A Few Quotes
I've compiled some quotes by yours truly. Hopefully you will find some value in my words so they can help you out as they helped me.
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“Enlightenment leads to empowerment.”
Once you come to the realization that you are capable of anything, then you grant yourself the will to do anything.
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“I’ve spent my whole life trying to learn, but I should have spent it trying to UN-learn.”
By undoing the standards and expectations of society, you free yourself from mediocrity. I’ve been telling people all day that everyone’s goals and dreams are limited to the following:
- Meeting true love
- Getting a good job
- Owning a nice house
- Having children
- Looking younger than your age
- Retiring and traveling around the world
Although these are nice hopes and dreams, they are what society commands you to WANT. I’m sure people out there genuinely want these things, but let’s be objective now. You’ve been brainwashed since Day 1. Everyone and everything around suggests these things. To be truly happy, you must un-learn what society has taught you and that you can begin your journey with a clear mind as you discover your true heart and desires.
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“Stop telling yourself you’ll do it when you have more time or money or when you feel comfortable.”
It’s a trap we all fall into. We delay our dreams consistently. We deprive ourselves from a transcendent type of happiness. It’s just always something. Don’t even give yourself the chance to say that to yourself. Just do it.
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“Enlightenment leads to empowerment.”
Once you come to the realization that you are capable of anything, then you grant yourself the will to do anything.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
“I’ve spent my whole life trying to learn, but I should have spent it trying to UN-learn.”
By undoing the standards and expectations of society, you free yourself from mediocrity. I’ve been telling people all day that everyone’s goals and dreams are limited to the following:
- Meeting true love
- Getting a good job
- Owning a nice house
- Having children
- Looking younger than your age
- Retiring and traveling around the world
Although these are nice hopes and dreams, they are what society commands you to WANT. I’m sure people out there genuinely want these things, but let’s be objective now. You’ve been brainwashed since Day 1. Everyone and everything around suggests these things. To be truly happy, you must un-learn what society has taught you and that you can begin your journey with a clear mind as you discover your true heart and desires.
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“Stop telling yourself you’ll do it when you have more time or money or when you feel comfortable.”
It’s a trap we all fall into. We delay our dreams consistently. We deprive ourselves from a transcendent type of happiness. It’s just always something. Don’t even give yourself the chance to say that to yourself. Just do it.
posted by Kitxana at 1:44 AM
2 Comments:
Please bear with me as my thoughts may seem to go in circles. I'm not apologizing - I'm just aware. To say that the thoughts you have recently shared are thought-provoking would be an understatement. I'm specifically referring to the thoughts you shared about standards and expectations of society and how the are limited. You have "arrived" at a great beginning to further discussion and thought.
As one develops social skills, (or one hopes to) we learn to limit the audiences we share statements or exhibit specific behaviors with. After one or a few experiences in which a receiver/s of xyz action was not receptive or disapproving, the individual (unless s/he were a sociopath) may reduce or eliminate such behavior or become more selective with whom they share.
For example, an inividual..lets call him/her "X" may not ever want children. "X" is not anti-children, but the "want or need" is as the "want or need" to someday drive a green car; not against it, just not a goal... "X" feels that wanting children is "putting the cart before the horse" and that finding a mate worthy of bringing offspring needs to come first. Let's also say that in order to be happy "X" can be (or not be) married. "X"'s goal is to be complete and if a mate can be as a partner or co-pilot and not impede "X"'s goals, then marriage may be an option...Now, if "X" shares his/her thoughts with others, would s/he be viewed as jaded or damaged goods by most and they certainly treat "X" differently thereby discouraging further sharing of hopes, dreams, happiness, etc.
Completing the circle...maybe those people with "untraditional" goals are less likely to share, thereby creating and perpetuating the image of a "limited" society. It's really unfortunate that many of us may feel imprisoned by society and although we all have freedom of choice, our choices can positively or negatively impact our ability to support our families or affect our relationships with our families. We may ask ourselves, why we allow "society" to control us but don't we infact control ourselves?
I was thinking about your quote “Enlightenment leads to empowerment” and the various permutations and implications of its meaning.
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
"Work (Fight) smarter, not harder."
Alvin Toffler has recognized the new 1st world economy (Third Wave as he calls it) as being founded on the control of information.
We can chase someone else's "enlightenment" or knowledge, forever trying to find the truth that they want us to believe, or we can see that any reality is out there and available to us. We just have to "un-learn" and oen our mind/eyes to all the possibilities out there.
New worlds await!
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