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You are not fundamentally broken. You are not a problem to be fixed but a human who is meant to be understood.
And so no matter who you are, where you’re from, what you have or haven’t done, what you have or don’t have, I know from the depths of my soul that you can find peace, unconditional love, fulfillment, and an abundance of joy in life.
what we hold on to perpetuates our reality what we let go of creates new possibilities
Our feelings come not from external events but from our own thinking about the events.
The root cause of our suffering is our own thinking.
By changing our thinking, we can change our reality.
All the people or situations that upset me are like the empty boat. Without my reaction, they don’t have the power to make me angry.”
true freedom isn’t in having complete control of our minds but in the ability to be unattached to whatever happens in it
You are not just
a product of your environment but a co-creator of it.
PAUSE.
first step is to pause and begin taking deep breaths to help calm our nervous systems.
Step two is to ask yourself, “Is this thinking making me feel the way I want?” or “Do I want to keep suffering?”
Step three is to understand that you have the choice to stop and let go of your thinking.
Step five is to experience your emotions fully.
Anxiety is thought without control. Flow is control without thought. —James Clear
Mushin is achieved when [the] mind is free of random thoughts, free of anger, free of fear, and particularly free of ego. It applies during combat and/or other facets of life. When mushin is achieved during combat, there is an absence of loose or rambling thoughts. It leaves the practitioner free to act and react without hesitation. He reacts according to all of the study and training that has brought [him] to this point. Relying on not what you think should be your next move but on what your trained, instinctive, subconscious reaction directs you to do.
The greatest power that mankind could ever achieve is the power of unconditional love. This is when people love with no limitations, conditions, or boundaries. —Tony Green
