A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.
JAY SHETTYIf you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.
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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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Criticizing someone else’s work ethic doesn’t make you work harder.
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Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.
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It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.
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If you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.
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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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When someone hurts you, it’s because they’re hurt. Their hurt is simply spilling over. They need help.
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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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Being present is the only way to live a truly rich and full life.
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You can’t be anything you want. But you can be everything you are.
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Good thing, bad thing, who knows.
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Cancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.
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The arrogant ego desires respect, whereas the humble worker inspires respect.
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You are not your success or your failure.
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But when we look for the good in others, we start to see the best in ourselves too.
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If you follow your bliss, he said, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else
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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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We say things to ourselves that we would never say to people we love
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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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Pride is the cause of the most damaging fall for the soul.
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So people who come to this place, stay here for a while, and then continue their journey. Sounds like a hotel to me.
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I am happy about who I am becoming. I am open to all opportunities and possibilities. I am worthy of real love. I am ready to serve with all I have.
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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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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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Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.
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