
Quiet Mind Epic Life

Normal people take their mind at face value and live a life with too much suffering, unfulfilled desires, and frustration. Enlightened people see their mind as a biological mechanism that is designed to help them navigate the world. They recognize its limitations and use recontextualization to stay deeply connected to their joy, no matter what life
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You hope to cultivate joy, happiness, peace, creativity, and resourcefulness no matter how crazy life gets. You will never achieve that by rewiring your mind. Your mind will always find its way back to its basic purpose. Here’s the real solution. You must remove your mind’s motive for thinking.
Matthew Ferry • Quiet Mind Epic Life
The world you live in creates the conditions for suffering and negativity. To achieve Quite Mind Epic Life, you must use recontextualization to rise above suffering. I’m going to teach you to transform your agitation into a celebration. With this skill, you will become satisfied with what used to be unsatisfying. Let me restate the benefits of lear
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The recognition of Unconscious Reflexes is the result of decades of studying the survival mind. Certain thoughts (creativity, love, joy, optimism, happiness, compassion, and acceptance) do not live in the realm of The Drunk Monkey. They are not possible when you are in a survival state.
Matthew Ferry • Quiet Mind Epic Life
All the loss The Drunk Monkey feared turns out to be the exact opposite. It’s a significant advantage to have a Quiet Mind, unburdened by the assumption that you know things. It is profound to realize that you don’t know what is actually happening, ever.
Matthew Ferry • Quiet Mind Epic Life
If you are going to make things up, why not make things up that feel good?
Matthew Ferry • Quiet Mind Epic Life
“If you are going to make up stories, why not make up stories that feel good and empower you?”
Matthew Ferry • Quiet Mind Epic Life
Normal People - Your mind talks to you. You listen like it‘s the truth. You take action based on misinformation and illusions. Your life sucks more than it needs to.
Matthew Ferry • Quiet Mind Epic Life
Enlightened People - Your mind tells you a story. You acknowledge that it’s just a story. You notice that it stems from a biological drive to survive. You realize it has nothing to do with reality. You consciously decide to create a new meaning. You take action based on your authentic desires. Your life kicks ass.