Most people are not honest they’ve just learned how to stay silent. Your perception is that most people lie to you. Yet, the fact is, most people don’t lie at all. They just avoid giving the truth. And those are quite different things. People, at times, are only pretending to be transparent. They laugh, they …
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When someone says yoga, people usually imagine serene settings: Soft music, peaceful faces, slow breathing… It gives the impression that if someone practices yoga, they will immediately be in a one with their inner peace state. Anyway, the truth of the matter is that the experience is much deeper. Yoga does not soothe everyone. Actually, …
We tend to think of the human mind as the seeker of truth, but in reality, it is more of a seeker of peace. And peace, in most cases, is not achieved through truth itself, but through a softened version of it. If you tell someone a bitter truth, their expression would probably show it. …
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Anyone who attempts to explain sport just through body muscles overlooks its most powerful aspect: The mind. This is because sport is not just a series of physical actions. It is a choice becoming pretend through the body. A writing with sweat. A person running is not just running. A person lifting weights is not …
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The truth is, some days nothing really goes wrong, even. You have your coffee. You do your work. You read some inspiring lines. A couple of nice messages reach you. The life is going pretty smooth. And then, suddenly, one thing unexpectedly happens. A glance. A phrase. A critique. A gesture. An I didn’t like it. …
Sometimes, only a few people’s lives may be compared to relationships. The rest resemble a train station. How’s that? You have a metaphorical stop within yourself that’s a kind of internal pause or something that is always doing quiet loops within you. Then, with no awareness on your part, it gradually becomes a platform… Where …
There are times when you find yourself doing this: You know that something in your life isn’t right, but you simply do not touch it. You do not move it, you don’t change it. Work doesn’t make you happy. The atmosphere is getting on your nerves. Your effort goes unnoticed. The relationship seems like it’s …
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You’re doing things. The day moves on, and various tasks are accomplished. It even appears as if you’re together from an outsider’s perspective. However, internally, there is a different reality: There is no excitement, no desire, and no pleasure. This is not spoiled. Most often, it’s not laziness either. What we’re talking about here is …
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What used to be typical in influential relationships is love. However, in today’s faster relationships, love is not what we see at first glance but fast judgment is. By seeing a photo of someone, or a look, you can decide in your mind about the entire personality of the person with the data that is …
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As I compose this, a very straightforward image is coming to my mind: On one hand, an article with the title: 10 Ways to Drive Your Partner Crazy in Bed. On the other hand: Emotional Maturity and Boundaries in Relationships. You already know which one is getting more clicks. The thing is that the word …
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There are some sentences that pierce your heart directly, even when they are accompanied with an, I am telling this with good intentions kind of wrapping. Those statements that start with Please don’t misunderstand me, but… And then go shrink you, belittle you, or bring the feeling of shame over you. So where is the actual problem? In …
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It is quite new for us not to hear the same sentences over and over time: During the night my spirit left my body. There were indistinct entities, strange protectors standing in a row. I changed my dimension, I went to different worlds. There is a single common link between all of these: The places …
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When love is blind is often said, it really is one of the most truthful things that people say, although indirectly: “I knew the fact, but I suppressed it.” The trouble is not with the eyes, but with the mind that deliberately ignores the inconvenient truth. So, why is it so? Why even the smartest, …
A Small Guide to Understanding People (Including Yourself) Most of the time, when the term narcissism is used; people consider just one type of a person: A person who is in love with himself, he is always checking himself in the mirror, and he considers everyone under him. But a single mask is not what …
Since roughly 2020, it’s likely that you’ve come across this sentence more than a thousand times: “Just wait… The real things are coming only after 2025.” Same people, same style, same words: “Watch out for 2025.” “2025 is when the truth will come out.” “2025 is the year when spirituality will separate.” “The Earth after …
We live in a world where people love to tell others what they think, especially about matters they hardly understand. What is even more incredible is, some of these people do not only have an opinion, but even go as far as saying that they are the ultimate holders of the truth. By the way, …
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I open up YouTube. The clickbait titles appear to be: “THE SUN IS HIDING A GIANT SPACESHIP!” “I AM 1 OF THE 11 CHOSEN, THE OTHERS ARE DEAD!” “THE RETURN OF THE ANUNNAKI, TIME TO WAKE UP!” I do not really know what to make of it, and the only thought I can come up …
