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Today I listened to a podcast from the show Waking up with Sam Harris. The topic of the podcast was consciousness and the self the guest was a Anil K....
We all know how it feels to be angry. We can be angry in the small, maybe about something we forgot and for which only we ourselves are to blame. We c...
When we think of the mind, we often first think about our thoughts, feelings, beliefs and decisions. When our mind wanders, our thoughts jump from one...
Today I came across an article by Steve Biddulph and one paragraph therein really struck a chord with me:
> There is something happening, in the new ...
> Look within; within is the fountain of all good.
Marcus Aurelius
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