We often get locked into the perception that here and now it’s not the time. It’s not the content of our lifes. That there will be a better more ideal time, state, condition of internal or external self. This is an illusion. We need to shake off this impression time after time again. Ido practices a beginner mindset. You are not trying to perfect something but you try to constantly learn. He developed this unusual exercise that is about bouncing a tennis ball against a wall with fists. He said that your mind grows the most at the beginning. More neuronal connections are forming. So it’s even more beneficial to us to always choose being a beginner over being a master.
What a beautiful day to die
He said this quote in one of his film made by London Reel guy. By radically practicing a beginner mindset he doesn’t cling to his ideal self in the future and is ready to accept whatever reality serves to him here and now.
In the current society chasing happiness and success made a lot of people very miserable.
This connects with the Obstacle is The Way. Achievements are this illusions that are not fulfilling. That's why learning might be a harder and actually more fulfilling area to focus on.