The Ten Rituals of Rediant Living, from 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari'

I have completed more than half of the book by today. Here I find these 10 rituals worthwhile to be summarised here and shared with you guys.

For a better life, we shall embrace the following 10 rituals. Taking the idea from the previous article, each ritual shall be applied for at least 21 days in a row to be installed in our life as a habit.

1) The Ritual of Solitude: Maintain a schedule of a mandatory period of peace. Our mind deserves a rest after running hot for a whole day. Fifteen minutes will do for the period of solitude.

2) The Ritual of Physicallity: Invest at least five hours a week in some form of physical activity like going for walk, practising yoga, swimming etc.

3) The Ritual of Live Nourishment: Eat healthy food, preferably more 'live' food, that is, vegetables and avoid as much as meat and junk food. What we consume affects our emotions and physical ability.

4) The Ritual of Abundant Knowledge: Pursue lifelong learning and expand your knowledge base for the good of yourself and all those around you. This can be achieved by reading more. We don't read every book available, but we choose some good books to read. Some books are to be tasted, some books are to be chewed, but some books are to be swallowed and digested.

5) The Ritual of Personal Reflection: Reflect on what you did during the day and think of how you could have done better for the sake of yourself and others. Self-reflection can be done by writing down what you have been through in a day in one column and a review of actions you can take in the other column.

6) The Ritual of Early Awakening: Train yourself to get up earlier and rise with the sun will be at best. By rising earlier, you gain more time to do what you have excused yourself for not having time to do it like morning exercise.

7) The Ritual of Music: Get yourself some good spiritinually inspiring and relieving music and listen to it while you are driving or before going to bed. Music cures unrelived mind.

8) The Ritual of Unspoken Word: Create some mantras of your own. Mantra means freeing the mind in Sanskrit. A mantra is a phrase you will be using to speak to yourself to build positive thinking about your ability, emotion and spirit. A mantra can be something like ‘I am confident in myself, and I can do it.' Mantras are powerful because what you speak to yourself affects your actions.

9) The Ritual of Congruent Character: Take daily, incremental action to build your character. Strengthening your character affects the way you see yourself and the actions you take. Do the right thing. Act in a way that is congruent with your true character. Be guided by your heart.

10) The Ritual of Simplicity: Live a simple life. Don't live a life follow social expectation but your satisfaction. People tend to compare their lives with others and feel inferior when they are not using brandy items or live in a smaller house than their friends. From my own standpoint, as long as we are not struggling for a meal, I prefer a simple life using simple things and use the excess money to explore the world.

Excerpt and paraphrased from the book, 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari' by Robin Sharma.

Cheers,
Jocelyn
2015.01.04
10:37 am