20 Hard Truths You Need to Hear (life-changing principles);
1) Review your self-beliefs
Everything you are, and could possibly become, is just a reflection of identities.
Find the ones that limit you (ego-centered), and replace them with one that expands you (consciousness-centered).
Everything you are, and could possibly become, is just a reflection of identities.
Find the ones that limit you (ego-centered), and replace them with one that expands you (consciousness-centered).
2) Live in the moment
Time is an illusion sustained by your memory & imagination.
Even when you're thinking about the past / future you're doing so in the NOW.
Train your mind to be present through mindfulness.
Time is an illusion sustained by your memory & imagination.
Even when you're thinking about the past / future you're doing so in the NOW.
Train your mind to be present through mindfulness.
3) Learn the art of non-thinking
Overthinking is a disease that dulls the brain, and drowns out the soul.
Imagine your entire memory got wiped this very instant and you were forced to let go of the past.
Now try to live like that, reborn in every moment.
Overthinking is a disease that dulls the brain, and drowns out the soul.
Imagine your entire memory got wiped this very instant and you were forced to let go of the past.
Now try to live like that, reborn in every moment.
4) Question everything, judge nothing
You must develop the courage to review & unlearn your conditionings & most ardent beliefs.
Conscious skepticism is the first step towards awakening.
You must develop the courage to review & unlearn your conditionings & most ardent beliefs.
Conscious skepticism is the first step towards awakening.
5) Awaken
The biggest psyop of society is convincing you that you need to be part of a religion to be spiritual.
Detach from your mind and connect with your inner spirit through meditation. That's the only direct path to the Divine.
The biggest psyop of society is convincing you that you need to be part of a religion to be spiritual.
Detach from your mind and connect with your inner spirit through meditation. That's the only direct path to the Divine.
6) Seek your own truth
As a kid, society had to smolder your curiosity & interest in the deepest mysteries of life.
You must reawaken this curiosity and dedicate a great deal of your time to studying ancient metaphysical & eschatological books.
As a kid, society had to smolder your curiosity & interest in the deepest mysteries of life.
You must reawaken this curiosity and dedicate a great deal of your time to studying ancient metaphysical & eschatological books.
7) Be clear minded, free spirited, open hearted
This is the holy trinity to creating a joyful life.
Develop clarity of thought through self reflection, & tranquility of spirit through meditation.
This is the holy trinity to creating a joyful life.
Develop clarity of thought through self reflection, & tranquility of spirit through meditation.
8) Self-observation
Self-observation is the beginning of self knowledge, and self-knowledge is the key to self-actualization.
Observe your actions & reactions - mindfulness
Observe your thoughts & feelings- metacognition
Observe the one who observes - meditation
Self-observation is the beginning of self knowledge, and self-knowledge is the key to self-actualization.
Observe your actions & reactions - mindfulness
Observe your thoughts & feelings- metacognition
Observe the one who observes - meditation
9) Be solitary
Self-mastery begins by developing the capacity to be by yourself without feeling lonely.
If you can't enjoy your aloneness, you're in bad company.
And remember; you attract what you are.
Self-mastery begins by developing the capacity to be by yourself without feeling lonely.
If you can't enjoy your aloneness, you're in bad company.
And remember; you attract what you are.
10) Enjoy silence
Over-stimulation & over-socialization will destroy your creativity & individuality.
Silence makes your intuition louder. Inner silence is the mother of all virtues and self-empowerment.
Over-stimulation & over-socialization will destroy your creativity & individuality.
Silence makes your intuition louder. Inner silence is the mother of all virtues and self-empowerment.
11) Live Amor Fati
This is the art of accepting one's fate - not wanting to alter any part of your past, but appreciating it.
It's not what happens to you that matters, but your attitude towards it.
This is the art of accepting one's fate - not wanting to alter any part of your past, but appreciating it.
It's not what happens to you that matters, but your attitude towards it.
12) Trust life
95% of the things keeping you alive (breathing, digestion, heart beating, blood circulation...) are being done for you.
You are already being divinely catered for.
Trust in that power, trust your intuition, trust your process.
95% of the things keeping you alive (breathing, digestion, heart beating, blood circulation...) are being done for you.
You are already being divinely catered for.
Trust in that power, trust your intuition, trust your process.
13) Learn to say NO
You'll be constantly tempted to indulge in things that do not contribute to your actualization.
Say yes only when you FEEL certain.
You'll be constantly tempted to indulge in things that do not contribute to your actualization.
Say yes only when you FEEL certain.
14) Master your inner game
It's hard to be productive / creative when your mood is in a constant flux.
Maintain emotional stability, don't be swayed by every external event.
It's hard to be productive / creative when your mood is in a constant flux.
Maintain emotional stability, don't be swayed by every external event.
15) Become an autodidact
This is a must have meta-skill if you must thrive in today's world.
The most important life changing skills & hacks aren't taught in schools.
Be a learning machine.
This is a must have meta-skill if you must thrive in today's world.
The most important life changing skills & hacks aren't taught in schools.
Be a learning machine.
16) Be water
Clinging to fixed identities is self-imprisonment. Be flexible & adaptable.
"Empty your mind - be formless, shapeless, like water."
Clinging to fixed identities is self-imprisonment. Be flexible & adaptable.
"Empty your mind - be formless, shapeless, like water."
17) Know thyself
Your mind is a great con artist - it is naturally wired to see the flaws in others while masking the ones in yourself.
The willingness to expose, understand & transcend the biases / hypocrisy in your ego will give you immeasurable self-knowledge.
Your mind is a great con artist - it is naturally wired to see the flaws in others while masking the ones in yourself.
The willingness to expose, understand & transcend the biases / hypocrisy in your ego will give you immeasurable self-knowledge.
A good understanding of the human psyche is essential.
So either you accumulate enough self awareness that you get deep insights into the collective human nature, or you study human psychology & cognitive biases and inverse them to gain self knowledge...
So either you accumulate enough self awareness that you get deep insights into the collective human nature, or you study human psychology & cognitive biases and inverse them to gain self knowledge...
18) Pedestalize no one
Humans, even though they won't admit it, like to be controlled / governed.
The hallmark of intelligence is to become a fully integrated individual - Seeking your own truth, trusting your own instinct, and formulating your own life philosophy.
Humans, even though they won't admit it, like to be controlled / governed.
The hallmark of intelligence is to become a fully integrated individual - Seeking your own truth, trusting your own instinct, and formulating your own life philosophy.
Unlearn the subservience society indoctrinated you into during infancy.
Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.
Become attuned to your own inner guide and you'll never go astray
Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.
Become attuned to your own inner guide and you'll never go astray
19) Do the shadow work
You give your demons more power over you when you shy away from them. You need to embrace them to illuminate them.
You give your demons more power over you when you shy away from them. You need to embrace them to illuminate them.
20) Be limitless
If you always put limits on what you can do, physical or otherwise - itβll spread over into the rest of your life and work.
There are no limits, only plateaus - and you must go beyond them, even if it kills you.
If you always put limits on what you can do, physical or otherwise - itβll spread over into the rest of your life and work.
There are no limits, only plateaus - and you must go beyond them, even if it kills you.
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