the truth
the truth, into words, as I’ve experienced it
the truth
The mind can be drugged, put to sleep; it can be put to sleep pleasantly or violently, and during this sleep there may be dreams. But a mind that is made quiet by discipline, by ritual, by repetition, can never be alert, sensitive and free. This bludgeoning of the mind, subtly or crudely, is not meditation. It is pleasant to chant and to listen to ... See more
Series I - Chapter 36 - 'Words'
All things lead back to seriousness and sincerity. Sincerity, not in a moral sense. But in the sense of a true and genuine and pure desire to reach one’s goal. S: Most humans simply are not this way. M: Most humans like to play games. They are window-shoppers, band-wagon-jumpers, and fad-followers. Such is the effect of societal conditioning.
Kapil Gupta • There Is No HOW
Seriousness and sincerity
The self-help movement has created what it considers to be an antidote for this: Positive Thinking. Positive thoughts still emanate from the same mind. And while they may make one feel more ‘positive,” it is imprisonment all the same. And you will forever remain lost in the struggle of turning negative thoughts into positive ones. Bliss is neither
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This is how i felt a year or so after project hero - no regrets, just truth
Because never in your life have you met a person who did not have a ‘message’ for you, or attempt to ‘lead’ you somewhere, or get you to ‘do something.’ Whether it was ‘for your own good’ or not. Regardless of whether it was benevolent, evil, well-intentioned, or holy.
Kapil Gupta • There Is No HOW
Everything has been designed to lead us somewhere
My dear student, have you ever seen a Tree try to improve? Or a flower? Or a cloud? Or a bird? Or even the animal who roams the great forest? S: No, Master. M: Indeed. Man lives in a perpetual state of Not Knowing. He lives in a perpetual state of Not Understanding. And thus he suffers. And oh how he suffers. His entire existence is mired by one pa
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#epiphany pain
Anything can give one anything for a fleeting moment. Sitting in meditation, or even going for a walk can give one peace. But it does not last. That is the point.
Kapil Gupta • There Is No HOW
Do we want things to be ever lasting or do we want things in the moment only and not forvever?
Man’s greatest fear is his fear of HIMSELF.
Kapil Gupta • Atmamun
This is the ultimate truth
If you merely escape mental pain and confusion with drugs, entertainment, sex, busy-ness, the painful problem is still there, compounded with exhaustion and addiction.
J. Krishnamurti • What Are You Doing With Your Life?
This was my teens and 20s
Today, the way we think you get peace is by resolving all your external problems. But there are unlimited external problems. The only way to actually get peace on the inside is by giving up this idea of problems. [77]
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Do i always have problems because i think of them as problems? Life is full of unlimited problems Naval says. Flow with life and accept it in most cases.
Is this why i cant find peace?
internal peace is what im looking for but i didnt realise this is actually happiness?
i am at peace when anything i do makes me happy