Be mindful of your thoughts, words, actions, and habits, as they form a chain that ultimately shapes your character and destiny. Consciously cultivating these elements leads to a desired future.
Realize that your feelings and experiences are determined by your reactions and interpretations of the world, not by external events or other people’s actions. Cultivate agency over your inner being and thoughts to unlock a profound sense of freedom.
Decide to commit part of your lifetime to developing yourself to become more unique, powerful, and experienced, by looking into and perfecting your own life. This commitment helps you develop your character, health, and emotional state to feel happy with your lifetime.
When encountering challenges or negative thoughts about others, understand that changing other people or external circumstances is not possible. Instead, focus on identifying and resolving the internal conflict within yourself that is causing the challenge.
Avoid basing your happiness and freedom on external conditions like jobs, relationships, or weather, as these are constantly changing and ultimately not in your control. True freedom and happiness are unconditional and originate internally.
Experience joy from relationships and possessions to the fullest, appreciating them while they are present in your life. However, cultivate an attitude of non-attachment, understanding that these things are impermanent and will eventually pass.
Recognize that attachments to anything, whether material possessions, food, or ideas, make you ‘heavy’ and prevent you from moving forward in life. The best way to continuously progress is to cultivate fewer attachments.
Understand that the power of the mind is the fundamental essence that grants freedom and should be the central focus of all personal development efforts.
While maintaining physical health, prioritize the discovery of your true self beyond the temporary physical body. This deeper understanding is the ultimate emphasis, as the body will eventually return to the earth.
Avoid living in emotional or experiential extremes, such as extreme highs or lows. Instead, seek the ‘middle way’ to cultivate balance, harmony, and peace in your life.
Instead of being constantly disturbed by life’s fluctuations, cultivate an internal state of balance, harmony, peace, and stability. This provides an unshakable foundation for coping with life.
Begin your personal transformation by immediately implementing a new daily structure, such as waking up 10-15 minutes earlier. Fill this newly created time with any form of practice or physical exercise, as taking action is more effective than merely dwelling on thoughts.
Wake up 10-20 minutes earlier than usual to dedicate this undisturbed time purely to yourself, as there are fewer external distractions. Use this time for internal practices like breathing exercises, sitting meditation, or Qigong.
Before bed, practice gratitude for everything that happened during the day, even if it was challenging, to maintain a positive state of mind and appreciate the gift of experiencing life. This helps avoid going to bed with a negative mindset.
Practice shifting your awareness inwards, sensing and listening to your internal body, such as your skeleton, muscles, organs, and internal signals. This helps you differentiate between external and internal experiences and become mindful of yourself.
Dedicate yourself to 100% care of your physical body and its form, recognizing that this physical practice serves as a crucial bridge to the development and discovery of your mind and inner self.
Acknowledge the younger generation’s focus on physical appearance and use the care of the body as a bridge to introduce deeper spiritual thoughts and self-discovery. The world of forms is limited, but it can lead to profound insights.
Recognize the immense creative power of your mind to conceive of things that do not yet exist in the physical world. Utilize thoughts, words, writing, visualization, and construction to bring these formless ideas into tangible form.
Examine your life to identify the patterns, behaviors, and habits you possess. Discern which of these are beneficial for your development and which are obstacles to your progress.
To make way for new, healthy habits and personal development, actively get rid of old habits that no longer serve you, such as laziness. This allows your body and mind to adapt and build more beneficial routines.
Voluntarily adhere to strict routines, such as fixed eating and wake-up times, even when experiencing hunger or fatigue. These restrictions help cultivate inner discipline and liberate you from being controlled by immediate desires.
Recognize that personal growth often requires the imposition of restrictions, as they provide the necessary boundaries and challenges for expansion.
Actively seek out situations or teachers that challenge you and make you uncomfortable, as this process reveals your current limits. Embracing these challenges is essential for personal growth and expanding beyond your self-perceived boundaries.
Engage in fasting, even for a single day, to allow your body to cleanse itself physically. This practice also serves to reveal your level of attachment to food, helping you understand how much your mindset is controlled by such desires.
Instead of outsourcing your inner expertise, identify the commonalities among different expert perspectives. Then, integrate these similarities into your own training and life, trying them out to gain personal insights into what truly works for you.
After gathering external advice, actively observe your own life and go inwards with your mind to ask how you can improvise and adapt what you’ve learned to make it 100% functional for your unique circumstances.
Leverage the research and experience of seniors, elders, and past generations to avoid reinventing the wheel. Taking in their advice and perspectives is an efficient way to gain knowledge.
Overcome stagnation from too much choice by selecting one practice and committing to it fully. Many different practices can be effective if you dedicate yourself to them.
To live your lifetime in the best way possible, adopt a holistic approach that ensures the health of your body, mind, and emotional state. Relying on a single method is insufficient for overall well-being.
Don’t waste your limited lifetime; instead, appreciate what you have and proactively adjust everything within your control to make your life pleasant for yourself and for the people around you.
Recognize that your existence and lifetime are a significant gift and should not be taken for granted, even when facing difficulties. This perspective helps in finding purpose and meaning.
Understand and accept that human life is characterized by a constant pattern of ups and downs, having and losing, and rising and falling. Embedding this reality into your perspective helps navigate life’s changes.
To overcome attachments to your current way of life, travel to different areas of the world and immerse yourself in other cultures and civilizations. This experience can open your eyes to alternative ways of living and show that your current bubble is not the only reality.
Regularly contemplate what would happen if your personal ‘bubble’ of career, status, or lifestyle were to burst. This reflection helps you realize that your essential self remains, and that these external creations are not of lasting substance.
Rather than superficially exploring many different subjects, choose one area and dedicate yourself to diving deeply into it. This approach allows for the discovery of profound answers and mysteries that superficial engagement cannot provide.
To fully engage in your dedicated self-practice, turn off your phone and avoid checking it. This creates an environment free from external interruptions, allowing for deeper focus.