"Live as if you were already dead": 7 Principles of Japanese life

The site publishes an article by anthropologist Ruth Benedict - of self-discipline in Japanese, and how it helps to cope with life's difficulties - from examinations to depression. < 1. Little baby is born happy, but not "taste of life».
2. "Skillful" discipline in Japan is the rationale: it improves human control over their own lives.
It is clear that in the early stages of preparation of a man and woman who are not used to the new requirements, may want to get rid of this syuye. In this case, their fathers are likely to say to them: "What do you want? In order to get a taste of life, you must go through some training.
Syuye, according to their favorite adage, "cleanses the body from rust." Man turns into a glittering sharp sword, which he, of course, would like to become.

3. «there is no break, even in thick hair, between the will of man and his action»
In people who have not reached mastery, there is, so to speak, the insulating screen that is between the will and action. It is called "watching" I, "" interfering "I", and when the screen is eliminated special training, the master loses the feeling of "I do." The goal is closed on itself. The action takes place without effort ... perfectly reproduces the painting, which drew in the mind of a performer. This kind of craftsmanship in Japan are making ordinary people.





4. Human childhood is highly trained to recognize their own actions
5. «who lives as if already dead"
The Japanese say: "Live as if dead" when they mean that man lives at the level of "skill". This expression is used in normal everyday instruction. To cheer up the boy who is going through a relatively final exams in high school, he will say: "Treat him as a man who was already dead, and you hand over easily." To appease the other, which concludes an important business deal, say: "Be like you're already dead».

6. Moog is based on the same philosophy as the Council live "as if you were dead».
7. In Western philosophy, practicing muga and "life as if you were dead", Japanese eliminate conscience.
The difference between the Western and Eastern psychology is clearly manifested in the fact that, when we talk about unscrupulous Americans, we are referring to a person who has lost the sense of sin, which must be accompanied offense, but when the equivalent expression uses Japanese, he is referring to a person who ceases be tense and constrained.

The Japanese have in mind the person to whom the power of the most difficult and decisive selfless action. The main motivation of good conduct for the American - this wine; a person who because of rough conscience ceases to feel it, it is anti-social. The Japanese are a problem otherwise. According to their philosophy, a man in the depths of the soul good. If his motivation can be directly implemented into action, he entered a chaste and easily ».


via www.psychologies.ru/psychotherapy/self-development/jivi-budto-tyi-uje-umer/