David Howenstein Blog
This blog focuses on putting spirituality into action, and is based on the book JUMBO JUMBLE (by this blog's author).
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This blog focuses on putting spirituality into action, and is based on the book JUMBO JUMBLE (by this blog's author).
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Illustrated by Miki Howenstein ……….. At a deeper, life-engendering level, very few of us know what our purpose is, what we truly want, and then continue to live unhappily without knowing why.
It requires a lot of persistence and discipline to first find your purpose (through constant soul-searching and reflection) and then still more to embody and live it out. Scary words—persistence and discipline— and they sound like as much fun as going to boot camp for intensive training. Yet, it is through making tireless efforts at “creating and implementing” your true purpose that a long lasting and steady contentment permeates your entire being. And when that happens, you will look back and wonder how you could have wasted so much time chasing those ephemeral desires, like money and beauty—the comings and goings over which you have limited control. Determining your true purpose and moving towards it tenaciously grants you mastery over your life’s direction—even if the final goal is unattainable—giving you a passion for living. (From page 180 of the book “Jumbo Jumble”) Author’s Comment: In today’s society, we are inundated with advertisements and messages telling us what we need to be happy, leading us to think that using this product or buying this new gizmo will fulfill our desire. Yet, as this passage states, it is only your searching for your own life’s purpose and making painstaking efforts to move towards it that can instill your life with a rich contentment which you previously felt unattainable. And the more energy you put into it, the greater the degree of satisfaction which follows.
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What Jambo Members Are SayingDavid Howenstein founded Jambo Japan in 1996. A man with many ideas on bettering the natural/human environment but also unsure how to implement them in a way to make a sustainable organization, he tried various courses of action throughout the years. Like many of you, he encountered frequent frustrations finding that the vast majority of his efforts ended in failure. However, through trial and error, he came upon a recipe for success in his adopted home. |
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