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Life's just a circle. No clue what that means, but it seemed pretty damn important when it hit me. It's been a while, but maybe if I get high again I'll figure out whatever the hell that meant.
Aside from that, I learned to think for myself.
I don't know because it's hard to identify realizations when they tend to be so gradual. Maybe that logic is so important, since it's the basis for other life-changing discoveries.
It seems more like a slinky to me. Like a circle but every loop is a bit different. Certain aspects of life anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinGill
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Originally Posted by Dianeva
I find it hard to decide between two important lessons...I'll let you decide.
1. Sometimes the best thing you can do is just shut your mouth and walk away.
2. It's okay to say "no."
I don't know about the most important one EVER, but these lyrics from Rush (Limelight) keep coming back to my head once in a while and pushing me back in the right direction, when I get bitter or distracted by negative things in life that I shouldn't be focusing on.
Those who wish to be
must put aside the alienation
get on with the fascination
the real relation
the underlying theme
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Originally Posted by Dianeva
I think the most important lesson I've learned is that going through those occasional thoughts of suicide and all sorts of negative things I rather not talk about, trying to make people happy, trying to make others happy, motivating myself to give it my all, etc., I've made a conviction that worrying about people's opinions will only waste more time that I can put in to develop myself emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually.
tl; dr version: Move forward, be strict on yourself, forgiving of others, always seek to evolve yourself everyday, be happy doing so, and when things get rough, take a breather, and do things one step at a time, anxiety is just a perception that only becomes a reality if you do nothing to stop it.
It's so hard boiling those down into one idea. >.< Sorry. D:
The most important lesson I've learned is that I decide what's important and if something isn't aiding my happiness it's my choice whether or not to give it value.
Money doesn't buy happiness but i wouldn't mind being depressed in mansion with my millions.
That's one of my main ones too, and something most people don't seem to understand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Original Poster
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Either of you read any Wittgenstein? Might like himQuote:
Originally Posted by Dianeva
Of course. I would consider Hume, Camus, Satre and Watts to be most influential on this conclusion, though.
Not I. :( I came to that conclusion with my own thinking. But I should probably look into that and other actual philosophy. I've barely read any books on the subject since taking a few college Phil courses - a fact I'm deeply ashamed of.
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If I ask myself why I'm performing some action, it will always be because I'm trying to sustain or cause some emotional state within myself.
For example, if I exercise, it might be because I'm trying to cause myself to lose weight. And in my mind:
Weigh less --> gives people higher opinions of me --> makes me feel loved --> makes me happy.
Perhaps not that exact chain, but it would be one in which the end result is some emotion. That's the main point - that the base reason I perform any action is always because I'm trying to achieve some emotional state within myself. I'm not necessarily trying to feel 'happy' every time; the emotional state might be more nuanced. I might want to feed starving people because, in the end, doing so removes my negative feelings resulting from knowing that others are suffering. There is no exception to this rule at all, no action that could ever be performed in which achieving some emotional state is not the goal.
A value is anything that is always going to cause, or will likely cause, one or more of those emotional states. Anyone who doubts this can consider anything that they value and ask themselves what positive emotions the persistence of that thing will make them feel. Imagine that none of these things were true, and you would no longer value that thing.
One conclusion that can be drawn from this is that there is no objective 'right' nor 'wrong'. Murder is only considered wrong to most people because a) we feel sympathy toward people who are murdered b) we don't want to have to worry about people murdering us so we all agree not to murder one another in a society, so when someone breaks that rule they are labeled as 'bad'. But really, if we didn't feel sympathy for others, and somehow didn't need to worry about being murdered ourselves, it wouldn't phase us. We only value lives because our sympathy makes us feel bad when other people die.
Another conclusion is that the purpose of life can only ever be to achieve positive mental states. It might sound terrible and selfish, but there is really no escape from it. And feeling good because someone else does really shouldn't be considered 'selfish'.
We also might gain a better understanding of people, of their actions, while keeping this in mind. Unless you think a person is mistaken about some fact, you cannot tell him or her that they are wrong for holding a certain value. Everyone's actions are justified to themselves. Everyone is always doing the 'right' thing from their own perspectives.
