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“If you don’t define yourself you’ll be defined according to others.”
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“It remains incredibly hard to succeed in something if we do not have fun doing it.”
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“Make it a habit to every once in a while spend time with people over 80 and children under 10.”
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“You are limited only by who you think you are — your ego.
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“Whenever someone throws a tantrum I usually duck. Other times I goose. But I never quail or chicken out.”
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“Behind almost anything and everything there is an interesting story awaiting its storyteller.”
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“Whether through charm, humour or naughtiness, if you can make their eyes twinkle when they smile, you hold the key to a happy relationship.”
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“You are a sage and you are a lunatic. You are also the One who rises above both and chooses which to side with the most.”
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“If I had a dollar for every time someone called me crazy, I’d build a mental asylum and check them into it one by one.”
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“May you always value the simple little things in Life. For they make a big difference and hence are quite essential. Simplicity, in actuality, tends to be deeper than complexity. ‘Tis the reason why that which is simple often passes unperceived by the complex. If we look around us, we’ll find that the more one masters a certain domain the more simplification they will strive for.”
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“Music is a universal language. Playing music with others helps dissolve the walls we have built around ourselves for protection from the world, while highlighting our similarities rather than differences as Earthlings sharing a human experience. That’s why it is not just mere fun, but can be highly therapeutic as well. For it also teaches you to listen to your fellow humans and to share space, time, mindsets with them — to connect and non-verbally communicate in the present Here & Now.”
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“Are you more into Dostoevsky or Bukawski?”, he smugly asked — trying to show off his literary knowledge.
“Uhm, well I snowboarded once. But I’m more of a rollerblades person myself” was the reply.”
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“Uhm, well I snowboarded once. But I’m more of a rollerblades person myself” was the reply.”
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“We are as free as much as we believe to be.”
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“Heal ThySelf to a
HealThy Self
NowHere other than
Now Here.
We cannot really heal, save, or awaken anyone. Essentially, we can only inspire them to find out for themselves how to become their own healer and saviour. So they may own their truth, independently of a healer, guru, spiritual figure. This is not established through any formal teaching, advice, instructions, rituals or ceremonies. But instead, by sharing our bliss, grace, peace, passion, sensibility, awareness, groundedness — our energy. It remains up to them to integrate what they experience in such presence into their lives. It is their journey, after all, during which their own answers are to be unveiled and revealed.
Looking for radical, fundamental change? Change yourself rather than trying to change others. You want awakening? Awaken all of yourself rather than trying to awaken humanity.
Verily, the divine spark you seek is already within you. Allow it to shine through you unobstructed and it becomes a torch that eternally lights The Way.
Love is The Way.”
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HealThy Self
NowHere other than
Now Here.
We cannot really heal, save, or awaken anyone. Essentially, we can only inspire them to find out for themselves how to become their own healer and saviour. So they may own their truth, independently of a healer, guru, spiritual figure. This is not established through any formal teaching, advice, instructions, rituals or ceremonies. But instead, by sharing our bliss, grace, peace, passion, sensibility, awareness, groundedness — our energy. It remains up to them to integrate what they experience in such presence into their lives. It is their journey, after all, during which their own answers are to be unveiled and revealed.
Looking for radical, fundamental change? Change yourself rather than trying to change others. You want awakening? Awaken all of yourself rather than trying to awaken humanity.
Verily, the divine spark you seek is already within you. Allow it to shine through you unobstructed and it becomes a torch that eternally lights The Way.
Love is The Way.”
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“We teach by learning as we learn by teaching.
We cannot expect to serve humanity and help it evolve as long as our cup is empty. Fill it with whatever virtues — and vices — you may see fit, then you can do The Work. Go out and do, learn from the doing, then share your findings while teaching from the knowing. Without inner substance, you see, there is nothing to pour. And nothing gives a man more credibility than saying “I have been there”. For experience cannot be studied or bought, which is why it is the Mother of all Wisdom. Make it a conscious choice to replenish your cup… until you become the cup.”
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We cannot expect to serve humanity and help it evolve as long as our cup is empty. Fill it with whatever virtues — and vices — you may see fit, then you can do The Work. Go out and do, learn from the doing, then share your findings while teaching from the knowing. Without inner substance, you see, there is nothing to pour. And nothing gives a man more credibility than saying “I have been there”. For experience cannot be studied or bought, which is why it is the Mother of all Wisdom. Make it a conscious choice to replenish your cup… until you become the cup.”
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“Everyone has a story if we are willing to listen. Similarly, behind almost anything and everything there is some interesting story awaiting its storyteller.”
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“Insecurity can be so self-defeating, that it often leads to a non-life.”
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“Screw the social ladder. Choose to levitate.”
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“If you are still waiting for a teacher, a guru, a middleman, or even a partner to make you feel whole, then you have not yet found the Tao.”
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“Whenever one is exposed to that which goes against a certain belief they hold and it triggers an emotional reaction, they ought to take it as an opportunity to re-examine the belief — preferably along with their entire reality tunnel. Over time people get comfortable with their own convictions, they may become dogmatic in their views and opinions. Anything coming from outside the norm then tends to be feared, judged, rejected, vilified. That is, because it challenges the way they had been leading their lives.
