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The ego lives by comparisons. It cannot survive without judgment. - A Course in Miracles (ACIM)

ego
It’s that part of us that makes life possible. It’s the practical aspect of self that allows us to make decisions daily. Its job is to preserve the self and it does so in a very mechanical and selfish manner. [...]

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The religious man is he who does not belong to any religion, to any nation, to any race, who is inwardly completely alone, in a state of not-knowing, and for him the blessing of the sacred comes into being. - Krishnamurti

one definition
Krishnamurti defines the religious person here. In his view, it seems to me, a [...]

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Have we done anything lately that’s worth remembering? – Questions…

mostly stuff
While all we see around us is real and beautiful, it’s only just stuff. The house is stuff, the car is stuff, the clothes are stuff, the career and the business is also stuff. Time spent figuring our the next purchase or corporate maneuver is [...]

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Only when the mind is wholly silent, completely inactive, not projecting, when it is not seeking and is utterly still - only then that which is eternal and timeless comes into being.  - Krishnamurti

the thought machine
The mind wants to think, often repeatedly, about the same things. Even when we think we’ve had an original idea, [...]

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Anger always comes from frustrated expectations. - Elliott Larson

expectations
If there was one thing we could fix that would guarantee our happiness it would have to be our expectations from life, of others and self. We suffer in direct proportion to our expectation from any event. How many movies have we enjoyed when we didn’t expect [...]

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