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Meditation is Not an action. And the world has been taught to treat it as an action. And it is for this reason that it does not work for the overwhelming majority of practitioners. Meditation is not about Doing something. It is not about Achieving something. It is not about Becoming something. Meditation is about Allowing, rather than doing. It is
... See moreKapil Gupta • Atmamun
We've been taught meditation is an action. That's very limiting
- I paid attention to things I liked to do, and found ways to do more of that. I made it easy for interesting people
Henrik Karlsson • Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process
If you seek to be a legend in your field, it will help you to understand that you will have to be comfortable being an outcast. For you will not fit into this society. And if you do fit neatly into this society, there is no way that you will be a legend.
Kapil Gupta • Atmamun
I am defo an outcast
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I don’t like making the best things - internetVin
if one has given the whole of himself to becoming a Master, he will do what is necessary to become it. And it will be a joy for him. It will be an intense journey. And peaceful the entire way. Hard work and practice are for those who try to become that which they secretly believe that it is difficult for them to become.
Kapil Gupta • A Master's Secret Whispers
You dont need to glorify hard work when its peaceful getting to where you know you want to go. Hard work is for people who don't know where they want to go but reward themselves with a heroic badge.
If it entertains you now but will bore you someday, it’s a distraction. Keep looking.
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Distraction & passion
As West Side Story lyricist Stephen Sondheim once said: “You have to throw out good stuff to get the best stuff.”
David Perell • Daily Writing #39: Expression Is Compression
Quote - editing your writing