Why It Is OK To Have No Ambition In Life? - a zen short story
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- Why am I being asked to walk hard on a road to go to a place where I don't want to go. They call this place a goal, a destination. They think everyone must keep walking on that road to reach that place. - Zawa
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My son was telling me, "if you had done x and y, you might have made something of yourself." I said, I did make something of myself.. a better person.
@@pameladeering2450 I've often thought how strange it must be so see one's own kid or partner getting hypnotized by these everchanging stories of our culture, of what worth is, how life should be. Sorry he said this. I hope he clears his view again with time. 🙏
I understand the gist of the idea and appreciate it, but IMHO saying 'why should I go where I don't want to go' is the wrong way to express it because, obviously, if you don't want to go there then it's not your ambition! Ambition is what you want to do or achieve, not what somebody thinks you must do. There's a big difference between the two. Peace.
I will try bb
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My life changed when I narrowed my ambitions down to two: to enjoy life and to be kind to others.
Yeah, but doing that is not going to pay your rent or mortgage. It won't put petrol in your car, it won't pay for your groceries. For that you need a job. And to have a job you need to know what it is you want to do. That means having some kind of ambition.
We'd all like to sit back relax and do what we want. But in practice it doesn't work that way. Or are you suggesting other people with ambition and skills should support someone like you that hasn't ? That's called "freeloading on the system".
Same
Try living as a homeless person for 3 months, and I can guarantee you that you'll be begging to get your miserable 9-5 job back. It's okay to have dreams and fantasies, but it can be dangerous to blur the line between fantasy and reality.
@@asdfgh-uh6cyWhat the fuck are you talking about? he didn't say anything about not having a job?
I think u guys are missing the point. U can still live like this guy says and have a 9 to 5. U just dont have to be career oriented.
I guess, the basic idea is... If you're happy with little things in life don't let the world ruin it for you. Bless us all ❇️
☺️ that's true
If u really think about, it's always the so-called "little things" that truly make u happy. The "big things" only offer u the promise of a "future" happiness which is never achieved...
@@YogiMystic Big things can give fulfilment if you are doing it for well being of others.
Si no puedes ser feliz con pocas cosas, no vas a ser feliz con muchas cosas.
True
Maybe this is why many people are so unhappy, because they were told they had to chase an ambition.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
To Chase an ambition was SO unnatural to me, in university we we're asked to write down oír ambition, goals, Even a prediction of My life in 10 more years.... I just wanted to be a kid until the day i die.
These days to survive you need ambition.
@@blackwater7183 who's not surviving?
@@zatoichiMiyamoto Can't you really think of anybody? It reflects where you come from.
"When life loses all its meaning, there's still life"
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this
Meaning is self created, so of course life will feel meaninless at some point, else you are to busy to realise you following just others footsteps. while it's not bad to follow others, it's a safer path then to go out in the unknown.
@@redstarchrillewhoah nice comment. Wise.
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I think that society's push to have goals and ambitions are sometimes a way to keep us feeling insecure and lacking confidence. We are taught that we always need to be "more", reach for "more". It's taken me a very, very long time to finally ask...."What's wrong with where I am right now"?
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" and is written in detail in a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
Exactly
@@vraptorx2253 Thanks
It's really just pressuring us into extensive labor to keep their machine going.
Late stage capitalism can't function unless everyone is at least somewhat discontent, so we're trained from a young age to never be satisfied unless we're reaching for something, anything.
Being content is basically a sin, undermining the "sacred" Economy, if everyone was content with each other and their basic needs met, most of the jobs and businesses out there would be completely pointless after all.
I'm a 54 y o Aussie. A teacher once asked the class, what do you want to be? I answered, sarcastically, "a beach bum". I was a plumber for 22 years, then roadwork for 10 years, where I was injured.
I now live in my camper Van, with my dog "at any beach I like!" Goal accomplished! Freedom!
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
That makes me happy for you 😊😂
Yay! Love it. Congrats :)
Just last year my English teacher asked my class the same question, but we wrote the answers on index cards and other people read them. I wrote that my goal was to finish out the year passing each class and that i didn't have an ambition. The class awed and said "that's so sad". There reaction made me feel like what i wrote was wrong even though thats how i feel. I don't have plans to be anything big. Honestly, I just want to live comfortably.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named "Nisshitsu"
Oh man, I would've hated that class reaction too! Like they probably assumed you were depressed or something but in reality you were perfectly fine! People don't need to have ambitions to be happy or healthy or anything. People are happiest when being themselves, even if that means having no plans and just enjoying life as it is.
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Don't feel bad 6 years ago my teacher told me I was gonna be in jail or dead because of my lack of ambition to be "important". I now have a decent farm job, grow my own vegetables, and have 3 beautiful kids and a wife. I play the bass, some video games, and regularly spar my friend who is working really to be a pro boxer. My life would be nothing to books of history. But for me I love just being happy and enjoying MY life. I hope you find happiness on you're path brother. Us hard workers struggle the most because we just want enough, not luxury.
@@sleepsire9321 Always wondered WHY is it that most ppl who become teachers are the least gifted ones for the trade?? Oh, here's the answer: ambition!!! It usually has nothing to do with your gifts.
I have been fighting with my mental health about not having ambitions and I found this video. I thought the same as him. I love to appreciate nature and enjoy the simple things in life. I'm so relieved. Thankyou for this video.
