This guy is a beast (True face of Mastery)

[koops]

Check it out between 2:07 to 2:45.

Pure confidence and chill. 'I don't give a fuck' attitude.

For me, thats the face of mastery, as George Leonard puts it.
 

 

This week I was looking for some old people as inspiration, some reference as to how to life a great life in my late years.

'what would be a great life in my 60s+? - I asked myself

This guy came to mind.

 

Mastery (flow)

+

Spiritual work

= 

True happiness / Joy

Edited November 4, 2023 by koops

[koops]

This guy is a beast.

Check it out between 2:07 to 2:45.

Pure confidence and chill. 'I don't give a fuck' attitude.

For me, thats the face of mastery, as George Leonard puts it

 

I was looking this week for 'old' people to take as reference.

'who could be a great inspiration for a living great old age?' -I asked myself

This guy comes to mind.

 

Mastery (flow)

+

Spiritual work

=

True happiness / Joy

 

Edited November 4, 2023 by koops

[koops]

Am I doing what I want or what others/familiy/society/my 'past me' wants?
 

Are we blinded by so much information, by all the online mentors, by too much socialization, by to many distractions, by the shiny lights of superficial success, by constant connection, that we never even bother to search for our Zone of Genius?

It takes a lot of reflection, solitude, silence, emotional labour, trial and error, sacrifices...
and maybe we don't want to dive deep, like David Lynch puts it:

“Ideas are like fish.
If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water.
But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper.
Down deep, the fish are more powerful and more pure.
They’re huge and abstract. And they’re very beautiful.” 

 

Leo talked in his last happiness video, how he really doesn't believe in going full monk in meditation, because he is very creative and his mind is very active.

That struck me.

Specially coming from him, 'the spiritual guy'; and I realized that the path of mastery of one skill can be even more fulfilling that the path of ''full spirituality'.

That the path of mastery/creativity (''exploiting'' the active/monkey mind), could be even more fulfilling than the path of shutting of the monkey-mind.

Im also INTP, highly active and creative mind; and probably a lot of you in this forum are also similar.
 

Why fight our gifts, instead of going along with them?

Beware of going down a path that is not truly yours, just because is a fad, popular or is a promise of happiness.

The path is not the same for all.

And yes, Im talking to myself, I need to reflect on this; but if you also needed to read this, I hope this makes you reflect.

 

Rick Rubin is probably not enlightened, but I look at him, and think: 'why would he try to get to enlightenment?' He radiates bliss and pure joy. Peace.

The kind of guy who works hard, makes millions, and still enjoys smelling the roses.

In fact, it seems that everything for him is about enjoying the smell of the fucking roses.

 

 

[Cireeric]

I just bought his book: The Creative Act: A Way of Being and it is amazing and very inspiring, also easy to read and fun. Highly recommend it.

[CARDOZZO]

On 11/4/2023 at 0:46 PM, Cireeric said:

I just bought his book: The Creative Act: A Way of Being and it is amazing and very inspiring, also easy to read and fun. Highly recommend it.

Amazing book.

[koops]

yep, looks awesome

In my booklist for Christmas

This is the opening quote.

This guy knows something.