You essentially summarized Stoicism. Though I believe you must come to understand most of philosophy through your own thinking, otherwise you're just repeating someone else's ideas and have not really learned them. For example if someone says you should read Atlas Shrugged and you ask what the philosophy of the book is and they say you have to read it to understand, they are little more than an objectionist partisan. If someone can actually explain objectionism rather than cite Ayn Rand, I might take them more seriously.
It's the same with existentialism or stoicism. But that's why I appreciate Camus, because he narrates a story about the ideas rather than explaining them, a lot of the time, so that you can actually consider his works and draw conclusions instead of having them given to you.
And positive mental states are our brain's reward method to motivate us to survive and procreate, so yeah, it makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dianeva
Atoms, sub-atomic particles etc. This lead me to realise that there are no "things" just a mash of stuff and it is an illusion to see objects as separate.
Pretty much lead me to Zen Buddhism which changed the way I view the world entirely, so that's why it's most important to me.
Everything is connected and everything is one. Look up the Flower of life.
Stop seeing duality and see unity.
We are God and God is us.
Continue spreading the meaning of Inlakesh!
We percieve unity from time to time, but other times we forget.
Look at your own body for example. You may say that you are one life, but have you ever thought about all the organisms within your body that together makes your body?
Now look at yourself and ask what you build up :)
I learned that I have inherent biases. We all do, they come from our development and, to a surprising extent, from our genes. It's only once you recognise these biases that you can control them. You realise that many issues don't actually have a single reasonable answer; it depends on what you accept as basic truths, and especially when it comes to things like morality, these can ultimately be baseless, or highly malleable. At the very least, you realise that different people can sincerely come to different conclusions. In a word, you learn tolerance for all people.
Almost all, anyway. I still have zero tolerance for liars; people who do not come to their world view sincerely, but rather by a process of lying to themselves for whatever reason, and to maintain the facade they lie to you, too.
That's a good one. BTW, I came up with a way to explain that chaos thing I was talking about a few months ago, if you remember. Gonna PM you about it.
Take my own advice.....
Indiscriminate skepticism
Lessons? Bitch please, experiences.
The most important lesson that I learnt in my life is that you can never stop learning and developing your personality....and also that everything can change
Learning how to listen, instead of speak. In more than the auditory sense. Mostly with my bodily processes and desires, and of others, and it's spread empathy into a lot of the things I do.
never lose your sense of humor.
it doesn't solve all your problems but it has definitely helped my life go by much more smoother and easier.
well, I never had some sense of humor. I guess that is why my life is going so hard for me....Quote:
Originally Posted by tropicalbreeze
Never take yourself too serriously. In fact find a way to be above your own ego and laugh at it. ^-^
Tyler's Bizarre Voices Explained -- How Vocabulary Influences Perception And Emotional Response - YouTube
Never take yourself too serriously. In fact find a way to be above your own ego and laugh at it. ^-^
Tyler's Bizarre Voices Explained -- How Vocabulary Influences Perception And Emotional Response - YouTube
then there will be no one laughing http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/...icon_laugh.gif
Everything. Everyone. Everywhere. Ends.
Nothing ever ends, only changes. :)
It's a thing, and maybe only temporary, though I hope not. I don't know if it counts as a lesson either, but moving on, not dwelling on things(But at the same time not being naïve). That guy I kind of know who sort of beat me up? I swore to myself that I would stay mad at him and not be friendly anymore. 75% of that was gone the next day. Turns out he's a cool guy, a great friend, and just a confused teenager. It's completely by luck that this happens to me, but it does. It could be the difference between removing yourself from society and not having to be mad at at least one person 24/7.
Life is not difficult, we make it difficult.
Don't trust in anybody, they always end up disappointing you.
The most important lesson overall is too hard for me to distil out of the many significant pointers.
Some come to my mind now - without any rankings:
How you feel and react is not primarily caused by events or incoming information, but by your thinking - by the meaning you attach to them, your attitude, your beliefs - these determine how you ultimately end up feeling and behaving.
And they are within your direct influence.
If you want to develop a positive habit, or change something in your usual behaviour - just start doing little things in that direction - pretend you already have the habit - this will change the way you see yourself and convince you that this "new you" is real - got myself into the habit of eating more healthily like this.
