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Prompt: willpower, Style: Ukiyo
Willpower
I’m moving on to another book - Willpower by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney.
The current takeaway: We have a limited supply of willpower, and this same supply gets used up throughout the day on our various tasks, on decisions we make even if just hypothetical ones, on being patient with difficult people, e.g. bosses and customers.
Getting enough sleep and having enough glucose (from the right kinds of foods) gives us an optimum amount of willpower to start the day with, but at the end of the day, ego depletion gets us all, and our willpower is at a low.
The Wombo when prompted with Miyamoto Musashi
1. Do not turn your back on the various ways of this world. 2. Do not scheme for physical pleasure. 3. Do not intend to rely on anything. 4. Consider yourself lightly; consider the world deeply. 5. Do no ever think in acquisitive things. 6. Do not regret things about your own personal life. 7. Do not envy another's good or evil. 8. Do not lament parting on any road whatsoever. 9. Do not complain or feel bitterly about yourself or others. 10. Have no heart for approaching the path of love. 11. Do not have preferences. 12. Do not harbor hopes for your own personal home. 13. Do not have a liking for delicious food for yourself. 14. Do not carry antiques handed down from generation to generation. 15. Do not fast so that it affects you physically. 16. While it's different with military equipment, do not be fond of material things. 17. While on the Way, do not begrudge death. 18. Do not be intent on possessing valuables or a fief in old age. 19. Respect the gods and Buddhas, but do not depend on them. 20. Though you give up your life, do not give your honor. 21. Never depart from the Way of the Martial Arts.
Dokkōdō, Miyamoto Musashi
The Wiki entry for this reads differently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokk%C5%8Dd%C5%8D
Some of the things on the list are idiosyncratic, and belong to a different time, place and culture. Some of them seem to be slightly at odds with each other, or at least in my thinking of it.
The things on there that I like: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 19. What about you?
Chaos Magick
I’m more into grimoire based magic now, but I still have a soft spot for two books: Stealing the Fire from Heaven by Stephen Mace, and The Camel Rides Again by Alan Chapman. Liber Null/Psychonaut and Condensed Chaos are still great reads and offer lots of practical pointers, but those two books I mentioned at the start are still my favorite re-reads as far as Chaos Magick is concerned.
A good recent release more in tune with my current interests is The Sworn and Secret Grimoire by “Count Abaka” (it’s really just good ole Jake Stratton-Kent. It’s a “guide to grimoire-ing” and is based off of the Arbatel and the Secret Grimoire of Turiel (a “forgery”). Not so much Solomonic as it is “pagan-friendly”. It’s a nice rough guide on constructing rituals, so to speak.
1. Think of what is right and true. 2. Practice and cultivate the science. 3. Become acquainted with the arts. 4. Know the principles of the crafts. 5. Understand the harm and benefit in everything. 6. Learn to see everything accurately. 7. Become aware of what is not obvious. 8. Be careful even in small matters. 9. Do not do anything useless.
Book of Five Rings, Earth Scroll, Miyamoto Musashi
A different formulation/translation/interpretation
1. Think without any dishonesty. 2. Forge yourself in the Way. 3. Touch upon all of the arts. 4. Know the Ways of all occupations. 5. Know the advantages and disadvantages of everything. 6. Develop a discerning eye in all matters. 7. Understand what cannot be seen by the eye. 8. Pay attention to even small things. 9. Do not involve yourself with the impractical.
Miyamoto Musashi, Book of Five Rings, Earth Scroll
Stuff I Read
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