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UTUSN

(77,795 posts) Thu Jan 26, 2023, 12:20 AM Jan 2023

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

WheelWalker

(9,415 posts)

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

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2023, 12:23 AM

Jan 2023

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

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

Reply to WheelWalker (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 26, 2023, 12:43 AM

Jan 2023

sanatanadharma

(4,090 posts)

3. It is totally about me!

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2023, 07:51 AM

Jan 2023

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.

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

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

Reply to sanatanadharma (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 26, 2023, 10:35 AM

Jan 2023

LudwigPastorius

(15,005 posts)

5. Or, as the sage Lennon put it:

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Fri Jan 27, 2023, 12:53 AM

Jan 2023

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

Goo goo gajoob, indeed.

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

6. I thought it was coo coo ca choo

Reply to LudwigPastorius (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 27, 2023, 01:11 AM

Jan 2023

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

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