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enjoy your bondage. Your bondage to this body, to other bodies around you, and to the fire and the ash and the water and the wind. That is all, really, you have—that, and the nameless beyond.
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The Right Questions: Ten Essential Questions to Guide You to an Extraordinary Life
Avil Beckfordtheinvisiblementor.com
... See moreYou’re never so centered on yourself as when you’re depressed. You’re never so ready to forget yourself as when you are happy. Happiness releases you from self. It is suffering and pain and misery and depression that tie you to the self. Look how conscious you are of your tooth when you have a toothache. When you don’t have a toothache, you’re not
By Anthony De Mello, from the book, Awareness.
From the May 30, 2025 edition of Tim Ferriss’s 5-Bullet Friday email newsletter.
I continue to find immense inspiration in Nick Cave's wisdom, compassion and, of course, his art. His words are so precise and never cease to conjure emotion and introspection.
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Question the common belief that happiness is the primary purpose of life.
Consider instead that a life aimed at being useful—creating, helping others, and making a difference—could be more fulfilling and meaningful.
Darius Foroux via Glasp