A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.
JAY SHETTYNo matter how much we grow, we are never free of daily chores and routines, but to be enlightened is to embrace them. The outside may look the same, but inside you are transformed.
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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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Treat yourself with the same love and respect you want to show to others.
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Your dharma has to fill a need in the world
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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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You don’t get to be a jerk just because you’re skilled.
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When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life
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You are not your success or your failure.
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I can use my awareness of my fear as a tool to help me make decisions that are truly in line with my values and purpose.
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We say things to ourselves that we would never say to people we love
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Being present is the only way to live a truly rich and full life.
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What’s on your news feed is feeding your mind.
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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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It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.
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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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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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