heart.

Cultivate Playfulness

Be wary of becoming overly moralistic. Understand that everyone has flaws and that compassion often requires acknowledging our shared humanity.

Avoid Self-Righteousness

While discipline is important, don't forget to be spontaneous and flexible. This balance can lead to a more fulfilling and adaptable life.

Balance Discipline with Spontaneity

Be true to yourself. Authenticity comes from acknowledging and integrating all aspects of your personality, including the mischievous parts.

Foster Authenticity

Understand and accept both the light and shadow aspects of your personality. This integration can lead to greater self-awareness and personal growth.

Integrate Light and Shadow

Engage in harmless pranks or acts of whimsy that bring joy to others. This can strengthen relationships and create shared positive experiences.

Practice Compassionate Mischief

Don't be afraid to question societal norms and expectations. Sometimes, bending rules can lead to innovative solutions and progress.

Question Rigid Norms

Approach life with curiosity and openness, as if seeing things for the first time. This mindset can help you remain adaptable and open to new experiences.

Maintain a Beginner's Mind

While it's important to take responsibilities seriously, balance it with a sense of humor and light-heartedness to avoid burnout and maintain perspective.

Balance Seriousness with Light-heartedness

Appreciate the diverse traits in yourself and others. This can lead to richer interactions and a deeper understanding of human nature.

Celebrate Diversity in Character

Regularly reflect on your actions and motivations. This can help you maintain a balance between your benevolent and mischievous tendencies.

Engage in Reflective Practices

Use creative outlets to express both your orderly and playful sides. This can lead to a more balanced and fulfilling life.

Encourage Creative Expression

Cultivate friendships with people who exhibit a range of traits. This can help you appreciate different perspectives and enhance your own balance.

Nurture Relationships with Varied Personalities

Strive to live in a way that is true to your values and desires, even if it means occasionally going against the grain. Authenticity often leads to greater happiness and fulfillment.

Live Authentically

In conclusion, Alan Watts' philosophy urges us to accept our flaws, infuse life with humor, and avoid moral rigidity. Balancing structure with spontaneity, being true to ourselves, and embracing all parts of our personality are vital. Questioning norms, staying curious, and blending seriousness with light-heartedness enrich our lives. Reflecting on our actions, expressing creativity, building diverse relationships, and living authentically lead to greater fulfillment and personal growth.

The Conclusion

Alan Watts advocated balancing beneficence and rascality for a healthy life. Excessive virtue can lead to rigidity, while playful rascality promotes flexibility, creativity, and authenticity. Embracing the full spectrum of human nature helps achieve harmony between order and mischief.

Alan Watts : Balancing Beneficence & Rascality

Communication can be difficult, especially when people don't understand what you're saying. Unfortunately, they may respond with rudeness or negative comments to try to hurt you. But, remember that it's their own insecurities and lack of self-awareness that lead them to act this way.<ul><li>They may not be interested in or value the same things as you.</li><li>They may say rude things to hurt you</li></ul>

The Power of Understanding Others and Dealing with Rudeness

People may be unkind if they don't understand you. This shows their weaknesses and lack of self-awareness.

To handle these situations, try to stay calm and kind. It's important to understand that their behavior is not a reflection of you, but rather their own struggles. Be patient and remind yourself that you don't need to prove anything to them. Focus on staying true to yourself and don't let their negativity weigh you down.<ul><li>Don't take their actions personally</li><li>Stay calm and kind</li><li>Don't let their negativity affect you</li></ul>

How to handle

If people don't understand you.. just understand them more!

ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT IT SAYS MORE ABOUT THEM AND LESS ABOUT YOU

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The only way to achieve consistency in practice is to enjoy what you are doing and to understand its value.

Aim for small, consistent improvements rather than immediate perfection. This helps build sustainable habits and reduces frustration.

Striving for perfection can be paralyzing. Aim for progress continuous improvement instead.

Patience is not passive. On the contrary, it is concentrated strength.

The problem is that we often focus on how far we still have to go instead of how far we have come.

We are our own best teachers when we learn to practice mindfully.

