Reality is being itself. - It is being itself, in becoming itself. Reality in its isness, the 'isness' of a thing. Thus isness is the meaning - having freedom in its primary sense - not limited by attachments, confinements, partialization, complexities.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Reality is pure being, free from attachments and complexity, giving true freedom.
- In plain terms
- Reality is simply existence, unrestricted and free.
- What can you take from it?
- Embrace the simplicity of being to find freedom.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does attachment limit your freedom?
- What aspects of life benefit from attachment?
Another view
Complete detachment can be impractical in everyday responsibilities.
More from Bruce Lee
Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare. - There is 'what is' only when there is no comparison at all, and to live with what is, is to be peaceful.
Permalink to quote #52 A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred - the human law in himself, his own individual will.
Permalink to quote #54 True thusness is without defiling thought; it cannot be known through conception and thought.
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