We can’t stop our parents from dying, but we use the fear to remind us to spend more time with them.
JAY SHETTYFind 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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We are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the Earth, chemically. And to the rest of the universe, atomically.
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A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.
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If you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.
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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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A monk mind practices detachment. We realize that everything—from our houses to our families—is borrowed.
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Because the only thing that stays with you from the moment you’re born until the moment you die is your breath. All your friends, your family, the country you live in, all of that can change. The one thing that stays with you is your breath.
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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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Our values are influenced by whatever absorbs our minds.
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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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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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When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life
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When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life.
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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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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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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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