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Ikigai is an ancient Japanese word meaning something like your reason for living. Finding your ikigai is understanding what makes you get out of bed every morning.
To meet this purpose, you must follow a five-step roadmap that will require a good deal of self-awareness.
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My friend, the only purpose in life is to know our creator. Knowing our creator can unite us, give us peace, teach us to love one another. Do righteousness and condemn evil
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It really works this way, believe me. I did it. It took me 15 years from the moment I had realized what I really wanted to do in life. I was 31 at that time with two little sons, a husband and a part time job that was exhausting. I had to change my qualifications (three years of study), change my work, get a lot of experience. Finally, I teach English in my little home town in Poland. I've got a lot of self-made flashcards and grammar cards, second hand desks and chairs for my students and I'm happy. It wasn't easy, but it was worth doing it.
A year ago I read a book about Ikigai and I thought I was on a right path. Now, even my two grown up sons are looking at me in a different way! Good luck everybody! Be strong! Don't give up! Renata
I believe I’m lucky to be able to know about ikigai, as an Art student there’s so much expression, feelings that ikigai can help me to make good and full of feelings art. Seeing this comment really motivates me to give my best to find my purpose, my ikigai! And to share it to many people as many as I can!
And would you like to share the ikigai book name? 😅
Thank you Renata, for your inspirational message! I’m pursuing my Ikigai to find a purpose to live happy and free after realizing about my abusive husband and his affairs.
@@millaspuffs6744 I’m sorry about the problems with your husband. Best wishes as you work your way through this situation.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you Renata. Only you have good man, and good memory.I didn’t believe than it possible to get out of destiny
Hi Renata ,I am in Poland do you still have the book? Would love to borrow it
I enjoying gardening. I enjoying being alone, drinking coffee in the morning, walking along the edge of the bay at sunrise. I enjoy being quiet. I enjoy living simply. I enjoy taking care of my body without obsessing about it. I enjoy sleeping. I appreciate my life and all the lives that weave with mine. I bow to all living things, and everything is living.
No one seems to want to give me money for doing the things that I enjoy, that fulfill me. I do enjoying having money. Money is useful, but for me, doing what fulfills me doesn't create income.
I am pretty much like you.
I feel that way too
I am also like u
The comments to the comment lol
You might consider finding out what your astrological north node is; the north node holds our purpose for this lifetime. You may find that there is a common element in all of the things you enjoy that you never even realized. Blessings to you.
Japanese have words you never knew you needed until you get to know them
Giri.
He is Brazilian.
Who said we have to be married to be fulfilled? I have been happily divorced for 33 years.
The universe brought me here just to see this comment. Lol. Very affirming. Thank you 😊
Loved this😊
Totally agree. I’m so tired of the you have to be in love to be happy mindset.
Soon I will be too! Can't wait!
No, marriage itself will not bring happiness. In fact, the apostle Paul directly said one would reap tribulation if they married! After all, you put two imperfect people together like that, difficulties are inevitable.
What brings happiness through marriage is having a partner who is willing to put forth the effort to MAKE it enjoyable. When both husband and wife put their focus on the other instead of themselves, their wants, feelings and desires, that's when happiness comes.
The only reason you find happiness being single is due to there being no one else to focus on but you, which is rather self centred.
Just like marriage, singleness isn't guaranteed to bring happiness either. I've been single for 13 years now, after my wife cheated on me, and I've all but withered away inside and became a social recluse. In fact, I've ended up with a rather nihilistic view on life...which is why this video caught my attention in the first place.
What you love.
What the world needs.
What you're good at.
