A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.
JAY SHETTYEvery 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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It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.
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If you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.
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We say things to ourselves that we would never say to people we love
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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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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.
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Remember, 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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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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You are not your success or your failure.
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Finally, get involved in something that’s meaningful to you—a hobby, a charity, a political cause.
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Don’t judge the moment.
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Our values are influenced by whatever absorbs our minds.
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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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You are who you are when no one is watching.
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They are forever free who renounce all selfish desires and break away from the ego cage of I, me, and mine
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Too often we love people who don’t love us, but we fail to return the love of others who do.
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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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Monks understand that routine frees your mind, but the biggest threat to that freedom is monotony. People complain about their poor memories, but I’ve heard it said that we don’t have a retention problem, we have an attention problem.
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Criticizing someone else’s work ethic doesn’t make you work harder.
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Your passion becomes a purpose when you use it to serve others.
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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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I wish is code for I don’t want to do anything differently.
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Our search is never for a thing, but for the feeling we think the thing will give us.
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Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.
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The arrogant ego desires respect, whereas the humble worker inspires respect.
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We can’t stop our parents from dying, but we use the fear to remind us to spend more time with them.
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It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.
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