Miyamoto Musashi
Was there real intention in what I did today, or only habit?
📝ONGO's Reflection
Musashi is said to have never lost in more than sixty duels. But his true teaching is not the sword. Read the Book of Five Rings, written in his late years, and every page says the same thing — keep your mind sharp and present in every moment. We handle dozens of things each day, but how often has our mind actually been there with them? We look at our phones while eating, and rehearse our next line while talking. Musashi said that placing your whole heart on one thing at a time is itself the way of the sword. It is also the way of daily life.
"A thousand days of practice is tempering; ten thousand days, refinement."Miyamoto Musashi, 五輪書 (The Book of Five Rings, Earth Scroll)
🌱Apply It Today
Eat one meal today without your phone, feeling only the taste of the food. Just one meal. That single meal is the shortest training in what Musashi called "placing the heart in one place."
