Foundations
The roots of a banyan tree are invisible to most who pass beneath it.
But they are everything. They determine how far the tree can reach.
Rooting Yourself
Phase One of Living Through A Lifetime.
Before you can expand, you need to know what holds you.
The roots of a banyan tree are invisible to most who pass beneath it.
But they are everything. They determine how far the tree can reach,
how much weight it can carry, how long it will last.
Intentional living begins the same way — not with grand action,
but with the quiet, unglamorous work of rooting yourself.
Three practices form the foundation.
The roots do not draw attention to themselves.
They simply make everything else possible.
அறத்தினூஉங்கு ஆக்கமும் இல்லை அதைன
மறத்தலின் ஊங்கில்லை கேடு — Kural 32
There can be no greater source of good than the practice of virtue;
there can be no greater source of evil than the forgetfulness of it.
Foundations is the first of three phases in Living Through A Lifetime — the second movement of the Living series.