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Sadhguru Quote on Priorities and How Discovering Your “Everest” Will Change Your Life

    “You cannot be partying till early morning and attempt to scale Mount Everest tomorrow!”

    Sadhguru, Inner Engineering (Page 223)

    Beyond the Quote (298/365)

    We all have an “Everest” in our lives. A challenge that surpasses all of the other challenges we could face and yet, excites us to our core. A challenge that we know is going to take every ounce of strength and vigor and focus that we have and yet, still entices us to step forward. A challenge that feels right. One which our whole lives have prepared us for and one that matches our drive to our potential; our talents to our interests; our aptitude to our attitude. The type of challenge that you would skip a full night of partying for because your mission is more important to you.

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      “Most people think peace and joy are the goals of the spiritual life. This is a fallacy. Peace and joy are the basic requirements for a life of well-being. If you want to enjoy your dinner tonight, you must be peaceful and happy. If you want to enjoy your family, the work that you do, the world that you live in, you must must be peaceful and happy. Peace and joy are not things you attain at the end of life. They are the basis of your life. If you consider peace to be the ultimate goal, you will only ‘rest in peace’!

      Sadhguru, Inner Engineering (Page 33)

        “I believe that we are here—on this star is space—to help one another. And first, we have to survive. And then we have to thrive. And to thrive—to express ourselves—we have to know ourselves. What do you love? If you get close to what you love, who you are will be revealed to you—and it expands.”

        Ethan Hawke, TED

        Alicia Keys Quote from Authors of Forever on Making Meaning—Not Finding It.

          “We are born on our own /

          And we die on our own /

          And we’re here to make meaning /

          Of what happens in between /

          We could hate, we could love /

          We could doubt, we could trust /

          But we’re here to make meaning /

          For as long as we’re breathing and it’s alright /

          Wherever you are, it’s alright /

          Whoever you are, it’s alright”

          Alicia Keys, Authors of Forever, ALICIA

          Beyond the Quote (271/365)

          Word choice matters. And with the opening concept of meaning in this above quote, I think Alicia nails it: We’re here to make meaning. We’re not here to find meaning. And I don’t think we’re here to mean nothing. Why be given life if we’re not meant to live? Why be given brains if we’re not meant to think? Why be given eyes if we’re not meant to see? Why be given hands if we’re not meant to touch? Why be given feet if we’re not meant to move? We’re certainly not born just to die—what’s the point in believing that? We’re born on our own, yes, but we’re not alone and we’re not born without what we need to make meaning—of that I’m sure.

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            “Following your genuine intellectual curiosity is a better foundation for a career than following whatever is making money right now.”

            Naval Ravikant, Medium

              “Information is everywhere but its meaning is created by the observer that interprets it. Meaning is relative and there is no objective, over-arching meaning.”

              Naval Ravikant, Medium

              Buddha Quote on Life and Understanding The Difference Between “I Like You” and “I Love You.”

                “When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But, when you love a flower, you water it daily. One who understands this, understands life.”

                Buddha

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                “Liking” is superficial. “Loving” is deep. “Liking” is occasional and when it’s convenient. “Loving” is regular and prioritized. “Liking” keeps you the same. “Loving” helps you grow. One who understands the difference between “liking” and “loving” in life understands the difference between “existing” and “living” in life.

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                Don’t Confuse The Pointing Finger With What’s Being Pointed At — On Understanding Words

                  Introduction: Fetch Me The Moon—A Short Zen Story

                  The Zen teacher’s dog loved his evening romp with his master. The dog would bound ahead to fetch a stick, then run back, wag his tail, and wait for the next game. On this particular evening, the teacher invited one of his brightest students to join him—a boy so intelligent that he became troubled by the contradictions in Buddhist doctrine.

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                  Osho Quote on Meaning and How It Arises

                    “When a poet writes a poem, meaning arises – because the poet is not alone; he has created something. When a dancer dances, meaning arises. When a mother gives birth to a child, meaning arises. Left alone, cut off from everything else, isolated like an island, you are meaningless. Joined together you are meaningful. The bigger the whole, the bigger is the meaning.”

                    Osho, The Book of Understanding

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                    Isolated might feel like the physical reality, but it doesn’t have to be the emotional state.  Isolated might make the feeling of meaninglessness arise, but meaning extends beyond just physical connection.  Think about the power of creation.  Creation is the act of giving birth to something that otherwise would not have never existed.  Before creation there is just you.  And for as long as you continue to remain in isolation physically, mentally, and emotionally—no meaning will arise.  How could it?

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                    Ryan Holiday Quote on Success Being About Beating Yourself—Not The Other Guy

                      “[Success] is not about beating the other guy.  It’s not about having more than the others.  It’s about being what you are, and being as good as possible at it, without succumbing to all the things that draw you away from it.  It’s about going where you set out to go.  About accomplishing the most that you’re capable of in what you choose.  That’s it.  No more and no less.”

                      Ryan Holiday, Ego is the Enemy

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                      Be what you are—and be as good as possible at it.  Identifying your unique strengths, aptitudes, and abilities as a person is the most important first step in discovering your success.  Once those characteristics are discovered (or at least a relatively firm idea has been developed), then step two is tripling down on those strengths with as much of your energy and effort as you can afford so that you can accomplish all that you’re capable of accomplishing.

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                        “Any hierarchy creates winners and losers.  The winners are, of course, more likely to justify the hierarchy and the losers to criticize it.  But (1) the collective pursuit of any valued goal produces a hierarchy (as some will be better and some worse at that pursuit no matter what it is) and (2) it is the pursuit of goals that in large part lends life its sustaining meaning.  We experience almost all the emotions that make life deep and engaging as a consequence of moving successfully towards something deeply desired and valued.  The price we pay for that involvement is the inevitable creation of hierarchies of success, while the inevitable consequence is difference in outcome.  Absolute equality would therefore require the sacrifice of value itself—and then there would be nothing worth living for.” ~ Jordan Peterson, via 12 Rules for Life (Page 303)