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How to deal with fate: Wu Wei

#whyarewe - A somewhat similar approach to the western idea of "Amor Fati" is found in the eastern daoist aproach of "Wu Wei". "Wu Wei" roughly translates to English as "doing nothing" or "effortless action". A practitioner of "Wu Wei" avoids resisting against the workings of the universe. Instead, much like the practitioner of "Amor Fati", the daoist practioner accepts that what is necessary and goes along with the nature of things, without resisting it. Like the stoic, the daoist avoids fighting forces larger than himself.

The stoic approach of "Amor Fati" is a more radical approach though. It's more radical in the sense that it wants us to embrace, or even love all that will happen or has happened to us, both the good and the bad. The "Wu Wei" approach doesn't necessarily want us to embrace our fate. Instead, it wants us to live in harmony with all that will happen to us, and adjust ourselves accordingly. It wants us to be flexible and spontaneous, like water, accepting change and acting accordingly only when deemed necessary.

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Further online wondering about “Wu Wei”:

The answer to life, the universe, and everything = 42

#whyarewe - This famous quote is from the book “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”. In the book an advanced civilization builds a supercomputer to answer the question of the meaning of life. The supercomputer didn’t quite understand the question, so after thousands of years calculating, the answer it came up with was the complete random answer of “42″.

Fun fact: when you ask some really nosey online search engine this very question, it will give you the same answer

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What I usually do are as follows:

Dumbell rows

Seal lifts

Dumbell overhead presses