Tasshin - Fullstack Harmony for Maximum Deep Benefit
Oct 5, 2023
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Daniel talks with Tasshin, an online pilgrim, about living one's vow and effective coordination. They discuss bottlenecks, clarifying purpose, and the interconnection between inner and outer work. Other topics include productivity, psychology, ethics, and the pathology of trying to solve the world's problems. They also reflect on their friendship and collaboration at the Monastic Academy.
Achieving harmony between ethics and psychology is crucial in finding your purpose or vow in life.
Productivity is a tool that empowers you to take action in alignment with your values and desires, leading to fulfillment and contribution.
Strategy involves coordinating efforts between individuals and groups to create a collective impact for the benefit of all beings.
Deep dives
Ethics and psychology harmonize to find your vow
When it comes to finding your purpose or vow in life, it is crucial to achieve harmony between ethics and psychology. This means being in tune with yourself and understanding your desires, strengths, flaws, and dreams, as well as treating yourself and others with kindness and respect. When you achieve this internal alignment, your purpose starts to become clear. It's about finding that balance between who you are and how you relate to the world. This process of finding your vow is the essential first step towards living a purposeful life.
Productivity is unleashed by a clear vow
Once you have found your vow, productivity becomes a powerful tool to manifest it in the world. Contrary to common negative perceptions, productivity is not about pushing yourself to do more in a stressful or unfulfilling manner. Instead, it's about empowering yourself to take action aligned with your values and desires. When your productivity is directed towards your vow, it becomes a gift and a blessing. It allows you to actualize your purpose in a more impactful and efficient way, leading to a sense of fulfillment and contribution.
Strategy enables coordinated efforts for the benefit of all beings
With a clear vow and productive action, the next step is strategy. Strategy involves coordinating efforts between individuals and groups to create a collective impact for the benefit of all beings. By working together and finding synergy, the power of collective action is unleashed. Every person, every project plays a unique part in the larger tapestry of creating a better world. It is a process of harmonizing visions, aligning intentions, and collaborating effectively. By strategizing and working together, we can address global challenges and contribute to a world that is noticeably better for all.
The Existence of a Vow or Unique Purpose
The podcast discusses the concept of a vow or unique purpose in life, acknowledging that not everyone may believe in its existence. The speaker emphasizes that they personally take it as axiomatic that there is a vow or purpose, but also respect the choice of those who do not accept it. They explain that our actions and their consequences in life and after death are ontologically connected to our vow or purpose. Regardless of philosophical justifications, the speaker highlights the importance of recognizing that we are alive and therefore will have effects and make choices. The framing of a vow is seen as dynamic and emergent, not a rigid life purpose or checkbox mentality.
Productivity and Strategy in Collaboration
The podcast explores the interplay between productivity and strategy in collaborative projects, particularly at the collective scale. The speaker shares their personal journey of being obsessed with the topic of strategy and seeking ways to coordinate effectively with others to accomplish meaningful goals. They emphasize that high productivity alone is not sufficient and that productive collaborations require building trust, aligning with others who resonate and are aligned with their own vows, and working iteratively on short-term projects to learn and refine coordination. They draw parallels between strategies in military and business contexts and the coordination required in collaborative endeavors. The focus is on patient, step-by-step building of effective collaborations and contributions, rather than rushing into long-term commitments.
Tasshin – which means “to reach or achieve truth” – describes himself as an “online pilgrim wandering this precious world for the benefit of all beings.”
In this episode, Daniel talks with Tasshin about some of the lessons he has learned and his unique insights into what it means to “live your vow,” from clarifying one’s sense of unique purpose to effectively coordinating with individuals and groups. While breaking down a statement on “bottlenecks” from Tasshin’s recent article, they outline a powerful framework that connects inner and outer work and service.
Topics covered include productivity, psychology, ethics, effective coordination, the technological and poetic attunements (as described by Heidegger), the pathology of trying to “solve the world’s problems,” and the duo’s friendship, which dates back to their two-plus years together at the Monastic Academy.
02:15 Daniel and Tasshin’s Personal Connection and Mutual Inspiration
10:29 Overview of Tasshin’s Recent Article and Reading of His “Bottleneck” Statement
16:33 “Finding Your Vow Is The Bottleneck On Productivity”
24:02 Living One’s Vow/Purpose As An Iterative Process
28:23 Addressing Doubts Regarding The Concept of “Vow”or “Unique Purpose”
31:53 “Productivity Is The Bottleneck On Strategy”
44:37 “Strategy Is The Bottleneck On Effective Coordination”
47:57 Different Levels of Harmonization
54:17 Trusting Yourself, Trusting Experience, Trusting Life
58:52 From Solving The World’s Problems to Focusing On Goodness, Truth, Beauty, and Playing One’s Part
1:07:52 Closing
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