Say if something someone said made you angry, dig deep within your inner being and investigate the reason for your anger. Ask yourself why you are taking it personally. Oftentimes, you see, the impulsive reaction has subconscious roots coming from the part of you that knows that you have no legit reason to think or feel as such.
Other times, it is the awareness of the existence of some degree of truth in what you had seen, heard, or read that irks you. It was Rumi who said: “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
Seeing through our own convictions with impartial eyes allows us to see them under a different and often deeper light, possibly transcending them. You deal with one matter at a time and you do so by observing the thoughts and emotions without ever forgetting you are not them. For like the ocean waves, they are temporary, ephemeral, transient while you remain the generator as well as observer.
It matters not if you fully agree with the different view at the end. Neither is there any need to identify, believe, judge, condemn, or to follow it into oblivion. But do take the chance to look into yourself. For you will likely end up learning something from the experience — including some self-knowledge. The challenge would either strengthen your argument(s) or offer you a different perspective(s). Perhaps a bit of both if one is lucky.
A confident person does not feel threatened when coming across an opposing view or opinion. Not only do they cause no harm, but the exposure may actually have some benefits.”
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Say if something someone said made you angry, dig deep within your inner being and investigate the reason for your anger. Ask yourself why you are taking it personally. Oftentimes, you see, the impulsive reaction has subconscious roots coming from the part of you that knows that you have no legit reason to think or feel as such.
Other times, it is the awareness of the existence of some degree of truth in what you had seen, heard, or read that irks you. It was Rumi who said: “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
Seeing through our own convictions with impartial eyes allows us to see them under a different and often deeper light, possibly transcending them. You deal with one matter at a time and you do so by observing the thoughts and emotions without ever forgetting you are not them. For like the ocean waves, they are temporary, ephemeral, transient while you remain the generator as well as observer.
It matters not if you fully agree with the different view at the end. Neither is there any need to identify, believe, judge, condemn, or to follow it into oblivion. But do take the chance to look into yourself. For you will likely end up learning something from the experience — including some self-knowledge. The challenge would either strengthen your argument(s) or offer you a different perspective(s). Perhaps a bit of both if one is lucky.
A confident person does not feel threatened when coming across an opposing view or opinion. Not only do they cause no harm, but the exposure may actually have some benefits.”
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“Before knowing who you authentically are at the core you get to know who you aren’t. For knowing what we don’t want is a significant step toward what we do want.”
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“I used to say: “All religions are somewhat true. But my religion is the truest of them all because I was born into it and never got to choose it.” Now I have transcended this atavistic dogmatic reality tunnel and evolved into spirituality, thereby making me more spiritually enlightened than you.”
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“Always, always be yourself. Unless you’re a dunce, douche, doofus, or a schmuck.”
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“Make it a habit to find joy wherever you go and in whatever you do.
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“We teach by learning as we learn by teaching.
We cannot expect to serve humanity and help it evolve as long as our cup is empty. Fill it with whatever virtues — and vices — you may see fit, then you can do The Work. Go out and do, learn from the doing, then share your findings while teaching from the knowing. Without inner substance, you see, there is nothing to pour. And nothing gives a man more credibility than saying “I have been there”. For experience cannot be studied or bought and that is why it is the mother of all wisdom. Make it a conscious choice to replenish your cup… until you become the cup.”
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We cannot expect to serve humanity and help it evolve as long as our cup is empty. Fill it with whatever virtues — and vices — you may see fit, then you can do The Work. Go out and do, learn from the doing, then share your findings while teaching from the knowing. Without inner substance, you see, there is nothing to pour. And nothing gives a man more credibility than saying “I have been there”. For experience cannot be studied or bought and that is why it is the mother of all wisdom. Make it a conscious choice to replenish your cup… until you become the cup.”
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“Engaging in intellectual conversations can be quite erotic. Seducing the mind adds fire to the heart. The body is then bound to follow.”
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“Follow no crowd; and the crowd may eventually follow you.”
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“Fool me once, the man will eat for a day. Lead a horse to water, shame on him who drinks for a lifetime.”
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“Most people either live in the past or in the future.
Those who dwell on the past are depressed,
those who overthink the future are worried.
Only a few are able to enjoy their Here and Now;
only them find peace of mind. ”
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“Being alone tends to be feared by many. As it’s widely regarded as the worst and scariest thing that could happen to one’s life. But it isn’t so.
Lying to oneself is worse and scarier; because when done long enough people end up believing their own lies, failing to distinguish between the delusions and their actual inner truth. What follows, in the words of Fyodor Dostoevsky, is that “they lose respect for themselves and for others. And having no respect they cease to love”. A life without love means bitter, alienating loneliness — especially with one’s own company and hence also among others. Now that, my friends, is the real miserable tragedy.
On the other hand, those who have the capacity to value and cherish their solitude end up becoming a celestial force of nature.”
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Lying to oneself is worse and scarier; because when done long enough people end up believing their own lies, failing to distinguish between the delusions and their actual inner truth. What follows, in the words of Fyodor Dostoevsky, is that “they lose respect for themselves and for others. And having no respect they cease to love”. A life without love means bitter, alienating loneliness — especially with one’s own company and hence also among others. Now that, my friends, is the real miserable tragedy.
On the other hand, those who have the capacity to value and cherish their solitude end up becoming a celestial force of nature.”
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