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Exposure Shapes Identity
Student: Something you have said, which I find interesting, is that I will become what I consistently most expose myself to. Can you expand on this? Teacher: If you consistently expose yourself to mediocrity, you will unconsciously adopt it. If you saturate your mind with distractions, you will embody a distracted life. If you surround… Read more
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The Pursuit of Perfection
Student: Tell me how a pursuit of “world-class”, a pursuit of perfection look like. Thinking about it, I think it is a process of subtraction, of ripping away everything that is not it, until only “it” remains. Teacher: The pursuit of world-class is not a pursuit at all. It is the obliteration of everything that… Read more
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The Problem And The Solution
Student: Explain the concept of how the solution to each problem, to my most acute problems, lies hidden deeply and openly within the problem. Teacher: The solution to each of your most acute problems lies hidden both deeply and openly within the problem itself because every problem is a mirror. It reflects the truth you… Read more
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A Student’s Notes: A response
These are the notes, I received from a student. Dear Student, What you have written here reveals both clarity and struggle. You are clearly aware of certain patterns in your life that are corrosive, yet you wrestle with the discipline, coming from the understanding required, to remove them. Let us examine what you have written… Read more
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The Human Condition: A Struggle Between Awareness and Escape
At the heart of human existence lies a fundamental tension—the pull toward awareness and the relentless urge to escape. This tension defines our daily lives, shaping our actions, our thoughts, and the way we experience reality. It is not a fleeting struggle, nor is it limited to one person or another. It is the human… Read more
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The Roots of Fear
The Anatomy of Fear: How Desire and Outcome Create its Roots Fear is not a mystery. It is not a nebulous entity that arises without cause. It is precise, mechanical, and born of the constructs we cling to—desire, outcomes, self-image. To understand fear is to understand its origins. And to dissolve it, one must first… Read more
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Chained by Expectations
Trapped between societal expectations and the relentless pursuit of material success, we often mistake security for freedom. True liberation begins when we confront the chains we carry and grant ourselves permission to live authentically. Read more
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Inner versus Outer Conflict
Why we judge harshly in others what we struggle with in ourselves. Read more
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Wasting One’s Life
Most lives are quietly wasted in the pursuit of illusions, bound by distractions, and driven by borrowed desires. True freedom begins when one dares to confront the emptiness within, questioning everything and shedding the chains of conformity. Read more
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On Distraction
The endless pursuit of distraction is humanity’s escape from the quiet confrontation with emptiness, mistaking its neutrality for something to fear. True peace arises not from filling the void, but from ceasing to flee it, allowing its presence to reveal what is real. Read more