Me too❤
@@Namearts9902 ☺️
you dont "need" anything in life.. that doesn't give you satisfaction.. thats.. what living is.. there is the conflict.. what.. is our purpose in living.. too many people chasing illusions they've been told they need.. to reach satisfaction in achieving.. something someone else has told them they think they need to achieve.. look into.. tau.. into.. yourself.. for your journey or place.. not others illusions of your journey.. societal or societies ambitions dont need to be made.. ours! .. peace .. IS our goal within ourself.. rest.. in.. peace ! our ultimate destiny.. for ALL of us.. not die in anguish !
society tells us be educated .. society also promotes an illusion confusing intellect with intelligence .. they are totally different .. intellect is educated .. intelligence is logical thinking .. education DOESN't teach us to think .. it teaches us to NOT think, just do as prescribed .. what we are trained in the subject .. follow the script its all layed out .. that's .. not .. intellegence ! .. THAT'S THE illusion
Same here …
Everyone saw me as weird because of my mediocrity. I simply didn’t care about having big goals or achievements. A teacher told me that if I didn’t change my attitude, I wouldn’t get anywhere. A very intelligent classmate who died in a car accident when he was young told me that I would be a burden when I grew up. Why worry? My father worked so hard to appear to others that he wasn’t poor. They thought he was rich… What’s the point of that? What’s wrong with people thinking you’re poor? It’s a lot of work to work for what others think of you…
There is always a society thinking, work hard and chase endless goals to be liked and accepted but feel pointless, or do you own thing, live average with no goals and be looked down on when asked by people what is your life about but you are truly happy with yourself
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The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
I also feel the same. Why is being average a bad thing? In fact, try hards have it worse trying to please everybody. Well, I'm not into that and I don't care it's not like they're the ones feeding me or something. It's not their life to live and it's not like they care what happens anyway. Pretty much just live the way you want.
I have never been an ambitious person, and I think it must have something to do with my personality. I am naturally happy, naturally calm, not a worrier. My parents always pushed me for what I wanted to be when I grew up, what I wanted to do next, what my plans and goals for my life were. I look at them and their lives, and they seem always stressed, always doing this or that, never satisfied with how things are. Always remodeling their house. Always planning. Always counting their pennies even though they have more than they should ever need.
I feel I am much happier. I am comfortable. My job pays enough for me to not worry, and have what I need, and know I will be okay even if I lose my job, because I have savings. I don't need to work to make more, just to have more. There is nothing I want badly enough to pay for with more time and more stress, so why?
“He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing” - Epicurus
I think this fits perfectly for this
ambition is Ok
but, don't let that stop you from having sometime to be happy
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" and is written in detail in a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
I'm going to put this comment here, so I can come back to it when I need too
Thank you for the wisdom bro! 😄
Don't force yourself to have a goal, yet don't be afraid to set a goal if you find one worth setting on your own accord.
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When I was a teenager, I always asked myself whether those people who seem to be ambitionless were satisfied in their life. I saw them smile and enjoy life as it is. I watch my mother who is a housewife, I asked myself, "Is she really satisfied with this life? Attend to her children's needs and stay only at our house and only goes out whenever she goes to church or shopping for our food?" Now that I am a young adult who is so, so lost in life, I am struggling with what do I want to do with my life. Now I kind of understand. Some of those who I doubt whether they are ambitionless or not, if they're satisfied, so be it. My mother loves her role as a mother. Who am I to judge? Table have turned, I am the one who's ambitionless now.
we are programmed to always look outside for satisfaction by society actually if you look inside you will find all answers
You're here on Earth just to BE YOU. You are IT! You are abundance and happiness itself. Don't look to others who are simply stepping on the hose of their own natural flow of love. When you live from the heart and just BE, you will be able to instantly call forth all you need and desire like the magnet that you are!
Success can be had in another way than work, it's in the things in your life. For some people it might be keeping the dishes clean and away for others it be not having a chocolate bar, everybody has their things they can build on. Be successful in the things in your life, I suppose and if you do it all your life then it will be a successful one.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
@@CupcakeTheWolf15 what about when it comes to having to work so much and being in pain all the time.
May all of you beautifull souls reading this find peace and love
Right back at you, my friend! 🙏🏻 ❤
To you as well ❤️🔥🙏
You too, man!
How can i find peace when you spelled _beautiful_ with a double-L? :-s
@@irrelevant_noob keep the extra 'l' with you, along with the 'beautiful peace' :)
I am an artist, a painter. All of my growing up years I was hounded for my complete lack of ambition to become a famous and successful artist. I was told I'm wasting my talent. I listened to them, tried half heartedly to go the route of marketing and selling my work, while all along a voice inside would tell me, ' this is not you.'... today at 55, I'm free. I paint just for the joy that it brings me. This beautiful story was brought to me by the divine to tell me that I'm on the right path. My heart is filled with gratitude.
I was raised that the stock market was a rich man’s game (yep, grandparents lost it all back in the day and preached that forever) but I’ve been around long enough to truly taste just how profitable it can be, with inflation at 9.2% surely these are desperate times, but in my opinion there’s no market condition a proper financial advisor can’t scale through, especially ones that’s been around since the crisis of ’08 and before.
They are quite effective, I’ve been employing the skillset of an advisor ever since the stock selloff of Aug, 2015 when the Dow jones fell by over 1800pts which inherently wiped out all my gains, I was down over $80K(terrible times)…That's when I began using an advisor, took about 6months for me to break even and also net a gain of about $830k while others waited over 2 years to just break even, definitely being aggressive comes with greater risks, but with an investment-coach, it has all been calculated risks.