When there is a big project - make small ones out of it, and start out with doing just exactly the next little mini-step in order, and the next and so on for a relatively short duration - like 15 min. - then reward yourself.
Next time - longer.
To draw conclusions - calm down and actively search for your own biases - thanks for the reminder, Xei.
Shut up and listen (or walk away - thanks Mel!).
I wish, I would live a bit more in accordance to these lessens..
Saturday, I was working at Dollar General when an elderly man came up to me and asked me for a box to pack some stuff. I gave it to him, and he thanked me and proceeded to explain to me, in his own words, "I'm retarded. . . but I like to farm."
He told me all about his farm and his crop this year, and then told me: "I'll tell you a secret about the best fertilizer. They don't sell it anywhere. Know what it is? It's the sweat off of the farmer's brow."
I told him that's the smartest thing I've heard in awhile.
How to say 'please' and 'thank you'. Those words can get you to places...
a^2+b^2=c^2
This by the way - can tell you how far away the horizon is!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alric
My favourite German band has a song "How far..".
It sounds first of all like some cheesy title - not typical for them - but they then proceed to show, how Pythagoras can be applied for this question.
Since it is with drawing on a white-board - it should be perfectly understandable without German.
And I feel like posting it - so there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK9bhyl6B_E
Language.
I find it hard to describe the most important lesson for me. Because just a single idea, could have such a great impact on the whole thinking process. So I rather see all my important lessons as a chain of thoughts, wich together ends up as one important lesson. So that's why it's so hard for me to pick only one important lesson, since every lesson is an equaly important link to build the whole chain of what I value the most.
But to mention one important lesson that I actually very recently learned. Is that life is merely a game. And that words have a huge impact in one's life. Since word easily becomes the illusions of what we then percieve as a valuble life in this modern world.
I just want to end this with saying that I want to honor this great philosopher, Alan Watts. He is a true inspiration to me, and it is also thanks to him that I've gain a lot of important lessons that matters alot.
The realization that if you keep putting off "living your life" until all the little annoying things that need to get done are done first, then you'll never end up actually living. Live always has little tasks that must be done -- learn to work doing them in to enjoying and living life to the fullest every day!
Lord loves a workin' man, don't trust whitey, see a doctor and get rid of it.
1.Always be open-minded.
2.The world is your perception, everything in it is based on how you see and understand its aspects(be open-minded, since your experiences, emotions and knowledge will affect your judgment of this concept)
I saw a post some time ago and I think most of the important lessons I've learned can be found in it, though I can't decide which is the most important. For those of you who haven't come across it yet, it's definitely worth a read:
Spoiler for there's a hundred of them, btw:
That the present is the only thing that really matters. The past has already happened and I can't change it and the future hasn't happened yet. Allowing yourself to be happy in the present time is better than worrying about the past and future.
Don't feed negative thoughts.
If you think too much about something, you're just uping your chances to fuck it up.
Keep loving what you love, if it doesn't hurt you, and never let that love fade
Most of the problems in my life were caused by me. Most of them can be solved only by me.
How to be a good loser and to accept when defeat is defeat.
don't hate the player, hate the game
Not looking for fault but looking for reason instead.... and hence seeing the world the way it is instead of making it look the way I want it to look.
Do not, and I mean DO NOT, tell your gf that you didn't reply to her message because you where sleepy(:undecided: To bad for us LDers)
The most important lesson was learning how to be nothing and to look at that which can be nothing.
I love it how you can find some serious deep shit here on dreamviews. Most important lesson? I've learned that I already know all the answers to everything, as does each every other. Acting upon those answers is the hardest part.
Accept the things you cannot change.
I know that it's a very common quote to hear, but I never really KNEW it until I accepted it (magic mushrooms were very helpful ;) )
Strive to love and seek truth, and shine that light everywhere. Hate and deceit are not of us, and dims the light.
My problem is the light of truth tends to piss people off. I guess it's like shining a flashlight straight into another person's face. I need to learn how to be more indirect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Narwhal
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My problem is the light of truth tends to piss people off. I guess it's like shining a flashlight straight into another person's face. I need to learn how to be more indirect.
