5 Lessons about Life from Lao Tzu
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• Can you celebrate life and not cling to it?
• Can you give up control and still get things done?
• Can you achieve your goals without forcing?
• Can you give up control and still get things done?
• Can you achieve your goals without forcing?
1/ Don't Force anything
Oftentimes, a fallacy we make is
We can force the unenforceable,
Believing that when we push hard enough
We'll eventually get where we want to go.
Oftentimes, a fallacy we make is
We can force the unenforceable,
Believing that when we push hard enough
We'll eventually get where we want to go.
Nature has its own way of doing things.
All are bound to natural laws that we cannot control.
If we force things, we put ourselves in a position
in which the universe starts to work against us.
All are bound to natural laws that we cannot control.
If we force things, we put ourselves in a position
in which the universe starts to work against us.
2/ Don't overburden yourself
A typical phenomenon that
we see in current civilization is that people are willing to push themselves too far.
Pushing boundaries isn’t wrong in itself, as it’s a way to grow.
A typical phenomenon that
we see in current civilization is that people are willing to push themselves too far.
Pushing boundaries isn’t wrong in itself, as it’s a way to grow.
There always needs to be a balance between
Action and Inaction;
Between the effort, we put into things
And the time we let the body and mind recover.
Action and Inaction;
Between the effort, we put into things
And the time we let the body and mind recover.
3/ Stop controlling the world
Have you ever observed that many of our problems solve themselves?
Intervening isn’t always necessary.
Moreover, in many cases, intervention only creates more problems.
Have you ever observed that many of our problems solve themselves?
Intervening isn’t always necessary.
Moreover, in many cases, intervention only creates more problems.
Lao Tzu states that
a Good Leader doesn’t control but operates from the background;
They let people do things themselves and intervene only sparingly.
a Good Leader doesn’t control but operates from the background;
They let people do things themselves and intervene only sparingly.
4/ Enough is Enough.
As we tend to overburden ourselves,
We also have this nasty feature of gathering much more than we need.
As we tend to overburden ourselves,
We also have this nasty feature of gathering much more than we need.
But we can only know when we have enough
if we realize that the value we attribute to external things is based on delusion.
We aren’t what we have,
as none of these possessions are within our control.
This includes even our own bodies.
if we realize that the value we attribute to external things is based on delusion.
We aren’t what we have,
as none of these possessions are within our control.
This includes even our own bodies.
5/ Don’t cling to life.
There’s a difference between celebrating life and clinging to life.
If you cling to life there’s nothing to celebrate.
Life has become immensely serious and even painful.
There’s a difference between celebrating life and clinging to life.
If you cling to life there’s nothing to celebrate.
Life has become immensely serious and even painful.
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TL;DR
• Don't force anything.
• Don't overburden yourself.
• Stop controlling the world.
• Enough is enough
• Don't cling to life.
• Don't force anything.
• Don't overburden yourself.
• Stop controlling the world.
• Enough is enough
• Don't cling to life.
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