And can you make a living out of it.
this is the Western distorted vision of Ikigai. An elderly Japanese woman would never ask for money to take care of her grandchildren, and for many elderly people, Ikigai is taking care of grandchildren
1. Start small
2. Free yourself
3. Seek harmony and sustainability
4. Have joy in the little things
5. Be in the here and now
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these are the five pillars of Ken Mogi
I was a hardworking person who had huge goals......I always tried sooo hard to gain things I wanted. I never liked when others are doing what a Wanted....I think I was burning with jealousy & it gradually increased.......I was craving a lot...I punished myself for being weak...making mistakes I was running towards a mirage & finally messed up my exam as well. I trusted and liked people admired me..........I was addicted to admiration. It was miserable when others did not appreciate me for what I did....Rather than doing my work I was seeking admiration....I was dreaming about how I will act when I get something .Unknowingly I was destroying myself bit by bit. I think I was depressed.....I was angry with everyone including myself. I was blaming me and others . I gave up everything almost everything. I felt dead inside. My dream was to become a Neurosurgeon. I felt like I just showed off in Everything I did . I felt like I was maintaining a fake image all the times. I was feeling miserable. Racing thoughts was the worst. I could not focus .I finally decided to take a break.
1.I wrote everything down when I felt low.
2.I wrote all the stuff in negative form.
3.For about month I was writing things when I felt jealous, angry & depressed.
4.I slept a lot.
5.Watched videos to heal myself. Commenting was also a great therapy.
6.I tried doing different things.....Origami, cartoons, cooking etc.
7.I tried meditation.
8.I stopped dreaming......totally whenever I go to future or past my brain warns me now. I also say to myself "it Is FAKE" when I imagine things and act like that .
9.I stopped working to schedules.
10.Watched few Christmas movies.
Now i am feeling better....better than ever.......I am my Boss now. Now I donot seek for opinions. Slowly reach to small goals .................
I climbed up from the lowest............SO ANYONE can do that
Thanks a lot for Ikagai It was the blinker that I was doing the right thing.
The Four Points of Purpose of the IKIGAI:
1) What you love to do 💖
2) What the world needs 🌎
3) What you’re actually good at 💪
4) What you can get paid for 💰
Great video and good points on the importance of finding and living out your Ikigai. :)
this is the Western distorted vision of Ikigai. An elderly Japanese woman would never ask for money to take care of her grandchildren, and for many elderly people, Ikigai is taking care of grandchildren
The world just needs people to find joy in the little things so that there's more happy people the world needs more happiness.
I thought I wanna be a doctor just like how my mother and sister are in the medical field, they are now abroad. When I look into my strengths and weaknesses, they are all point out how I look perfectly fit being a teacher for little children and I love children all of my life. I wanna be a teacher and I promise not to leave my children left all alone on their own, I wanna see them grow and be with them through their ups and downs in life until they are ready to fly. I wanna build a happy, healthy and loving home 💛
I can do so many things, skilled in many different fields I sometimes don’t know what to do. 😣
Same! We shouldnt have to choose but we do 😪
I keep switching hobbies and stuff because I'm not happy of my progresses so I reset everything and start back, this is been like this for 10 yrs now
I was told that, since I was so good at so many things, while I am engaged in a job that requires critical thinking, I need to pick up a hobby that satisfies some of my other strengths, something creative for instance. Otherwise, the strengths I am not using, will pull at me and change my path.
Ditto!
Same problem facing 😣. I can do so many things very well. I can't decide which is the permanent one for me.
This is one of the best motivational videos I've seen so far. Most videos trigger stress in me and the sense of not being worthy. This one actually encourages me to just proceed the things i'm doing allready, and be patien with it. Thank you!
This is depressing. I can't think of anything at the moment that gives me joy. I struggle to get through the work day and survive to do the same again the next day.
Start journaling and affirming that you are grateful you found your "purpose" or your dream career. Do this every day say it to yourself in a loop even if you don't believe it. I promise that it will come maybe even as a random convo with a friend or a remark someone will make :)
@@Charlie-zy1hg Thanks so much. I will have to do that but at the moment, I am scared to leave a fairly safe position in a big company.
But it's not just the job. In my free time, i don't find joy in things I used to like doing. It's weird, really and I don't understand what changed...