But it's hard for people to come into an indirect light, just makes more obstacles needed to seek the truth. You need only plant seeds whether people decide to grow it now, or later when all else fails them. One might have regrets later for not being that bright light that may or may not piss people off because then you never had a chance to show it on the people who needed it. But perhaps you meant letting them come to the light you shine with example rather than trying to force light on people who are to blind to even see it :)
Took me years, but I've finally learnt that happiness is a choice.
I have three:
1: Stay true to yourself/accept change (good change, not changing to fit in)
2: Life is what you make it
3: No matter how bad times are, God is always there for you
Here's one. In the end, there will always be ONE person there for you. And that person is yourself, so you better take care of that person. Shower, work out, study, develop hobbies, etc. Could go on forever with that list.
Do not trust anybody. Judge people by their actions and not by their words.
I've always viewed words to be a type of action. It kind of depends on the situation. It's entirely possible for someone to say something and do another, not because they were lying, but because they have some internal conflict going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommo
Well they shouldn't say it then. So you can judge them as dishonest or confused or something. But you cannot judge them based on what they say.
Words are merely an illusion. And we are indeed hynotized of this illusion.
Whatever you do, always have a backup plan. And an ace in the hole.
Please. I have seen loads of people with money whom are happy. That is just what the rich say to keep you poor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gorillaz
Fixed. Speaking from experience, other humans can deceive you just as easily through actions as they can through words.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommo
if you don't confront your fears you will always carry that fear with you regardless of how hard you try to fight it or push it away. and that fear will always be an invisible barrier between you and your full potential.
"In time, we hate that which we often fear" ~William ShakespeareQuote:
Originally Posted by tropicalbreeze
Live in the moment.
It's amazing how much stress I loss when I discovered this.
Out of all the lessons that I have learned in life the best and most important lesson is that no matter how long it takes me to get to where I want to be or how many times I fail the important thing is to always get back up and keep going. :)
Don't worry about what everybody else is doing . Focus on yourself, relax and enjoy life.
Worry breeds more worry.
Thoughts and feelings are more important than words and actions.
There is no end (death).
Change is the only constant.
Every single thing in your life is/was chosen.
God and Energy are synonymous.
I like this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by DreamCrusader
Life is not about making everyone around you happy with who you are, it is about making yourself happy with who you are.
You can't allow those around you to define who you are, that's your job.
This isn't THE most important lesson I ever learned, but it's a big one: you have to respect the 3 nonos of drinking alcohol.
:nono: respect the alcohol gradient or you'll puke
:nono: if you puke in your mouth don't swallow it back down
:nono: if you swallow it back down, don't put your hand over your mouth when it comes back up with vengeance
I broke all 3 rules in college in ONE night. I had a six pack of beer, then did tequila slammers, then had everclear punch (rule 1 broken). Then I had to puke but managed to only hurl a bit in my mouth. So I swallowed it back down to avoid embarrassment (rule 2 broken). Then when I felt it coming back up with fury, I covered my mouth which caused puke to spray all over others, rather than just collecting on one spot of the floor (rule 3 broken).
The next morning my friend said I puked all over his girlfriends shoes. I don't even remember seeing them at the party! I never broke any of those rules ever again. Cheers! Drunk responsibly.
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This is my ten commandments I've learned so far. These are the deepest lessons I think life can teach you.
1. Don't shampoo your dog with nair!
2. If you thought the second day of a drug/alcohol binge was even better than the first, just wait. It's all uphill from there.
3. If your dick gets stuck in a garbage disposal, flip the switch immediately to counter-reverse the flow of pressure, works every time.
4. Only try when guaranteed success. Horse shoes and hand grenades are the only time in life when "Almost" matters.
5. Fuck a lot of old women. Like really old. You'll develop a layer of hardened sap from their elder nether ether which will prevent you from contracting STDs.
6. Bros before Hos but Hos can be Bros and Bros can be Hobos so Hobro Hobos before Broho Horbos
7. When going into a really hot place, wear a lot of antiperspirant. It helps keep you dry so you don't boil in your sweat. (It's also better at being sunscreen than sunscreen, srs)
8. If you encounter a bear, charge it head on. Bears don't know close quarters combat.
9. Never be afraid to put something up your butt. In fact, the more practice you have putting strange things up your butt, the better prepared you are for life in general.
10. Get a job you hate in order to make money. If you have a family, ignore them as much as possible. Don't worry, they'll always be around.