I personally don’t have a financial advisor, so I can’t really say for sure, but I do have an experienced mentor guiding me and it sure does help.
my 401k lost everything it’s gained since early 2019. Sigh, wouldn’t mind looking into the advisor that guides you, I’d really love to grow my reserve seeing I should be retiring in 4years.
The portfolio-coach that guides me is Lisa Ann Moberly, you can read up on her, she's quite known and her works speaks for itself.
It's okay to have Ambition and It's okay to be happy where you are right now. Stay Bless everyone
The truth is that men are driven to have ambition because women dont like men without ambition....I think that a man may have as only ambition to find a woman who can accept that his only ambition is "loving her"
Amen
"Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
This is from a story named "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book called Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by Zen owl
We were conditioned to work hard so we can reach our destination without realizing that sometimes, where we are right now, is already a dream come true for us..
Exactly❤❤
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
So true!! I always dreamt of having a life away from toxic family members and here I am!! 2 years and counting ❤
We were conditioned to work hard and never be content with where we are or what we have, so that we're good consumers to keep the economy afloat.
Remember how Covid forced people to pause and reflect for just a while, and many industries struggled to remain relevant and successful.
@@idlevillager3763correct
If you’re watching this video with a hope to move forward from whatever you’re facing..I feel you my friend ❤ You’re in someone’s prayers ☯️
🙏🙏🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️thx
Ty
Much needed.
Same to you
Much needed❤thanks
Life always put you in to unexpected situations...just accept and go on..never give up...
🙏🏽✨
Perhaps changing, rather than accepting, a situation is what is needed.
Easier said than done🤦♀️
"It was never about the destination, but the road to get there that gives our lives meaning"
To get where my friend?
@@kishan792 The destination.
The boy is courageous for sharing his honest thoughts despite other's reactions and interpretations.
"My teacher asked me what I want to be when I grow up. I said happy. She told me I don't understand the assignment. I told her she doesen't understand life' - John Lennon
This story is from a book called "NISSHITSU" which has 8 other stories like these.
i absolutely love it! 💕
having lived on this planet for 57 years with no real ambition, goals, or destination in mind, i have often been bullied from the outside, as well as the inside.
but i've always found wisdom and happiness in every experience i've stumbled across on my journey, so i guess, in the long run, i've always lived as i wanted to......
free from the stresses of striving. ☺️
I love the way you got to live till now... I wish I could live like that too
Folow me plz
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
So wonderful to know that there’s someone exactly living and contented with the same life, as I am. And I am also 57!
i hope to find a way to this path aswell, conciliating with work
"Because you are already doing it."
"Yes. Isn't that great? Because I've already reached my destination."
brought tears to my eyes
This is from a story named "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book called Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by Zen owl
Me too i can't stop tearing when I heard it
Kinda made me laugh, honestly. That kid’s got some sass 😆
I love reading comments under such videos. Feels like I have someone to feel connected with..I mean I don't get even a few people to articulate these thoughts with, but reading experiences and thoughts of people like me, gives me so much of peace.. seems like everyone is in a race, sometimes I worry alot as I don't wanna live my life like this but feels like I am handcuffed by society which is dragging me to run faster and faster.........
This is a story from the book named "Nisshitsu"
This story hits deep for me. I am a stay at home dad and for as long as I can remember, that is always what i wanted to do. However, maybe because of the culture around me, I sometimes have creeping thoughts wondering why i dont have a career goal like others or a clear dream job or occupation. Since ive taken up meditation and learning from taoism, i am realizing ive obtained what i want and that it is okay to be happy with how things are and what i do each day. The video in that story helps cement that peace within me, thank you.
This story is from a book named "Nisshitsu" Tibetan Buddhism Stories by Zen owl , which has 8 other stories as well.
I found this to be a really powerful story. We are conditioned to always strive for something but I've never known what "I wanted to do" other than to help people somehow. I feel comforted that I am OK to just be me.
The whole idea behind ambition is "get what you don't have", so what makes you live is wanting something, so you'll never stop wanting things and will never be satisfied with anything, because you'll always want more. And even if you're satisfied by getting what you wanted, if there was no wish at first, there would be no need to pursue anything and you would already be satisfied. Way more simple. When people are ambitious and see others that aren't, they may complain, because they notice other people have a happy life with less effort, but they won't let their wishes go, they're already too entangled with it, so what do they do? Criticize those with no ambition. The way people think is shaped, among other things, by the economic and social systems, and who's more interested that we have a lot of unfulfilled desires and willingness to achieve them? Those trying to profit from our workforce, those wanting to sell us things etc. When people start thinking differently, it's like a defense system is activated, but at the end of the day it's our lives, not theirs.
I was so dipressed and thinking about my career now i am going to do what I love to do thank you
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Am currently in this exact phase in my life. I don't know what should I do, neither I have a guide a person who could help me find what am seeking for
This is actually a simple yet with such a deep meaning.
I forgot the term but Zawa already found what he really likes, what he really is, from what he's done, a woodcutter, right here, right now.
When we said ambition, we often thought about something so distant from ourselves, yet I say it's actually an external way to find what's actually already inside us.
So, what would you be is not the final question, but "why".
For example I want to be a teacher. Why? Because I love sharing what I know, my experience, and I love watching others got success by their own way, I merely help them find their way.
