Freedom of choice is good. But when one has a whole lot of options to choose from, restricting oneself becomes necessary to achieve direction.
When Buddhist monks are trained, options available to them are considerably restrained. In real life, we have a whole lot of options to choose from though. But if those choices are not made consistently, then a sense of direction seems missing.
- My understanding of Sheena Iyengar’s thoughts on NPR today
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