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Desire = Misery
The root cause of all misery is desire. Our wanting creates our pain.
When we start to ask nothing from the world, we can experience a true sense of freedom.
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The Way We Live
We live our lives reactively, sitting on the endless roller-coaster of happiness and misery.
A non-reactive existence is possible if one first examines all the assumptions, the false notions that our lives are based on. These beliefs and notions can seem difficult to let go of as they have ...
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Effortless Stoicism
Effortless Stoicism comes to you when you no longer feel the need to control your emotions, when they no longer seem significant.
If we stop reacting to our emotions, then gradually we can develop the perspective to observe the causes of these emotions that we witness inside us.
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Suffering and Desire
Buddha taught that there is suffering in this world, it is inevitable, and the root cause of suffering is mainly the desires we feel.
We want something, always, and feel miserable when we don't get it.
Stoicism teaches us to live in accordance with nature and to accept that suffering ...
The Paradox Of Boredom
Boredom isn’t about not having something fun to do, but about not wanting to do the activities which are at one’s disposal.
Boredom by itself isn’t a desire, but a desire for a desire to arise. Man cannot sit quietly in a room and do nothing, and that inab...
We All Are Time Poor
Most of us are ‘time poor’ and have deep-rooted habits, priorities and belief patterns that are no longer relevant. We always feel rushed and are in misery as we become less productive, less happy due to our constant running against time.
Time poverty is not just a first-w...
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