@@infiniteaparty8523 Thank you, I am sure this works for people, but I can't see this working for me. But thanks for caring and trying to help. I really appreciate it.
I am journalling btw, just not with this kind of positive affirmation. Journalling helps a little because I make it a point to write down when I feel a little better and refer back to that, reminding myself that it's not always bad.
I think that when one is depressed or recovering from burnout in my case, its hard to think of what gives you joy, as your brain lies to you. What I've found helpful is focusing on the things that I value, they may not make me happy happy, but doing and working on what I value brings real profound emotional returns. eg, being of service to my aging mother, i brings me peace...and eventually, a quiet joy. I wrote about my experience on medium, asimplerwaywithm , you may find it helpful, check it out.
I hope you're doing better now, I completely burnt out and ended up in hospital and it totally transformed my way of thinking. I no longer live to work, and I don't feel as easily guilt tripped into working unpaid overtime and at weekends. If you aren't finding any joy even in your hobbies you might be depressed? It might be worth speaking to a doctor or a therapist if you can afford one ❤️
Ikigai is something we are good at, that we love to do, that the world needs, that we can get paid for!
this is the Western distorted vision of Ikigai. An elderly Japanese woman would never ask for money to take care of her grandchildren, and for many elderly people, Ikigai is taking care of grandchildren
Just discovered Ikigai yesterday (about 60 years late). What a revelation. This should be taught to young people; it's as important or more than ordinary classwork. Thank you Seiiti Arata.
Finding joy in simplicity really hit home
I enjoy sleeping and not worrying...
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What a nice life
Ahh, you’re basically a cat! 😹 And there’re many of us laying around.
Finally someone who explained Ikigai so well! I get it now. Thank you!!
This was truly wonderful to watch. I had so many epiphanies...more epiphanies in these 9 minutes than in 9 whole months. Thank you!
Very nice, clean and simple. Even when I took notes only needed few words.
Thank you!
This is some of the absolute best advice and greatest wisdom I have ever heard. ❤ I subscribed.
That clarity in your voice is as inspiring as the content. TY 👌🏻
Looking for complete harmony - with positive people, good friends together, in positively supportive environment - is key.
Thank you! I came across this several years ago and had to make BIG long term changes. It's been a struggle but worth it. Actually worth it! Hearing this and reflecting is helpful and comforting. I'm not quite where I want to be in the grander picture but I'm at least now in the same ballpark and not totally lost. It may be good for some to know it doesn't happen overnight necessarily but there are times when the shift happens and you feel an uplifting calm in the air that blooms joy within. That's how you know you're doing the right thing. It can happen no matter how dead inside you feel.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I learned something very good today!🙏
We all need to find our Ikigai...great post!
Thank you. The contents, your voice and the manner in which you said every word, all of these were so beautiful. Thank you. May God bless you to find your ikigai. 😊
THANK YOU I NEVER WAS REALLY SURE WHEN THOSE THINGS WERE SAID TO ME NOW I UNDERSTAND THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME TO UNDERSTAND
I’m starting a new journey in life. My adult granddaughter will be traveling along. It will be a long drive. I needed this.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻thank you. Such a timely reminder for humanity..
Wonderful. Thank you so much. Excellent explanation. :)
I live in Tokyo : Did everything I ever wanted to do .... wake up , intrinsically think how you say - ikigai - and then I go to work and all the values you say are turned upside down by my colleagues who are very very hai puraido old school Japanese people ..... but , I will keep on trying !! Thank You for your strong message !
Leave as soon as practicable. Your workplace is soul-destroying.
As I was listening, the word CONNECTION popped into my head. I know exactly what my purpose is. Thank you for this video. Simply listening to you brought me my answer.
Beautiful words!
Thank you very much.
Thanks for validating & re-evaluating my purpose in life.🙏
Thank you for sharing this ❤️ that was very powerful. Great lesson 😊.
Just what I needed to hear and watch at the moment of my life... Thank you.
This was extremely relevant to my life right now. Thank you.
