The worst thing in relationships is to judge others.
people wanna feel powerful and loved, and be accepted as who they are.
2019年9月28日土曜日
Life as a Game
I should never take life seriously.
Life is a game to play.
Problems I face are problems or quests to solve.
I learn how the world and things works to solve problems in life.
How is it foolish to escape from the game of life and escape to the life of video games?
Many people do that because the game of life is very hard.
In playing video games, I do not take things seriously.
Just play it until you die. There are so many great things in life.
Universe, Nature, creatures, plants, humanity, relationships, culture, great animations works, comics, music and countless of more.
So just enjoy it. Do not take it seriously.
I started a new blog.
I started a new blog, which is specially focused on writing poems and essays.
https://essaypoemstories.blogspot.com/
I want this blog to be focused on creating works from life, not like my other blogs which is about expressing my thoughts from experiences in life.
As I wrote one poem in Japanese, I felt a little embarrassed to express my deep feeling inside.
I have not expressed what is inside myself for a long time, which is due to the human nature to conform to the society.
as I started to express myself, and it is my first attempt to improve at expressing myself. I will be suck at it, and misunderstood many times, but I want to practice it, and in the future, I would like to express myself freely, and listen to others expressing freely.
Not trying to make others conform to me. I want others to be free.
https://essaypoemstories.blogspot.com/
I want this blog to be focused on creating works from life, not like my other blogs which is about expressing my thoughts from experiences in life.
As I wrote one poem in Japanese, I felt a little embarrassed to express my deep feeling inside.
I will get used to it.
I have not expressed what is inside myself for a long time, which is due to the human nature to conform to the society.
as I started to express myself, and it is my first attempt to improve at expressing myself. I will be suck at it, and misunderstood many times, but I want to practice it, and in the future, I would like to express myself freely, and listen to others expressing freely.
Not trying to make others conform to me. I want others to be free.
2019年9月19日木曜日
How Should I Deal with My family and Life 1
I am a 23 year-old student, an animation major. I was interested in English when I was a high school student, and studied abroad to Australia. I become more interested in learning a new language and meeting people from different countries. I majored in English culture in university, and learned English language there. I studied abroad to Canada, learning English even more. In the third year, I met a book, Mastery by Robert Greene and started to think about my future and myself deeply. The book is about finding who I am and one of the most important task in life is to be who I am. I was not sure about who I was, but I knew what I loved from the past, which some kinds of arts like animation, film, music, writing and so on. I am very impressed how these artists find beauty and nature of life and translate them into their work. So, I started to go to animation school while working part-time. I am not sure I am on the right way. On the internet, or Youtube, I see others making money or gaining much attention, constantly comparing my situation and others. I feel painful to feel that way and compare myself with others. Others seem to have more talent in animation in school. At home, my parents seem very self-obsessed. My mother is obsessed with international conflict between Korea and Japan, which makes her very emotional. Her strong emotions and dramas make my life confused. I feel desperate to keep living in constant comparison with others.
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results"
This is a good quote by someone, which cheers up us to realize that the only way to solve our problem is to change our paradigm, and approach the problem from different angle when we are faced with a obstacle with it and stuck.
"Refreshing the mind, when you and your opponent are engaged in combat which is dragging on with no end in sight. It is crucial to come up completely different technique. By refreshing the mind and techniques as you continue to fight your opponent. You will find an appropriate rhythm timing with which to defeat him. whenever you and your opponent become stagnant. You must immediately employ different method of dealing with him in order to overcome him. "
The book of the five rings By Miyamoto Musashi
This is a lesson and strategy from Miyamoto Musashi. In a war or battle, when I am stuck with the situation, I need to immediately think of different tactics based on the situation to overcome the situation.
We face a large number of conflicts and problems in our life.
Most of our basic human needs are met through improvement of agricultural and technological development.
Food
Shelter
Clothes
It is one of the biggest paradigm shift of humanity and we started to have more control over the world. However, this created other problems we constantly face in our life and we ourselves have to deal with them.
Yes, we no longer do not have to think about these basic needs like food, shelter, clothes. We have to earn money or think about little stuff like paying bills and so on. However, the less we need to focus on these basic need, the more we focus on another need, human relationships.
Our relationships with others are much more intense and complex nowadays thorough SNS like Twitter, Facebook, Youtube.
We feel constantly connected to others, not only with our parents or friends, but much more people we do not even know around the globe through the internet.
Not only we constantly compare ourselves with our surroundings, but also we compare with those who are from around the world!!
I think one of the biggest problem we face is how to deal with people, our human nature and emotion.
Adler boldly says all the problems we face is interpersonal relationships.
How to look at them, overcome them, and deal with them will have a huge influence to us.
We need strategies if I want to solve the problem.
I do not invent them. I just borrow them from another writers.
1. Stoism
2. Taoism
3. See people as facts
4. Compare who I was yesterday.
2019/09/28
I realized that this human nature to compare is very deeply ingrained in human nature especially in a group situation. This is a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge problem we face in most of our life.