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“This healer was so wonderful… Like no one has ever understood me before.” “This psychic basically explained my entire life without me even speaking.” Maybe you’ve come across these sentences. Maybe you’ve even uttered some of them yourself. It seems that the person in front of you has some kind of “superpower”: They find the …
Watching certain individuals online you already know the whole thing from the very outset: “We are the chosen ones. We see what others cannot. We are the pawns in the grandest of games. Only those enlightened will comprehend…” After that they get into dreams, visions, numbers, signs, the dark, shadows… However, what is very often …
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After a breakup, most people have this thought going again and again in their head: “We broke up that easily, so it must have never been real.” As if love has to be forever to be real. As if the breakup leaves no trace of the time you spent together. The real question should be: …
I was preparing to go to sleep. I had turned off everything, and the only light coming in was that of the street lamp. I was lying in bed, had kept my phone aside and had closed my eyes. When I was about to sleep… There was a dark silhouette at the door. The door …
Mega Consciousness is not a self help book that gives simple solutions to life; it is a guide for those minds that have gone beyond the common “find yourself” type of things. The book basically moves beyond the self actualization level of Maslow’s hierarchy and asks: “What happens after you have figured out who you …
There are some mornings… The alarm rings, eyes are forced open, the body moves, But your inner self is very silent and it says: “I am not really up for it.” You are not being sad. You do not bury yourself under the blankets. However, the voice inside your head is there and it keeps …
The gods once punished Sisyphus by forcing him to roll a boulder up a hill forever. Each time he was close to the top, the boulder would fall down again. Today, however, no god is to blame for our misery. It is we who carry the boulder every morning, with our own hands. The modern …
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The Cobra Effect might seem like a historical anecdote, yet it exposes a profound truth about the human mind: The more we attempt to suppress something, the longer its shadow grows. And anything forbidden begins to glow with an unusual light in the hidden corners of our psyche. The idea behind the term comes from …
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The Psychology of Unnecessary Decisions Most of life’s burdens are not the major events, they are the unnecessary decisions, the borrowed responsibilities and the meaningless choices that quietly consume the mind. The Falkland Principle originated from legal history, but it is now one of the most profound human psychological truths that it discloses: “If it …
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In the world of today, the biggest misconception that people frequently fall into is the one of equating knowledge with understanding. However there is a huge difference between the two and that difference is known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Dunning-Kruger effect states that individuals who are not sufficiently knowledgeable in a particular area cannot even …
Intelligence is not just about thinking. One part of the brain solves the problem, while the other part feels. One part of the brain uses the language of the mind, while the other part communicates the feelings of the heart. However, the connection between them is consciousness. IQ (Intelligence Quotient) is under the control of logic. …
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The brain is not just a framework that considers, it is also an entity capable of scrutinizing its own thoughts. The possession of this faculty is what differentiates man from the rest of the animals by a very thin line. To have a thought is one thing, to be aware of that thought is quite …
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If a person holds the belief that they are separate from the universe, they will never cease to feel that they are lacking in some way. However, Advaita Vedanta asserts that the separation we see is illusory. The universe is not different from you it is the same with your awareness. In the similar way …
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Some awakenings don’t arrive with thunder or fire they are quiet and have only one color blue. Zima was the most famous artist in the universe. He painted massive murals across planets, his colors bright enough to rival the stars. But there was always one mysterious detail: In every piece, Zima hid a small blue …
Trying to be perfect, you lose your real self. People’s obsession with perfection often begins within the family. Since childhood, you’ve heard things like: “Be more careful.” “Look at your friend’s grades why can’t you be like them?” “Would it really hurt to do it perfectly just once?” Hearing those words over and over makes …
Dorian Gray is not just a character; he is the story of a man who fell in love with his own reflection. Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of the most elegant tragedies ever written about how a mind obsessed with beauty can decay from within. The painter Basil captures Dorian’s enchanting …
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A Reality Through the Case of Belle Gibson Fake Illness, Real Profit When Belle Gibson, a young woman from Australia, said she had brain cancer, people believed her. She started a blog, shared posts on social media, and wrote about receiving chemotherapy. Photos of hospital drips, dramatic sentences… Everything looked so convincing that within a …
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