So, even if I'm still not a teacher yet, I actually already living in my ambition just simply by helping people to know better.
In this way, I'm distancing myself from entitlement "wanna be a teacher", or even the "teacher" title itself, but right here, right now, I'm living as a teacher by my simple act of sharing.
And in that way, I can find my life is always full and contempt because I do what I mean to do, to share.
So,instead of cutting the tree that isn't there, just be a real woodcutter by cutting the tree that right there in front of you.
This is one of the basic of zen, living in right here, right now
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
You summed that up so beautifully ❤
Beautiful message!
I really relate to this story. I only wish my parents also told me to "tell them what they want to hear".
Most of us didn’t have that luxury either, but what we can recognize is that we know it now. so what are we going to do about it? 🙂
Unfortunately it is usually the parents themselves that you have to tell what they want to hear.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" and is written in detail in a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
@@eriyul To be honest, I have no idea what to do about it. Unlike people who knew this from childhood, when I do it, it just strikes me as manipulation. I'm older now, my mind has already developed into a certain way. Instead of seeing it as a simple harmless act like a kid would, I already have the impression that it's a malicious action that I'm actively doing in order to get a result that I want.
I want you all to know that its okay to be easy on yourself. ❤ Do not push for things that are expected by society just to fit in. Take it slow, breathe. ❤ Don't worry.
This is a story from the book named "Nisshitsu"
@@vraptorx2253 thank you for the info
Thankyou i feel like I needed to hear that
@@7watershigh154 Its fine to chill 🤗
I don’t wanna be alive anymore :(
Beautifull and wise words, the native americans said "There are no paths we are visitors to this time and place" to find God, to find paradise look inside, we are part of the universe, all the answers, all wisdom, happy smile, tears, journey and adventure, all part of the universe, part of you and me, we do not have to travel in the physical realm if we can travel in the mind, we are journey and traveler, if you are yourself if you are free from desire you are free, you evolve because it is your nature not because you desire to do that, if you are ready to understand something you do, not because people force you to, we are change, but lust to rule over others, desire, greed for things we have not, this makes us slaves, slaves to a goal, a desire, once we burn this kind of lust once we are free from shame, fear and hate, once we are in peace with the moment in love with the force, the God, the universe, you are the universe so love yourself, others are the universe, so love them, if you give love if you spread your vibration your music, part of the great music of the dance of life, once you truly do that you are a buddha, you are awake, to overcome the ilusion to radiate boundless love and abundance towards the entire world, true freedom is not to hunt for something, a hunter is always beeing hunted, it is to love the things you have, if you give love, love is given to you, krishna had a life full of pain, but he never stopped smiling, if you have peace inside yourself, no war on the outside could destroy you, if you have paradise inside you, even if you go through hell it can not break you, if you are love, you give love and get love, all parts of you are sacred, your body, your mind, your soul, this is what we should explore, the thing that is eternal, in the physical once we have enough, that is good, if we have more then enough we can share, the most important things can be given without loosing, give wisdom you loose nothing, give love you loose nothing, give and you get, you are who you are inside of yourself you find all you need, so on this journey through this amazing maze, called life we all seek to overcome pain, to find paradise and love, but it can always be found inside of you, if you have it you can spread it, human evolution is no longer physical, it is spiritual, to evolve the spirit we need to break limits to train what is real and to embrace wo we realy are, what we realy want, it is my belief that all life seeks love and does not seek pain, so focus on what you love, if you see a way to change life for yourself, or for others, to make life better, do it, life is change, evolution, but if a moment is alredy perfect be happy, be gratefull, the universe has a plan, everything is nothing and everything, we are dreamer and dream, may blessings of love and wisdom be on our sides and all our dreams come true, may we find paradise in the life we have, may we make things better, may there be love for the lonly food for the hungry, healing for the sick, and peace with who we are as we overcome life and death as we know it, you see if you are happy the way things are, good, you do not need ambitions, because we all are evolution, we are change, to explore the spirit is going to happen one way or another, life happens with or without you, you are part of the plan if there is a plan, you understand there are no paths, we are all unique so we are here, to exist, to learn, to evolve as we flow like a river, peace be with us, peace, peace for you and for me my friends, may love guide us.
You said, "you evolve because it is your nature, not because you desire to do that..." Wow! So much truth and profundity in that simple statement of fact. I read all that you wrote and enjoyed reading all of it, your words will stick with me for some time. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful thought... reality of life is calm where you are and what you have just keep smile on face....
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Beautiful story😍
Yes!! ❤
"You can't win the games of life. You can only play them."
- Dieter Lange
I needed to hear this because
I never felt I was a person with ambition or dreams like others. But lately, I cannot seem to enjoy my day normally even though everything is alright, because I am worrying about the future, and more specifically, that I don't see far enough ahead to know what my "purpose" might be, what I am meant to do, my big destiny I'm supposed to have.
I want to just enjoy my day. I'm doing okay. It shouldn't matter that my life does not look like how everyone elses does and isn't filled with the same raging ambition
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
This made my day ..... whole day I was stressed out bcoz of my thoughts about future and my work....but this cleared my mind in a single go.... thank you 🍁💫✨
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it's true, this video have change my views about why we are living. I was worry of tomorrow need to pay bills, loan and ect. Goal of casing money.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
Me too, l found the vid to be profound
Same here bro
I came to this video because I grew up with a mom who always asked me to persist, work hard and do everything I want to do. And when I asked 2 of my closest friends about their goals and desires, they said “to follow God’s plan” and “I am happy here”.
