"To put it another way, wabi sabi allows you to be yourself." It motivates you to do your best without becoming unwell in the process of achieving an unreachable goal of perfection. It softly encourages you to unwind, calm down, and enjoy life. It also demonstrates that beauty can be discovered in the most unexpected of locations, making every day a gateway to joy
Wabi-sabi, a Japanese philosophy, was offered many years ago as a method to learn acceptance and appreciate life's faults.
Wabi-sabi was particularly influenced by the concept of impermanence. When we practise Wabi-Sabi, we might learn to embrace and cherish our flaws rather than viewing them as flaws at all.
It is difficult to live a life without flaws. Plans change, and we're disappointed; our bodies age, and we discover new "flaws," or we may experience heartache we never expected. It's easy to see these things as negatives, but I encourage you to see these times and transitions as beautiful and full of possibilities after reading this blog.
Inconsistency is one thing that is constant in life. We become enamoured with plans and ideas, and as a result, we suffer when they change. We may have intended to study law in New York City, but we ended up working at a neighbourhood salon. Perhaps we had aspirations of having a property with a view of the beach, but due to a job loss, we were forced to return home to our parents. It's easy to regard these "imperfections" as negative, but I believe we have the ability to see them differently.
Wabi-sabi, a Japanese philosophy, was introduced many centuries ago. It's all about learning to tolerate and eventually embrace life's flaws at its core. A tea ceremony is the beginning of a Wabi-sabi manifestation. This practise honours the beauty of tea, as well as the teacups themselves in the past. Historically, these teacups had to be faultless, but that altered when the Wabi-sabi ideology was formed. Its origins can be traced back to three key Buddhist principles:
Impermanence
Suffering
Emptiness, or the lack of an egoic self
Wabi-sabi was particularly influenced by the concept of impermanence. Life will never be the same because of impermanence. The ideal teacup may chip or fade, and rather than seeing these a flaw, people learned to perceive them as beautiful over time. Flawed beauty is a term I use to characterise these flaws.As a result, when a potter manufactured a teacup, they no longer had to make it exactly, and these lovely faults were embraced and cherished.
In the West, we have a tendency to dismiss older objects as unsightly or worthless. But what if we started following the Wabi-sabi philosophy? Throughout this piece, I'll try to emphasise how powerful our thoughts are. We have the ability to see a lot more beauty in the world if we rethink our views about how we regard older or defective things, whether it's a teacup or a body.
The first step is to acknowledge how powerful our thoughts are. We must examine our thoughts throughout the day to determine if we are judging others or even ourselves if we wish to develop a more welcoming perspective. The best thing we can do to break this cycle is to start seeing flaws as opportunities to learn and grow. This is something we can do all day. Let's imagine you're on your way to the grocery shop and you find yourself evaluating the person who is checking you out. It's crucial to recognise when you're having these thoughts and then modify them. "This person has a lot of wrinkles," for example. I'm curious as to what kind of life they led or what memories they have." If we can let go of our judgments and realise that there is no such thing as perfection, we will see a lot more beauty in this world.
Following that, we must practise embracing and loving others, flaws and all. We begin to accept and love ourselves once we accomplish this. We will be able to appreciate the beauty in our life despite our apparent defects or limitations if we practise radical acceptance of others and ourselves.
It's also vital to realise that life is fleeting and that things change all the time. Plans change, our paths diverge, and we'll suffer less if we can educate our thoughts to perceive beauty in our daily lives, regardless of the road we're currently on.
Finally, it's critical to realise that it's quite normal to wish to change things about ourselves. It's normal for humans to want to grow and change. There are many factors beyond our control, such as the family we are born into, our genetics, our health, and so on. However, there will always be things we can't change, and it's critical to accept them and gradually learn to see them as beautiful. When we practise Wabi-sabi, we might learn to embrace and cherish our flaws rather than viewing them as flaws at all.
I believe that in order to live a happy life, we must accept our flaws. It's critical to acknowledge and accept all of our flaws. When we practise radical acceptance, or Wabi-sabi, we will see life through a more compassionate and loving lens. And it is through this lens that we may tolerate and finally love our flaws.