I was taught in a dream by a bear fighter to put both arms up around your head "because trained bears always go for the head", and to "take 2 aggressive steps backwards."Quote:
Originally Posted by Original Poster
Dreams are full of ridiculous shit.
1) don't get the chick who's really good at quarters mad at you when you're playingQuote:
Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue
2) don't play quarters with airplane-fuel quality vodka
3) don't keep playing quarters with said vodka straight when you run out of orange juice
4) don't be the janitor of the dorm floor with the guy who broke rules 1-3 and ate a lot of pizza that night. At least it was a tile floor :barf: :roll:
Vomit filters out the bad parts of alcohol. While drinking, perform vomit inducing activities whenever possible. Nothing in the world beats a hot day, cheap whiskey and wobbly merry-go-round. NOTHING
Fourth of July party on the rooftop in another state, in the hot tub WHILE drinking wine (after drinking way too much wine before heading up to the roof), FELT like all the world was a wobbly merry-go-round that wouldn't stop, lost my bridge-work projectile spewing down the toilet, but didn't realize it until morning. Had to send home for my emergency bridge so I wouldn't be a toothless hill-billy at my friend's wedding.Quote:
Originally Posted by Original Poster
Thank goodness I was young and foolish before camera phones were invented.
Walking on the moon WHILE shotgunning beer in almost ZERO GRAVITY and projectile foaming into space.
The absolute most important lesson that I've learned is this:
Trust your friends and family when you have troubles, lows, and even when you have done something wrong. Because you tend to tell yourself that you can't go to others for help, when in reality you can.
[Shrugs] Just always be prepared to pay a price. And always keep the batteries in your Treachery Sensor charged.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkranger85
Definitely don't eat the yellow snow.
Keep the faith.
Be respectful and self aware of how you appear to others.
Be forgiving.
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Originally Posted by BEEFYpWnGe
I learned that no matter how close a person seems, you shouldn't stay around them for too long because there is a gigantic chance that you are going to like him or her less the more you hang out together. A friend once told me that the true test of friendship is to go on a long trip together, at least a day.
^ A similar lesson - the same happens as friends grow older. Kids are like puppies or kittens - not only are they not fully formed yet (the brain doesn't finish its growth until around age 25) but in youth they're super resilient and openminded and able to get along with anyone. I think its a survival strategy, making it more likely they'll be supported and liked by whoever needs to take care of them and making it hard to get mad at them. But by the time you're past college age you're really starting to get firmly set in who you are, and from there it only gets stronger. The things that cause total rifts between adults don't matter when you're kids on the playground.
I second this a thousandfold.Quote:
Originally Posted by melanieb
Well - I wanted it in the favourite quotes thread, but I can't seem to find it - I would be grateful, if somebody could link me there. But then - it is an important lesson allright:
Second thoughts can generally be amended with judicious action; injudicious actions can seldom be recovered with second thoughts.
- Carolyn Janice Cherryh in 'Cyteen'
That you dont know how long the fire will burn you before it will float away, but it WILL float away, the bad in your life will go away and you will be happy, God will make you happy, He wants you to be happy. Someone put a tea filter on my hand, and then lit it on fire, and it felt like it was burning my skin but when it got to my skin it just floated away and the pain was gone and there was no burn.
This is a good way of looking at it! People HATE it when I share the light. I hope after they die or later in life my words will give them hopeQuote:
Originally Posted by Narwhal
I thought of another one: Try your absolute BEST not to end up working in the middle of a cunt sandwich at your job.
^^ RC RC RC. Belongs on the "I can't believe I wasn't dreaming" thread, or perhaps we need a new "waking people say the darndest things" thread.
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Originally Posted by FryingMan
this is where my weird relation of waking to dream might belong.
Maybe. Sure makes me want to find a deli next time I'm lucid, though....Quote:
Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue
Humans are inherently irrational creatures.
From my collection of insight found in button-form:
Spoiler for huge:
And similarly:
http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/...b4fbead328.jpg
Which I think (if tweaked) could be the basis of a lovely tattoo.
I learned that if I care about what everybody says, I will never be happy.
Learned to try not to burn bridges. Although some bridges need to be burnt the f$@# down. The trick is to know the difference.;)
Nothing. I've learned nothing in life.
