Modern life can sure be stressful. It’s rarely a simple stress. Usually it is complex and multi-causal and manifests itself in a sort of persistent uncertainty. We’ve just not quite sure what is going to happen next. We function under layers of stress and each layer has its own texture. To find our way out of this stress we need to un-layer the stress. We need to lay them out separately because each layer has its own cause, its own manifestations, and its own experiences, and hopefully its own solutions. Can you un-layer your stress?
"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Monday, June 28, 2010
Thoughts on Layers of Stress
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