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But there has to be a quality element. I would rather understand an older and less efficient way of doing things than adopt something I do not know how to fix or something I will quickly abandon when the next shiny toy comes along.
“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something. There are many Vital Life Lessons Ocean Teaches Us, and these 4 vital lessons are meant to strengthen us and help us deal with life in a more courageous way.
The two ideas of limits and quality means I will often pay much more for something that I expect to last. I also become a bit loyal to the well-made and the hand-crafted. And when I am producing something, I want to make it to the same standard. This means not taking the shortcut and participating in what I do. I can tell you, from my direct experience, that there is great satisfaction that comes from putting your whole self into a task. The reward goes far beyond the moment and connects you with a larger ideal. The ocean is a wonderful teacher. I am happy to have known her and those honest souls who make a living from her bounty.
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Please contact us so we can fix it! Did you enjoy this post? If we focus on building a suitable container for good things to happen, then the Universe will take care of the rest. Countless rivers flow into the ocean each day.
Some of them are clean and teeming with life, and some are heavily polluted. But the ocean accepts them all. In this way, something that could be a source of great suffering, polluted water, is transformed into a source of happiness. As human beings, we have the power to do the exact same thing. This can be a cause of great suffering.
However, we have the ability to end that suffering by learning to practice acceptance and working with everything that the world gives us. There is a very simple but profound quote from Rev.
Gyomay Kubose which sums up this teaching perfectly. But the simple truth is that there are many things that happen to us each day that are out of our hands — traffic jams, bad weather, layoffs, etc. If we can learn to approach these things from a place of acceptance, like the ocean, then we can use the currents of our spiritual practice to purify them. The ocean is a source of life for every creature on earth.
In this way, we can make life better for both ourselves and others. Bio Twitter Facebook Latest Posts. Standing at the beach looking at the angry and wild ocean currents moving toward me, I saw life — ever-changing, aggressive, persistent, yet silent. Just like the ocean, life is calm sometimes. But it can also be wild and ruthless when it wants to deliver its teachings with lasting effect.
The quality of lessons changes over time. Its content depends on the abilities and goals of disciples it is teaching. But one thing remains the same: The constant nature of change exhibits itself more profoundly in the ocean.
When we look at the ocean, what we see is a mass of water currents moving back and forth at different speeds and different strengths. Sometimes, the waves cover a bigger portion of the beach and other times they smooth out to calmly move in the deeper part of the ocean.
Even the seemingly permanent bottom will one day become a cliff face and then erode down to become beach. These small gestures create an environment where pleasant conversation can occur in much the same way that ocean water creates an environment where sea life can flourish. When you deal with the ocean, you quickly learn what a foreign and unforgiving place it can be. A close call at sea will give you a sharp reminder of your mortality. In this way, something that could be a source of great suffering, polluted water, is transformed into a source of happiness. There are rules of behavior, crafted over time and trained into us by a thousand other trips like this one. His dive company takes divers diving in Sipadan Malaysia as well at other Asia dive destinations.
It will keep its generosity available to all of us. But we need to acknowledge this generosity to benefit from it. We have to look at the currents, anticipate the kind of gifts we will receive and prepare ourselves to welcome them upon arrival. One of the many vital life lessons ocean teaches us is aggression.
A big part of life is defined by adversities.
There are times when we feel how the ocean of life is trying to throw us backwards. Sometimes the ocean throws us out. When this happens, we need to keep faith in our mentor — life.