In this episode, Dara is reflecting on the good fortune of finding a new place to live, but he is wondering how to refer to The ClearOut’s new home. His daughter has rejected his suggestions so far as being ‘too cringe’. Hashtag Blessed is no more! What to call the new abode…?
After a week off to facilitate the house move, it’s back down to business. Dara considers the idea of ‘rightness’ and the natural state that best serves our happiness and fulfilment. He wonders what our lives would look like if we never faced any obstacles on our path. What would that self look like? And can our true self still emerge and thrive in the face of life’s tribulations, rejections and other expressions of adversity?
The Buddhist position of life being suffering flies against Dara’s proposition of unbridled advance. Do the contradictory positions have something valid to offer in tandem, or are they mutually exclusive? How do you consider the burdens that you carry – do you have the opportunity to put them down, or are they perpetually obscuring your field of vision?
To conclude the episode, Dara presents some core concepts from the philosophy of karate-do that pertain to larger wellness strategies including, self-respect, integrity and evocative images of mindfulness.
Of the mind, do not be mindless.
Nice one Joe! Hope life is good. Does ‘of the foot, do not be footless’ work in the same way? 😉