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The Intensity Paradox

The more intensely you desire something, the harder it seems to attain.

If you don’t desire something with enough intensity, you never do what's required to attain it.

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Zen & Paradoxes

Zen & Paradoxes

Being Zen is all about learning to live with ambiguity and paradoxes. Life is too complex to be understood using reason. The truth lies beyond words. But ...

What if we didn’t need an explanation for everything?

Zen Kōans, riddles that makes no sense, serve ...

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The More Paradox

We are driven by a desire for "more."

When we get it, it's not enough.

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The Time Paradox

What we want changes over time.

But our deepest desires - to be loved, to be validated - never change.

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The Risk Paradox

We desire comfort, security, and safety.

But nothing we desire can be obtained without risk.

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The Pain Paradox

Desire creates pain in our lives.

But living a life void of desire is equally, if not more, painful.

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Life-long learner. Passionate about leadership, entrepreneurship, philosophy, Buddhism & SF. Founder @deepstash.

Life does not makes sense. Why do you even try?

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When something becomes effortless, raise the level of intensity, to the point where you can get there without too much resistance, but it’s still somewhat challenging. To put it more concisely, bend but don’t break.

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