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Doris Lessing on reading:
“There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those, dropping them when they bore you, skipping the parts that drag – and never, never reading anything because you feel you ought, or because it is part of a trend or a movement. Remember that
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The danger of living in possibility versus taking action: how embracing limits and failure builds strength and real growth
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I could become an actor. I could become a great novelist. I could become a CEO. I could be Elon Musk II. But the way the world works is you don achieve anything unless you have limits Having limits and hitting that wall and that resistance is what makes you learn is what makes you great is how the human brain functions
And what I mean by that is
... See moreeverything in our material universe is always emitting light and information—including you. When you are living in survival mode under the burden of the hormones of stress (such as adrenaline), you draw from this invisible field of energy and turn it into chemistry—and as you do so, the field around your body shrinks.
Dr. Joe Dispenza • Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon
There are 12 Divine Rays of Light that emanate from the Source Creator of this Universe. They are 12 individuated forms of Divine Source Light that allow the Creator to experience Itself and manifest All That Is in Creation. 7 Rays are related closely to the Earthly plane and 5 are transcendental or Heavenly Rays. These Rays of God’s Light carry
... See more“You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward…Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do.”
- what Krishna tells Arjuna in The Bhagavad Gita:
"Finding your way in life is like unlocking the combination of a safe. You have to go forwards and backwards. Life is not a direct march from A to B. The twists and turns are progress, not regression. What feels like a setback in the moment is later revealed to have been part of the path all along. Each move was necessary to get to your end goal."
3-2-1: How to find your way in life, the power of quiet weeks, and the problem with smart people
"People can sometimes be held hostage by their expectations. They have a dream of something they would like to achieve or a path they intend to follow, but their mindset falls apart when things don't work out how they had hoped.
The key is to reach for an extremely high bar, but to be adaptable enough to reframe the failures, disappointments, and... See more
The key is to reach for an extremely high bar, but to be adaptable enough to reframe the failures, disappointments, and... See more
3-2-1: On the danger of a good idea, how to do your best work, and a question to inspire action
There are many names for this force — God, Source, the creative spirit. Whatever you call it, I believe it's real. There's a hidden order in the chaos, a path being revealed step by step. I've learned to trust these currents, to see them as signs that you're in flow with something larger than yourself.