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When Nothing Is Missing ...

When Nothing Is Missing ...

We are highly judgmental survival-and-replication machines. We constantly walk around thinking, “I need this,” or “I need that,” trapped in the web of desires. Happiness is the state when nothing is missing. When nothing is missing, your mind shuts down and stops running into the past or future to regret something or to plan something.

How do you learn to accept things you can’t change?

Fundamentally, it boils down to one big hack: embracing death.

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The more one seeks to rise into height and light, the more vigorously do ones roots struggle earthward, downward, into the dark, the deep — into evil.

Naval ravikant is an icon in silicon valley & startup culture. He founded multiple successful companies Epinions, angellist. He is also an angel investor, betting early on companies like Uber, Twitter, postmates and hundred more….

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