Youri Cviklinski
@youri
just a monkey with a plan
Youri Cviklinski
youricviklinski.substack.com
Try it! Instead of 'mother-in-law,' maybe call her "spiritual teacher", and her visit counts as an "intense spiritual retreat”.
How random is life?
Advice to a Young Writer by C. S. Lewis
1. Turn off the radio.
2. Read all the good books you can, and avoid nearly all magazines.
3. Always write (and read) with the ear, not the eye. You should hear every sentence you write as if it was being read aloud or spoken. If it does not sound nice, try again.
4. Write about what really interests you, whether
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Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with. It is the only decent way to live.
M. Scott Peck • The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
Now all art is an imitation of nature.
Seneca • Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium (Classics S.)
In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.
― Ram Dass
When your thoughts become your identity that is called ego. Ego is a case of mistaken identity. You believe that the illusory thoughts that come and go are your true self. Your true self is the dimension of you that does not come and go.