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1836 || letting karma happen vs. taking compassionate action
We can't ask karma to do compassion's job. Acceptance and action are meant to be utilized together. Learn to separate what must be accepted from wha…
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1835 || life is unfair so i choose not to be
Nature is indifferent to my interpretations of morality and justice.
We humans tend to moralize everything, but not everything has a moral. Every end…
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1834 || we don't know what we don't know
You don't know what you don't know, but the curse is that you think you do.
If we make a good choice that works out badly, we are often very harsh on…
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1833 || lesson on evidence
Where might your current worldview be holding you back from the truth?
THE SOURCES:
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Evaluating_Evidence
https://en.wikiv…
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1832 || awe vs. focus
We shouldn't be seeking focus, we should be seeking reverence. Depth and fulfillment comes from awe.
Our culture is obsessed with optimization, but t…
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1831 || strategic anticipation
Our brains are future oriented and this can manifest into anxiety or anticipation if we're not strategic with it.
Obviously, our current society has …
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1830 || curse of knowledge
Hindsight is 20/20, but understanding the person you used to be (without the knowledge you have now) is so damn hard. Give yourself some grace in the…
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1829 || avoiding disappointment in relationships
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
THE SOURCES:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-squeaky-wheel/202608/why-people-disappoint-us-in-relations…1 month, 1 week ago
1828 || the thinking trap
A policeman sees a drunk man searching for something under a streetlight and asks what the drunk has lost. He says he lost his keys and they both loo…
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1827 || cognitive misers
the human brain doesn't prefer to expend extra cognitive effort, it will always take a shortcut, where possible. the less you analyze this reality, t…
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