Strategies to deal with that is to feel belong to humanity, self-reliance and reasons.
2019/09/28
I realized that this human nature to compare is very deeply ingrained in human nature especially in a group situation. This is a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge problem we face in most of our life.
Strategies to deal with that is to feel belong to humanity, self-reliance and reasons.
I would like to write about them deeply
2019年9月18日水曜日
2019年9月17日火曜日
Labor and Money
I have been thinking about money, value and to live because I have been worried about the money all the time. I am not financially independent yet. I am a student.
However, I also think that I do not want to work mindlessly for a company only to work and earn money.
Am I being selfish?
Let me think about earning money deeply. It is not only to work in a company or do things which I was told to do by others.
I can earn money by giving value to other human beings, or providing what others want or need in the form of services, products and so on.
For example, I work part-time for MacDonald, and people buy food there. They buy it because they want a quick and delicious hamburgers. Therefore, they pay money to get it.
It is important that what people want or need is not necessary good for them. In the case of MacDonald, it is not healthy at all. It uses a lot of oil, and other chemical stuff to make food taste delicious.
It is the same for other stuff.
Books like 48 Laws of Power, and Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene are great to change ones' life because it is based on reality and teaches readers how to deal with people and live life smoothly, which is one of the greatest lesson in life. However, some other books are shallow, and not based on reality. Some other books are even harmful to live in the world.
In the world, there are so many kinds of people, service, and work.
In the case of books
What I can say is that there are so many ways to earn money. What I need to think about is how I can earn money. What is my way of earning money. In other words, giving value to people.
I need to think about what I like to do, who I am, what I love to learn, what I am good at.
I think I like philosophy and great books. I used to be miserable, and I am still miserable, but I know how changing the way of seeing the world is powerful and encountering with great thinkers and teachers can help change one's life.
I hope I can be one who can influence others. In the way, that those who I admire have done to me. I need a lot of works to develop my skill though.
You know some games are very great art which can touch one's emotion.
I need to find what I am proud of doing and what I do not proud of doing by know who really I am through try and error and introspection.
I just do things what I believe to be good for humanity.
For the last word, I think I should never take money or work seriously because they are only symbols, which are given by others, which is external, weak, and not in our control.
One's life is much more unique, vast and sublime beyond the word and idea of money and labor can tie up.
One can act for others not caring about fame or money just for helping others.
I believe what matter is not seeking money or fame, but go for things we believe to be great and meaningful for humanity.
"Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run-in the long-run, I say!-success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it."
However, I also think that I do not want to work mindlessly for a company only to work and earn money.
Am I being selfish?
Let me think about earning money deeply. It is not only to work in a company or do things which I was told to do by others.
I can earn money by giving value to other human beings, or providing what others want or need in the form of services, products and so on.
For example, I work part-time for MacDonald, and people buy food there. They buy it because they want a quick and delicious hamburgers. Therefore, they pay money to get it.
It is important that what people want or need is not necessary good for them. In the case of MacDonald, it is not healthy at all. It uses a lot of oil, and other chemical stuff to make food taste delicious.
It is the same for other stuff.
Books like 48 Laws of Power, and Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene are great to change ones' life because it is based on reality and teaches readers how to deal with people and live life smoothly, which is one of the greatest lesson in life. However, some other books are shallow, and not based on reality. Some other books are even harmful to live in the world.
In the world, there are so many kinds of people, service, and work.
In the case of books
A book can contain greatest lessons to live this life.
A book can contain contents which can arouse physical and sexual desire and satisfy them.
A book can contain contents or stories which we deeply suppress in life.
A book can contain scientific research and information.
I need to think about what I like to do, who I am, what I love to learn, what I am good at.
I think I like philosophy and great books. I used to be miserable, and I am still miserable, but I know how changing the way of seeing the world is powerful and encountering with great thinkers and teachers can help change one's life.
I hope I can be one who can influence others. In the way, that those who I admire have done to me. I need a lot of works to develop my skill though.
I am not sure about the form. It could be
writing
story telling
animation
scientific researching
making a great video game
Maybe blogging
You know some games are very great art which can touch one's emotion.
I need to find what I am proud of doing and what I do not proud of doing by know who really I am through try and error and introspection.
I just do things what I believe to be good for humanity.
For the last word, I think I should never take money or work seriously because they are only symbols, which are given by others, which is external, weak, and not in our control.
One's life is much more unique, vast and sublime beyond the word and idea of money and labor can tie up.
One can act for others not caring about fame or money just for helping others.
I believe what matter is not seeking money or fame, but go for things we believe to be great and meaningful for humanity.
"Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run-in the long-run, I say!-success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it."
Viktor E. Frankl
Let Go of Attachment. Never take life and others personally, even affection.
"Pleasure in its fullness cannot be experienced when one is grasping it."
Allan Watts
I have had many great moments in life. It happened not because I desired it to happen or crave it to happen, but because it just happened. I was just being myself, enjoying the moment.
I have a crush. I have loved her so long that it started to become like a craving.
