Cancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.
JAY SHETTYRemember, saying whatever we want, whenever we want, however we want, is not freedom. Real freedom is not feeling the need to say these things.
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Never trust a spiritual leader who cannot dance.
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A monk mind practices detachment. We realize that everything—from our houses to our families—is borrowed.
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Everyone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally—it is usually not about you.
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When we bluff our way through life, pretending to be who we are not, we end up looking worse than we truly are.
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Every night when I’m falling asleep, I say to myself, I am relaxed, energized, and focused. I am calm, enthusiastic, and productive.
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Pride of wealth destroys wealth, pride of strength destroys strength and in the same manner pride of knowledge destroys knowledge.
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Find me someone who has gone to the darkest parts of their own character where they were so close to their own self-destruction and found a way to get up and out of it, and I will bow on my knees to you. You’re my teacher.
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Higher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
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When we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time.
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The more we define ourselves in relation to the people around us, the more lost we are.
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You don’t get to be a jerk just because you’re skilled.
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Tracking my fear of exam results and the other branch fears that appeared led me to the root: fearing I couldn’t make my parents happy
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We are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the Earth, chemically. And to the rest of the universe, atomically.
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When the fear of staying the same outweighs the fear of change, that is when we change
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Good thing, bad thing, who knows.
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