Eating healthy to stay healthy is the underlying principle of this Japanese philosophy - Hara HACHI bu. It tells us why we should eat less and feel more energetic.

Satori is - that light bulb moment - which occurs in a flash - in a mist unexpected way. We have to experience the moment of joy without attaching ourselves to it.

Wabi- means simplicity and Sabi means- the beauty in age and use. Most things look better when they have lived well. They have gone through life’s challenges and come through with scars.

Japan has many philosophies and value systems. We will be exploring each of those in the coming weeks. Listen today to the episode on IKIGAI - Purpose of life.

To know the people of any nation, we need to know the value system that guides the people. Through the coming episodes we will be exploring the values from Japan

Personal values create our personal identity. As to who we are, what defines us, what we care about and how we can grow and evolve?

Each family is bound together by the values they create and follow for a peaceful and orderly life. I was fortunate to be born into such a family of wonderful people.

As we explore about value systems around the world and see how each society functions as one unit, what makes the people who they are, how personal value systems can be developed and much more will be explored beginning with this first episode

What makes a country unique? Why are we attached to certain people? Which culture seems creative? How do we create our life systems? Do we already have one? Where did it come from? These are some of the questions we will be answering in our new topic. Please stay connected and share your views.

As we come to the end of purpose, I hope you all have enjoyed listening to these podcasts as much as I enjoyed doing them. We will move on to newer topic after this. Until then bye bye.