When you focus on the product, you immediately start to fight yourself and experience boredom, restlessness, frustration, and impatience with the process.

Mistakes are an essential part of the learning process. Treat them as opportunities to learn and improve rather than setbacks.

Worth noting ideas from the book "The Practicing Mind"

In those times when we want to acquire a new skill or face a formidable challenge we hope to overcome, what we need most are patience, focus, and discipline, traits that seem elusive or difficult to maintain. In this enticing and practical book, Thomas Sterner demonstrates how to learn skills for any aspect of life, from golfing to business to parenting, by learning to love the process. Early life is all about trial-and-error practice. If we had given up in the face of failure, repetition, and difficulty, we would never have learned to walk or tie our shoes. So why, as adults, do we often give up on a goal when at first we don’t succeed? Modern life’s technological speed, habitual multitasking, and promises of instant gratification don’t help. But in his study of how we learn (prompted by his pursuit of disciplines such as music and golf), Sterner has found that we have also forgotten the principles of practice — the process of picking a goal and applying steady effort to reach it. The methods Sterner teaches show that practice done properly isn’t drudgery on the way to mastery but a fulfilling process in and of itself, one that builds discipline and clarity. By focusing on “process, not product,” you’ll learn to live in each moment, where you’ll find calmness and equanimity. This book will transform a sense of futility around learning something challenging into an attitude of pleasure and willingness.

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Thomas M. Sterner is an accomplished writer whose work has resonated with readers around the world. Thomas M. Sterner has published several books that explore a range of topics, from fiction to nonfiction, and has received critical acclaim for the ability to weave compelling narratives. Thomas M. Sterner's writing style is known for its depth and authenticity, and has earned quite a loyal following of readers.

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The Practicing Mind

10 DEEP QUOTES FROM MOVIES

Do, or do not. There is no try.

It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices.

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.

It's not about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.

Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.

Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.

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10 philosophical quotes from movies 🎬 

To pretend to be something that one is notLet's say you have a favorite color, like blue, but your friend really likes red. If you tell your friend that you like red too, even though you don't really, that's being fake. It's like pretending to be something you're not. Being fake means not being honest about what you really think or feel. It's important to be honest with yourself and others, but sometimes we might say things we don't really mean to be polite or avoid hurting someone's feelings, to be kind to others.

Fake

Example: Introvert problemFake or rude in people's eyes. It's a choice to appear fake, or else you appear rude and unfriendly to people, so choose it!<ul><li>Doing what you don't like or don't want to do = fake</li><li>Doing what you like or want to do = rude, unfriendly</li></ul>Either way, people have a negative view of us. No matter what we do, anyway!But sometimes you have to fake it! or else you aren't stepping out of your comfort zone.

Is it really called fake?

Or is it considered fake if people are just different from us? They may not understand us, and they may even call us fake.

Fake or just don't understand? or it different from you

If something is different or hard to understand for us, we may call it fake.

So instead of thinking negatively and calling it fake, change your perspective, see differently, and view it more positively. Then you can call it a balanced way or stepping out of your comfort zone and self-growth.It just depends on how you see it, either negative or positive.

Think again! More positive & See different

Fake it to maintain our balance and push ourselves out of our comfort zone, or else be real, be rude and unkind, and just stay in our comfort zone

Awkwardness is a normal part of life that can make us feel uncomfortable or self-conscious. However, embracing it can lead to growth and new experiences.<ul><li>Feeling awkward is normal.</li><li>It makes you more self-aware.</li><li>Helps you break out of your comfort zone.</li></ul>

Awkwardness for Growth

Don't be afraid to feel uncomfortable. It's just your chance to grow and learn something new.

<ul><li>Be open to new experiences</li><li>Embrace imperfection</li><li>Laugh at yourself</li><li>Stay positive</li><li>Embrace discomfort</li></ul>

How to embrace awkwardness

So next time you feel awkward, remember that it's just temporary and can lead to something great. Let go of fear and embrace awkwardness!

Embracing awkwardness can enhance our authenticity, deepen relationships, and cultivate a more genuine connection with ourselves and others.

Embrace Awkwardness 

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