Your set of values should serve you, not hinder you

In the paragraph titled “Our Values / The Samurai Code of Honour” of my book called Our Spiritual Being Above and Beyond our Human Condition, I state that our values guide our actions; so was it for the samurai who was guided by the Bushido. The following enumerates a few of the values (or lines of conduct) inspired by the great seventeenth century Japanese sword fighter Miyamoto Musachi who won all the sixty or more life-and-death duels he fought during the first part of his life.  According to prevailing modern values, many will find it hard to “agree” with these values. Yet, no matter what our opinion may be, they served him well as a warrior of his time.

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Your set of values should serve you, not hinder you

In the paragraph titled “Our Values / The Samurai Code of Honour” of my book called Our Spiritual Being Above and Beyond our Human Condition, I state that our values guide our actions; so was it for the samurai who was guided by the Bushido. The following enumerates a few of the values (or lines of conduct) inspired by the great seventeenth century Japanese sword fighter Miyamoto Musachi who won all the sixty or more life-and-death duels he fought during the first part of his life.  According to prevailing modern values, many will find it hard to “agree” with these values. Yet, no matter what our opinion may be, they served him well as a warrior of his time.

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