RESILENCE
(IKIGAI REVIEW)
HOW TO FACE LIFE'S CHALLENGES WITHOUT LETTING STRESS AND WORRY YOUR AGE?
The thing Ikigai says is to pursue your passion - how hard the life goes with hurdles. No matter of giving up. Resilience is the concept which has become influential among psychologists. It is the ability to setback, things without urgency, to pick ourselves and giving meaning to our lives.
Some people know how to adapt, stay focused on certain objectives, concentrate on things they can't control and they are called as the resilient people. At some point of life, we all need to face the hurdles, we can't escape the situations, so proper training for mind and body is to be given. Resilience is essential to confront life's ups and downs.
FALL SEVEN TIMES, RISE EIGHT.
EMOTIONAL RESILENCE THROUGH BUDDHISM AND STOICISM
The goal is to control our emotions, pleasures and desires. Though the both of the philosophies are different, both aims is to get rid of ego and control negative emotions. Our pleasures and desires are not the problem, we can enjoy and control them as they don't take control of us. Controlling emotions have been always watchful who are trying to control themselves.
Imagining negative things and not worrying about them. As a result, you will come to the mindset of what the worst thing would happen?
MEDITATING FOR HEALTHIER EMOTIONS
Another central theme of Stoicism is Imagining and knowing what we can control and what we can't? Through serenity prayer.
Most commonly used mantras in Buddhism for controlling negative emotions is OM MANI PADME HUM in which OM represents ego purification, MA purifies jealously, NI purifies passion and desire, PAD purifies bias, ME purifies greed and HUM is the wisdom that purifies hatred.
CONCLUSION
Both Buddhism and Stoicism convey the message that there is nothing about worrying, but we can control our emotions. Go through and just appreciate things because it is just NOW. The temporary things which are the impermanent ones. Keep your mind the best one to see the flow.