And this reminds me of the movie/book “where the crawdads sing”. The main character is born in a small house in the middle of the woods and besides the childhood traumas, she really loves being there and her lack of ambition is always overlooked during the movie until her first love come back to the city and decides to spend the rest of their lives together ❤
Anyone reading this going through something: you gonna be ok. You gonna be fine. Live the life following your intuition, not people’s ideas.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
@vraptorx thank you so much
Wow it's a great point the way you said
It's ok to have ambitions and it's ok to be happy where you are now.thanks 😊
I have the same feeling as Zawa does its not like that I don't have its because I already have. Yes I do, I know that what I have to do with this time. I put my faith in God and I believe in my deeds. I will work hard to make the future shine so bright but first I live in the present the glory that today carries. And I shall live in this moment. I will live a great life for myself and for the betterment of all living beings and for mother Earth.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
Such a beautiful story ❤. Since i was a kid, I really didnt know what i want to be or what to do when i grow up. sometimes i used to tell my family, friend and teachers that i wanted to be doctor, soldiers, teacher or a football player just to silence them from critcizing me for being unambitious and directonless. Celebrities and the media always told us since we are toddlers that by working hard and tough we can be what ever we want and that just a huge lie since alot of people dont reach what they wanted to be either because they are lazy or didn't had enough luck to achieve It, even if i had an ambition, how do i konw that It suits for me? since i have no experince about that career at all what if I didnt like It at the end???
people needs time to figures out what they want or even dont know what to want from life but our education system and society have indocternate us that we must have It already figured out in a Little age or we would be losers or falling behind everyone as if we are in a race or something causing alot of people to feel outcasted and depresed for having a dream or a goal!!!! As rain just fall and as grass just grew, I say just be you and accept life reality as It is and let its waves toss's you to whatever shore It wants. Hopefully, It will tosses you to the right shore👍🌹.
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Just being in the moment..present...and enjoy it fully whatever you do..no remorse for the past, no anxiousness of the future..just being in...live the moment fully❤❤ Thank you
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" and is written in detail in a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
nothing is better than living and enjoying fresh air
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:P "other people cause unnecessary stress and doubts." ~ is what I got from this.
And Zawa's dad gave a way to deal with it: "Tell them what they want to hear. They also have ambitions to be successful teachers."
Yes....
That's an advice, what every child in school can help, if the teacher finds something isn't okey with the kid: just do the way, the teacher thinks every thing is the way it should be, while you follow your own believes which are true for you. Everyone is happy and you can keep your energy....
Incredeble - but that's the only way to stay your self in a system which doesn't work for you.
Meanwhile i ceep wishing for our planet, that everyone can see that everyone is right - just the way she/he is. 《3
;) to live this own advice is maybe my ambition every day haha.
*keep
This is the video that you watch and you realize youve been waiting to find this message, thank you!
Yes, me too. I really felt like that. It's indeed the right message for me which came exactly at the right time. Thank god 😊.
I am on a tilt-a-whirl of ambition. I was raised with too much. Taught that it was a measure of worth. So my expectation always exceeded my (cap) abilities my whole life. Now at 60, I am re-training myself, so thank you.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
As my Buddhist teacher said, ambition or not, it’s okay. It’s understandable for the young & healthy to be career-driven, to want to achieve this & that. But at the end of day, please set aside some time to prepare for the inevitable demise of all conditioned things- including this body.
As I heard today, meditation is not about changing or controlling oneself, but about discovering oneself. Realising the amazing qualities we have within ourselves.
Let go of resentments, and move forward with honesty. The universe is indeed always rigged in our favour, always helping us to realise our true nature. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 dedicating wholesomeness to you 🩵🩵🩵
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" and is written in detail in a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
This was the perfect time for me to see this. I have been uselessly fretting about what my next goal should be, rather than enjoying the successes I have. Thank you for the reminder.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" and is written in detail in a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
This is d best to me now. Really need this.. to not chase what the system telling us to be. I Just want to live each moment of my life the way who i am. with less or nothing until the day i die. So be it, im tired of over thinking things that are not meant to me.. love from Philippines
This is the most beautiful story I've come across in recent years. Only 8 mins long & it makes you ponder about such big questions. I wish to remember this story word by word so that I can tell it to everyone i come across & who cares to listen, to know, to understand & most importantly, to think.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
@@vraptorx2253 ohh!! Thank you for the information! 😊
As a person who has been trying to better herself since she was 5, because i was taught that i was never good enough from religion, society, and family, because this was continued to be taught to me in school, and as an adult throughout my adult years via my country's media, and cis-iety, this short story provoked deep crying, in exactly the right places. If i dont learn how to be happy inside, i will not likely be able to keep living. This story was very powerful for me. Thank you.
Thank you, and bless you!!!🙃🙏
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My whole life I've been a slave to my career ... I've been so unhappy 😒 ..NOW ....just sitting in my backyard outside makes me so happy... NO cares of career .. it's such a blessing this is what I want for the rest of my life. Wish I realized this sooner ..but better late than never. God bless the earth and universe 🌌 🌿
Yep totally agreed
What job do you have?
