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When Holding Back Holds Us Back
Settling for Less: The True Cost of Compromise Settling for less and compromising can be beneficial or detrimental, depending on the context. We must be honest with ourselves and accept pain as part of a full life, rather than trying to eliminate it. We should strive to pursue the full version of our desires and…
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Liberation Through Dropping Resistance
Letting Go of Resistance: Unlocking the Power to Choose a Fulfilling Life We can often find ourselves trapped in situations that we don’t want to be in, but trying to resist them can lead to burnout and exhaustion. By understanding our choices and making peace with what we can’t change, we can free ourselves from…
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Circumstance As Effect Rather Than Cause
Discovering Our Own Meaning and Truth in Life We can use our senses to gain present moment awareness and understand the world we live in. Ultimately, truth and meaning are subjective and personal, and we can use our own experience, perspective, thinking, beliefs, and values to understand our own lives. Meaning is not fixed and…
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Choosing What Matters Is What Matters
The Path Less Miserable: Crafting a Fulfilling Life When we want to create change in our lives, we often start by making different choices and looking at what we are currently doing to see how we can alter it. However, to make lasting change, we must also look at the purpose and motivation behind our…
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When Our Pushing Is the Obstacle
Trying to control everything in life is impossible and unsustainable, and often our habits of pushing and trying too hard become obstacles to actually getting what we want. We should ask ourselves if all this pushing is necessary, if anyone actually needs or wants it. Often the simplest and easiest solution is the right one.…
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Honoring Passivity in an Active World
Finding Balance Through Action and Passivity Our culture values action over passivity, but to live a full, joyful life, we need to develop both. Recognizing where we’re out of balance and nourishing the unbalanced part of ourselves is important to reach our goals. Life is a conversation between projecting and receiving; it’s a balance between…
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No Distinction Between Self and Other
To make meaningful changes in our lives, we must take action beyond just thinking. In order to be truly happy, we must break out of our individualism and seek union with others. This can be done through behavior and looking at how we act. Taking action is necessary to achieve balance and find true oneness.…