It makes every action I make ineffective.
I have to let go of my crush, let go of my friends, my family, other people. Anything is not personal in life.
If someone dislikes you it is not because of you, he/she projects certain projection, insecurity or shadow onto you.
See the whole situation.
I work at MacDonald, and we had a farewell party for the store manager. Once the store manager came back to the store. I was with another female coworker, who the store manager had taught to be a manager. The moment I saw his face, I could see some resentment in it.
I was a bit shocked because I could see some dark side of people.
However, it is pretty usual.
I have a woman who I want to teach English because her dream is to study abroad. If I teach her, and I will form some attachment with her. If I find her with another man, don't I react to the situation in the same way with the store manager? Think about it a moment.
The key is to let it go. Giving and Let it go. No attachment.
"Nothing is to be clung as I, me or mine."
paraphrase of teaching of Buddha.
Let go of any attachment of life, people, success, money, and start to feel free, and focus on how beautiful and great to be live freely.
Be and live at the present moment, and enjoy it. That is life.
Here is an advice from Alan Watts on Letting go of attachment.
On Reading Books
Writing is a way to share what is inside us, ideas, feeling, thoughts.
I tend to buy and read many books, which I know is not good.
My attention tends to be scattered to this or that books, never learning deeply about what each book, each man is saying.
I have to remember that A book is a man. I communicate with the author while reading a book. It does not only consists of words, but the author's heart, idea, and life. The communication should be deep, not shallow.
This level of communication can be practiced through reading, and applied to real life.
Go beyond the threshold, what I can see, or what he says. The author is describing what he is passionate about through writing at that moment.
Writing is a great way to express oneself from our heart.
Therefore, reading is a direct communication with the author with heart to heart.
Pay attention to everything. Understand the author.
The goal of reading is to understand the author and to become one, internalize their teaching, mastering it.
Therefore, stay in limited number of books or authors until mastering them. To master books, actions are needed until these ideas and teachings become habits.
"Reading many books is a distraction." Seneca
I do not like categorizing books like self-help books, novels, essays, love romance, and so on. They are born from life experience from life.
It is like judging the author through categorizing. It is useful to organize ideas, but sometimes very distracting.
Here is an advice from Seneca about reading!
I tend to buy and read many books, which I know is not good.
My attention tends to be scattered to this or that books, never learning deeply about what each book, each man is saying.
I have to remember that A book is a man. I communicate with the author while reading a book. It does not only consists of words, but the author's heart, idea, and life. The communication should be deep, not shallow.
This level of communication can be practiced through reading, and applied to real life.
Go beyond the threshold, what I can see, or what he says. The author is describing what he is passionate about through writing at that moment.
Writing is a great way to express oneself from our heart.
Therefore, reading is a direct communication with the author with heart to heart.
Pay attention to everything. Understand the author.
The goal of reading is to understand the author and to become one, internalize their teaching, mastering it.
Therefore, stay in limited number of books or authors until mastering them. To master books, actions are needed until these ideas and teachings become habits.
"Reading many books is a distraction." Seneca
I do not like categorizing books like self-help books, novels, essays, love romance, and so on. They are born from life experience from life.
It is like judging the author through categorizing. It is useful to organize ideas, but sometimes very distracting.
Here is an advice from Seneca about reading!
2019年9月12日木曜日
About This Blog
My name is Tsuyoshi.
I am a student who studies creating video games, animation and drawing in Japan.
I like to read books on many subjects, study drawing and animation, watch movies, study and analyze people.
I would like this blog to be a place I can share what I am interested in.
Life is not easy, as Budda said life is suffering. However, I want to believe that life is very precious. There are great people I admire. There are beautiful nature and pieces of art.
I would like to appreciate things in life and be like those who I admire.
I hope this blog will be a way of expressing myself, and way of finding my true self, who I am.
I hope this blog also will be a way of connecting to the reality as I deeply connect with myself and others.
The content of this blog will be
Book Reviews
Essays on various subjects
Poems about life
Thoughts about life
On Drawings
Stories
and so on.
I would like to improve my writing skills because I like to write and express myself!
See you soon.
I am a student who studies creating video games, animation and drawing in Japan.
I like to read books on many subjects, study drawing and animation, watch movies, study and analyze people.
I would like this blog to be a place I can share what I am interested in.
My mission in life is
To Live accordance with nature, and Live rationally while enjoying the beauty and meaningfulness of life in every moment.
Life is not easy, as Budda said life is suffering. However, I want to believe that life is very precious. There are great people I admire. There are beautiful nature and pieces of art.
I would like to appreciate things in life and be like those who I admire.
I hope this blog will be a way of expressing myself, and way of finding my true self, who I am.
I hope this blog also will be a way of connecting to the reality as I deeply connect with myself and others.
The content of this blog will be
Book Reviews
Essays on various subjects
Poems about life
Thoughts about life
On Drawings
Stories
and so on.
I would like to improve my writing skills because I like to write and express myself!
See you soon.
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