I’ve never met anyone who follows teaching like this that didn’t have a desperate kind of artificial happiness.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" and is written in detail in a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
You have touched my soul. Thank you for all the examples in this story. I was able to understand so easily your message
Thank you so much 🙏
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Dare to do motivation thank you my dear friend for being always their for us. You are a blessing of my life. Now matter how we felt today you came to clear the clouds and to bring a clarity in the sky of thoughts. Whenever we needed someone you are always there for us. Stay Blessed my dear.
❤
Find your purpose, set meaningful goals, and visualize your desired outcome. Surround yourself with positive influences and supportive people. Break your goals into smaller, achievable tasks. Celebrate your progress, learn from setbacks, and maintain a growth mindset. Stay focused, stay determined, and never forget the reasons why you started
@@mankindmotives748 Yes I will the words and I'll make my journey purposeful.
Stay blessed and stay awesome pretty ❤
@@khushidongre7136 👍
Happiness, love, kindness, peace w peace of mind are all ‘ambitions’ without a plan but rather a path ✨of being & doing..now. 💖✨ “Zawa” 🧚🏾♀️
Can't even express in words how much I love this story wish I could keep this with me for forever ❤️❤️
Beautiful I'm 44 and Im still just living....no ambition...no direction...just life 💚🙏
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People say it is in the nature of the universe to evolve, since we are the universe it is in our nature, so if we just embrace who we are we evolve, we do not need to try to be someone else, we are all unique, we all have our own journey, life never gets boring there is so much to see to explore,just be yourself, follow your dreams, if we stop making fun of people that are weird, or crazy, or different, if we start to love everyone, even if we are all different, if we break the walls and all colours work toogether, all our beauty will shine and we will see, new ideas create new things, things create new ideas, we need to know what we truly want, who we truly are, to truly be happy, we are all unique and connected like raindrops in the ocean of love, love is the greatest power of evolution, it can heal and defeat shame fear, hate, racism, sexism, it can give freedom to mind and people, once we are free to explore who we are to be unique to let our colours shine, that leads to evolution, everything can be meditation, even cleaning your teeth or going to work, everything we do can be perfcet if we are who we are, if we plan to get what we truly want, not what others tell us to be or to want, because we are just the way we should be, the universe can do everything, it became YOU for a reason.
As a child, Zawa is a wise sage, and by the time he reaches adulthood, he'll be a GOD!
Unfortunately, everyone starts as a god, then sage and ends up being the fool.
@@golubvolodemerovich7512hits deep and hard
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Chill bro 😂
We live in a world where material achievements are valued more than a simple kindness such as a smile, peace, hug, and positive thoughts and talk. The amazing thing is that these are free.
Thank you 🌟
My thoughts on ambition are exactly the same but I’m coming from the opposite direction, I’ve tried my entire life to build happiness and contentment but it never works out. Every plan I ever made turned out to be the complete opposite of the plan I should have made. Every time I tried to improve my life, I just made it worse. So I’ve stopped trying, I’ve stopped hoping, I’ve stopped wishing, I’m just waiting for my journey to finally end,
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" and is written in detail in a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
Whether beyond or deeply into or on surface. It is as it is. Perfection is in what it is in the moment.
I too kept on trying to improve my happiness until I stumbled upon the keys to happiness.
I found it’s these things: Gratitude / appreciation for what you have, basic needs met, community, working / creating things that bring you joy and recognizing that happiness is a feeling like all other feelings.
So I strived to be overall satisfied with my life instead of happy or positive all the time.
I have just rewrite it to 7 pages by hand right now it is more inside my heart. Im very looking forward to read it to my beloved ones, thank you very much :)
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
You genuinely made me feel better. Thank you
The name of this story is "beyond the ambitions" from a book named "Nisshitsu Tibetan Buddhism stories".
Wonderfull, thank you. Nothing wrong with me. I am blessed. And without any ambition.
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Thank you
Good evening dear friends. Thank you for the beautiful story.
Embitions are mental food of the Ego..
Life is always HERE and NOW and mind is always dreaming, desiring, planning.
Ambition is something external, given from your family and the society, so you can be Useful member of their groups.
Don't forget that you are unique, you have to find your own way in Life.
Only like this, your life can have worthy the name!!
Blessings and love
How I feel lost and empty and suicidal most days I’m 23 pls reply
This is my favorite zen story as it was like a fresh breeze blowing away the clouds of anxiety.
i relate to zawa so much, all my life i never had any strong/big ambition to achieve anything, I cant muster up any ambition no matter what, so now i just enjoy whatever come my way and hopefully one day my life can end without too much pain
The original name of this story is "Beyond the ambitions" from a book called Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories
We reach a point in life where we crave stability and simplicity more than the "noise" of ambition. There is nothing bad about ambition, mind you. But, I am in the same boat as you, where I am realizing that my temperament is not the relentless go-getter often recognized by society. I am learning that I crave stability and routine.
I have no idea what kind of legacy I want to leave. I have no idea what I want to do, except find steady work and make money. I have no idea yet of the people I will meet. I have no idea if the degrees I am earning will be the line of work I take in the long-term. But where once I was unsettled by this uncertainty, I find it freeing now.
It's freeing, because I am at the point of endless potential. I am at a crossroads. I can choose any path to take. I have no pressing external obligations besides the typical student loans and expenses of an average young adult. I have little work experience, but I have even more time to learn and hone a craft. I may not have a stable career yet, but I have the rudimentary tools I need to start building one.