This is the best explanation I’ve heard about IKIGAI, it is very inspiring! Many thanks for sharing... 🙏🏻
You are awesome by simplifying the real meaning of Ikigai!
I found my purpose in helping others to love and manage their wavy & curly hair as a curly hair specialist. Teaching is a calling I realized I did not have to go back to school for but to just be and do. Great video - thank you!
enjoy the small natural things in life.
Thank for your teaching 🌹🙏
Thank you for this video. Very helpful and interesting! 🙏🙏
God himself must have placed this in my suggestions. I need to watch this daily until I memorize it so I can apply it appropriately. Thank you for this.
This is so helpful. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful, clear and concise video 🙏💕
Beautifully said💖🙏
Beautifully presented, a joy to watch and lsiten, thank you.
Your voice is very calming. Thank you for sharing this information.
Wonderful speaker. Great ideas.
Yes, I enjoyed listening to you very much. I'm 73 years old and on looking back I seem to have found many ikigais throughout my life (is that even possible?). I would daydream in my youth about attaining some goal or other and then go about finding out how to accomplish it. The fun part was actually in the daily planning of it (I guess being in the now). Later on in life ikigai found ME (is that even possible?). I 'accidentally' immersed myself in several aspects of the medical profession(s) finding out in the end that it was apparently my true calling. It was however as you pointed out, the little moments of pondering and planning that added up to greater achievements. Having lived a full life, I now find myself equally enjoying the quieter things in life. It IS possible to follow your bliss, but it sometimes means having to go it alone.🌹
This is a beautiful video
This is brilliant. Thank you!
Extremely well said sir! Thank you for your excellent explanation. I believe life satisfaction is achieved through small continuous steps towards enjoying everyday pleasures. It can be as simple as enjoying a great cup of coffee.
I love the be here now step. Great reminder. Thank you.
This is soooo crucial! Thank you for sharing!🙂
I believe the difficulty in understanding our ikigai sometimes is because we expect it to be something that looks BIG for others, but like Ken Mogi says in his amazing book, your ikigai might be holding your grandkid in your arms. I guess it what fulfils your soul...wonderful video thanks ❤❤
I have struggled to find someone that can truly break down the concept into steps like this
Ikigai. It is a Buddhist way of living. When you put Buddhism into your life wonderful new opportunities will be opened to you
Nope, nope. Ikigai is more Zen than Buddhist. I know because I'm Buddhist. Buddhism is about enlightenment, meditation, living simply, discipline, practice of your mind n celibacy NOT start small, find your joy, find harmony, find money.. although the living here n now IS Buddhism. Buddhism is more about simple n discipline life, free from material want or desire. While Ikigai is about harmonizing your skill with your desire in life including all the material things. Essentially Buddhism n Ikigai are two completely different things.
@@rossy3lo No. I am Buddhist whole life. You only know one type Zen. In fact Zen is a part of Buddhism.. Don't have to be celibate poor monk to practice Buddhism. There's many other kinds of Buddhism over 2500 years. Even in Zen there's differences. Many other Buddhists find enlightenment through daily mundane experiences, pursuing joys of human life, not denial of desire. Buddhism is not narrow. Its wide inclusive.
Wow. You have given me tools and knowledge to find motivation in myself. Thank you and great vid!
Ty🙏😇I found myself listening to you while I sleept... I so enjoy traveling to gatherings, or Conferences.. I am in my joy with the world. and all its wonders from location to location and I super enjoy being invited to come speak or activate places when I see what I see as witness in activations on the roads Of the reality we share. Behold I claim all things new .in joy Inow know how and why I love to share.
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The world wants me as much at I enjoy being within it.🙏
Beautiful presentation! Thank you!
You are awesome!!
Thank you so much for helpful
Very helpful..must follow them
Loved this video and your clear energy, thank you!!
Clear energy! Yes!!!
