"The defect of the evolutionists is that they have no information of the soul." https://vedabase.io/en/library/josd/

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the smarter you are, the more complex your mind pretzels. be careful up there

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tomorrow i have a technical interview with a startup in a domain i am basically clueless about. say a prayer for me or whatever

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the end-game is radical self-honesty. in a word, "awareness", but it's trickier than it may seem. true awareness is limited by one's ability to be compassionate with oneself. read that again. you can't ever clearly see what you condemn in yourself. it's too painful. the only way to stomach your perceived shortcomings, in your own eyes, is to develop radical self-compassion. to fully accept and love your flawed self. this is the hardest thing; we all deceive ourselves through self-righteousness. your judgements of others are secretly your judgements of yourself. 🪞

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grace is something you give yourself, when you finally give yourself permission to not worry and stress over all the things outside of your control. just let go. i could say a lot more, but you really don't need to understand more than this

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my new year's resolution is to be more foolish

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i'm all about optimism, but toxic positivity ain't it. life is hard. try to laugh

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gm ☀️ progress is painful. you're doing way better than you think

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Over the course of your entire life, with every single experience that molded your psyche, you unknowingly but unceasingly built the jagged avenues for your eventual return to Self. You are not stranded, but must find the courage and resolve to make this most painstaking, humiliating, sacred journey. No one is coming to save you because no one else can.

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If you don't learn to accept that you're gonna have a bad time, you're gonna have an even worse time.

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revising this: The antidote to dogma is curiosity. The logical conclusion of curiosity is mysticism.

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"A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them." –Carl Jung

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both idleness and overwork are sure paths to destruction

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the antidote to dogma is mysticism

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it is often very hard to change. if you've ever made sustained improvements to yourself or how you live, how did you do it?

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