Thu Jan 26, 2023, 12:20 AM

UTUSN (68,939 posts)

Secret of life (you're welcome) :Don't take it personally-(Thanks Taoists,Buddhists, Machiavelli)

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Secret of life (you're welcome) :Don't take it personally-(Thanks Taoists,Buddhists, Machiavelli) (Original post)	UTUSN	Jan 2023	OP
"It's not about you..."	WheelWalker	Jan 2023	#1
Hah, we get it, although it hurts!	UTUSN	Jan 2023	#2
It is totally about me!	sanatanadharma	Jan 2023	#3
Hah! - So we say when being herded to the real or imagined inquisition chamber!	UTUSN	Jan 2023	#4
Or, as the sage Lennon put it:	LudwigPastorius	Jan 2023	#5
I thought it was coo coo ca choo	UTUSN	Jan 2023	#6

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Thu Jan 26, 2023, 12:23 AM

WheelWalker (8,818 posts)

1. "It's not about you..."

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Thu Jan 26, 2023, 12:43 AM

UTUSN (68,939 posts)

2. Hah, we get it, although it hurts!

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Thu Jan 26, 2023, 07:51 AM

sanatanadharma (3,270 posts)

3. It is totally about me!

I only have control over my thoughts, emotions, and actions. If I am bothered in life I can work to change the world around, but only have power to change myself.

If it seems that the world is an obstacle in my way, how can I remove the obstructive part from the whole?
If the obstruction is real, I can not remove it. If the obstruction is not real, I need not remove it.

The secret of life is to 'be it', not to 'seek it'.
I try to take not personally my constantly changing mind, desires, fears, memories, body, and all the senses reveal.

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Thu Jan 26, 2023, 10:35 AM

UTUSN (68,939 posts)

4. Hah! - So we say when being herded to the real or imagined inquisition chamber!

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Fri Jan 27, 2023, 12:53 AM

LudwigPastorius (7,493 posts)

5. Or, as the sage Lennon put it:

"I am He as you are He as you are me and we are all together"

Goo goo gajoob, indeed.

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Response to LudwigPastorius (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 27, 2023, 01:11 AM

UTUSN (68,939 posts)

6. I thought it was coo coo ca choo

A lot of those "sages" and such weren't very nice. Just saw an ugly YouTube about PICASSO.

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Secret of life (you're welcome) :Don't take it *personally*-(Thanks Taoists,Buddhists, Machiavelli)

1. "It's not about you..."

2. Hah, we get it, although it hurts!

3. It is totally about me!

4. Hah! - So we say when being herded to the real or imagined inquisition chamber!

5. Or, as the sage Lennon put it:

6. I thought it was coo coo ca choo

Secret of life (you're welcome) :Don't take it personally-(Thanks Taoists,Buddhists, Machiavelli)