Tk you for explaining Ikigai and so inspirational way🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I kept thinking about the metaphor of a christmas ornament and a fully decorated tree. Those small wins we have, like the transportation you were relying on came on time, or doing a load of jeans reach in a pocket a benjamin, the little ornaments in our lives, but then to step back and see your christmas trees and all the beautiful ornaments is quite breath taking. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and if applicable, Happy Birthday
Thank y'all so much dearest 🌹
Y'all such an inspiration 🥰
Appreciate y'all from the bottom of my heart 💟
Be Blissful Eternally 🙏👼🌈
Wowww..eye opening explanation.thank you Sir!..
Thank you for these advice
❤ I truly love your channel. Keep doing the best work.
Amazing 👍so wonderful loved this concept 👍
One of the best messages
I found my ikigai when I realized i do t necessarily need to see my results showing up as physical manifestations, but sometimes it’s more subtle than that. Sometimes I feel transformed from the inside by a new personal habit I’ve been practicing. Eventually it does affect my life for the better, it’s all about patience. The important this is that no one else can measure your ikigai but you.
Absolutely love this video! I'm definitely subscribing.
Thank you. With respect .
OMG, watching Your video regarding Ikigai, I do remember growing up being thought all that, by my first Two Teachers... " My Parents " They were Correct 100% Arigatogozaimasu...
I remember being a young adolescent and thinking if art and horse riding are the most important things whenever I go because it brings vitality and peace and everything is well. Both is lost now and it would be wonderful to feel the peace and inspiration again.
Thank you for sharing finding ikigai 😊🙏
You explained the present moment and wanting more. Very well. Thank you another way Eckhart Tolle explains it. Sometimes someone saying another way makes it click.
Yes!! I havent read Tolle's book, but putting into practise the power of now is 'living my ikigai'.
Thank you so much for this video......coz i can't understand what is the meaning of ikigai.........now I can understand.....thank you so much....i am from India 🇮🇳
Simple and clear! Thank you
Beautifully explained!!
Time ha s taught me that who I am is NOT based on ego or vanity. This has freed me fro so much of the madness I see in the world these days. If I can stay away from the siren call of consumerism and EXCESS EVERYTHING then I tend to be happy. Even if it means I am alone.
Thanks, Great (Sage) Advice. Worth daily reflection, until it becomes part me, and I can hopefully see some Truely beneficial results in my existence.
Thank you, this was beautiful.
Thank you so much for making this video 😊😊🙏🏻🙏🏻
Great!!!!
Excellent video. Thank you
Thank you! I've just connected on LinkedIn
I also adore sleeping. I suffer from depression and use it at times as an escape. But it IS an escape: I love good sleep and I often love the dreams that I have. I have a very fulfilling life over there on the other side of sleep!
Sven Nykvist I am exactly the same! I battle depression and I’ve been living with chronic pain for 20 years. In my dreams I am not in pain. In my dreams I can do things I can’t in waking life, things like athletics, walking, playing with my animals.
Similar for me. Have been going through Depression and anxiety for last 15 years, but in my sleep I escape it all. My dreams are also exciting and adventurous, absolute opposite to my real life.
I remember being in my deepest throes of depressing and feeling the same thing, I still do actually.
Sleep was my savior, it comforted me when I was sad, it halved the time I had to spend awake and miserable.
My dreams took me to places I still have never been to.
But sleep is a curse for me now. All I want is to spend time in the sun and smell the fresh air, but I can’t kick my old habit of sleeping at 5am and waking up in the afternoon.
Only thing that motivates me to wake up is my hobby, and I don’t get to do it often.
The real problem today is that too many young people don't have any motive, any will, any goal. Too many are depressed and can't even express any goal. As a teacher I see this alot. I think the question of harmony and living in the moment, is important, not "happiness".
Well said enjoyed listening 😊
just what i needed, when i needed it! thanks!
What motivates me to get out of bed in the morning is the need to pee
Then going back to bed till noon🙂
Very valuable advice 🙏🏼
This is brilliant.