A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.
JAY SHETTYSaying 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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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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Location has energy; time has memory. If you do something at the same time every day, it becomes easier and natural. If you do something in the same space every day, it becomes easier and natural.
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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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Cancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.
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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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Actually, the greatest detachment is being close to everything and not letting it consume and own you. That’s real strength.
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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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Your passion becomes a purpose when you use it to serve others.
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You are who you are when no one is watching.
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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents 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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All things are temporary and that we can’t truly own or control anything.
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Yesterday is but a dream. Tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
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Strengthened my resolve.
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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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