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Three Quick Quotes From Ordinary People to Live an Out-of-the-ordinary Life
The power of the daily wisdom. The best wisdom is daily wisdom from real people. That is why sayings are passed from generation to generation: because they work. I love to collect these little pearls of wisdom in my daily life. Here are the ones that have had the most significant impact on my life in…
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Three Life Lessons From Haruki Murakami That I Learned Too Late in Life
Discover the pearls of wisdom from one of Japan’s best writers. For me, literature is an exercise in psychoanalysis in which the author explores the subconscious using a series of masks (characters) conditioned around a premise. One of the great masters of this discipline is Haruki Murakami. Reading his fiction taught me to deal with nonfiction…
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Three Disturbing Lessons You Only Know if You’re a Streetwise Person
#2. Not all your friends are good friends. In the University of Life, there are no exams that can certify your level. Lessons are learned the hard way. The best teacher is usually a strict guy named Mr. Pain, and repeating a course usually costs much more than money. Here are three of the lessons you…
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How to Use the Art of Zen to Win the War of Life
The subtlest lessons change your life forever. There are days in life when everything falls apart, and on top of that, the voice in your head disturbs you with thoughts like, “I deserve it for being an idiot.” Days when reality turns into a time mincer that turns every minute into hamburgers eaten by your boss,…
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Six Types of Persons You’ll Meet Along the Spiritual Path
#5 The temple merchants. The Spiritual Path is not a path; it is a combination of a roller coaster, the circus, and the house of terror. Along this peculiar path, you will meet various characters that make you feel like Alice in Wonderland chasing the white rabbit through the rabbit hole. And it’s helpful to…
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5 Cold Hard Truths You Discover When Your Soul Begins to Talk to You
(And you are bold enough to listen.) Being productive all the time is unproductive. That is one of the most disturbing things that the voice of my soul told me when I started to listen to it. It is a painful truth that metabolizing gives you heartburn because you discover that “you need to be unproductive…
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The Disturbing Epiphany That Unblocked My Manifestation Channel
My life was like a clogged sink until I discovered the truth. They tell you to listen to your heart, but that doesn’t pay the bills. You end up working on anything, and because the voice of your soul is a little kid that won’t shut up and won’t stop kicking, you start anesthetizing it with…
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Three Latin Life Sayings I Learned at 42 That I Wish I Had Known at 22
Learn this Archaic knowledge before it’s too late. Something strange has happened lately; the universe speaks to me in Latin. I found Latin aphorisms in the most unusual places: graffiti painted on crosswalks, even tattooed on people, like that waitress with the Latin phrase “Res Non Verba” (actions, not words) on her arm. So, I started…
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Three Things You Might Do If You Suck At Being Spiritual
All we do in life is about avoiding suffering. But avoiding suffering usually leads us to more pain. Being spiritual is more challenging than people think. Initially, it’s a path of pain and shame most of the time. You start seeing things with clear eyes because you stop cheating yourself. And it takes time to accept…
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Three Disturbing Quotes Full of Dalai Lama’s Wisdom That Will Change the Way You See Things
Read carefully. These powerful phrases may change the way you see your life. If you love books, you will know that there are books that the more you read them, the more they read you. These books are like doctors who will auscultate you as you turn the pages, looking for where it hurts to diagnose…