I have been on a hiatus from blogging for the past three months. There are (sort-of valid) excuses.
- Changed my job.
- Changed where I live.
- Changed my philosophical belief. (More about this in the future posts)
But the biggest reasons are my laziness and fear. When these two are mixed together, a sense of relaxation appeared: making me believe that I could take time off from writing without losing the writing direction. I made these mistakes.
Slack off a bit during the transition, you can pick up what you left whenever you want.
Of course I completely wiped off this simple truth from my mind: Our life changes us. Or, to be more exact, nothing stays the same. The idea of storing a project in a safe box and return some months later to recoup it is plain wrong. Not morally wrong, but factually wrong.
Stay away from writing during a transition period – we don't have time for writing.
What I should have done is to shift my gears: speed down, incorporate my life's changes into my writing, observe what is going on – if 80% of the struggles during writing are about finding out good topics, the transition period of one's life should be a gold mine. Why not exploiting it? Why wait until our life "stabilizes," only to face the tidy but barren field of imagination?
It is all about you. You decide what to do.
I recently received warm letters from my readers, asking if I was still alive. I knew they weren't saying it out of courtesy: Some people did miss my writings. It made my extremely humble: It wasn't just about me anymore.
So I am going to shift into gear one and start walking again. It should be a weekly stuff at the beginning, and I will see how things go. This starting post is a private letter to dear readers and friends of mine who taught me to break out of my shell.
Isao
Thank you Heidi, Sadya.
Can you be more specific about the content of your article? After reading it, I still have some doubts. Hope you can help me. https://accounts.binance.info/register-person?ref=IHJUI7TF
Thanks! I am going to read Buddhism Plain and Simple in my Kindle.
http://www.isaokato.com/blog/2010/04/why-i-chose-kindle-over-ipad-because-less-is-better.html
The best answer I can give to that is from a book called Buddhism Plain and Simple:
“Buddhism is not a belief system. It’s not about accepting certain tenets or believing a set of claims or principles. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. It’s about examining the world clearly and carefully, about testing everything and every idea. Buddhism is about seeing. It’s about knowing rather than believing or hoping or wishing. It’s about not being afraid to examine anything and everything, including our personal agendas.
Not least of all, of course, we must examine the Buddha’s teaching itself.”
Among the various Buddhist traditions that exists, there are religious and cultural elements that have been introduced into Buddhism. However, they are not at the heart of what Buddhism is, it’s not an -ism at all. It’s a tool, a road map, and the rest is up to you and your own direct experience. This is the ‘seeing’ you referred to that does not at all rely on faith or in accepting any tenets.
http://www.buddhismgrove.com/questions/what-is-buddhism/