Follow Your Bliss
Seriously ... to do anything else is a waste of material. Find your muse, fall in love with something, create something. Do something that is significance to you.
This is a passage from "The Book of 5 Rings" or "Spheres" depending on which translation you read.
Miyamoto Musashi is a well known duelist from the era of the Samurai ... he was renowned for his precision, ferocity, and skill. The book of 5 rings is a collection of his strategy and concepts in relation to the art of war.
More a manual on operating in any endeavor, not just the ways of war.
- Do not think dishonestly.
- The Way is in training.
- Become aquainted with every art.
- Know the Ways of all professions.
- Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters.
- Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.
- Perceive those things which cannot be seen.
- Pay attention even to trifles.
- Do nothing which is of no use.
My favorite: "Do nothing which is of no use".
Posted: 6/24/2009 11:01:13 AM | 0 comments | Filed under: Bliss, Musashi, Muse