I may not have much wealth, but I can eat food and drink water and have a roof over my head without taking much from my savings. I may not have the most glamorous part-time job in the world, but I always remembered the days where I prayed desperately for an income source, knowing too well the pains of not having enough. I may not be done with college yet, but I have gained more clarity on what I want in my short term future, and that is to find another job with higher salary.
I may not be "there yet", but I am building systems that will one day take me there, whatever that means for me. It may change, it may not, and it may expand -- but it's a direction for my life in this season, and it's better than sitting and wasting away.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" and is written in detail in a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
Trust your inner voice to guide you bc joy is the true purpose of life. Find your joy and you will find your path. Enjoy the journey!
I disagree. Ambition absolutely is a bad thing, as it means you're obsessed with power, money, and position. You judge everyone based on their own ambitions or lack there of, and act like those without money or the desire to work their life away don't deserve to live a comfortable and secure life. You can be the best person in the world, but if you're not obsessed with working and money, you're treated as inferior. The first thing most people ask about another person is what they do for a living. It's never "Are you good person? Do you treat people well?" Being a good person is literally the only thing that should matter, but for most people, a bad person with ambition is viewed as superior to a good person without it.
@@englishatheartThank you for this comment 🙏
"Life is not a jouney. Or maybe it is, but one in which you reach the destination only when you realize that your already there."
"All advertising has one goal - to convince you that you do not have enough...that YOU are not enough."
I like what Marilyn Monroe said to a reporter who asked her in a condescending way what she wanted to be when she grew up. She replied 'I want to be wonderful!'.
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This is such a comfort.The only ambition I have is internal.And where I have wandered has never made me feel lost.
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
My parents are no more and I am unmarried with no family. I cook,clean, work, exercise and do what's needed to live a healthy life. At this point in my life, i don't feel sadness nor happiness. I sometimes wonder what's left for me here in this world.
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Thank you so much,this story,it makes so much sense for me right now
Bless this story. I need this, been grinding in my work in and having sick all day. Thank you for the remminder. I need to slow down and enjoy life more.
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@@vraptorx2253 much appreciated 😊
Wow such a beautiful and real check in life, it's so true, every child born is so natural, but conditioning ruins them
Thank You so much for this..and for giving me the belief that I'm on the right path..just letting things happen and doing my best to know about them and living every moment as if we have no control but still hoping that it goes on as long it can❤✌🏻
do your best that's all you can do
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" and is written in detail in a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
I felt the FUNK outta that 😲 like you just reached into my childhood with a simple story 💙🙏
There are plenty of lessons to get out of this video, but the one that sticks out to me the most is that he’s helping his community get the wood they need. People like Zawa are the most important people in a society because they grow and harvest the raw materials others need. There’s a lot of pressure to be some that more than a farmer or a carpenter. But if no one is doing that, then who will build the houses to live in, or grow the food society needs so others can be doctors or whatever? Plenty of people are happy being a carpenter or a farmer for whatever their reasons are and there’s nothing wrong with that. Success and happiness should be be measured by chasing some empty goal towards prestige and wealth for its own sake. To me, that’s the message I get from the story.
My life was once full of ideas on things I wanted to do and to be. I fell prey to the ideas and ideals of others instead of learning to just be. Now, my ambition is to leave behind all of the things I once believed I needed to be or to do. I desire only to care for my garden, to care for the animals that come around and to lead a life like that, quietly and away from ambitions. I realize that is also an ambition but it is an ambition to be and to live simply that all else around me might simply live. Even living a simple life as a gardener is a worthy life. Every day is different and has its own events. The journey doesn't need to be far away, it can be right where one already is. This story teaches us that goals and direction can be where we are and what we are doing. Even if what we do is the same every day, everything always changes and we grow in the experience of each day. In that, we gain knowledge and from knowledge, understanding. Over the experiences of day to day life with understanding, we become wise. I think it is better to have wisdom than to have ambitions, fame or fortune. It is better that my goal each day is simple so that my spirit and mind can be part of the world around me and the world around me part of me.
The video gives insights to many aspects of human life. I feel staying the way you are and letting yourself be yourself is the biggest task in the world. The society around you won't let you be so. We undergo a lot of permutations and combinations by interacting with others and lose ourselves. It is absolutely okay to be without ambitions. Just be your virgin self. Great deeds will come in search of you. You will accomplish it just like that.
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The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
This moved me to tears, which is embarrassing because I'm in a coffee shop en plein air 😳 🙏
You're having it perfect for now
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THIS! I was just saying the same thing to a friend not too long ago. Love this. Thanks for sharing!
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it is the most important thing I have Come across in the internet so far .... Thank you sir for sharing such valuable wisdom.
I would change the word from ambitionless or not having ambition to Not interested in the Bs
We have ambition we're just Not interested in the type of ambition They're talking about
The Great part is we're Already Living it bby 😌🙌🏼
We're Wayy Ahead of them
They're searching for something we already got
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Once more you reach me where I feel my so called “spirit guides” need to understand it about me. I’m ok with who I became and where I am right now. Enough is enough and for me it’s more important to know the time to stop than to allow the compulsion of wanting more turn you into an aberration.
Sometimes it makes me a bit uneasy that I have to explain it all over again mentally that I won’t follow the path of endurance and resilience over pain and exhausting routines. The fact that I can doesn’t bind me to having to do it. As a matter of fact I would just stand idly and watch, if I would ever feel forced into a path that doesn’t fit what makes me satisfied (then I’m satisfied at just watching).
