1. The North Stars
Live a life full of loving attention – towards love.
Striving to obtain wisdom, develop morality, and practice meditation.
And in the day to day taking care of:
- my physical health,
- my mental & spiritual health,
- relationships,
- my profession and being part of this society,
- joy & wonder.
1.a. Definitions
What is it to live?
What is it to attend?
What is it to love?
1.b. How to obtain wisdom, develop morality, and practice meditation?
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1.c. The fundamental framework for prioritising the average day and week
1. 🫀 physical health through the holy trinity
Fundamentally, I am a human being with biological needs. The holy trinity: nutrition, exercise, and rest, is the basis for a healthy body. A healthy body allows me to physically be at peace, and from there start chasing my dreams.
2. ⚫ spiritual practices & mental peace
Consciousness can be quite the overwhelming storm. Spiritual practices are what provide me with control and spiritual peace: the feelings of contentment, purpose, and happiness.
3. ❤️ relationships
My relationships with others are what make me human. Through selflessly giving and receiving attention I can experience one of the most beautiful things in life called love.
4. 🪡 my profession
Through my profession I give to the community – in return I can take what is required to take care of my family. Also, professional life is what enables me, and society, to grow.
5. 💫 joy & wonder
Last but not least, the fact that I am that specific part of the universe that is able to experience and explore itself is incredibly amazing. For this, joy & wonder are in place. Let us enjoy this beautiful experience.
Although all pillars are essential, the lower numbered pillars form the fundament for the higher numbered. Also, not all pillars require the same amount of time commitment to be taken proper care of. Physical health and my profession together take about 20 hours of my average day. But this is fine! For most animals, taking care of their physical health alone can take up about 24 hours of their day – so I consider myself pretty lucky with this amount of time for spiritual peace, relationships, and joy. I have spent countless hours reflecting and learning what these pillars mean to me, and how to take care of them. For example, solely the time spent practicing how to exercise the body easily can exceed the 1,000 hours. For this framework to work for you, you have to learn what these pillars mean to you. – I hope to someday find the team to expand upon what these pillars mean to me or how you can learn what they mean to you.
I operate on some fundamental principles/beliefs.
Here are principles currently most relevant in my life + a backlog:
- Trust the process.
- Never say never.
- Life is unsatisfactory.
backlog
- Je moet wat.
I’m a sucker for quotes. A good quote in the right context can say a thousand words.
Here are quotes currently most relevant in my life + a backlog:
- You’re crazy until you’re successful, then you’re a genius.
– Mister Beast | [source]