🪄"A man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself, until he has released the anxious grasp which he normally holds upon his life, his property, his reputation and position."🍂🕸🌱
~Alan W. Watts, Become What You Are
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"When you awaken ... you realize by direct experience who and what you are. You do not become anything. All becoming is in time, which is mind. Awakening is outside of time: You awaken from time to that which is timeless. Wisdom and love are aspects of your own Self and as such do not need to be created or pursued."
#Adyashanti
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You need not worry about your worries. Just be.
Do not try to be quiet; do not make ‘being quiet’ in to a task to be performed.
Do not be restless about ‘being quiet’, miserable about ‘being happy’
Just be aware that you are and remain aware— don’t say ‘yes, I am; what next?’
There is not ‘next’ in ‘I am’
It’s a timeless state.
~Nosargadatta #nonduality
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"The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens."
~Carl_Jung
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Self observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change.
And in observing him self a man notices that self observation it self brings about certain changes in his inner processes.
He begins to understand that self observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.
~G I Gurdjieff
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You may control a mad elephant;
You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger;
Ride the lion and play with the cobra;
By alchemy you may learn your livelihood;
You may wander through the universe incognito;
Make vassals of the gods; be ever youthful;
You may walk in water and live in fire;
But control of the mind is better and more difficult.
~Paramahansa Yogananda
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🎂 As I am turning 37, I put together a list of 3 undervalued and 7 overvalued things in life.
3️⃣ Undervalued
1. Sleep. Sleep gives a boost to immunity, creativity and psychological well-being.
2. Nature. Nature is the environment that we are biologically designed to feel good in.
3. Solitude. Being alone offers the freedom to make spiritual and intellectual breakthroughs.
7️⃣ Overvalued
1. Big cities. Big cities are sources of pollution, crime and noise. It's good to have access to their resources, but advisable to live outside their borders.
2. Restaurants. Restaurants offer the slowest and least efficient way to eat. Cooking at home allows for healthier diets and more control over ingredients.
3. Hot weather. Sunny weather can bring about not only a lax attitude, but also a risk of cancer and faster aging. Colder temperatures, on the contrary, clarify spirit, body and mind.
4. Fashion. The endless quest to conform with ever-changing trends is expensive and unnecessary. Focusing on comfortable clothes makes life simpler and frees space for things that matter.
5. Real estate. Buying real estate often limits one's choices and is a questionable investment. Renting gives more freedom to move and explore different locations.
6. Social media. The incessant flow of junk cluttering our minds from social media decreases our happiness and creativity. Disconnecting from these internet services is the best thing we can do on any given day.
7. Celebrity advice. Famous people often give unwarranted advice outside their fields of expertise. For all important things in life, it's best to rely on hard science and expert opinion.
-the founder of telegram
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It is most difficult to live without ambition in a world which is corrupt, a world where there are so many vested interests, so many gods who are always threatening, or offering rewards.
It requires astonishing intelligence to live in such
a world. And you can have intelligence only by seeing everything, and by listening to everything.
Then your eyes will become alive and your ears sharp. From seeing and listening there comes self-knowledge and, in knowing yourself, you will have astounding vision.
J Krishnamurti, A Timeless Spring
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"Slow down your mind by any method you can. ... See your mind as your enemy. Your mind is not your friend. You do not train your mind, you untrain your mind."
#Robert_Adams
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Bearing without possession, achieving without arrogance, raising without domination. This is called the mystic virtue.
~Lao tzu
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If the dream is a translation of walking life, walking life is also a translation of the dream!
~ReneMagritte
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"A man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself, until he has released the anxious grasp which he normally holds upon his life, his property, his reputation and position."
~Alan W. Watts, Become What You Are
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Uncertainty often leads you to worry & tension. But in a heightened state of consciousness, the same uncertainty is thrill and fun.
~Ravi_Shankar
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
~Chuang tzu
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Investigate the nature of the mind and it will disappear!
Because of the emergence of thought, you surmise that it has an origin and call that the mind.
When you inquire to see what it is, you find there is really no such thing as mind.
When the mind has thus vanished, you realize eternal peace.
~ramana maharishi
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"A man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself, until he has released the anxious grasp which he normally holds upon his life, his property, his reputation and position."
~Alan W. Watts, Become What You Are
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..."Most people think when they open their eyes
and look around, that what they're seeing is
outside. It seems that you are behind your eyes,
that behind the eyes there is a blank you can't
see at all. You turn around and there's
something else in front of you. But behind the
eyes there seems to be something that has no
color. It isn't dark, it isn't light. It is there from a
tactile standpoint; you can feel it with your
fingers, but you can't get inside it. But what is
that behind your eyes?"
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The students were absorbed in a discussion of Lao tzu’s dictum “those who know do not say, those who say do not know”
When the master entered, they asked him exactly what the words meant. Said the master “which of you knows the fragrance of a rose?”
All of them knew, then he said
“Put it into words”
All of them were silent!
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S u f f e r i n g is caused by our reaction to the inevitable pain of life. Unlike pain, suffering is not inevitable. F r e e d o m from suffering is possible when we l e t - g o of our reactions, our fear and grasping.
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“When you identify with the busy traffic of the mind (continuous labeling, discriminating, and judging); division/separateness will be all that you see.”
~ anonymous
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