The Ultimate Guide to a Meaningful Life (Part 1 of 108)

Ben H
1 min readMar 21, 2021

Structure: Confucius; Relationship = ET; PCDA; Prayer (strategy for relaxing into observing our vulnerability objectively)

🌿 🅐 天命之謂性。率性之謂道。修道之謂教。

What the Spirit of Life confers is called “nature.”

Accordance with this nature is called the Way.

Cultivating the Way is called “education.”

🌿 🅑 道也者、不可須臾離也、可離非道也。是故君子戒愼乎其所不睹、恐懼乎其所不聞。

That which is called Way cannot be separated from for an instant.

What can be separated from is not the Way.

Therefore the Virtuous Man is conscious in the place where he is not seen,

and mindful in the place where he is not heard.

莫見乎隱、莫顯乎微。故君子愼其獨也。

Nothing is more visible than the hidden, and nothing is more apparent than the subtle. Therefore the Virtuous Man is cautious when he is alone.

喜、怒、哀、樂之未發、謂之中。發而皆中節、謂之和。中也者、天下之大本也。和也者、天下之達道也。致中和、天地位焉、萬物育焉。

When joy, anger, sorrow and pleasure have not yet arisen, it is called Peace. When they arise to their appropriate levels, it is called Harmony.

Peace is the great root of all in the Universe.

“Harmony” is the penetration of the Way through the Universe.

When Peace and Harmony are actualized, Heaven and Earth are in their proper positions,

and the myriad things are nourished.

🌿 PDCA : Probe/Plan/Pilot/Peep

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Ben H

🕊 Consultant, Counselor, Mediator, Facilitator, Trainer on Nonviolent Communication. 🦒