But what makes me uneasy really is feeling how much not at peace they appear to be at my ease to be at peace with where I stand. And even this “making me uneasy” doesn’t take it away.
This story hit me in the soul as I walk the path of retirement I love cutting wood for fun singing and am happy stay blessed
Thank you very much for this very touching story!
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I feel directionless. This definitely helped me clear up my mind. Focus on my happy times, continue my job for now, keep saving up my money. No college, no big career, that stuff isnt waiting for me. And im ok with that. 😊
The real name of this story is "Beyond the Ambitions" from a book named Nisshitsu - Tibetan Buddhism stories by zen owl.
@@vraptorx2253 thank you, I know I'm not the only one out there feeling like this. But this is the first video helping me understand
@@danielpercent5434 am glad a story from this book helped you feel yourself 🙏
Such a beautiful thought ❤️
For years and years after watching tons of videos to change and be someone better finally i found one sensible story ...this is probably the best story ive come across so far.
"The wealthiest person is a pauper at times compared to the man with a satisfied mind" - Johnny Cash
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@@vraptorx2253 thank u for the information
Every "dream" I had in life I have been unable to reach. Every attempt and struggle I went through to achieve them felt like wasted time and constant let downs, I wasted my childhood dreaming about them, my late teens chasing them, and my early-mid 20's utterly depressed because of it. Wasting my energy clinging to these dreams, clinging to failed and forced relationships. Everytime I asked for help and advice I kept hearing and reading the same things; "have a goal" "be ambitious" etc. But it was those very things that lead me to the state I was in, yet these are the things we are always told is something we just MUST have.
I don't buy it anymore, I'm in my late 20's now and I'm working on letting it all go, I decided that I don't want any dreams anymore, there is no point, or maybe the point of it was to teach me just that; there really is no point to it.
Instead I will try to live day by day and be grateful for them, live in the present with what I have in the present and not base it on some fantasy about the future. I wont let these fantasies that robbed me of my best years waste any more of my life than it already has
This is why my only ambition in life is to make sure that I can be comfortable for rest of it while living a simple and very cheap life.
I'd rather sleep whenever I want, sit around meditating, listening to birds etc then going to movies, restaurants etc.
The only issue is that I have a manual labor job and am gonna age out of it at around 60 at the latest and probably have no savings or social security etc etc.
I'm at a loss of what to do and it's been stressful for a few years...
Then I decided to just let the stress go and live life. Things are much better. I have plenty of time to figure out what to do when I can't work anymore and by living life I'm actually setting things in motion that will help me be sustained. Making social connections. Spending less money and even saving $40 a month.
Sleeping when I feel like it randomly through out the day. (I work 2-3 days a week)
Letting go of sense desires to travel etc etc.
The more simple you are, the more simple of a life you lead and the more you accept that those are your path in life the more you can welcome in the joy that comes out of the simple things.
That being said, we of course need to offer people ways out of the simple life. However, we should not do what this teacher did and say that one must be complicated and chase things.
We already see what happens with that. Depression sky rockets. No one wants to do the simple jobs (partly because they are horribly underpaid even though they are the bedrock of society).. But also because we are told that we must want more for ourselves.
The reality is that a lot of us just want to be wood cutters or farmers, monks or nuns etc etc etc... And we'd be perfectly happy being such... And actually benefit humanity more by being what makes us happy then chasing after ambitions.
My rule now is that anything that I have to suffer for a period of time to get isn't worth it.
Life is full of suffering in the form of random body pains, dealing with emotional distress etc etc in the things that we have to do to even have a simple life that an expensive vacation is utterly not the additional work needed to pay for it.
I'd rather just take a few days off at home and rest or for camping.
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What manual labor job do you have that lets you work 2-3 days a week?
Beautiful story. And powerful message. It's ok to not have ambitions and to be satisfied with yourself and the home that you already have. It's sad that we live in a society that is constantly saying to keep working hard, climb higher, keep excelling, stay hungry, do better, keep going. When plenty of people are perfectly fine with where they are. There is nothing wrong with being simple or what people call 'poor.; If you are comfortable and happy. But you even see rich ass people saying. "I'm going to keep climbing higher and excelling. Why stop now. I want it all." And that is the problem. That is greed and gluttony and is the downfall of men. We live in a society that teaches us to be ungrateful with what we already have and to never be satisfied and to never settle and never stop and that is a SLAVE mindset, a greedy mindset. Sometimes all you need is to be still.
"Thank you for sharing this video filled with positivity and hope."
My ambitions were squashed years ago. I did finish college, I wanted to be an Architect since 7th grade but I didn't want to work crazy hours which is a negative i leaned was in the field and nobody wanted to hire me, because they all needed 5 yearsof experience for just a draftsman which was supposed to be a compromise. Unemployment was very high at the time. My second was a Science or Math teacher, but students had distain for my existence even after staying for 4 years. So now I just want peace of mind, and a nice quiet place to live near family or some sort of friends in the same situation. I do ok, I've stitched things together but it's just me. Im a social outcast at 40. Not exactly sure what to do with my existence these days I've run out of idea's. I almost want nothing, do I even have a future? Its a bit like bieng old age, seems like I should settle in and slow down with whatever feels stable and makes me happy. Social outcasts don't last very long so I'm almost thinking of sort of an imperfect retirement somewhere cheap and rural. Im ok with dying when I can at least say my last years were peaceful, full of nature and adventure with some sort of friends or relatives.
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