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epiphanies

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A great and very inspiring blog post by David Cain about what he calls “9 mind-bending epiphanies”. I am usually allergic to other people sharing their wisdom, but this post is absolutely worth reading.

“4. Most of life is imaginary.
Human beings have a habit of compulsive thinking that is so pervasive that we lose sight of the fact that we are nearly always thinking. Most of what we interact with is not the world itself, but our beliefs about it, our expectations of it, and our personal interests in it. We have a very difficult time observing something without confusing it with the thoughts we have about it, and so the bulk of what we experience in life is imaginary things. As Mark Twain said: “I’ve been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” The best treatment I’ve found? Cultivating mindfulness.”


December 19th, 2012  

One Response to “epiphanies”

  1. Lilje
    August 7th, 2013 at 13:35

    Raptitude has some very good articles. Been following it for a while now…


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