By don Jose Ruiz — 2011
Humans are the only animals on earth who punish themselves a thousand times or more for the same mistake, and who punish everybody else a thousand times or more for the same mistake.
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One of life’s paradoxes is that we are encouraged to “be ourselves,” but are often punished when we do.
Hiding your feelings can be freeing. But eventually you have to take off the mask.
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Identity encompasses the memories, experiences, relationships, and values that create one’s sense of self.
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Do you remember that famous scene in the movie Rocky, when he ran up seventy-two steps to the top of the Philadelphia Museum, and once he got there he raised his arms triumphantly? That’s you on the path of self-realization.
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Necessity being the mother of invention, it struck me that contemplation didn’t depend on a particular practice.