That good information books is one of the best way to spend your time if you want to learn from great people.
To always listen to my parents about the abstract and social issues. I may know more than they do about math, geography, ect, but when it comes to those tricky situations, they always have more hindsight than I do.
That everything fluctuates. Stop feeling bad or depressed, because it will become better at some point.
I've learned that life's too short to let your insecurities and emotions run your life.
Don't be an idiot. Said to me by a cop. I was drinking and driving but made it home safe and he let me go to my apartment... :) this was a while ago and I have not done that since. :) I'm not proud of doing that in the past.
We are all brought into this world without purpose, on a one way journey towards death. We are all travelers, traveling together, but sometimes we forget that and feel lonely and isolated. Other times, we are so involved that we make this journey for others. But we each have our own paths to walk; and though we find joy in helping our fellow travelers, ultimately, it is up to each of us to journey through paths never traveled before and create our own meaning.
1. Its okay to fail, so long as you never give up trying.
2. You have to ultimately decide everything for yourself: the point of life (if any), what you want to do with it, what your morals and ethics are etc. If you can't find a good reason for something of your own accord, then it may not have one at all.
That's a tough call. I'd say the most important lesson that I learned in my life is to not be apprehensive to learning new lessons and changing my belief system to fit what I have learned. I used to be disillusioned into thinking that I was perfect the way I was and that I couldn't get any better. Or a little more broadly; don't be resistant to change.
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Originally Posted by nonchalanttrack
1. Everything has purpose.
2. Practice appreciation and giving thanks for everything.
3. Monitor your thoughts.
4. Face your fears, don't fight them.
5. You are the creator.
Embrace the mind, ditch the heart.
Get out while the getting is good.
"It is always now."
It's the name of a lecture by Sam Harris, but I think that that's my most important life lesson. Not the lecture, but the words. Also, the words itself are not the lesson, the words just describe some motto or attitude that is helpful for me.
A list rather than a story of values, lessons learned, what is most important in life:
Ethics
Self Improvement (a super-set with a huge number of sub-sets)
General Approach To Life - Methods, tactics, strategies
Solve The Mysteries Of Life
Balance Work And Play
Hobbies
Meaningful Friendships
~EnergyWorker~
To stop living my life through my self-image. See life through your eyes as it is, not through your filters of insecurities which creates illusionary fear and self-pitty.
The way to not be sensitive and take things personally is to detach from the self-image and be the real you.
Stop saying "I am ..." and start saying "I feel..."
Even if you have damn good reasons to be prejudiced, always know when to put those prejudices aside.
As a teenager I developed a moderate fear of socializing with people in-person, thinking that others would point out my flaws or be harshly judgmental of my appearance. Attending college and earning a job gave me a social life and I realized that most people tend to be positive thinkers. Their intentions are generally good and others are also afraid of being ill-judged. I care about peoples' opinions but I choose to invest my care in just positive or constructive ones. If someone were to say something intentionally unkind I would regard it as a signal that I should distance myself from that person, and that it's okay.
I wouldn't want to narrow it down to just a single lesson, so I'll go for a few, and since they've already been summed up by other people better than I could, I'll use quotes to sum them all up, in the order that I learned the lessons.
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"Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakes." - Carl Jung
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“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.” - Alan Watts
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"In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it." - Norman Vincent Peale
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"“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” - Marcus Aurelius
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"They can because they think they can" - Virgil
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“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” - Napoleon Hill
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"Leap and the net will appear" - John Burroughs
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"Dare to believe in the reality of your assumption and watch the world play its part relative to to its fulfilment." - Neville Goddard
Whenever you focus on yourself, you are going to feel discomfort, fear and be stuck in your head.
When you focus on the world and other people you are going to feel good, be fearless and free.
Be a great teacher, student, friend, seducer, lover, lucid dreamer, human being, communicator, be FREE. Be a GIVER not a TAKER.
Something that I have understood intuitvely lately, but this man broke it down like the GOD of communication that he is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_UJt8pgt0o&t=1m1s
Peace! :meditate:
Always let go of anger.
That is by far the most important thing I have ever learned. It has definitely made me a happier person, and also by doing this, I discovered I'm not always in the right.
