The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down Summary

When we look at the outside world, we are looking at only a small part that interests us. The world we see is not the entire universe but a limited one that the mind cares about.

1. people are not as interested in you as you had always believed.
2. not everyone has to like you
3. if we are brutally honest with ourselves, most things we do for others are in fact for ourselves

For unenlightened people, not every day is a good day, because they feel happy only when things happen the way they want them to.

For enlightened people, every single day is a good day, because they feel free knowing that nothing can take away their wisdom.

When an unenlightened person does good, he tries to leave his mark.

When an enlightened person does good, he leaves no marks

When you are stressed out, be aware of your stress.

When you are irritated, be aware of your irritation.

When you are angry, be aware of your anger.

As soon as you become aware of these feelings you are no longer lost in them.

Your awareness allows you to witness them from the outside.

Awreness is inherently pure, like the open sky.

Stress, irritation, and anger can temporarily cloud the sky,but they can never pollute it.

Negative emotions come and go like clouds, but the wide-open sky remains.